Oil and Gas Projects

MBI provides comprehensive environmental support for oil and gas operations across a wide range of projects. Our team delivers consistent, high-quality services throughout all phases of development, including pre-construction surveys, species-specific assessments, construction monitoring, and project-specific reporting. Below are examples of representative projects highlighting the specialized services MBI provided to meet each project’s unique needs.

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)

  • Focused biological surveys including BNLL, SJKF, SJAS, TLL, BUOW, GKR, Raptor/Nesting Birds

  • Installation and maintenance of buffer zones

  • Excavation of dens and burrows and relocation of sensitive species with proper authorization

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

  • Habitat disturbance measurements

  • Restoration planning and implementation

  • Regulatory compliance (CEQA, NEPA, CESA, FESA, Fish and Game Code Section 1600, and CWA)

Biological Services Provided

  • Assistance with permit applications

  • Coordination with state and federal agencies

  • Emergency response support

  • Maintenance of historical mapping and data archive

North Midway Sunset Development Plan

Client: Berry Petroleum Company

Plan and Permit Implementation:

  • Federal Biological Opinion and CESA ITP implementation

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

  • Agency reporting including habitat disturbance, survey tracking, post-construction compliance surveys, results of trapping sessions and burrow excavations, SJKF den disposition, and sightings of Covered Species.

  • Regulatory compliance

Biological Services Provided:

  • Small mammal trapping, relocation of covered species and burrow excavation

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

  • Emergency response support