In Alberta, pipelines inactive for 12 months or more must be discontinued or abandoned and surface equipment must be removed within 12 months of wellhead surface abandonment. Records of cleanup activities must be retained and may be audited.
Single-Source Project Management and Customized Equipment
Tervita understands the stringent regulatory requirements surrounding energy industry infrastructure. We identify vital non-compliance issues, and bring our clients into compliance. Our single-scope approach to project management combines well abandonment and decommissioning activities to ensure significant equipment, time, and cost savings. Tervita has extensive experience and customized equipment specifically designed to decommission all types of pipeline systems and facilities. Our stakeholder notification process and regulatory audit packages are key aspects of our industry best practice.
Our specialized project management and field teams:
- evaluate pipeline gathering systems for compliance
- prepare pipeline license amendments
- conduct pre-abandonment inspections
- develop pipeline discontinuation and abandonment programs and cost estimates
- engineer pipeline integrity management solutions
- generate stakeholder notifications
- execute field pipeline discontinuation and abandonment work
- obtain pipelines status changes from industry regulators
- provide an audit-proof project closure report meeting all regulatory requirements
Tervita currently offers Pipeline Integrity and Compliance in Canada. Please contact us if you have a requirement beyond this geography and we’ll do our best to accommodate your request.