##  [Wellsite Clay Pad Removal and Peat Inversion](/resource/wellsite-clay-pad-removal-and-peat-inversion) 

organisation

[NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (NAIT CBR)](/organization/nait-centre-boreal-research-nait-cbr)

 

 

projet

[Peatland Restoration](/project/peatland-restoration)

 

Resource Type

[Technical guide](/taxonomy/term/35)

 

 

Author(s)

Melanie Bird

Bin Xu

Jean-Marie Sobze

Amanda Schoonmaker

Line Rochefort

 

 

Auteurs

Melanie Bird

Bin Xu

Jean-Marie Sobze

Amanda Schoonmaker

Line Rochefort

 

 

Resource Date:

2017

 

Page Length

6

 

 

Reclaiming in-situ well pads built in peatland presents many challenges. Our project offers an innovative approach that removes the clay pad and geotextile, fluffs and re-profiles the buried peat, followed by the transfer of a moss layer to introduce propagules for peatland vegetation development. This technical note describes the civil earth work procedures to remove the clay pad and to create a flat, hydrologically connected peat surface suitable for peatland vegetation development.

View more technical notes by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research [here.](https://www.nait.ca/industry/applied-research/centre-for-boreal-research/resources/technical-notes)