Information and Learning
Participants in The Environmental Partnership have committed to continuous learning about the latest industry innovations and best practices that can further reduce their own environmental footprint while safely and responsibly growing energy production.
One benefit to participating in The Environmental Partnership is access to our industry workshops. These workshops bring together large and small companies, and provide an opportunity to share information and discuss best practices.
The Environmental Partnership Permian Basin Workshop 2024
In September, The Environmental Partnership returned to the Permian Basin region for its seventh consecutive year. The event, once again hosted at Oxy’s Midland offices, brought together local operators representing 28 companies to discuss shared challenges and learn about ways to detect and drive down methane emissions.
The Environmental Partnership Bakken Workshop 2024
In June, The Environmental Partnership returned to North Dakota, bringing Bakken operators together to tackle shared challenges and learn about best practices through open dialogue with their industry peers. The Bakken Workshop covered flare management, TEP research projects underway, emissions monitoring, drilling and completion strategies, pneumatic controllers, and more. The workshop also included a presentation on the iPIPE and flare projects underway at the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
The Environmental Partnership Appalachian Workshop 2024
The Environmental Partnership returned to the Appalachian Basin in April to hold its first workshop in the region in six years. Hosted by Seneca Resources, workshop attendees heard from TEP participants and experts on topics relevant to their basin-specific operations as well as efforts to drive down emissions broadly.
The Environmental Partnership Permian Workshop 2023
In October 2023, The Environmental Partnership returned to Midland, Texas, for the sixth consecutive year to hold its Permian Basin workshop. Hosted by TEP Participant, Occidental Petroleum, the event convened operators from across the Permian Basin to tackle shared challenges and learn about new strategies and technologies to detect and drive down emissions.
The Environmental Partnership Measurement and Monitoring Workshop 2023
The Environmental Partnership held its first measurement and monitoring workshop at Western Midstream in Denver, Colorado.
The Environmental Partnership Permian Workshop 2022
In the Fall of 2022, The Environmental Partnership held a workshop, hosted by Chevron, in Midland, Texas. The event provided Permian operators with an opportunity to learn more about evolving technologies for emissions detection and mitigation – from continuous monitoring to aerial surveying – as well as a discussion about the projects within The Partnership, including an overview of the compressor study underway in collaboration with Colorado State University (CSU).
The Environmental Partnership Bakken Workshop 2022
In July 2022, The Partnership returned to North Dakota, bringing Bakken operators together to tackle shared challenges and learn about best practices through open dialogue with their industry peers. The Bakken Workshop covered emerging technologies and participant emissions detections efforts as well as a presentation on produced water management, a topic of increasing interest among participants. The workshop also included an update from North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality on their work with industry.
The Environmental Partnership Permian Workshop 2021
The Environmental Partnership returned to in-person workshops on October 28, 2021. Hosted by Chevron under a large tent at its Midcontinent Headquarters Campus in Midland, TX, the day brought together nearly 100 individuals from companies operating across the Permian to share experiences and learn about best practices.
The workshop included presentations from Blue Racer Midstream, DCP Midstream, ExxonMobil, Devon, and Ovintiv. These presentations covered emerging technologies for emissions detection and mitigation including everything from aerial surveying to pipeline blowdown technologies to tank vapor control designs. The day concluded with a presentation on the best practices for proper flare combustion and how to minimize compressor emissions.
The Environmental Partnership Bakken Workshop 2019
The Environmental Partnership’s 2019 Bakken Workshop, hosted by Lime Rock Resources on July 25th, included presentations by oil and natural gas producers, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and the North Dakota Petroleum Council, all focusing on operations in North Dakota and Montana.
The Environmental Partnership Oklahoma Workshop 2019
The Environmental Partnership held its Oklahoma workshop on April 11th, 2019 in Oklahoma City. It was hosted by Baker Hughes, a GE Company, at their Energy Innovation Center.
The Environmental Partnership Permian Basin Workshop 2019
The Environmental Partnership’s 2019 Permian Basin Workshop included local operators sharing information on a variety of environmental topics important to oil and natural gas producers. The workshop, hosted by Chevron, was held April 9th in Midland, Texas.
The Environmental Partnership’s Appalachian Summer Workshop 2018
The Environmental Partnership held its second workshop on Thursday, July 26th, 2018 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, located just outside of Pittsburgh. The workshop brought together individuals from 20 different organizations and companies for presentations on a number of critical issues facing oil and gas companies.
The Environmental Partnership’s Permian Spring Workshop 2018
On Friday April 4th, the Environmental Partnership hosted its first industry workshop in Odessa, Texas. At the workshop, participants enjoyed a rare opportunity to come together with their colleagues in the oil and natural gas industry. The workshop, hosted by Baker Hughes, included multiple presentations from industry experts on how companies could further reduce their environmental footprints in a cost-effective manner. More than 30 companies were represented, and an afternoon session was added to accommodate the large number of attendees.