BMP of Oil and Gas Development
BMP

Best Management Practices

The Natural Resources Law Center and its partners welcome you to this free-access website of best management practices (BMPs) for oil and gas development in the Intermountain West. The focus of this website is a searchable database addressing surface resources affected by oil and gas development. The database includes both mandatory and voluntary practices currently in use and/or recommended for responsible resource management in the states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

Oil & Gas Drilling BMPThe BMP database is not intended to represent a consensus on what the best practices are for specific applications nor to advise users on the current legal requirements for specific locations. Rather, the database describes each practice and documents the source of the practice (who requires or recommends it in what specific applications). The database provides a link to the source of the BMP and, where possible, it provides supplemental information, including construction specifications, illustrations, pictures, maps, monitoring reports, and evaluations of the potential of the practice for mitigating impacts of development. Because practices change over time, database users should check with appropriate authorities to verify the latest requirements and recommendations for your area.

Workshops and Trainings

The BMP project hosted its first workshop on October 14, 2009 in Rifle CO: Best Practices for Community and Environmental Protection. Almost 60 people participated in a field trip hosted by Williams Production and over 170 attended the sessions at the Garfield County Fairground. For details on the Rifle workshop, go to the Rifle Workshop Webpage for a copy of the agenda and powerpoint presentations made at the workshop.

A Front Range workshop is being planned for Spring 2010. Stay tuned for details or contact us to participate in the planning.

We welcome requests for training in the use of the BMP Database. To arrange a training or for help with a custom search, contact us!

Resources

For background information on oil and gas development issues, click the RESOURCES button or go to:

The Development Process
Oil and Gas Fields of the Intermountain West (Under Construction)
Geographic Information Systems for Oil and Gas
Air Quality
Water Quality
Wildlife
Reclamation
Vegetation

BMP Categories

The database includes BMPs to address a variety of resources and issues...

 

BMP Search

What management practices are recommended or required for oil and gas development? To find out, use the drop down menus or type Keywords. For a more refined search, click "Advanced Search" or use the BMP SEARCH button.

View the Bibliography, alphabetically by title. A bibliography search function is "Coming Soon."

To print search results, click the "File" button on your web browser’s tool bar, then click "Print". Records obtained from your Basic or Advanced search are automatically formatted for printing.

You can also copy and paste data into Excel if you are browsing with Internet Explorer or into Zoho, if using Safari.

For help with composing your search or with exporting or printing results, please contact us! or see our Help page.

What's New on the Site

WANTED: Consultant
Solicitation # CU-DT71144-Q Contractor needed to work with NRLC staff to expand this website and database. Documented quotes due December 21, 2009, 4 pm.

Oil & Gas BMP, Western State, US

The Intermountain BMP Project is a work in progress. Currently, the database includes BMPs for a variety of resources (see the BMP Categories section) from a range of source documents (see the Bibliography), including project Environmental Impact Statements, Resource Management Plans, state wildlife agency guidelines, and industry and conservation group reports and websites.

Our newest Resources page additions are Reclamation and Vegetation. Our newest Database effort is to incorporate cost/benefit analysis data and information on the effectiveness of specific BMPs.

Partners

The structure and content of this website is being developed in conjunction with project partners and advisors from government, industry, the conservation community, academia and landowners. For information on our current partners or to become a project partner, see ABOUT US

 

Contributing to the BMP Database & Dialogue

The BMP Forum is a message board system connected to the BMP database. To access or share information about a particular BMP or a resource topic area, or to make suggestions on the database or website, use the BMP FORUM button or go to the ADD INFO page.

You can also contact us by email or telephone. Go to the ABOUT US page for details.

Intermountain Oil & Gas
BMP