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Updated November 2023

In 2022, several audits and inspections 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 2022 audit statistics.

Audit Type
2020 Audits Conducted
2021 Audits Conducted
2022 Audits Conducted
2020 NNC* Issued
2021 NNC Issued
2022 NNC Issued
Aerial Surveillance
0
75
1035
0
0
0
Alt FEMP
0
2
0
0
0
0
FEMP
0
5
45
0
0
3
Fuel, Flare, Vent and Data Quality
156
11
98
0
0
0
Fugitives
0
23
10
0
2
10
MRRCP
11
6
45
1
0
1
Missing OneStop Submissions
23
30
27
23
30
27
Overall Vent Gas Limit
52
36
41
47
29
36
Venting - DVG & CBFA (new for 2022)
N/A
N/A
72
N/A
N/A
20

* NNC = notice of noncompliance

Inspections
A total of 1110 methane inspections were conducted in Alberta in 2022. This is an increase from 948 in 2021, and all issues leading to an unsatisfactory inspection (i.e., one where a notice of noncompliance [NNC] was issued) were resolved.

Year
2020
2021
2022
Total Methane Inspections
214
948
1110
Total Number of NNCs Issued
29
233
321
Total Number of Sites With Fugitive Emissions
123
308
279