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April 2023

In 2021, several audit and inspection activities were conducted to help improve industry compliance with the methane requirements. Below are some highlights of each of these initiatives. 

Audits
Audits are desktop exercises that mainly review information submitted by industry through various reporting programs or direct exchanges that result from interaction with duty holders. Please see below table for 2021 audit statistics

Audit Type
2020 Audits Conducted
2021 Audits Conducted
2020 NNC Issued
2021 NNC Issued
Aerial Surveillance
0
75
0
0
Alt FEMP
0
2
0
0
FEMP
0
5
0
0
Fuel, Flare, Vent and Data Quality
156
11
0
0
Fugitives
0
23
0
2
MRRCP
11
6
1
0
Missing OneStop Submissions
23
30
23
30
Overall Vent Gas Limit
52
36
47
29

Inspections
A total of 850 methane inspections were conducted in Alberta in 2021. This was the first full years of methane inspections, and all issues leading to an unsatisfactory inspection were resolved. 

Year
2020
2021
Total Methane Inspections
214
850
Total Number of NNC's Issued
28
224
Total Number of Sites With Fugitives
123
296