BC OGRIS (2015-current) News

All BC OGRIS (2015-current) News Articles

• New Research—monitoring methane emissions from controlled tanks | Date Posted: 12/14/2024
• Continuing support for collecting baseline water quantity data in small watersheds in NEBC (2025) | Date Posted: 12/01/2024
• Final Report— Supply Chain Analysis for the Restoration Economy in Northern B.C. | Date Posted: 10/26/2024
• New Research—methane emissions from uncontrolled storage tanks and compressor engine slips | Date Posted: 09/25/2024
• New Research—extensions to the NEBC Velocity Model | Date Posted: 09/20/2024
• Final Report— Oxidation of Fugitive Methane in Natural Soils of British Columbia (Phase 2) | Date Posted: 09/13/2024
• New Research--auditing ground motion data submitted to the B.C. Energy Regulator | Date Posted: 09/04/2024
• New Research—Oxidation of Fugitive Methane in Natural Soils of British Columbia (Phase 3) | Date Posted: 08/29/2024
• New Research--carrying out groundwater sampling in the Peace Region of B.C. in summer/fall of 2024 | Date Posted: 08/01/2024
• New Research--studying the role of structural connectivity and completion types on Hydraulic Fracturing Induced Sesimicity | Date Posted: 07/22/2024
• Annual Report—North East Air Monitoring Network (Phase 9—FY 2023/24) | Date Posted: 07/22/2024
• Risk Assessment of Typical Structures and Infrastructures Subject to Induced Seismicity | Date Posted: 03/07/2024
• Continuing support for monitoring air quality in Northeast BC (2024) | Date Posted: 03/01/2024
• Annual Report for collecting baseline water quantity data in small watersheds in NEBC (2023/24) | Date Posted: 02/13/2024
• Continuing support for collecting baseline water quantity data in small watersheds in NEBC (2024) | Date Posted: 12/07/2023
• Annual report for the Aboriginal Liaison Program (ALP) is now available | Date Posted: 10/24/2023
• New research project—Supply Chain Analysis for the Restoration Economy in Northern BC | Date Posted: 09/13/2023
• Final Report—Integration of Ground Motions into Induced Seismicity Risk Management in the Kiskatinaw Area, Northeast B.C. | Date Posted: 08/20/2023
• Final Report--Modeling and Analysis of KSMMA Induced Seismic Events to Advance Event Mitigation Strategies | Date Posted: 07/19/2023
• Annual Report--Northeast BC Seismic Array Network (Year 11) | Date Posted: 06/28/2023
• Final Report--Low Frequency Noise and Meteorological Condition Validation Study | Date Posted: 05/29/2023
• Final Report--Characterizing Ground Motion from Induced Seismicity in the Context of Cultural Noises (McGill University) | Date Posted: 05/26/2023
• Final Report--Towards Optimizing Well Plug and Decommissioning in British Columbia (Heriot Watt University) | Date Posted: 05/19/2023
• Annual Report—North East Air Monitoring Network (Phase 8—FY 2022/23) | Date Posted: 05/04/2023
• New research project—Oxidation of Fugitive Methane in Natural Soils of British Columbia | Date Posted: 04/25/2023
• BC OGRIS Improves Website | Date Posted: 01/04/2023
• Final Report--B.C. Top-down Survey and Root Cause Analysis (Carleton) | Date Posted: 12/25/2022
• Final Report—Establishing Regional Groundwater Chemistry Baselines for NEBC to Support Interpretation of Groundwater Analytical Results | Date Posted: 12/25/2022
• Final Report—B.C. Fugitive Emissions Management Program Effectiveness Assessment | Date Posted: 12/25/2022
• Final Report—Pipeline Risk Assessment with Multi-hazards (Corrosion and Geo-Hazard) Considerations | Date Posted: 12/25/2022
• Final Report—Geomechanical Effects of Cumulative Fluid Injection through Hydraulic Fracturing in the KSMMA | Date Posted: 12/25/2022
• New Research--seismicity research and monitoring | Date Posted: 12/25/2022
• Continuing support for Northeast B.C. Air Monitoring Network | Date Posted: 03/18/2022
• New research project—Characterizing Ground Motion from Induced Seismicity in the Context of Cultural Noises | Date Posted: 02/04/2022
• New research project-- Low Frequency Noise and Meteorological Condition Study | Date Posted: 02/04/2022
• New research project--Geomechanical Effects of Cumulative Fluid Injection through Hydraulic Fracturing in the KSMMA | Date Posted: 01/28/2022
• New research project--Integration of Ground Motions into Induced Seismicity Risk Management in Northeast B.C. | Date Posted: 01/17/2022
• New research project--B.C. Top-down Survey and Root Cause Analysis | Date Posted: 09/17/2021
• Final Report--Top Down and Bottom Up Comparison of Methane Emissions | Date Posted: 07/15/2021
• A BC OGRIS funded project is published in the June 3, 2021 issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | Date Posted: 06/06/2021
• BC Energy Regulator Industry Bulletin on Landslide Susceptibility Map | Date Posted: 05/07/2021
• New research project--Fugitive Emission Management Program Effectiveness Assessment | Date Posted: 05/02/2021
• Request for Proposals: BC Top-down Survey and Root Cause Analysis | Date Posted: 04/27/2021
• Final report--Pressure, Stress and Fault Slip Risk Mapping in the KSMMA | Date Posted: 02/16/2021
