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Exploration Planning, Drilling and Field Management Our Services Geology Engineering Field Services Exploration Planning, Drilling and Field Management Environmental Monitoring Water Resources Management Operational Monitoring & Data Management Site Specific Engineering and Construction Management Water Resources Environmental Management Consulting	Home > Our Services > Field Services > Exploration Planning, Drilling and Field Management Exploration Planning, Drilling and Field Management The Norwest Field Services Group manages exploration and delineation programs in the oil sands, unconventional oil and gas, and potash industries from project conception through to reclamation. To date Field Services has successfully managed the planning, permitting, and field execution of more than fifty Oil Sands Exploration (OSE) programs. These projects consisting of over 2,000 oil sands evaluation wells, as well as hundreds of hydrogeological and geotechnical wells. The projects have been in both the surface minable and in situ recovery areas of the Athabasca region of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Field Services group has completed several potash exploration and development programs in addition to many CBM, heavy oil, shale gas, and tight sand gas projects in Canada, the USA and internationally. The key disciplines under the Field Services Group are: Project management: Planning; budgeting, scheduling, permitting, staffing, procurement Project controls; cost tracking, progress & change management, reporting Execution; drilling, construction, multidisciplinary data collection Environmental; HSE & regulatory compliance, water and waste management, reclamation Geological Supervision: Geological supervision of coring operations Geophysical logging QC Data collection, description and secure transmittal Construction: Leases, roads and sumps building oversight Equipment needs and scheduling Regulatory compliance Leases, roads, and sumps reclamation Drilling: Supervision of Drilling activities Specialization in OSE programs Field operations drilling management Regulatory and safety compliance on rigs, Well licensing and ERCB DDS filing Land services: Permitting, stake holder consultations, road use agreements Registered Alberta land agents strategic partner Specialization in OSE programs Current with all regulatory requirements Geomatics: Surveying and mapping Registered ALS strategic partner Specialization in OSE programs Audited HSE system in place Risk Management: HSE regulatory management Field Health and Safety supervision Document and address hazards, near misses and incidents Conduct field HSE investigations Ensure safety/tailgate meetings are documented Monitor training and certifications for Contractor personnel Multidisciplinary Projects: Geology, Hydrology, Surface Water and Environmental Geotechnical, Drilling, Reservoir and Mine Engineering Construction, Reclamation, and Community Relations	Case Study In-situ Development, Northern Alberta An international resource development company acquired a potential in situ oil sands lease in the Athabasca region of Alberta. The property required further resource delineation and had a potential aquifer that needed to be assessed for suitability as an operational water source. Norwest was engaged and carried out all aspects of project planning, execution and management. Norwest built a multidisciplinary project team consisting of drilling, geological, geotechnical and hydrogeological specialists who designed and executed the project safely, on time and within 3% of the approved budget. The data collected was used to further define the project’s geologic and hydrogeologic resources, which has allowed our client to proceed with planning and permitting of their future SAGD project.
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