GIS for environmental compliance in oil & gas operations

Course Objective

The oil and gas industry operates under increasingly stringent regulatory frameworks designed to minimize environmental impacts and promote responsible resource development. Demonstrating compliance requires accurate monitoring and transparent reporting. GIS empowers the oil and gas sector to balance operational efficiency with environmental stewardship. This course is designed for biologists, environmental scientists, and GIS professionals seeking to work in or alongside organizations that provide environmental oversight for the oil and gas industry. Participants will learn how to access, manipulate, and analyze spatial data, prepare regulatory maps, and develop geospatial products that are an essential part of environmental reports. By the end of the course, you will be add a practical workflow to your portfolio that uses ArcGIS Pro, Python, AI, Image Extraction, and Data Mining.

Hirable skills you’ll learn

  • Review oil and gas environmental compliance
  • Mine for public environmental datasets
  • Convert environmental survey plans to GIS datasets
  • Process LiDAR data into DEMs
  • Import GPS field data
  • Build intelligent geodatabases
  • Map wetlands using AI image processing
  • Stream web mapping services
  • Compile an environmental regulatory report

Learn from GIS experts who run projects

About your instructor

Rasto Eglr is a seasoned GIS specialist and cartographer with over 23 years of experience supporting government agencies and private companies throughout Western Canada and Europe. Currently, he applies his expertise within a team delivering environmental services to the oil and gas sector, where he helps clients meet regulatory requirements through practical geospatial solutions. Rasto has developed more than a dozen web mapping applications and contributed cartographic expertise to several published maps. Passionate about advancing GIS, he continually seeks innovative ways to streamline workflows and apply geospatial technology for real-world benefits. Outside of work, he enjoys archery, gardening, and hiking with his family.

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A common GIS education path has been to pursue a Masters program in GIS. But it’s widely known in the industry that new geography grads are not getting enough exposure to cloud, mobile, and new geospatial programming environments.

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    I like the real-world scenarios. My professors used to do GIS before Web GIS was in existence so our curriculum is out of date. The courses I’ve taken on the Bootcamp GIS platform are so much more useful than my school’s lab exercises which only taught me to digitize a line, generate a buffer, and make a map layout.
    Caleb Worley
    GIS Graduate Student

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