Environmental Accomplishments

For oil and gas exploration and production operations:

• Oil and Gas Investor magazine:  2009 Best Field Rejuvenation award for work in the North Westbrook Unit in Mitchell County, Texas
  •  “It takes a special talent to bring back a decades-old oil field to production beyond its former glory.” – Oil and Gas Investor magazine
• Carson National Forest, Jicarilla Ranger District: Minimal Impacts Award for using existing well pads and horizontal drilling techniques to minimize the impact of development activities
  • About 94 percent of Energen’s activity during the past two years required minimal location expansion to complete activities. This, along with Energen’s water gathering system in the area, has minimized the environmental impacts to forest lands.
• Colorado Department of Natural Resources: Recognition for using innovative technology to reduce the company’s  development footprint in Archuleta County
• Colorado Oil and Gas Commission: Outstanding Operations Award for waste management efforts in the San Juan Basin

For natural gas utility operations:

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification of Alagasco’s Center for Energy Technology in Birmingham
  • Alagasco turned a 1905 railroad depot into a model for sustainability and energy efficiency. The center is used to demonstrate emerging natural gas technology suited for a variety of industrial and commercial end uses.
• Energy-efficient business solution
  • Alagasco employees devised a “green” water heating technology that uses solar power to heat water and natural gas as a back-up fuel for those times when more hot water than solar power can generate is needed. This “green” system is being used by Mercedes-Benz U.S.’s Visitor Center and training facility in Vance, Alabama.