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CH4mber
Buyers
Team

A small team that spends most of its time in the field.

We have been surveying orphaned wells since 2024, in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The company is incorporated in Ontario and operates in Oklahoma as a licensed, bonded and insured oil and gas operator.

The people

Oliver Chornous
Co-founder

Oliver Chornous

Formerly a sell-side equity research analyst and an RBC business banker. Leads operations, finance and our work with investors.

Malcolm Cameron
Co-founder

Malcolm Cameron

Founder of three venture-backed companies, including Buy With Impact, which was acquired by RBC. M.Sc. in Statistics. Leads data and strategy.

Mike Ness at an industrial site
Engineering Manager

Mike Ness, P.Eng.

Professional Engineer with more than ten years in oil and gas operations and environmental remediation. Led the technical work on Schnitzer #2.

Natalie Orentlicher
Software and data engineering

Natalie Orentlicher

A decade of experience in environmental science and carbon markets. Works on our software and data.

Chris Logan at a well site
Field surveyor

Chris Logan

Has surveyed wells for us since 2024, finding, testing and measuring leaks at the wellhead.

Ben Parker
Indigenous relations

Ben Parker

Formerly with the BC Utilities Commission. Leads our engagement with the Osage Nation.

In the field, two weeks a month in Oklahoma

  • A Hetek flow sampler in its case beside an orphaned wellhead, hose attached, with the CH4mber survey truck behind
  • The survey truck among cattle on the Oklahoma prairie
  • Malcolm on a wooded road in autumn, reading a handheld gas detector with a hi-vis vest over one arm
  • A plugging rig on a well site in open pasture, with a hay bale in the foreground
  • A pressure gauge on a rusted orphaned wellhead
  • A surveyor walking up to an orphaned wellhead under a storm sky
  • A plugging rig against a bright sun
  • A surveyor in a hi-vis vest kneeling to set up the sampler and its blue capture cone beside the car, autumn trees behind
  • An abandoned pumpjack in winter woodland
  • A surveyor measuring a leak with a high-flow sampler beside a pumpjack
  • The flow sampler packed into its backpack on a workshop bench, a charger and screwdriver beside it
  • The Schnitzer #2 wellhead inside a wire fence, as found
  • The CH4mber survey truck under a blue canopy beside an old wellhead on an overcast day
  • An old wellhead standing in a harvested field
  • A power-line corridor through Pennsylvania woods at dusk
  • Plugging day at Schnitzer #2, with the rig on the well
  • The survey truck parked at a pumpjack while a team member works at the tailgate
  • A surveyor in a hi-vis vest crouched in a leaf-covered hollow, holding the blue capture cone over the ground
  • A plugging rig and service truck behind a wire fence, with a flag flying against a clear sky
  • A surveyor in a grey hooded top, cap and sunglasses holding a hose to a tarp-covered wellhead leak
  • Inside a flow sampler: circuit board, tubing and the sampling pipe in a steel case
  • A Hetek flow sampler in its case on a gravel pad, hoses running toward a wellhead, with a surveyor standing behind
  • Malcolm and Oliver in the back of a car between meetings in Toronto, Oliver pulling a face
  • A blue-painted wellhead with rusted flanges on dry ground, the corner of an equipment case beside it

Oklahoma, Texas and Pennsylvania, 2024 to 2026 · survey stops, measurements, plugging day at Schnitzer #2, and the odd ride between meetings

02Who we work withProtocol · research · verification · field

The organisations we work with on method, measurement and plugging.

Our field data has been useful to the groups writing and testing methods for orphaned wells, and we rely on specialist partners for verification, instruments and plugging.

If you would like to see the work for yourself, we are happy to host a visit in Oklahoma.

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