Annual Report May 2004

The Ground Water Protection Council‘s "Energy in the Environment" Initiatives   Featuring RBDMS: Recipient of a U.S. Department of Energy "Energy 100 Award"
	A Nationwide Summary of Progress and a Vision for the Future Management Solutions for Oil and Gas, Underground Injection Control, and Source Water Protection
Cover / Message From the Executive Director / A Brief History of RBDMS GWPC Plans for Electronic Commerce for Oil and Gas / GWPC/BLM MOU / E-Commerce Business Case GIS Applications / RBDMS .Net / GWPC/DOE Initiatives and Priorities for the Future RBDMS Annual Training / Upcoming Meetings / Mission Statement
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GWPC Energy and the Environment Initiatives and Priorities for the Future:

´ E-commerce: Continue the development and implementation of the national e-commerce solutions for oil and gas regulatory agencies and industry

´ Electronic permitting: Reduces rig downtime, decreases permit processing time, and increases environmental compliance

´ E-reporting: Allows regulatory agencies and oil and gas operators to function more efficiently

´ Web access to databases: Allows industry access to state data warehouses and encourages exploration by small operators

´ Electronic transfer of data with BLM/MMS: Reduces or eliminates duplicate permitting and reporting (including NEPA documents and GIS maps)

´ Coal Bed Methane Resource Management Module: Use the results of the GWPC Coal Bed Methane survey to develop a CBM management tracking system using the RBDMS model and web-enable the data

´ Water Quality: Add water quality databases to RBDMS, to the Coal Bed Methane Resource Management Module, and to other fossil energy activities

´ Produced water management and beneficial uses: Promote the use of produced water as a resource

´ Produced water UIC use: Enhance state’s ability to manage produced water to include shallow injection as an option including states ability to apply partial UIC primacy

´ Public education and outreach:

o Initiate a public education and outreach program to demonstrate the sound environmental practices of oil and gas production, coal bed methane, and UIC

o Use data from the states RBDMS systems for verification

o Initiate an education program, which combines water quality and quantity data with the production and use of fossil energy

o Use education and outreach to support domestic production of oil and gas

´ Continue working on the hydraulic fracturing issue

´ Class II research, development, and education

´ Install RBDMS in additional state oil and gas agencies as requested

´ Incorporate GIS into all projects

´ Continue developing a .NET front end for the existing RBDMS SQL back-end

´ National oil and gas inspection field core program: This project enables agencies to incorporate inspection data into RBDMS thereby making it available to industry faster

´ RBDMS maintenance: Future work on the RBDMS Core will be limited to routine maintenance and periodic Access and SQL upgrades

Mike Edwards, Vice President, Venoco Inc., provides a tour of the offshore platform "Holly" to the RBDMS group