Every property transaction in the oil and gas industry carries environmental risk. Former well pads, production facilities, tank batteries, disposal sites, and pipeline corridors all have the potential to harbor contamination that is not visible from the surface. If that contamination goes unidentified before a transaction closes, the new owner inherits the liability and the cost of addressing it.

An Environmental Site Assessment is the standard process for identifying those risks before they transfer. At the Phase I level, the assessment evaluates a property’s history, regulatory record, and current conditions to determine whether Recognized Environmental Conditions exist. If concerns are identified, a Phase II assessment uses sampling and laboratory analysis to quantify the extent of any contamination.

Sport Environmental has conducted hundreds of ESAs for oil and gas operators, midstream companies, landowners, lenders, and legal teams across the Permian Basin and beyond. Our assessments are thorough, clearly written, and built to give you a defensible record of due diligence whether you are acquiring new assets, divesting existing ones, or satisfying a lender’s requirements.

Oil and Gas Transaction Experience

We have conducted ESAs on every type of oil and gas property, from single well acquisitions to multi hundred site portfolio transactions. Our team knows what to look for on a well pad, a tank battery, a saltwater disposal facility, or a pipeline right of way because we work in and around these properties every day. That familiarity means we identify risks that a generalist assessor might overlook.

Registered Environmental Professionals

Our assessments are conducted and reviewed by registered environmental professionals who meet the qualifications defined by ASTM and EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiries rule. That credential is not just a regulatory checkbox. It means the person signing your report has the education, experience, and professional standing to support the findings in a legal or regulatory proceeding.

Clear, Decision Ready Reports

An ESA report is only useful if the people making the decision can understand it. Our reports are structured to give executives, landmen, attorneys, and lenders a clear picture of what was found, what it means, and what should happen next. We present the technical detail needed to support the conclusions without burying the key findings in jargon.

Assessment to Remediation Under One Roof

If your ESA identifies contamination that requires cleanup, you do not need to start over with a new firm. Sport Environmental provides full remediation services, from site characterization through regulatory closure. That continuity saves time, reduces cost, and ensures nothing gets lost in the handoff between assessment and action.

Terracon’s National Platform

As a Terracon company, we have access to geotechnical, geological, and environmental engineering resources across more than 175 offices nationwide. When a transaction involves properties outside of our core geography or requires specialized technical capabilities such as geophysical surveys or vapor intrusion assessments, we bring those resources in without engaging a separate firm.