Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Services

Cameron-Cole professionals tailor due diligences services to your individual opportunities’ needs, concerns, and risk tolerance. We identify current conditions of concern with an eye toward evolving or changing regulations. We also offer presumptive remedies and budgetary cost estimates to support your plans for future capital expenditures. Our experience in divestiture reduces closing time as well as increases transparency and trust, providing confidence in your transaction and assurance that environmental risks are being addressed.

Our environmental due diligence expertise includes:

• Review of and strategy regarding Purchase and Sale Agreement language and scoping of the due diligence to support project goals
• Design and implementation of an environmental due diligence process sensitive to your concerns and goals
• Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
• Performing Site Surveys to identify existing environmental issues prior to lease
• Environmental risk minimization and management
• Support acquiring environmental insurance to share risks identified during the due diligence process
• Identification of presumptive remedies for defects identified and quantification of potential cost and/or risk

Compliance audits may cover environmental, safety, operational, and downhole compliance, or any combination of these areas. Cameron-Cole helps you take preemptive action to avoid violations and fines and gives you the ability mitigate findings before regulatory involvement. And, internally, your employees will recognize the work your company is doing to improve operations, safety, and environmental conditions.

Our compliance auditing expertise includes:

• Environmental – Air, water, and waste and includes Air-GHG emissions and reporting
• Safety – Assists in identifying OSHA violations, proper signage, damaged or unsafe equipment, emergency response plans, and more
• Operational – Includes review and assessment of emission controls and tracking, methane emission reduction measures, and more
• Downhole – Includes casing integrity, aquifer protection evaluations, and more

Assessment, remediation, and monitoring (ARM) services evaluate the current conditions and the best course of action for treating soil and or groundwater contaminants at your project site whether the contamination was a legacy issue from an acquisition or a more recent event. ARM services are used to satisfy regulatory requirements and to obtain regulatory closure. From discovery through regulatory closure, Cameron-Cole’s ARM specialists are experts trained in remediation strategies with the latest technology to create a cost-effective resolution.

Our ARM expertise includes:

• Working with State Voluntary Remediation Programs
• Assessment of spills/releases on a location
• Development or remedial alternative options to address the issue
• Pit closures
• Screening and disposal of TENORM
• Assessment and Remediation of closed facilities
• Location reclamation
• Regulatory interaction and negotiation

Air permitting and compliance is part of an effort to maintain the project or site in compliance with air quality standards and permits or, if noncompliance is determined, identify an effective remedy. Cameron-Cole air scientist can evaluate the impact of the recent Quad Oc will have on your operation. We can also provide suggested actions to lessen the impact. To guide you through complicated and evolving state and federal regulations, Cameron-Cole’s experts stay well-versed in the data and permits necessary to successfully complete a project. We can provide support in executing your project to its full potential through compliance audits, emissions inventories, and more.

Our Permitting and Compliance expertise includes:

• Generating permit applicability determinations, preparation, and negotiation of necessary permits
• Field visits/audits to evaluate compliance with existing permits and identify problems or equipment concerns
• Evaluation of proposed and recent regulatory requirements on operations
• Support regarding equipment selection to avoid future emission concerns
• Calculation of emissions inventories

Monitoring your organization’s emissions is crucial in adhering to regulatory guidelines and minimizing the global carbon footprint. Cameron-Cole is an Air-Resources Board-accredited verification body for many programs, and we can assist in collecting, analyzing, and reporting on your emissions data, as well as preparing a carbon strategy moving forward. We are an impartial third-party and can help you make important environmental decisions that have lasting impact.

Our monitoring, Quantification, and Minimization expertise includes:

• Carbon footprint analysis
• GHG data collection support
• GHG inventory and management plans
• Development of carbon offset projects
• Third-party GHG verification