Completed Projects
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BC Natural Gas Atlas | Geoscience BC / University of Victoria (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences) |
Completed May 2, 2019 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Writing and Publication of the SCEK Fund Strategic Plan | Ken Howes |
Completed May 2005 Lead Researcher: Ken Howes |
Review of North East BC Crown Conservation Land Designations | Ducks Unlimited Canada |
Completed March, 2016 ![]() ![]() |
Comprehensive Progress Review of the Consultation Process Agreements (CPA) | CPA Implementation Committee (IC)/ Dovetail Consulting Inc. |
Completed Nov 2010 Lead Researcher: Julian Griggs For the final report contact the SCEK Program Manager |
Climate Change Readiness Survey | Resources North Association |
Completed January 2015 Lead Researcher: Trout Creek Collaborative Solutions / Resources North Association ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Drilling Rig Apprenticeship Program | Apprenticeship Program Northern Lights College / Shell Canada |
Completed October 2012 Lead Researcher :Craig Herbert / Murray Slezak ![]() |
Cable Rig Restoration Project in Fernie, British Columbia | Fernie Derrick Society |
Completed Dec., 2011 Media Coverage: Lead Researcher: Mary Giuliano |
Design and Publication of SCEK Fund Overview Publication | Tetrad Communications |
Completed Mar 2005 Lead Researcher: Ritchie Morrison |
Writing of 2004 SCEK Fund Forum Proceedings and Publication of status report | Tetrad Communications |
Completed Mar 2005 Lead Researcher:Ritchie Morrison |
Design and Publication of SCEK Fund Summary Brochures | Tetrad Communications |
Completed May 2004 Lead Researcher: Ritchie Morrison |
2004 SCEK Fund Forum and Workshop | SCEK Fund |
Completed Jun 2004 Lead Researcher: Andrea Morrison |
2003 SCEK Fund Forum and Workshop | SCEK Fund |
Completed Jun 2003 Lead Researcher: Andrea Morrison |
SCEK Consulting Services | Strategic West Energy Ltd. |
Completed Sep 2010 Lead Researcher: Derek Brown For the final report please contact the SCEK Program Manager |
Oil and Gas Public Opinion Survey | BC Oil and Gas Commission |
Completed December, 2011 Lead Researcher: Howard Harshaw |
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Assessing the potential of UAV-based (drones) and wider spectral imagery to monitor oil and gas activities | University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) |
Completed January 7, 2019 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Displacement Fluid Mechanics in Primary Cemented Annuli | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia |
Anticipate Completion February 28, 2019 (Year 3) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Assessing the potential of UAS-based (drones) and multisensor data in monitoring the reclamation of well sites | University of Victoria |
Completed October 30, 2018 ![]() ![]() |
Fluid Mechanic Causes of Gas Migration | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia |
Completed June, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mapping of Groundwater Aquifers in Montney Area | Geoscience BC |
Completed July 16, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Greenness Assessment Method | University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) |
Completed October 24, 2017 ![]() ![]() |
Alternative Approaches for the Assessment and Remediation of Produced Water | Hemmera |
Completed March 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() |
Understanding Controls on Distribution and Flow Pathways of Springs in North East BC | Simon Fraser University |
Completed September 15, 2017 ![]() ![]() |
Site Remediation Liability Management (Low Probability Receptor Analysis) | Millennium EMS Solutions |
Completed July 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() |
Groundwater Review Assistant | Foundry Spatial |
Completed January, 2017 ![]() |
Permafrost Ecosystem in Transition | Wilfrid Laurier University |
Completed September, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Storing Saline Fluids in Engineered Liner Systems | Higher Ground Consulting |
