Environmental

Trinidad Drilling supports all efforts to minimize the impact of its operations on the environment.

Our major contribution to environmental protection and minimizing the environmental effects of oil and natural gas operations is our fleet of modern, state-of-the-art drilling rigs operated by well-trained personnel. The major responsibility for preventing adverse environmental impacts at a drilling site in both Canadian and U.S. jurisdictions continues to rest with the operator that has chosen a particular site on which to drill. However, Trinidad strives to meet all of its environmental responsibilities and contributes to keeping the overall environmental footprint of drilling operations as small as possible.

Continually modernizing equipment and conducting preventative maintenance programs allow Trinidad’s rig engines and hydraulic equipment to run at their optimum performance level, minimizing air pollution and fluid leakage.

Our new rig skidding system enables assembled rigs to move within drilling sites and multiple wells to be drilled from a single well pad. Multi-well pad drilling exponentially reduces the number of well sites required to develop a given oil or natural gas pool, cuts down overall vehicle movement and reduces the related land disturbances such as access roads, trenching for gathering lines and permanent production infrastructure.

Noise is a public concern and Trinidad’s AC-driven rigs can take their power from the electricity grid, avoiding the need to run on-site generators and dramatically reducing noise. This is welcome when drilling in populated areas.

While drilling, Trinidad maintains spill response kits on-site and trains its personnel in formal spill response policy in order to handle the very small, non-reportable releases. Trinidad works hand-in-hand with the waste disposal provider and the drilling fluids provider to ensure these operations proceed smoothly.

In addition, Trinidad Well Servicing provides well abandonment services, a key step leading to reclamation of lands disturbed for oil or natural gas operations.