Demand for environmental consulting for the oil and gas industry, including oilfield environmental services, is growing across a wide range of industries. Industry watchers expect the industry to grow due to increasing concern over the environment, especially climate change.

Environmental consulting is important to ensure that companies comply with environmental regulations.When choosing an environmental consultant for the oil industry or an environmental consultant for the gas industry, it is important to consider the following:

1. Is your company regional, national or global?
2. What kind of oil and gas environmental consultant is needed for your mid-sized to large company?
3. Do you need a specialized consultant, such as one specializing in environmental risk management or one specializing in local regulation enforcement?

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Global companies require international environmental consulting for oil and gas services

Companies that operate worldwide need an environmental consulting firm capable of providing an oil and gas industry environmental consultant familiar with local, national and global regulations.

I recommend: ENTRIX, Inc., an international consulting firm, specializes in natural resources and environmental management. It provides environmental consultants for gas industry companies or environmental consultants for oil industry companies to ensure the proper permits and company compliance. It also provides environmental and natural resource liability management. Environmental Resources Management Group, Inc. (ERM) is an international consulting agency that combines local experience and knowledge with international resources to provide environmental consultants to the oil and gas industry. ENSR, part of the international environmental consulting firm AECOM, supplies environmental development services for the energy industry. ENSR offers large corporations some valuable environmental consultants for the gas industry and environmental consultants for the oil industry.

An oil gas industry environmental consultant can ensure regulatory compliance

Companies must comply with all local and federal regulations.

I recommend: With offices throughout the Midwest, East, and South, Trinity Consultants provides industrial risk management. It offers oil and gas environmental consultants to ensure your company meets all regulations while being quick, accurate and cost-effective. SAGE Environmental, LLC can provide an environmental consultant for oil industry companies to assess regulatory compliance, as well as civil and site compliance assessment. SWCA Environmental Consultants can provide an oil company environmental consultant to ensure regulator compliance, including FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) compliance and monitoring.

Look for consultants who specialize in oilfield environmental services

If your company requires specialized consulting services, you may need an oil field environmental consultant. S/he can be useful before and after site drilling, as well as when preparing to leave a site and begin reclamation efforts.

I recommend: Merrick Systems, Inc. provides oil and gas environmental consultants to streamline your company's production, engineering and drilling processes. Merrick utilizes Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to better access how to more effectively manage drilling and oil and gas production. AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd. does both pre-drilling and post-drilling oil and gas site assessments. It also offers an oil and gas environmental consultant to coordinate abandonment and reclamation activities.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Keep current on any changes to state or federal regulations and engage environmental consulting--oil and gas--when new regulations are introduced.
• •  Regularly review your company's need for oilfield environmental services.
• •  Periodically investigate what oilfield environmental services various consulting firms offer.