Completed June 30, 2016 ![]() ![]() |
Setting Protocols for Sustainable Withdrawal from Lakes | Hatfield Consultants Partnership |
Completed June 30, 2016 ![]() ![]() |
Pneumatic Pump Alternatives for Cold Weather | GreenPath Energy |
Completed June 30, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Recommended Application of Ecological Buffering Criteria | EcoLogic Research |
Complete June 30, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Salinity Analytical Method Review for Characterization in Muskeg | SynergyAspen Environmental Strategies |
Complete December, 2015 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
“Abandoned Well-Site End Land Use Objective Treatments: Operational Trial and Monitoring | Monashee Resources Limited |
Completed Mar 2004 Lead Researcher: Sam Bell / Corey Green |
Deep Aquifer Fluid Disposal | Geoscience BC; Canadian Discovery Ltd. |
Completed August 31, 2015 ![]() ![]() |
Real Time Access to Water Data from NorthEast BC | BC Oil and Gas Commission |
Completed June, 2014 ![]() ![]() |
Sample Pneumatic Devices to Develop Emission Factors | The Prasino Group |
Completed December, 2013 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OGMA Assessment Study | EnCana;Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers |
Phase 1—Complete Phase 2--Complete October 2013 ![]() |
Modern Practices of Hydraulic Fracturing: A Focus on Canadian Resources | ALL Consulting |
Complete July 2012 Lead Researcher: Dan Arthur Modern Practices of Fracturing Pipeline News North (Sept 18/12) Errata--Version 1--June 22, 2012 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hydraulic Fracture Water Reuse Feasibility Study | PTAC/MiSWACO |
Complete August 2012 Lead Researcher: Ken Campbell, MiSWACO Media Coverage: |
Development of Management Guidelines for Sulphur/8 Mile Stone Sheep | Stone's Sheep Steering and Science Committees |
Complete July 2012 Lead Researcher: Brian Churchill / Randal Glaholt |
Sulphur/8 Mile Stone Sheep Research Project | Synergy Applied Ecology |
Lead Researcher: Pamela Hengeveld Media Coverage: Complete July 2012 |
Ultrasonic Enhanced Remediation of Salt- and Hydrocarbon- Contaminated Soils | University of Northern British Columbia |
Completed Sept 2009 Lead Researcher: Dr. Jianbing Li |
Prophet River Moose Study | Wildland Resources |
Completed Dec 2002 Lead Researcher: Claudia Houwers |
Assessment of Atmospheric Sulphur Deposition to and Proportion of Sulphur in Surrounding Ecosystems due to Sour Gas Emissions | University of Calgary |
Completed Jun 2002 Lead Researcher: Ann-Lise Norman |
Impacts of Sour Gas Production Flare Tests on Vegetation | Golder Associates Ltd |
Completed Apr 2004 Lead Researcher: Katherine Enns (Delphinium) |
Investigation of Tsinhia Lake Fish Kill | Diversified Environmental Services |
Completed Feb 2004 Lead Researchers: Brad and Diane Culling
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Acid Gas Sorption by British Columbia Coals: Implications for Permanent Disposal of Acid Gas in Deep Coal Seams and Possible Co-Production of Methane | University of BC |
Completed May 2004 Lead Researcher: Marc Bustin |
Application of High Resolution Mesoscale Model Fields with the Calpuff Dispersion Modeling System in Prince George, BC | University of Northern British Columbia |
Completed Oct 2002 Lead Researcher: Brian McEwen |
Sustainable and Eco-Efficient Technologies: Economic Greenhouse Gas Reducing Technologies | Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) |
Anticipate completion Dec 2005 Lead Researcher: Denis Gaudet |
Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Heliportable Drilling Feasibility Study | Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and TERA Environmental Consulants |
Completed Jun 2002 Lead Reseachers: Randall Glaholt / Lois Pittaway |
Mountain Goat Habitat Use and Behaviour Study During 3D Seismic Heli-portable Aerial Operations in the OJAY Oil and Gas Development Area | Veritas Energy Services Inc. |
Completed May 2004 Lead Researchers: Clint Smyth / Derek Ebner |
