Heavy Oil & Oil Sands Surveying

Heavy Oil & Oil Sands Surveying

Focus’ experienced project teams provide survey services to support every stage of large and small-scale heavy oil and oil sands exploration and development.

Working through our appropriate regional offices, our professionals provide a wide array of geomatics-based professional, technical and support resources, including survey crews and equipment, for projects in the Peace River, Athabasca and Cold Lake oil sands areas of northern Alberta.

Services

  • Surveys
    • Core Holes and Access Roads for Oil Sands Exploration (OSE) Projects
    • Dispositions, such as Water and Observation Wellsites and Access Roads
    • Sump Sites and Camp Sites
    • Water, Oil and Gas Pipelines
  • As-Built, Topographic Surveys and Volumetric Surveys
  • Engineering and Construction Surveys for Open Pit Mining, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Upgrader Projects
  • Disposition Plan Preparation for Crown Applications to Alberta Sustainable Resources (ASRD) and Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
  • Remote Sensing, including LiDAR and Aerial/Satellite Imagery
  • LiDAR and Remote Sensing Based Pre-Planning for Core Hole and Disposition Surveys
  • GIS Data Management and As-Built Facility/Infrastructure Management
  • Oil Sands Exploration (OSE) Plan Preparation

We are a leader with a proven track record in 3D mapping, planning and virtual surveying. Our See – Plan – Survey – Build approach is leading edge technology that provides our clients with real, measurable time and cost savings in a repeatable, regulator-approved framework.

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