Subsurface Geology and Petroleum Well Data

The data sets include geological formation tops, logging records, and oil/gas/water intervals. Sufficient data has been verified and the appropriate controls implemented. Again, due to demand, all of the subsurface data is available with the corresponding Verified/Unverified Data qualifiers attached.

The data also includes Petroleum GIS software developed by MNR to productively work with the data. The software extends the power of ESRI’s Arcview 3.2 and allows users to query specific geological formation tops, find existing wells by permit number, find wells that penetrated certain geological formation, toggle projections between Geographic Coordinate System and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) NAD83, measure and coordinate desired points on the map and info tools to display geology, oil, gas, water and logging information tables.

The subsurface data is available for $3,750 for Members and $5,250 for Non-Members. Data can be purchased on a county by county basis, based on the following: $0.35 per record for Members; and $0.75 per record for Non-Members, subject to a $250 minimum charge.

Previously purchased data can be updated at greatly reduced rates. The complete set update is $250. Updates by county would be $125 per update, and the buyer can only update files that they have already purchased.

Files not purchased by county or as a whole, can be purchased by a special search fee of $0.75 per well record plus the $50 per hour digital research rate, subject to a minimum $250 charge.

All fees go to the Oil, Gas & Salt Resources Library to help offset the upkeep of the data and the development of further digital data products.

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