Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT) – High Arctic

Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT) – High Arctic The High Arctic 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 is located in the High Arctic Archipelago and contains both marine and terrestrial components. The boundaries of the study area are based on the NOGB leasing grids applied in the High Arctic, under which exploration, significant discovery and production licenses may be issued. The Sverdrup Basin (and Lancaster Sound) has the highest known oil and gas potential of the sedimentary basins of the Arctic Islands (Nunavut Planning Commission 2000) and it is expected that there is oil and gas potential on Melville Island and Bathurst Island (Sivummut Economic Development Strategy Group 2003). To date, no gas has been produced, and 321,470 m³ of oil has been produced from the Bent Horn oil field (Morrell et al. 1995). 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 Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta and Eastern Arctic datasets. 2025-03-26 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada servicesgeomatiques-geomaticsservices@sac-isc.gc.ca Economics and IndustryForm DescriptorsNature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyPetroleum and Environmental Management ToolPEMTEnvironmentArcticCanadian ArcticEnvironmental SensitivityExplorationProductionPetroleumOilBeaufort SeaMackenzie DeltaHigh ArcticEastern ArcticEnvironmental managementEconomic developmentEnvironmental impactNatural gasGeologyPetroleum industryNorthern Canada Web Feature Service (WFS)WFS https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS Pre-packaged FGDB fileFGDB/GDB https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic_FGDB.zip Pre-packaged SHP fileSHP https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic_SHP.zip Pre-packaged CSV fileCSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic_CSV.zip Data Dictionary - Web Services (in French)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_Dictionnaire_de_donnees_SERVICES.csv Data Dictionary - Web Services (in English)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/PEMT_High_Arctic_Data_Dictionary_SERVICES.csv Data Dictionary - FGDB (in French)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_Dictionnaire_de_donnees_FGDB.csv Data Dictionary - FGDB (in English)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/PEMT_High_Arctic_Data_Dictionary_FGDB.csv Data Dictionary - SHP (in French)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_Dictionnaire_de_donnees_SHP.csv Data Dictionary - SHP (in English)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/PEMT_High_Arctic_Data_Dictionary_SHP.csv Data Dictionary - CSV (in French)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_Dictionnaire_de_donnees_CSV.csv Data Dictionary - CSV (in English)CSV https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/PEMT_High_Arctic_Data_Dictionary_CSV.csv 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)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/nunami_stantec/petroleum/76319.pdf Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : Risk-based Analysis and Cumulative Effects Scenarios for the Eastern Arctic (English only)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/nunami_stantec/petroleum/74859.pdf Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : High Arctic Study Area : 2011 Update (English only)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/nunami_stantec/petroleum/74858.pdf Beaufort Sea Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (English only)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/aecom/beaufort/73583.pdf Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : Eastern Arctic Study Area : Final Report (English only)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/nunami_stantec/petroleum/73014.pdf Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool : High Arctic Study Area : Final Report (English only)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/nunami_stantec/petroleum/73010.pdf Development of a decision support tool for resource management in support of a strategic environmental assessment for the Canadian Beaufort Sea (English only)PDF https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/gartner_lee/dev_of_a_decision_support_tool/66070.pdf PEMT High Arctic Layers (in English)PDF https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/PEMT_High_Arctic_Layers.PDF PEMT High Arctic Layers (in French)PDF https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/OGERP_Couches_Extreme_Arctique.PDF PEMT High ArcticESRI REST https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic/MapServer/ PEMT High ArcticESRI REST https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic/MapServer PEMT High ArcticWMS https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=0&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=text%2Fhtml PEMT High ArcticWMS https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=0&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=text%2Fhtml PEMT High ArcticKML https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/OGERP_Extreme_Arctique_PEMT_High_Arctic/MapServer/GenerateKml PEMT Disclaimer (English)PDF https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/PEMT_Disclaimer.pdf PEMT Disclaimer (French)PDF https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/PEMT/Reference/OGERP_Avertissement.pdf

The High Arctic 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 is located in the High Arctic Archipelago and contains both marine and terrestrial components. The boundaries of the study area are based on the NOGB leasing grids applied in the High Arctic, under which exploration, significant discovery and production licenses may be issued. The Sverdrup Basin (and Lancaster Sound) has the highest known oil and gas potential of the sedimentary basins of the Arctic Islands (Nunavut Planning Commission 2000) and it is expected that there is oil and gas potential on Melville Island and Bathurst Island (Sivummut Economic Development Strategy Group 2003). To date, no gas has been produced, and 321,470 m³ of oil has been produced from the Bent Horn oil field (Morrell et al. 1995).

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 Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta and Eastern Arctic datasets.

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