News

July 04, 2014

Aquifer Systems in Southern Ontario: Hydrogeological Considerations for Well Drilling and Plugging.

Authors:

• Terry Carter, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Lee Fortner, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Mitchell E. Skuce, Western University
• Fred J. Longstaffe, Western University

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW: Aquifer Systems in Southern Ontarioe [PDF](10.9MB)

November 24, 2013

Seismic data at the Library: 34.5 km along the St. Clair River - Moore and Sombra Townships

Shot by Echoseis in September 1999.

contact: info@ogsrlibrary.com

View line in Google Earth: St Clair Seismic KML

November 29, 2012

There may still be plenty of opportunity for hydrocarbon exploration in Ontario. The Ontario Potential Hydrocarbon Resources Ordovician Hydrothermal Dolomite Play assessment is available to help you discover more oil and gas resources.

Results of the assessment suggest that total Middle Ordovician recoverable gas and oil resources is in the order of 7,960 10⁶m³ (281 bcf) and 6,313,671m³ (39.7 MMbbls) respectively. Eighty-five per cent of this gas volume 6,799 10⁶m³ (240 bcf) and 43 per cent of this oil volume 2,733,296m³ (17.2 MMbbs) remains to be discovered.

Report only $750. Electronic copies are available by contacting us.

September 19, 2012

New Ontario Regulation 98/12 covers ground source heat pumps.

New! Check our exclusive offer page for geothermal drillers. It contains some helpful advice on how to write a prognosis for your work plan required by regulation 98/12. It's all explained on our reg 98/12 video.

Readers may also want to check out our Government Section to read our operating standards and Oil, Gas & Salt Resources Act.

March 15, 2012

Members: Now you have access to all of Ontario's geophysical logs through your web browser. Over 20,000 logs are available.

Logs can be viewed by clicking the Geophysical Logs tab available on all well cards or by browsing for wells using a map interface.

Please see the video below for a short demonstration. (If YouTube is blocked where you work watch this video from our website by opening the Geophysical Logs tab on any well card.)

November 29, 2011

Regional bedrock aquifers and a conceptual groundwater flow model for southern Ontario

As presented by Terry Carter at the 50^th annual OPI conference

• Terry Carter, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Lee Fortner, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Petroleum Operations, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW: Regional bedrock aquifers and a conceptial groundwater flow model for southern Ontario [PDF] (16.8MB)

November 04, 2010

Oil and Gas in Ontario: 152 Years of Exploration and Production. Presented by Terry Carter (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) at the Western Newfoundland Oil and Gas Symposium.

• Oil and Gas in Ontario [PDF](7.4Mb)

July 22, 2010

The Subsurface Paleozoic Stratigraphy of Southern Ontario has all the geoscience information you need to work in Ontario! This is an updated version of Ontario Geological Survey's open file report #6191 and is bound in hardcover with dozen of colourful photos. Find out more about the new OGS special volume.

December 16, 2009

Ontario digital petroleum production data from 1992 to 2007 is now available to all members for free during our four month beta test period, ending May 1, 2010.

Data is accessed on a well by well basis through the production tab on wells cards found using the well search. Data tables can also be prepared by the OGSR Library on a per operator, per pool, or per area basis.

Additional tools to allow the querying of many wells at once should be available online in the new year.

November 27, 2009

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW:

• Ontario Oil & Gas 2008 Edition [PDF](9.8MB)
• Ontario Oil & Gas 2004 Edition [PDF](6.6MB)
• Ontario Oil & Gas 2002 Edition [PDF](5.4MB)