Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Symposium

Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Symposium - Reducing the Footprint of oil and gas development in the North

The Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Symposium was held in Whitehorse, Yukon on April 25 to 27, 2005. The symposium agenda, poster abstracts and presentation abstracts are posted on this page.

If you would like to obtain a copy of these presentations, please email Kirstie Simpson, Sustainable Resource Development Coordinator with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Oil and Gas and Mineral Resources Division.

Agenda
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Poster Abstracts
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POSTERS: Snowmobiles and Caribou; Industrial Disturbance on Caribou; Devon’s 2D and 3D Seismic Projects in the Eagle Plains and Kotaneelee Areas - Best Management Practices for Minimizing Disturbance; Landslides and Climate Change; Arctic Alpine Seeds; Interactive Geological Mapping Project; Yukon Oil and Gas Resource Assessments; Seismic Surveys in the Whitehorse Trough.

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Presentation Abstracts
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Yukon’s Development Assessment Process (DAP) – Status and Implications to the Oil & Gas Industry
Diane Brent, Development Assessment Coordinator, Department of Energy Mines & Resources, Government of Yukon

An Oil and Gas Perspective on a Changing Environment
Ian Scott, CAPP

Evolving Approaches to Minimize the Footprint of the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry
Ian Scott, CAPP

Barriers to the Deployment of Environmental Technologies in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
Denis Gaudet, PTAC

Oil and Gas Development on Alaska’s North Slope: The Role of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jim Zelenak, Project Planning Branch, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office

The Development of an Ecological Landscape Model for Yukon Oil and Gas Best Management Practices
Kirstie Simpson, Oil, Gas & Mineral Resources Division, Energy Mines & Resources, Yukon Government

TransCanada and Environmental Stewardship in the Boreal Forest
Karen Etherington, Community Safety & Environment, TransCanada Pipelines

Footprint Reduction in Alaska North Slope Oil and Gas Exploration and Development
Mark Major, ConocoPhillips, Alaska, Inc.

Understanding, Evaluation and Application of Indigenous Knowledge in Oil and Gas Exploration: Applicant and Regulatory/Affected Party Perspectives
Gordon Brower, North Slope Borough Planning Department and Mark Major, ConocoPhillips, Alaska, Inc.

How Songbirds are Affected by Seismic Lines
Craig Machtans, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada

The Boreal Caribou Committee and the Hay Zama Wetlands Committee – a Multiparty Collaborative Approach to the Development of Industrial Guidelines for Woodland Caribou Habitat and Operation in a Sensitive Wetland in Northern Alberta
Pat Cabezas, Hay-Zama Committee and the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society

Woodland Caribou – Use of Empirical Models to Maintain and Restore Habitat and Mitigate Risks
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta

Regional Response of Boreal Birds to the Energy Sector Footprint
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta

Caribou and Development in the Carcross Winter Range
Rob Florkiewicz, Department of Environment, Government of Yukon

Flying in Sheep Country
Jean Carey, Department of Environment, Government of Yukon

Preventing Wildlife Injuries from Right-of-Way Brushing
Morris George, Department of Environment, Yukon Government

Environmental Study Programs and Research Sponsored by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Caryn Rea, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

The Use of Biophysical Mapping in Integrated Land Use Planning and Resource Management: the North Yukon Biophysical Mapping Project
Caryn Rea, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. and Shawn Francis, North Yukon Planning Commission

The Oil and Gas Business from a Forester's Point of View: Changes and best practices we are seeing on the ground
Myles Thorp, Forest Management Branch, Yukon Government

Enbridge Norman Wells to Zama Pipeline Monitoring: An Overview of Monitoring Results Since Construction in 1981
Shaun Kavajecz, Enbridge Energy Company Inc.

Best Management Practices Associated with Stream Crossings
P. Tobler and R.J. Redden,  Environmental Dynamics Inc.

Mackenzie Delta Low Ground Pressure Vehicle Trial
ConocoPhillips Canada

Soil Bioengineering for Restoration of Difficult Sites
David F. Polster, Polster Environmental Services Ltd.

Yukon Oil and Gas: Where have we been … where are we going?
Debra Wortley, Oil and Gas Management Branch, Yukon Government

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