John Sharry Petroleum Geologist   G&G Studies Geologic Modeling Directional Surveys Map Projections   Amigos Energy Advisors Suite 1130 4201 Spring Valley Rd. Dallas, TX 75244 email: jsharry@ix.netcom.com jsharry@amigosenergy.com www.amigosenergy.com

 

A Smorgasbord of Internet Sites for the Petroleum Industry

Professional Societies

Federal and State Agencies - GIS Data Sources

GIS Software

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Professional Societies

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United States

AAPG	Papers from recent issues of the Explorer and AAPG Bulletin, Calendar of events, continuing education catalog, searchable member directory, publications catalog, discussion areas, meeting abstract search engine
AGU	Calendar of events, Table of Contents from recent publications, book catalog, legislative alerts, job listings (members only).
Dallas Geological Society	Calendar of events, publication list.
Dallas Geophysical Society	Calendar of events, newsletter, gen. info.
Houston Geological Society	Calendar of events, publications, job listings
Geophysical Society of Houston	Calendar, newsletter, employment service
GSA	Calendar of events, publication catalog, employment opportunities, search GSA publications for articles.
SEG	Continuing Ed calendar, calendar of events, member directory, publication catalog, digital index of SEG articles, selected articles from the Leading Edge .
SPE	Calendar of events, technical paper index, articles online (members or subscription).
SPWLA	Meetings, publication catalog, job vacancies, tool mnemonic lists, Abstracts from the Log Analyst .
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners	Online articles, government relations articles, business alerts.
SIPES	Calendar of events, publications catalog.
American Petroleum Institute	News, industry standards, issues and position papers.
American Geosciences Institute	Umbrella organization for 31 geoscience societies.  Maintains the GEOREF database. Career information and K-12 education materials.
American Association of Professional Landmen	Includes extensive list of links for the landman.

International

The Geological Society (London)	Meetings, events, publications, good set of educational links.
Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Briain	Meetings, events, publications, training/education
Indonesian Association of Geologists	News, meeting announcements
Indonesian Petroleum Association	Meeting announcements, field trips, short courses, workshop proceedings
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia	Events. short courses, Publications, Membership Info
Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists	Calendar of events, publications, member search
Australian Institute of Petroleum	Events, news, publications
Geological Society of New Zealand	Meetings, New Zealand Geology, Publications
New Zealand Geophysical Society	News letter, meetings
Geological Society of Malaysia	Meetings and publications
Petroleum Institute of Thailand	Promotes the petroleum indsustry in Thailand.
Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society	Activities, conferences, publications, this site appears to hang my browser
World Petroleum Congress	Meeting information

