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Emergency Response Planning
For information on Emergency Preparedness Response Requirements for the Petroleum Industry in Alberta please refer to AER Directive 071 by following this link: AER Directive 071.
Emergency Response Plans are vital to the Oil and Gas industry and are designed to protect the public safety, workers and the environment. All Oil and Gas companies in Alberta and British Columbia are required by their respective government regulators and agencies to create and maintain Emergency Response Plans. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) monitors the petroleum industry’s emergency response activities in Alberta, outlining rules and regulations in their Directive 071. The Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) provides the same function for the industry in British Columbia. Pipelines crossing provincial or national borders are regulated by Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB).
TechSkill teams up with numerous Consultants in creating the Emergency Response Plan. We also work directly with several large Oil and Gas Companies who handle the Emergency Response Plan in-house. We can prepare maps for Site-specific ERPs, Well-site Abandonment maps, Gathering System maps for the Core ERP and Drilling maps.
We can provide and/or maintain the area well and pipeline lists as registered with the respective government agencies.
We can use our field consultants to conduct the necessary data collection such as resident and business consultations and ground truthing or we can work with your team to ensure all the required information is accurate and done correctly the first time.
TechSkill Planning can also organize Table Top and Full Scale Exercises using our consultants to ensure your people are prepared and understand what to do in the unlikely event of an emergency.
Emergency Planning Zone Maps
The Emergency Planning Zone map is the foundation of a successful Emergency Response Plan. The entire ERP is built upon the contents of the map. Without an accurate, usable map, an effective ERP is not possible. Building a usable map requires thorough attention to detail regarding placement of true surface features and an accurate depiction of Emergency Planning information.
The Emergency Planning Zone map is a vital component of a system ultimately intended for prevention of the loss of life. There is no place for inexperience in the business of determining the balance of necessary information needed for effective emergency management. Emergency responders must have a clear understanding of critical evacuation routes and planning zone features in order to do their jobs effectively.
Experience has shown the map will likely be used under adverse conditions. Therefore the map must be clearly readable even when illuminated by a flashlight while spread across the hood of a truck and viewed through the face plate of a breathing apparatus. Real world knowledge of what works and what doesn’t is the key to good map production.
Sample Maps
Check out our Gallery Page for some of the different types of maps that we can provide. All of our maps can be customized to our client’s specific needs.
Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) Maps – showing all pipelines, wells and facilities that contain sour gas. These maps are much like a gathering system map, but their focus is on sour gas and the EPZ around the wells and pipelines that carry it. Resident locations (surface developments) are very important on these maps as they relate to the EPZ boundaries.
Resident Handout Maps – 8.5” x 11” maps that show sour wells and/or pipelines along with their respective EPZ and how they affect residences located within the EPZ.