{"id":740262,"date":"2025-03-18T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&#038;p=740262"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:05:09","slug":"mapping-sustainability-how-gis-transformed-a-gas-producers-reporting","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/mapping-sustainability-how-gis-transformed-a-gas-producers-reporting","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Sustainability: How GIS Transformed a Gas Producer\u2019s Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9862,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[465131,477202],"tags":[161912,405772,1461],"arcwatch_issues":[491832],"class_list":["post-740262","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-field-maps","category-arcgis-storymaps","tag-energy","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-sustainability","arcwatch_issues-march-2025"],"acf":{"short_description":"A US gas producer employs ArcGIS StoryMaps to improve environmental accountability. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"With rising awareness of methane and carbon emissions and their environmental impact, PureWest Energy\u2014the largest natural gas producer in Wyoming\u2014is making great strides in transparent reporting and accountability.\r\n\r\nTo make its corporate responsibility reports more accurate and detailed, beginning in 2022, PureWest created a version of its prior-year report using ArcGIS StoryMaps. Since then, the company has updated the ArcGIS StoryMaps story every year.\r\n\r\nThe ArcGIS StoryMaps version of these reports\u2014previously available only as PDFs\u2014includes maps, 3D scenes, embedded content, multimedia, and more. This approach transformed the company\u2019s 2021 corporate responsibility report into a compelling and interactive experience that showcases emission details and conservation efforts. PureWest stakeholders such as investors, customers, and the public now have a deeper understanding of the company\u2019s commitment to environmental responsibility and responsible business practices."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":740302,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"\u201cOur industry and company are filled with people who care about creating sustainable solutions; but telling that story can be difficult,\u201d explained PureWest senior vice president of corporate affairs Kelly Bott. With ArcGIS StoryMaps, Bott said, PureWest stakeholders \u201chave access to the most accurate and up-to-date information to better understand our unique challenges and solutions.\u201d\r\n<h3><strong>The Path to Building a Digital Story<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nWith its commitment to positive and lasting environmental initiatives, PureWest wanted reports that accurately showed the company\u2019s responsible and reliable natural gas production. This meant including contextual information such as case studies, images, maps, and explanations of how collected data affected operational processes and environmental stewardship. With this objective, the next step was to build the story with ArcGIS StoryMaps.\r\n\r\nAlthough PureWest GIS manager Bobby Saleh had prior experience with smaller ArcGIS StoryMaps projects, the scale and impact PureWest envisioned required some help. Esri partner <a href=\"https:\/\/geomarvel.com\/\">GeoMarvel<\/a> and business consulting firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fticonsulting.com\/\">FTI Consulting<\/a>\u00a0joined with PureWest to create a framework and working template, and Saleh and his team\u2014a GIS intern, an environmental engineer, and an environmental lead\u2014collaborated to review details including icons, data sources, and approvals. Saleh created the map visuals, services, images, and web maps for embedding.\r\n\r\nSaleh then used ArcGIS Online to republish the data for the external-facing ArcGIS StoryMaps story. He identified, collected, and mapped additional inputs such as high-resolution drone and satellite imagery, remotely sensed data, and government agency data in the GIS. Contextual examples addressed spill prevention efforts, groundwater monitoring, biodiversity management, and air quality and emissions."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":740312,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The story also highlighted a noise study conducted on a sage-grouse mating area in southwest Wyoming. This study guides drilling site placement to avoid disturbing the birds and exceeding noise limitations during mating season."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":740322,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Finally, the ArcGIS StoryMaps story showcased PureWest\u2019s achievements and improvement plans. For example, in 2022, PureWest reduced its average leak repair time. The company also openly addressed areas for improvement, such as a slight increase in emissions in 2022 compared to 2021.\r\n\r\n\u201cIf we\u2019re going to be transparent, that means having integrity. It\u2019s got to be accurate and real, which means sharing the full picture,\u201d Bott said.\r\n<h3><strong>Expanding Use of GIS<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThis GIS-based approach has led to broader GIS adoption across PureWest\u2019s departments, such as using ArcGIS Field Maps to gather field information and increase safety awareness. PureWest is now looking to take location analytics to the next level by incorporating ArcGIS Velocity for field operations efficiency analysis, as well as for safety monitoring and planning.\r\n\r\nThe latest iteration of the story, which PureWest released in August, included some of the company\u2019s larger initiatives, including working with a reclamation specialist and creating an interactive dashboard. PureWest also purchased a 360-degree camera for capturing imagery of its well pads.\r\n\r\nPureWest plans to use GIS technology to collect data on where its emissions originate. This will help the company better identify solutions for reducing emissions, which PureWest plans to share in a future version of the ArcGIS StoryMaps story.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think people who have viewed [it] are experiencing these aha moments where they see how GIS can help with specific challenges, such as gathering and sharing field data, communicating worker locations, and assisting with overall spatial awareness,\u201d Saleh said. \u201cThe story has helped influence some of the decisions made in the company.\u201d"}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mapping Sustainability: How GIS Transformed a Gas Producer\u2019s Reporting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A US gas producer employs ArcGIS StoryMaps to improve environmental accountability.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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