Talk
Regulatory and Policy Updates

Update on Recent and Planned Activities of the Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations (OROGO)

Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 10:00am to 10:20am Theatre Three

Author(s)

P. de Jong (Presenting)
Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations
P. Lennie-Misgeld (Presenting)
Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations
B. Heppelle (Presenting)
Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations
M. Martin (Presenting)
Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations
K. Cameron (Presenting)
Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations

Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations (OROGO) holds regulatory responsibility for oil and gas operations in the onshore Northwest Territories outside of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and federal areas. This presentation will provide a brief update on OROGO’s activities over the past year and its plans for the coming year. Areas of focus will include reductions in on-the-land liability as a result of OROGO’s Well Suspension and Abandonment Guidelines, the electronic availability of well history and seismic program information, new Guidelines under development in 2019-20 and OROGO’s Well Watch Program.