Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT) – Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta

The Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta dataset comes from the Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT). The online tool was decommissioned in 2019 and the data was transferred to Open Data in order to preserve it.

The PEMT was originally developed in 2009 to help guide development in the Canadian Arctic by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). The online tool mapped the sensitivities of a variety of Arctic features, ranging from whales to traditional harvesting, across the Arctic. The tool was intended to aid government, oil and gas companies, Aboriginal groups, resource managers and public stakeholders in better understanding the geographic distribution of areas which are sensitive for environmental and socio-economic reasons.

The study area and analytical resolution was defined using the oil and gas leasing grid within the Beaufort Sea. The study area has been the scene of oil and gas exploration activity since 1957. Oil was first discovered at Atkinson Point in 1969 and major gas fields in the early 1970s. Such finds spurred the proposal of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline in 1974 and the addition of exploration and investment offshore. Exploration and drilling continued both onshore and offshore until the mid-1970s with the release of the Berger Report, which recommended a 10-year moratorium on the construction of the pipeline. After the release of the Berger Report, the pace of onshore activity declined but offshore exploration escalated in the 1980s. Offshore exploration was facilitated with innovative operating techniques and new offshore platforms that extended the ability to operate in the short open-water season and ice. With the minor exception of the small onshore gas field at Ikhil, no oil or gas has been commercially produced in the area.

DISCLAIMER: Please refer to the PEMT Disclaimer document or the Resource Constraints - Use Limitation in the Additional Information section below.

Note: This is one of the 3 (three) datasets included in the PEMT application which includes the High Arctic and Eastern Arctic datasets.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2009-02-18
Date ( RI_367 )
2009-09-10
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada;Northern Affairs, Natural Resources and Environment, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Management Directorate - ( )
Terrasses de la Chaudière, 10 Wellington, North Tower , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H4 , Canada
1-800-567-9604
1-866-817-3977
Hours of service
Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Credit
Government of Canada; Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Status
historicalArchive; archiveHistorique RI_594
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool
  • PEMT
  • Environment
  • Arctic
  • Canadian Arctic
  • Environmental Sensitivity
  • Exploration
  • Production
  • Petroleum
  • Oil
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Mackenzie Delta
  • High Arctic
  • Eastern Arctic
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Arctic
  • Economic development
  • Environmental management
  • Environment
  • Natural gas
  • Geology
  • Northern Canada
  • Petroleum
  • Environmental impact
  • Petroleum industry
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use limitation
DISCLAIMER • The Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT) data is for information purposes only. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) does not guarantee that the data, which comes from outside sources, is accurate. • Data and information from PEMT have been developed through consultation with resource management partners. CIRNAC does not collect and has not interpreted or screened the environmental data or information provided to it. Users are strongly urged to consult the appropriate expert authorities to be fully informed on the state of knowledge regarding particular data and information. • Assignment of sensitivity rankings to environmental information is a subjective process. Explanations for these rankings are included in referenced materials and reflect the expert opinion of an environmental consultant, not CIRNAC. • The PEMT data was created using certain averaging techniques to characterize sensitivity values at the resolution of grid units. This allows quantitative comparisons to be made at a scale relevant to oil and gas rights issuance. The averaging techniques are explained in the documentation. • There should be no presumption by users that the PEMT data encompasses all relevant data and information. The PEMT data should not in any way be regarded as a substitute for data and information which may be submitted in the course of regulatory approvals of oil and gas activities.
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
Begin date
2008-03-10
End date
2012-04-18
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4617 / 7.11.2
Distribution format
  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( unknown )

  • SHP ( unknown )

  • CSV ( unknown )

  • WFS ( 1.1.0 )

  • ESRI REST ( Unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada;Indigenous Services Canada;Information Management Branch, Geomatics Services - ( )
Terrasses de la Chaudière, 10 Wellington, North Tower , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H4 , Canada
1-800-567-9604
1-866-817-3977
Hours of service
Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
OnLine resource
Web Feature Service (WFS) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WFS;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged FGDB file ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged SHP file ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged CSV file ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - Web Services (in French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - Web Services (in English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - FGDB (in French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - FGDB (in English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - SHP (in French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - SHP (in English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - CSV (in French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary - CSV (in English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
The petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : Application of Risk Assessment Tool and Cumulative Effects Model for the Eastern Arctic and high Arctic Study Areas : Final Report (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : Risk-based Analysis and Cumulative Effects Scenarios for the Eastern Arctic (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : High Arctic Study Area : 2011 Update (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Beaufort Sea Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : Eastern Arctic Study Area : Final Report (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : High Arctic Study Area : Final Report (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Development of a decision support tool for resource management in support of a strategic environmental assessment for the Canadian Beaufort Sea (English only) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta Layers (in English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta Layers (in French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
PEMT Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
PEMT Disclaimer (French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
PEMT Disclaimer (English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

File identifier
16404476-97cf-480c-83ad-7ef0a8f117d1 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-28T08:42:21
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada;Information Management Branch, Geomatics Services - ( Metadata Manager )
Terrasses de la Chaudière, 10 Wellington, North Tower , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H4 , Canada
1-800-567-9604
1-866-817-3977
Hours of service
Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
 
 

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