Phillip Porter

Background

About Phillip Porter

Forward thinking leader with a proven track record in the oil and gas industry, developing environmental partnerships with operations and management to drive effective solutions that align with department and corporate business strategy. Extensive environmental expertise in waste management, remediation, compliance auditing, reclamation, and regulatory compliance. • Key contributor to PDC’s participation in UN Environmental Program’s Oil and Gas Methane Project; developed project plans, select contractors, monitor pilot studies and new technologies, propelling PDC towards Gold standard status. • In collaboration with Operations, drove record low spill rate of 0.16 spills per million barrels of fluids produced, compared to a rate of 0.6 in 2018. • Enabled successful completion of 2600+ final reclamation jobs since 2019 by leading a cross-functional team to design and implement a centralized multi-functional workflow and tracking process. • Resolved several major enforcements regarding disclosure of legacy reclamation issues; requiring championing a large body of compliance work, regulatory reporting, and managing third-party contractor to inspect subject final reclamation locations. • Integrated over 1200 final reclamation locations and 400+ production facilities into environmental portfolio. • Assembled and lead a cross-functional collaboration team that identified pollinators as an ecological and community focused project to enhance final reclamation, partnering with the Westminster Butterfly Pavilion and ECMC to research the building of pollinator habitat at oil and gas locations. • Lead a multidepartment Technology Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENROM) team that developed an efficient survey and tracking process for equipment and applicable exemptions, and automated data collection and reporting while maximizing limited resources. • Selected by senior management to lead the incorporation of SB181 rules relating to post-production operations, communicating risks, identified needs, and providing status updates. • Redesigned a cross-functional well retirement process that streamlined planning and execution, integrated a substantial increase of regulatory requirements, and is scalable to meet business objectives. • Implemented the Regulatory Compliance Program, including facilitating quarterly meetings to the Compliance Advisory Committee, executing compliance initiatives, and tracking overall compliance.