A growing human population places greater demand on the Earth’s limited supply of natural resources, which makes other species more vulnerable to a loss of their natural habitats and biological diversity. Although the oil and natural gas industry has engaged in environmental partnerships over the years to promote conservation and wildlife protection programs, the industry is taking more aggressive steps to integrate biodiversity conservation into its operational practices by partnering with other institutions to measure biodiversity impacts and employ new technologies to minimize its environmental footprint.
For example, Shell and the Smithsonian Institution signed a five-year memorandum of understanding in June 2000 to assess the impact of Shell operations on areas of high biodiversity value. The first joint project in the Gamba complex in Gabon follows extensive national and international consultation including feedback from a stakeholder workshop. Chevron Niugini Ltd., with help from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), formed The Community Development Initiative (CDI) Foundation to protect the fragile rainforests of Papua New Guinea for generations to come. Petro-Canada in partnership with the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development, conducted a Life-Cycle Value Assessment of the MacKay River oil sands project to reduce environmental impacts. A number of companies, such as Shell, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, have implemented a variety of different wildlife conservation programs in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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ConocoPhillips staff has been involved in the early work to initiate the Prototype Project and has committed $80,000 over 2003 and 2004 to this important work. The company has partnered with Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. to share road access and plan timber harvest in project areas that require clearing. This process, called Integrated Landscape Management, helps reduce the environmental footprint on the land by coordinating resource development.
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ConocoPhillips is studying the biodiversity issue and plans to develop a strategy for providing a consistent way to protect and conserve biodiversity. One example can be found in the partnerships with diverse organizations the company is forming to protect the biodiversity of eastern Venezuela’s Gulf of Paria.
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Some offshore platforms never die. They just sink into the sea and become ecological assets. The massive steel structures jutting from blue waters in the Gulf of Mexico can serve dual lives. For years, they recover oil and natural gas far below the ocean floor. When the reserves are gone, many cycle to a new phase as underwater refuges for red snapper, king mackerel, cobia, shark and an assortment of other marine life.
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Secretary of the Interior awarded the 2008 Cooperative Conservation Award to the New Mexico Bureau of Land Management and Devon as partner for the "Restore New Mexico" program. The national award was based on the terms of excellent collaboration to restore critical wildlife habitat in southeast New Mexico.
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ExxonMobil Pipeline Company joined with regulatory agencies to increase habitat for protected coastal birds near the busy Houston Ship Channel in Texas.
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ExxonMobil and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation established the Save the Tiger Fund (STF) in 1995.
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Since 1999, ExxonMobil has sponsored fur seal tracking research. This has significantly increased understanding of the feeding and breeding habits of this protected species.
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Exxon Mobil's headquarters in Irving, Texas, the Billings Refinery in Billings, Montana, the Clinton Research Facility in Clinton Township, New Jersey, and the Black Canyon Dehydration Facility in Kemmerer, Wyoming, received the Wildlife Habitat Council’s certification for efforts to conserve and restore natural ecosystems in and around company operations.
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Through the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Corporate Lands for Learning® (CLL) program, Marathon’s Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Refinery Wildlife Team volunteers have hosted more than 600 school children for natural science and conservation programs at the refinery’s Savage Branch Reserve. The team also has provided off-site outreach programs to more than 800 school children from four local school districts.
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Murphy Oil has developed partnerships to promote best practices and enhanced environmental protection for the future. Six programs exemplify Murphy's leadership.
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