WHAT WE DO
Pre-Site Assessment & Reporting
Planning Today, Saving Money Tomorrow.
ELM provides Preliminary Site Assessments (PSA) and Reporting, a service that delivers valuable information to clients. Essentially, it’s a documented status of all inventory on site, the condition of this inventory and images to support asset management and Phase 1 ESAs (Environmental Site Assessments). Photos of equipment, wellhead status, site condition which can be used in facilitation of the sale of used inventory.
This value-add service empowers companies to pre-plan for near-term abandonment and decommissioning work and will save time and money for clients.
Wellsite Abandonments
Management Brings Over 25 Years of Direct Experience in Abandonments & Vent Flow Solutions.
ELM offers the full spectrum of environmental liability management services, including turnkey well abandonment solutions. Efficient management of the end-of-life cycle of a well enables us to bundle services to reduce costs. Our team includes some of the most experienced technical specialists in the industry and we bring over a quarter of a century of direct experience. We tap into our robust database which covers decades of successful projects to provide clients with better-informed plans and accurate cost estimates based on our direct experience.
ELM is committed to proactive and transparent communications with our clients and project stakeholders. We ensure you are fully armed with the information you need when you need it. We have in-house experts to support all the moving parts of projects that are required for success.
Services offered include:
- Comprehensive abandonment programs & cost estimates
- Downhole well abandonment
- Groundwater protection and porous zone isolation
- Wellhead cut and cap
- Re-entry for repairs
- Tubing resale
- Stakeholder & Land notifications
- DDS submissions & Closure reports
Decommissioning Services
Your Turnkey Decomissioning Provider.
ELM provides comprehensive decommissioning services. We create tailored work programs, obtain and manage surface land agreements, execute the field work, fulfill all regulatory reporting requirements, and prepare all closure reporting for your project. We strive to deliver cost-effective solutions that are safer and reduce environmental impacts.
We tailor our services to plug into your team and adapt our collaborative approach to meet your needs. When practical, we utilize area-based closures resulting in shared services and therefore, reduced mobilization costs. We manage complex multi-location and remote-location projects. Our long-established working relationships ensure we have access to the skilled labour and necessary equipment to scale up when and where required.
Services offered include:
- Surface equipment removal & salvage resale
- Facility decommissioning projects including satellites, batteries, compressor stations, tank farms and gas plants
- Small and large diameter pipeline decommissioning
- Pipeline discontinuation
- Line splits and line reactivation
- Line repairs and optimizations
- Site-Specific Liability Assessments (SSLAs)
- Stakeholder & Land notifications
- DDS submissions & Closure reports
Remediation and Reclamation
Restoring The Earth For Future Generations.
One of ELM’s strengths lies in our extensive expertise in environmental impact management involving land, plants, animals, communities, and industry. ELM has completed projects in various remediation and reclamation capacities, driving sound land management practices and conservation solutions and returning land to equivalent capability. ELM maintains a highly capable in-house project management team and delivers field solutions through our alliances and JV depending on the site conditions and area of services. We aggregate the right team, equipment, and technologies to address our clients' challenges.
Services offered include:
- Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
- Stage I and II preliminary site investigation
- Remediation and surface reclamation
- Risk-based closure
- Environmental impact studies
- Permitting and easements
- Species-at-Risk surveys
- Groundwater monitoring
- Analysis of soil and water monitoring data
- Delineation of soil contamination
- Revegetation plans
- Reclamation certificate applications
- Stakeholder engagement
Liability Advisory Services
Effectively Managing Your Uninsurable Risk.
ELM takes pride in being able to provide complete independent environmental assessments pre and post any remediation and reclamation work. More than 15,000 wellbores were assessed to support clients’ decisions around budgets and acquisitions and divestiture activities. Additionally, over 450 reports and assessments were carried out delivering liability management and impact solutions to clients.
Services offered include:
- Independent liability assessments for management, auditors, and financial institutions
- Cost Overrun mitigation - "The ELM Guarantee"
- Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) support
- Strategies to reduce Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO)
- Strategies to manage License Liability Rating (LLR)
- Site-Specific Liability Assessments (SSLAs)
- Acquisition and divestiture support
- Strategy development focused on environmental risk mitigation and deleveraging the balance sheet
- Posted Line of Credit reduction strategies
- Carrying cost reduction/mitigation analysis to increase a client’s Net Operating Income
- Regulatory administration support
- Government regulation education and navigation assistance
- Peer reviews
- Expert witness testimony
Memberships & Registrations
Our Work in Treaty 8
"The Loon River First Nation has witnessed firsthand the quality of ELM's work and the company's commitment to our treaty lands as they carried out all of our abandonment, decommissioning and reclamation/remediation programs, They are sensitive to project timelines and budgets with a keen focus on communication throughout the entire process...
We had prior knowledge of their reputation for "doing things right" and in a respectful manner. We did not want to cut corners as we restored our land back to its natural state thus preserving it for our Nation's future generations."
- Chief Ivan Sawan, Loon River First Nation
Our Clients Say...
Building On Our Collective Industry Experience
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ELM’s office is located on Treaty 7 land and the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, and the Métis Nation (Region 3). In the Spirit of reconciliation, we continue to develop and foster strong relationships with the people, communities, and lands where we work.
COMPETITIVE, CAPABLE, AND EXPERIENCED
ELM is the ready partner you want on your team when managing environmental liabilities.
Contact our team by calling 1-587-392-4000 or completing our form below.
