Oil and Gas

 

Chevron San Joaquin Valley Business Unit

Projects supported include seismic, oil and gas production wells, facility abandonment, solar facilities, and inter and intrafield electrical lines, pipelines, roads, and other infrastructure.

Implementation (avoidance, minimization, and mitigation)

  • Initial project planning regarding threatened and endangered species

  • Staff training (health, environment, safety, and biological resources)

  • Installation and maintenance of buffer zones

  • Excavation of dens or burrows and relocation of sensitive species

  • Daily construction monitoring

  • Documentation of take/agency reporting (BLM, and CDFW)

  • Habitat disturbance measurements

  • Restoration planning and implementation

  • Regulatory compliance (CEQA, NEPA, FESA, and CWA)

On-call Biological Services

  • Biological surveys for sensitive wildlife and plants

  • Technical report completion and compliance oversight

  • Assistance with permit applications

  • Coordination with state and federal agencies

  • Maintenance of historical mapping and data archive


North Midway Sunset Development Plan

Client: Berry Petroleum Company (formerly LINN Energy)

  • Location: North Midway Sunset Oil Field; Kern County, CA

  • Completion Date: Ongoing Since 2006

LINN Energy properties in the Midway Sunset Field were acquired in the Berry Petroleum Company acquisition and include over 1,900 acres. For 2014, the company anticipates spending approximately 16 percent of its total oil and natural gas capital budget for California development (www.linnenergy.com).

MBI Project Highlights

  • Plan and Permit Implementation

    • Federal Biological Opinion and CESA ITP implementation

    • Determining potential for occurrence of state- or federal-listed species

    • Database documentation and management

    • Compliance oversight

    • Annual and quarterly reports to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)

  • Agency Reporting

    • Habitat disturbance

    • Survey tracking

    • Post-construction compliance surveys

    • Results of trapping sessions and burrow excavations

    • SJKF den disposition

    • Sightings of Covered Species

  • On-call Biological Services

    • Pre-activity surveys for detection of Covered Species

    • Small mammal trapping, relocation and burrow excavation

    • Protocol-level, blunt-nosed leopard lizard (BNLL) surveys

    • Emergency response support

 

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