• Final report--Inventory of Methane Emissions from Storage Tanks and Compressor Seal Vents | Date Posted: 12/20/2020
• New research project--Towards Optimizing Well Plug and Abandonment in British Columbia through Data Analytics, Field Investigations and Predictive Modelling | Date Posted: 12/20/2020
• Researchers publish article in International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping | Date Posted: 10/14/2020
• Ambient Noise Study--Phase 2 | Date Posted: 09/04/2020
• Review of Alternative Sampling Design Methodology in Watershed Scale Health Assessment | Date Posted: 08/10/2020
• Quantitative Risk Assessment of Typical Structures and Infrastructures Subject to Induced Seismicity | Date Posted: 08/06/2020
• Ambient Noise Study in Farmington Development Area is complete. | Date Posted: 07/03/2020
• Geohazard Mapping for Risk Management | Date Posted: 06/04/2020
• 12th Unconventional Gas Technical Forum (April 23-24, 2020)--Cancelled | Date Posted: 01/28/2020
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to Enlighten Geoscience to conduct pressure, stress and fault slip risk mapping in the Kiskatinaw Seismic Monitoring and Mitigation Area (KSMMA) | Date Posted: 11/25/2019
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to Simon Fraser University to develop chemistry “baselines” of regional groundwater in Northeast B.C. | Date Posted: 11/19/2019
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to Bridger Photonics and Carleton University to scientifically evaluate the difference between top down and bottom up approaches to measuring methane emissions | Date Posted: 11/19/2019
• The BC OGRIS provides a grant to Patching Associates Acoustical Engineering to conduct an ambient noise study in the Farmington Development Area | Date Posted: 08/25/2019
• The BC OGRIS provides a grant to Clearstone Engineering to prepare an inventory of methane emissions from storage tanks and compressor seal vents | Date Posted: 08/25/2019
• The BC OGRIS provides grant to Integra Forest Consulting to conduct an analysis of the Cumulative Effects on Stream Health and Riparian Function in Oil and Gas Development Areas in B.C. | Date Posted: 08/25/2019
• The BC OGRIS provides grant to the University of Manitoba to study soil productivity following restoration of pipeline corridors | Date Posted: 06/26/2019
• Assessing Risks to Pipelines from Corrosion and Geo Hazards--new BC OGRIS research project | Date Posted: 03/25/2019
• Performance of Enclosed Combustors--the BC OGRIS is participating in a research project by the Saskatchewan Research Council to collect third party independent emissions and performance data on enclosed combustors used in oil and gas operations. | Date Posted: 03/20/2019
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to the University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus--School of Engineering) to evaluate the use of drones in monitoring fugitive gas emissions and land disturbance/reclamation. | Date Posted: 10/10/2017
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to the University of Victoria to assess the use of drones and multisensory data to monitor the reclamation of well sites. | Date Posted: 09/22/2017
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to the University of British Columbia to develop a fugitive gas migration database and carry out a statistical analysis on the occurrence, attributes and potential causes of gas migration | Date Posted: 08/10/2017
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to EcoLogic Research to Assess Options for Aligning the Management of Cumulative Impacts through Area-base Analysis and Cumulative Effects Framework | Date Posted: 07/27/2017
• Several projects have completed recently and final reports posted to the Completed Projects page of this website. | Date Posted: 07/27/2017
• A link to the Groundwater Review Assistant tool developed under a BC OGRIS contribution is now available on the Completed Projects page of this website. | Date Posted: 02/02/2017
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to Millennium EMS Solutions to conduct a low probability receptor analysis to quantify the probability of future occurrences and associated environmental impacts | Date Posted: 01/04/2017
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to the University of Victoria School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Geoscience BC to develop a natural gas atlas for BC. | Date Posted: 10/14/2016
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to the School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) to define a Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Greenness Assessment Method. | Date Posted: 10/11/2016
• The BC OGRIS has provided a grant to Foundry Spatial to design and develop a groundwater decision support tool. | Date Posted: 05/19/2016
• The BC OGRIS has provided grants to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia for two projects. | Date Posted: 11/19/2015
• The BC OGRIS supports five new projects | Date Posted: 09/29/2015
• SCEK Fund becomes the BC Oil and Gas Research and Innovation Society (BC OGRIS). | Date Posted: 07/03/2015