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Federal and State Agencies

Unites States

U.S. Geological Survey	Catalog of USGS publications and data, map indices, download data and software. Online reports, Ask-A-Geologist, educational resources.  National Geologic Map Database, by State National coverage: DEMs and DLGs from the USGS, various scales Map Based Dataviewer and Download National Map Viewer National Geospatial Data Program
BOEM - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (former  MMS)	The MMS manages activities in the offshore.  Their sites contains official reports, MMS manuals, revenue information, etc. GOM region has downloadable well header info, directional surveys, protraction diagrams, production volumes, permits etc. Maps and GIS Data GOM Data
National Geophysical Data Center	Repository for geophysical data sets: gravity, magnetics, topography, bathymetry, shorelines, earthquakes, heat flow, global change, natural hazards. Interactive indices, download data and programs for the PC, Mac, and Sun. Excellent shaded relief maps. Magnetic Declination Calculator
BLM - Bureau of Land Management	The BLM manages resources on federal lands.  Their site discusses BLM programs.  They are in the process of building an automated system to report Public Land Survey System coordinates Photo Library
Department of Agriculture	Operator of the NAIP - Airphoto program.  Air photos of most of the US on a 3 year rotating program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	GIS Sites
NASA	1990 and 2000 vintage Landsat of the world
Alabama State Oil & Gas Board Wells Production Geological Survey	Shale gas Research Well database.   Includes permitting, drilling, completion, test, and plugging information for all wells drilled in Alabama. Monthly production data by well, pool, operator, and field.  All data on one screen.  Engineering PVT database also available. DRG files in TIFF format NAD27(select Geospatial Data Clearinghouse/Data)
Alaska Geologic Survey Well Data Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse	Boundary, hydrography, topography, PLSS, physical features in ArcInfo export format. DLG, DRG, DEM
Arizona Geologic Survey Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Arizona Geodata Portal GIS at University of Arizona Libraries	Boundaries, PLSS, DOQQ, DRG, DEM
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission Geological Commission GeoStor	Permit/completion reports.  Document Images, Well Data Publication and map catalogs. Download/ftp DOQQs,  TIFF and MR SID format. UTM projection,  NAD 83.  DRG: TIFF, UTM, NAD27
California California Department of Conservation Geological Survey Spatial Information Library	Digital Production and Injection data 1977-present, well locations, maps in PDF, forms, working on making well records available on the internet. Oil and Gas Division Online maps - promarily hazards maps in PDF format. DOQQs, DRGs in TIFF format, California Albers projection
Colorado Geologic Survey Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Colorado Geographic Information Portal	Online production data by well, lease, operator, field, county, maps, forms, regulations.   Well and permit location shape files.  Scanned documents and well logs. Commercial links only
Conneticut Geologic Survey Map and Geographic Information Center	GIS Data Mossaiced DRGs back to 1890, DOQQ back to 1934 (Ermapper); DOQQ Mr. Sid NAD 83 UTM, DEM. DRG NAD 27
Delaware Geologic Survey Delaware Geospatial Data Exchange Delaware DataMIL	Scanned 15' Topos, scanned geologic maps     Up to date topo maps, replaces USGS DRGs) and air photos
Florida Land Boundary Information System Geographic Information Systems Geologic Survey	DRG in NAD 27,83; DOQQ in Albers(JPEG), UTM, State Plane Projections (Mr. Sid); DLG,DEMS ArcInfo Shape Files Oil well permit database, production graphs, well index maps County Geologic Maps in DXF, State as Shape File
Georgia Geologic Survey Georgia GIS Clearinghouse	General Information only DRGs TiFF format, DOQQs, Satellite images
Hawaii Statewide GIS Data USGS Hawaii Data Clearinghouse	Data layers as ArcInfo Shape Files or Export files
Idaho Idaho Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Inside Idaho - Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Geologic Survey	Current permits, More data at Idaho Geological Survey DRG, DOQQs, Landsat (Find data/Themes) Digital Geologic Maps
Illinois State Geological Survey Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse	Digital well data for sale, log copying service ILoil - Interactive map server for well and field data. DOQQs in Mr Sidd format, UTM, NAD83. DRGs in TIFF format. Other GIS data in .e00 format
Indiana Division of Oil & Gas Indiana Spatial Data Portal Geologic Survey	Forms, Permts, Regulations, Questions and Answers, online digital data, Online Maps DOQQs in Band Sequential or Mr. Sid format, DRG in Geotiff format, DEMS, vector data, well location shape file. Interactive Maps, Petroleum Database Management System:
Iowa Iowa Geologic Survey Natural Resources Geographic Information System	Database of oil tests in Iowa, tops and strip log. Interactive Map Server.  DRGs TIFF format DOQQs in Mr Sid and JPG formats, lots of other data in .EOO and Shape file format
Kansas Kansas Geological Survey Oil & Gas Kansas Digital Petroleum Atlas GIS Data Access & Support Center Kansas Geological Society	Master well list, LAS and Tiff well logs for some wells, tops, DST results, scanned forms, Petroleum information.  Production history on lease and field levels.  Good use of maps.  Well and tops files for download. One of the more advanced states. The Digital Petroleum Atlas is a prototype allowing the KGS to display detailed geologic, well, geophysical, and regional information for chosen fields in Kansas. The DPA has several data bases that can be accessed. This appears to be out of date.  Last update 2001. GIS data for the state.  This is an on going project.   Partial/complete data available for TIGER, DLG, LULC, PLSS and more.  Various scales. DOQQs BIl,TIFF, MR Sid formats, DRG: TIFF,UTM NAD 27&83, Lambert NAD83, TM data for state.
Kentucky Public Oil & Gas Data Digital Ortho Image Download Center Geospatial Data Libraries Geologic Survey	Searchable databases and maps DOQQs in JPEG format, State Plane, NAD 83, Zones N&S DRGs, and other map layers available for download. Includes Oil & gas well locations
