Environmental Impact

Technology advances are making exploration, development, production, processing and distribution of oil and natural gas cheaper, more efficient, and more protective of the environment.  Major contributions to future domestic supplies must come from new frontiers in such geologically challenging and operationally complex settings as the Alaskan North Slope, deep formations, deepwater offshore, and lower permeability formations in the Rocky Mountain States. Today’s producers are applying a host of new technologies and strategies to minimize the environmental impact of oil and natural gas operations in these frontier regions.

The brief reports linked here will illustrate how the oil and natural gas industry takes many steps to assure that exploration and production operations offshore, onshore or in the Arctic can take place with very little environmental impact.

Hydraulic Fracturing Techniques and Safeguards

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Size: 1.1 MB | Date: February 10, 2009

Oil and Gas Workplace Safety

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Size: 414 KB | Date: December 8, 2008

The Offshore Industry's Hurricane Response

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Size: 373 KB | Date: September 9, 2008

Energy Operations on Public Lands Can Coexist with Other Uses

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Size: 138 KB | Date: September 3, 2008 

Information on Split Estate

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Size: 141 KB | Date: August 26, 2008

Good Neighbor Practices

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Size: 282 KB | Date: August 26, 2008

Oil Spill Prevention and Preparedness - Offshore

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Size: 432 KB | Date: July, 2008

Environmental Stewardship - Onshore

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Size: 61 KB | Date: February 27, 2008

Examples of Technology at Work - Onshore

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Size: 68 KB | Date: February 27, 2008

Examples of Technology at Work in the Arctic

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Size: 105 KB | Date: February 27, 2008

Environmental Harmony - Offshore

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Size: 63 KB | Date: February 27, 2008