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Government and Reulatory Avencies




Resource Assessments ● Natural Resource Development Planning ● Environmental Planning and Management ● Property Valuations ● Regulatory Compliance Reviews ● Sustainable Development

A variety of international, federal, provincial, state, local, and native / first nations’ government and regulatory agencies have benefited from Norwest’s broad range of services.   From understanding the economic natural resource potential of an underdeveloped region to providing expert witness and advisory services, Norwest’s professionals know how to balance the needs of economic development with the principles of sustainable development.

Our services to government and regulatory agencies include the following:

  • Resource assessments
    • Oil sands
    • Oil and gas
    • Coalbed methane
    • Coal mine methane
    • Coal
    • Base metals
    • Precious metals
    • Industrial minerals
  • Regional natural resource development planning
  • Resource leasing evaluations and strategy planning
  • Natural resource property valuations
  • Performance reviews
  • Regulatory plan development and management
  • Regulatory compliance reviews
  • Sustainable development principals
  • Environmental planning and management
  • Litigation support
  • Expert witness

Case Study: Government

3M Model for San Juan Basin

Situation: Norwest prepared a basin-wide coalbed methane reservoir model of the Colorado portion of the San Juan Basin for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and the Bureau of Land Management. The model, referred to as the 3M CBM MODEL, simulates the effects of production from all existing and proposed Fruitland coal wells in Colorado. The effects of dewatering, gas adsorption and desorption, and historical production are included in the model. The model also provides a technology to evaluate coalbed methane infill drilling and gas seepage at the outcrop. read more>>