Snake-Sahtaneh Boreal Caribou Habitat Use and Ecology Study | Slocan Forest Products Ltd. |
Completed 2004 Lead Researcher: Kevin Klun |
Foothills Model Forest Grizzly bear Research Project | Province of Alberta |
Completed Mar 2005 Lead Reseacher: Gordon Stenhouse |
Wellsite Evaluation in the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area | Ministry of Sustainable Resources Management |
Completed Mar 2005 Lead Researcher: Cal Faminov
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Soil Productivity and Forest Regeneration Success on Reclaimed Oil and Gas Sites (Yr2) | Ministry of Forests Kalamalka Research Station |
Completed Mar 2005 Lead Researcher: Chuck Bulmer |
Soil Productivity and Forest Regeneration Success on Reclaimed Oil and Gas Sites (Yr1) | Ministry of Forests Kalamalka Research Station |
Completed Mar 2004 Lead Researcher: Chuck Bulmer |
Soil Productivity and Forest Regeneration Success on Reclaimed Oil and Gas Sites | Ministry of Forests Kalamalka Research Station |
Completed Mar 2003 Lead Researcher: Chuck Bulmer |
Water Use Plan and Low Flow Analysis Æ Phase II | Diversified Technical Services |
Completed Feb 2004 Lead Researcher: Barry Ortman |
Low Flow Analysis - Phase I | Diversified Technical Services |
Completed Jan 2004 Lead Researcher: Barry Ortman |
Overview Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory | BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection |
Completed Mar 2004 Researchers: 2001-2: Brad and Diane Culling, 2003: Ryan Liebe |
Oil and Gas Audit | Charlie Lake Conservation Society |
Completed Nov 2005 Lead Researcher: Lindsay Sayahda |
2005 North American Trumpeter Swan Inventory | Ducks Unlimited Canada |
Completed Nov 2005 Lead Researcher: Darryl Kroeker |
Snake-Sahtaneh Boreal Caribou Habitat Use & Ecology Study | Slocan Forest Products Ltd. |
Completed May 2006 Lead Researcher: Brad and Diane Culling |
Soil Productivity and Forest Regeneration Success on Reclaimed Oil and Gas Sites (Yr 3) | Ministry of Forests Kalamalka Research Station |
Completed Mar 2006 Lead Researcher: Chuck Bulmer |
Horn River Basin Moose Inventory Phase 1: Winter 2009 | Devon Canada Corporation |
Completed Aug 2010 Lead Researcher: Shad Watts / Amit Saxena |
Montney Water Project: Collaborative Geoscience for Resource Development and Resource Management in the Montney Gas Play, Northeast British Columbia | Geoscience BC |
Completed June 2011 Lead Researcher: Lyn Anglin |
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Communities: A web-based mapping application to enhance consultation practices between First Nations, Government and Industry | Treaty 8 Tribal Association |
Completed Aug 2009 Lead Researcher: Kieran Broderick |
Prophet River Traditional Plant Study | Ravenscall Enterprises Ltd. |
Completed April 2006 Lead Researcher: Kelly Bannister |
Healing the Land, and Elder's Perspective | Monashee Resources Limited |
Completed 2005 Lead Researcher: Sam Bell / Corey Green |
West Moberly First Nations Traditional Knowledge Project | Dahke Community Projects Inc. |
Completed Mar 2005 Lead Researcher: Carylin Greatbanks |
Fort Nelson First Nation Traditional Land Use Study | Fort Nelson First Nation |
Completed Sept 2005 Lead Researcher: Annette Loe |
Holocene-Human History/Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction ~ 12,000/10,000 Years Ago to the Present | Heritage North Consulting Ltd. |
Completed Mar 2006 Lead Researcher: Keary Walde |
Communicating Traditional Knowledge: Prophet River First Nations (SDDT Extract) | University of Northern British Columbia Information for First Nations interested in using the project |
Completed Jan 2011 Media Coverage: Pipeline News North (July 29/11) Lead Researcher: Dr. Jane Young |
Use and Occupancy Mapping Project | Doig River First Nation |
Completed Mar 2011 Lead Researcher: Jane Calvert |
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PM 2.5 Emissions Test and Factor Development | Canadian Energy Partnership for Environmental Innovation |
Completed June 30, 2016 ![]() ![]() |