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources GIS Data LSU Atlas Geologic Survey	SONRIS - Online access to minerals, lease, and GIS information, electronic documents and well logs County Scale Thematic Mapper data - Mr Sid Format, DEM files, Make-A-Map Download DRGs, DOQQs, DEMs, LIDAR
Maine Geological Survey Main Office of GIS	DRG NAD 83 UTM  19,TIFF, DOQQ NAD 83 UTM  19 Mr Sid.  Numerous other layers
Maryland Geological Survey MERLIN Online Maryland GIS	MGS Online Online map making
Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Office of the State Geologist   MassGIS	DRG NAD 83  State Plane Tiff, Mr. Sid; Color DOQQ NAD 83 State Plane Mr. Sid, DEMS, Bedrock Geology, numerous other lay
Michigan Dept. of Environemental Quality   Geographic Data Library	Oil & Gas: Locations,tops, scanned records, maps, etc.   DOQQ (Mr. Sid), DLG (Shape), DEM, Public Land System, Satellite, Geology, others; all in Michigan GeoRef Projection
Minnesota Geological Survey Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse	DOQQ (Mr. Sid),  DRG, DLG, DEM
Mississippi Office of Geology Oil and Gas Board MARIS - Mississipp Automated Resource Information System	Well Data, Mapping System GIS data in ArcInfo and DXF formats.  DRGs, DOQQs in Mr. SIDD format, MS TM projection
Missouri Geology and Land Survey Spatial Data Information Service Missouri Dept of Conservation	Oil and Gas GeoPortal
Montana Geographic Information Clearinghouse Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Board of Oil and Gas	Various maps of Montana, GIF, .E00, SHP formats.  DRGs, DOQQs in TIFF and MrSID format. NAD 83 coordinates for most products. Geologic maps and reports.  GIS Systems.   Online data
Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division Oil and gas Conservation Commission Data Bank	Well data in MS Access format DOQQ, DRG, DEM, TIGER, LANDSAT, LIDAR
Nevada Commission of Mineral Resources Bureau of Mines and Geology W.M. Keck Earth Sciecnce and Mining Research Center	Minerals, Oil & Gas, Geothermal info. Oil and Gas, Well database and logs. Maps. 30x60' DRGs TIFF format Download DRGs, selected DOQs TIFF format, DEMs,Landsat and SPOT images, geologic maps
New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services GRANIT	Geologiical Survey   DRG, DOQ, DEM
New Jersey   Geological Survey Geographic Information Network	Digital Data Series   DOQQ, Orthoimagery, LULC, DEM,Geologic Map,
New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department Oil Conservation Division New Mexico Tech   RGIS	OCD Online - Well, completion, production f Scanned logs and reports. GO-TECH Online access to various petroleum related databases; well, production, and online maps DOQQ (Mr. SID), DEM, PLSS, DRG (GeoTiff)
New York Division of Mineral Resources   Empire State Oil and Gas Information System Geological Survey NYS GIS Cleaeinghouse	Oil and Gas Database, Geodata Inventory   Access publically available data including well logs and virtual cores ArcInfo Geologic layers DRGs, GeoTiff, Tfw, MapInfo format, NAD 27 & 83, state run orthoimagery program, LULC
North Carolina Geological Survey NCDOT GIS Unit	DRG (Mr. SID), DOQQ (Mr. SID)
North Dakota Geolocical Survey ND GIS	Raster data download, Vector data download
Ohio Geological Survey Ohio DAS	Interactive Maps DRG, DLG, DOQQ, DEM
Oklahoma Geologic Survey Oil & Gas Geo Information System	Type Logs, Stratigraphic Columns Production and well information for purchase (select Oil & Gas) Download DOQ,DOQQ,DRG, DEM:  UTM,Albers projections, TIF and Mr Sid formats, NAD 27 & 83 datums (select data/image data) Also check out maps.
Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries Geospatial Enterprise Office BLM	DOQQ, DRG, Boundaries Merged DRGs and DEMs
Pennsylvania PA Geological Survey PA Spatial Data Access	Well Information System - FTP down load.  Contact person at bottom of page., Download geologic maps. DOQQs Tiff Format, DOQQ and DRG Mr SID format, SPOT data, DRGs, TIFF format, NAD27, UTM
Rhode Island Geological Survey RI GIS Digital Imagery Server	Download GIS layers DRG, DOQQ GeoTIff, NAD 83 State Plane
South Carolina Geological Survey Data Clearinghouse	Includes digital maps. DLG, DRG, DOQQ, DEM
South Dakota Geological Survey	GIS data, Online Oil and Gas Database
Tennessee Division of Geology GISource Tennessee Spatial Data Server	No online data Vector data, DRGs State Plane NAD83, DOQQs UTM NAD83, DEMS
Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Texas Natural Resource Information System   Railroad Commission	Information about the Bureau's research activities, publications lists, and some results. DOQQs in Mr Sid format DRGs in FIFF format, DEMs, other files in .EOO, Intergraph, DXF formats, LIDAR Production database, Oil Gas Well Records Other interactive data.  Digital Maps for Sale, Oil & Gas Map Viewer, Well Logs
Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Geological Survey Utah GIS Portal	Online Data, Online Map. Well Logs  Topographic maps.  1x2 degree, 30'x60' as PDF files, 7 1/2' quads as gif images. DEMs, DOQs as JPG/JGW, DRGs as TIFF, other GIS layers as .SHP
Vermont Geologuy and Mineral Resources VCGI	Geologic Maps, DOQQs, DEMs, etc
Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Division of Gas and Oil GISData Virginia	Information Catalog Data Information System DOQQ
Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Department of Natural Resources Geomorphology Research Group Geospatical Data Archive BLM	Geologic Information Portal, GIS-Geology   Geologic maps, boundaries, DEM, PLSS DOQQ, DRG, DEM   Merged DRGs and DEMs
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey W Va. GIS Data Clearinghouse	Data   GIS layers including oil and gas wells DRG (Tiff), DOQQ ( Mr. SID), DEM: UTM 17 NAD83 Oil and Gas Wells
Wisconsin Geological and Natural  History Survey DNR Geographic Information System	DRGs and basenmap layers
Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Geographic Information Science Center/ Natural Resources Data Clearinghouse Geological Survey	Online databases for wells, cores, logs, production, APD, sundries, and more. WyGISC Data Server - DOQQ in reduced resolution JPEG format, DRG, satelite imagery, and numerous GIS layers available for download.

