Site Reclamation Services
Now that you’re finished with your site or portfolio of sites, you want to be able to return them to a state that meets regulatory standards, allowing you to reduce your environmental liability. At Matrix, we provide practical and cost‑effective land reclamation services that support site closure. From unmanned aerial vehicles and fixed‑wing aircrafts to iPads and custom databases, Matrix uses the latest technology and specialized assessment methods to provide practical and cost‑effective land reclamation services for well sites, facilities, linear developments, mines, and former spill sites.
Reclamation services include:
- Annual regulatory reporting
- Pre‑development assessment reports
- Supervision and coordination of wellbore cut‑and‑cap projects including gas migration and surface casing vent flow tests
- Site‑specific reclamation assessments
- Reclamation monitoring program plans
- Ecosystem recovery monitoring
- Conservation and reclamation (C&R) plans
- Developing conceptual and project‑level conservation, reclamation, and closure plans
- Supervision of physical site reclamation projects
- Detailed site assessments (DSAs)
- Reclamation Certificate, Acknowledgement of Reclamation, and COR Part 2 applications
Reclamation services include:
- Annual regulatory reporting
- Pre‑development assessment reports
- Supervision and coordination of wellbore cut‑and‑cap projects including gas migration and surface casing vent flow tests
- Site‑specific reclamation assessments
- Reclamation monitoring program plans
- Ecosystem recovery monitoring
- Conservation and reclamation (C&R) plans
- Developing conceptual and project‑level conservation, reclamation, and closure plans
- Supervision of physical site reclamation projects
- Detailed site assessments (DSAs)
- Reclamation Certificate, Acknowledgement of Reclamation, and COR Part 2 applications
Related Projects
Oil Sands Exploration Site Closure Experience
Since 2010 Matrix has been supporting oil sands exploration (OSE) programs with site closure expertise for in-situ sites in Northeast Alberta. We provide practical and cost effective services that support site closure, beginning after OSE program drilling through to reclamation certificates. These include aerial site assessments, ground site assessments, reclamation recommendations, annual reporting, and reclamation certificate applications.
Well Site Reclamation Portfolio
A multinational energy company retained Matrix to provide reclamation services on a large portfolio of inactive oil and gas facilities in the Wainwright, Alberta area. The facilities have passed beyond their productive operating phase and Matrix is developing strategies to support the client with land reclamation and liability reduction by achieving regulatory closure for each site. The portfolio involves activities on 80 to 100 sites/year. Matrix has been assisting on this portfolio since 2010, including site closure activities from Phase 1 environmental site assessments to the submission of reclamation certificate applications.
Well Site Abandonment, Remediation and Reclamation Portfolio
An oil and gas producer with operations in southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba has been progressing a large-scale abandonment program of approximately 50 to 100 well sites annually. Matrix was retained to assist with the management of the abandonment and reclamation program. The goal is to reduce the producer’s environmental liability, return land to equivalent productivity, and achieve regulatory closure for the sites.