Well Test Flare Plume Monitoring Phase II: Measurement of SO2 in Flare Plumes using the DIAL Method | Alberta Research Council Inc. |
Completed Dec 2003 Lead Researcher: Allan Chambers |
Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators | Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers |
Completed Mar 2004 Lead Researcher: Denis Gaudert |
Technical Review of the Sour Gas Well-Test Flaring Approvals Process | SENES Consultants Ltd. |
Completed May 2007 Lead Researcher: Dan Hrebenyk |
Research on the Applicability of Modeled Site Specific Meteorological Data to Well Test Flaring Assessments in BC | Levelton Engineering Ltd. |
Completed Sep 2002 Lead Researcher: Alex Shuttle |
Regional Background Assessment of Groundwater Wells in the Greater Hudson Hope Area | Diversified Technical Services |
Completed Dec 2003 Lead Reseacher: Barry Ortman |
Demonstration of the Applicability of the Maxxam All-season Passive Sampling System to the Management of H2S in Northeast British Columbia | Maxxam Analytics Inc. |
Completed Jun 2002: Lead Researcher: Hongmoa H. Tang |
Western Canada Study on Animal Health Effects Associated with Exposure to Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Field Facilities | Western Interprovincial Scientific Studies Association |
Completed Jan 2006 Lead Researcher: Michael O'Connell (17 researchers involved) |
Determination of Threshold Levels of Sour Gas and H2S on the Mammalian Brain | University of Calgary |
Completed Dec 2005 Lead Researcher: Sheldon Roth |
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Assess Options for Aligning the Management of Cumulative Impacts through Area-base Analysis and Cumulative Effects Framework | EcoLogic Research |
Completed January 31, 2018 ![]() |
LiDAR – Hyperspectral Data Acquisition and Processing Fort Nelson, B.C. Area 2008 | University of Victoria’s Center for Applied Remote Sensing, Modeling and Simulation (CARMS) Inc. |
Completed Aug 2010 Media Coverage: Lead Researcher: Olaf Niemann |
Cumulative Impact Management Screener | Axys Environmental Consulting Ltd. and Salmo Consulting Inc. |
Completed Dec 2005 Lead Researchers: George Hegmann / Liz Neil |
Preliminary Resource Analysis for the Fort Nelson TSA | Forest Ecosystem Solutions |
Completed Jan 2009 Lead Researcher: Chris Niziolomski
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Modeling and Scenario Development in support of the PMT SRMP | MAL-ILMB |
Completed Mar 2006 Lead Researcher: Robert Barradell |
Development of a Practical Framework for Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management for Northeast BC (2) | Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and Salmo Consulting Inc. |
Completed Mar 2003 Lead Researcher: Terry Antoniuk |
Development of a Practical Framework for Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management for Northeast BC (1) | Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Axys Environmental Consulting Ltd. and Salmo Consulting |
Completed Mar 2003 Lead Researcher: George Hegmann |
Data Review, Collection and Analysis for Planning in the Moberly Tract | Firth Hollin Resource Science Corporation |
Completed Sep 2004 Lead Researcher: Ron Hammerstedt
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Working Towards an Understanding of Cumulative Effects Associated with Oil and Gas Development in the Chinchaga Area of British Columbia and Alberta | Ernst Environmental Services & Pioneer Natural Resources Canada Inc |
Completed fall 2004 Lead Researchers: Jessica Ernst / Jonathon Wright
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CBM baseline Water monitoring | Diversified Technical Services |
Completed 2005 Lead Researcher: Barry Ortman |
Boreal Caribou Interim Management Guidelines | Diversified Environmental Services |
Completed 2004 Lead Researcher: Brad and Diane Culling |
Development and Assessment of Biophysical Thresholds for the Blueberry Area | Axys Environmental Consulting Ltd. |
Completed Jul 2004 Lead Researcher: Nick Poushinsky |
A Strategic Approach to Guide the Appreciation of Cumulative Impact Management in Northeast British Columbia | New Direction Resource Management Ltd. |