 

International

U.K. DTI - Oil and Gas Directorate	Data, developments, licensing, environmental regulation, infrastructure, etc. See Common Data Access Limited for offfshore data
British Geological Survey	Products, services, contacts, downloads
Natural Resources of Canada	MIRAGE - Over 10,000 geoscience map images
Australian Geological Survey Organisation	Good interactive indices to data that can be ordered, listing of products and services, online information about lease areas and data, educational resources
Philippine Department of Energy
PTTT Public Company Limited Thailand	Information about petroleum development in Thailand. Formerly Petroleum Authority of Thailand
World Energy Center	Information on world energy supply and consumption
Asia-Pacific Economic Coorperation - Mineral and Energy Data	Information on Mineral and Energy Development, legal and regulatory, finance, land, some geoscientific

 

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Software Sources

These are sources where you can download programs for free. Depending upon your software and data source some additional processing may be needed before you can use the data.

ESRI	ArcExplorer. free viewer for GIS data
Ermapper	ErViewer. free viewer for GIS data
Lizardtech	ExpressView Browser Plugin - Plugin for Netscape and Internet Explorer that allows you to view Mr. Sid or Jpeg 2000 files.
USGS	DLGV32 - Free viewer for many types of USGS GIS data.
3DEM	3D Terrain visualization, stereo visualization, 3D flyby
Global Mapper	Excellent commercial utility for viewing numerous vector and image formats, format conversion, image resampling and manipulation, change projections.
Bureau of Land Management Software and Data Download	PC and UNIX Software for working with DLGs, DEMs, Digital Chart of the World, data files, links to other sites
National Geophysical Data Center	Repository for geophysical data sets: gravity, magnetic, topography, bathymetry, shorelines, earthquakes, heat flow, global change, natural hazards. Interactive indices, download data and programs for the PC, Mac, and Sun.
SeisVU	Free SEG-Y viewer, can also view all header information.
Kansas Geologic Survey Software	Mapping, log analysis, seismic processing
Canadian Well Log Society	Documentation about the LAS standard. Download certification and resampling programs
Colorado School of Mines	Seismic processing package
GMT - Generic Mapping Tools	Unix based mapping system
Software list at the Kansas Geologic Survey	List software available at several sites.
Department of Energy Software	Simulators, predictive models, databases
D.Watson	Triangulation based contouring programs

 

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Last updated 3/12/2012