This project provides new information on how and where seismic waves travelling through softer soils and sediments in the Montney can be amplified. Buildings and public infrastructure are built to specific engineering building codes to withstand ground motion, but the presence of certain sediments and geological conditions can amplify non-threatening seismic waves to ones which […]

The Geoscience BC’s Peace Project acquired, interpreted, and shared new baseline scientific information about groundwater resources in the Peace region of northeastern British Columbia.

Researchers generated a model of the Clarke Lake geothermal reservoir in northeast British Columbia – a potential site for BC’s first geothermal power plant – using geological and hydrogeological information from existing oil and gas wells in the area.

The BC Natural Gas Atlas (BC-NGA) is a compilation of natural gas data, research and publications.  The atlas includes an open-access geochemical database containing analyses of samples of the major natural gas types found in gas fields and pools across British Columbia’s Northeast Region. The database contains gas chemistry with molecular and isotope data, as […]

This project identifies potential sources of valuable light to medium oil in northeast British Columbia’s portion of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source within the crust of the Earth which can be utilized for the generation of electricity; however, the oldest use has been “direct” use for heat, industrial and therapeutic purposes. Previous studies of geothermal energy in British Columbia have focused on mapping and evaluating resources for electricity generation. Direct-use […]

A pilot project to build a concept online hub for water data collected by mining companies operating in BC. By centralizing and sharing this information, the resource sector has been able to improve planning and communities had access to previously-private data.