External collaboration and engagement

Working with external stakeholders is a key component of our risk and impact management approach. We focus our external engagement on:

  • Developing industry leading practices and guidance with industry organizations.
  • Collaborating with local and regional communities, peer companies and industry groups.
  • Supporting research and educational initiatives.

We collaborate with the Environment, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and Water working groups of Ipieca, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues and the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP). We also collaborate with local, regional and international stakeholders and industry groups across our operated assets.

  • In Australia, engagement and collaboration focuses on local habitats and species including the Gas Industry Social & Environmental Research Alliance, Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership, Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program, LNG Proponents Port Curtis Turtle Health Monitoring Program.
  • In Canada, we focus on industry collaboration and engage with Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and the Northeast British Columbia Montney Operators Group.
  • In Norway, we collaborate with other operators on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) through Offshore Norge (industry organization) to engage with the Norwegian Environmental Agency (NEA) regarding potential change in oil-in-water (OIW) regulation and future risk-based monitoring guidelines.
  • In the U.S. Lower 48, collaboration and engagement primarily focuses on produced water management (including the National Alliance for Water Innovation, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium, Texas Produced Water Consortium, Texas Oil and Gas Association Water Committee, the Energy Water Initiative, PARETO – The Produced Water Optimization Initiative) and restoration and conservation (including Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Texas Native Seeds Program, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas Master Naturalists, Sul Ross State University Borderlands Research Institute, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, New Mexico LPC/DSL Technical Committee, Respect Big Bend Coalition, CEHMM (environmental organization in Carlsbad, New Mexico), North Dakota Petroleum Council, Ducks Unlimited, Sibley Nature Center, Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation and West Texas Mesonet.
  • Corporate engagement focuses on nature-related frameworks and standards including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Biodiversity Standard Technical Committee and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) sector guidance and metrics.