Completed Aug 2005 Lead Researcher: Bill Bourgeois |
Data Review, Collection and Analysis for Planning in the Moberly Tract | LIBC |
Completed Mar 2006 Lead Researcher: Steve Warrington |
Boreal Caribou Cumulative Impact Analysis | Salmo Consulting Inc |
Completed Aug 2007 Lead Researcher: Terry Antoniuk |
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Top Down and Bottom Up Comparison of Methane Emissions | Bridger Photonics / Carleton University |
Completed July 14, 2021 ![]() ![]() |
Fugitive Gas Migration Database and Statistical Analysis on Occurrence, Attributes and Potential Causes of Gas Migration | Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia |
Completed March 31, 2020 Article in Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology Journal (23 February 2019) Article in Science of the Total Environment Volume 769 (May 2021)--Article 144678 ![]() ![]() |
Inventory of Methane Emissions from Storage Tanks and Compressor Seal Vents | Clearstone Engineering |
Completed April 8, 2020 ![]() ![]() |
Performance of Enclosed Combustors | Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) |
Completed January 21, 2020 ![]() ![]() |
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Analysis of Cumulative Effects on Stream Health and Riparian Function in Oil and Gas Development Areas in B.C. | Integra Forest Consulting |
Completed: December 2, 2019 ![]() ![]() |
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Pressure, Stress and Fault Slip Risk Mapping in the KSMMA | Enlighten Geoscience |
Completed: September 21, 2020 Appendices in Final Report available upon request--due to file size (info@bcogris.ca) ![]() ![]() |
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North East Air Monitoring Program | BC Ministry of Environment; BC Oil and Gas Commission; Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers |
Year 1--complete March 31, 2014 Year 2--Complete June 30, 2016 Year 3--Complete March 31, 2018 Year 4--Complete March 31, 2019 Year 5--Complete March 31, 2020 Year 6--Complete March 31, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Assessing Risks to Pipelines from Corrosion and Geo Hazards | University of British Columbia—Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam (Okanagan Campus); Dr. Edouard Asselin and Dr. Dharma Wijewickreme (Vancouver Campus) |
Completed: June 7, 2022 Funding Envelope: Engineering / Safety Research: Pipelines Paper published in International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping (Oct, 2020) Paper published in Internation Journal of Pressue Vessels and Piping (Feb, 2022) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Geohazard Mapping for Risk Management | BGC Engineering Inc. |
Completed: January 8, 2021 Funding Envelope: Engineering / Safety Research: Pipelines BC Oil and Gas Commission Industry Bulletin on Landslide Susceptibility Map (May, 2021) The raster data for the map can be viewed by accessing the BC Oil and Gas Commission's ArcGIS Online Landslide Susceptibility Viewing Tool. To access the viewer please submit a request to ogc.systems@bcogc.ca. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ambient Noise Study--Phase 2 | Patching Associates Acoustical Engineering |
Completed: April 6, 2021 Funding Envelope: Engineering / Safety Research: Wells, Facilities, Other. ![]() ![]() |
Acid Gas Accidental Release Control Methods | Ray Mireault |
Completed: August, 2019 Funding Envelope: Engineering / Safety Research: Wells, Facilities, Other ![]() ![]() |
Ambient Noise Study in the Farmington Development Area | Patching Associates Acoustical Engineering |
Completed: June 29, 2020 Funding Envelope: Engineering / Safety Research: Wells, Facilities, Other. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best Practices for Earth Dam Construction and Maintenance in NEBC | Dr. D. Tannant (University of British Columbia--Okanagan Campus) |
Completed: February 19, 2020. Funding Envelope: Engineering / Safety Research: Wells, Facilities, Other ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |