Geospatial Information Committee Report: November 22, 2008

Submitted for the EMD Mid-year Conference Call

1. What new applications is geospatial information being used for? ModelBuilder is an application within ArcGIS Spatial Analyst that lets you construct intricate models to process input GIS layers to get an output layer to solve problems, and which can be reused with different data sets. For example, a model was built by NETL to select water impoundment sites for produced water from Powder River Basin CBM, using the criteria of distance from restricted areas, topographic slope and salts in soil (from airborne electromagnetic). This process permits the rapid selection of impoundment sites over a large area of the Powder River Basin (http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0207/powderiver.html).

2. What are some of the latest hardware and software that are being used?

ArcGIS Server is gradually replacing ArcIMS as the interactive webmapping software of choice for many petroleum GIS users. It is much easier to convert an ArcMap map to an ArcGIS Server website than to build and customize an ArcIMS website (http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/live_user_sites.html). Example website: Oil and Gas Wells of Utah (http://mapserv.utah.gov/ > Oil and Gas Wells). 3. What work is being done to help people find, acquire, and integrate different sources of geospatial data? A. The AAPG Spatial Library will make a lot of petroleum-related GIS data available in the

future. An update on progress by the Spatial Publication Committee: In June 2008, the AAPG Foundation announced a $9.4 million donation from T. Boone

Pickens to develop a GIS digital geology consortium between AAPG and Oklahoma State University. OSU geology and geography students will be creating digital petroleum-related data for projects using these funds. Projects must be approved by the AAPG Datapages Board of Directors.

Processes being developed by AAPG Spatial Publication Committee:

o Project submission and publication standards Attribute tables Timescale Metadata Author submission package Peer review process

o Portal for the distribution of GIS data Be able to search metadata for all data source types by text and location Pricing model being updated; see three general classes: free / open source

(e.g. USGS or EIA), single user access (subscription) or pay-per-view. o Work flow for OSU-AAPG consortium

Key Global Framework data products captured

o Global tectonics framework (Bert Bally): view at http://gisudril.aapg.org/gisdemo/

o Global timescale data model (Joe Cross, Conoco-Phillips) o Global basins shapefile (Fugro-Robertson/Tellus donation) o Global GIS attribution tables (Exxon-Mobil donation)

Significant data projects in progress:

o “Hydrocarbon Occurrence and Petroleum Systems of the Gulf Coast”, Dr. Janet Pitman (USGS)

o Gulf of Mexico paleogeographic setting and tectonic framework project, Kirk Barrell

o “Tectono-Stratigraphic Sedimentary Accumulations of the Arctic Region that may be prospective for Hydrocarbons” (Grantz, USGS)

o Atlas of Deep-Water Outcrops (Gong)

o USA Geological Highway Map Series (Minch)

o ExxonMobil’s “Tectonic Map of the World” project (available in 2010) o Tectonic Map of North America by Dr. William Muehlberger o “Hydrocarbon Micro-seepages in the USA” by Dr. Shubab Khan, Univ. of Houston o “Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Seeps & Oil and Gas Fields Atlas” by Dr. Paul Weimer o “Coal-Bed Methane in the USA”, Sam Limerick, Z, Inc for EIA (done, view at

http://gisudril.aapg.org/gisdemo/)

EMD has the opportunity to put together datasets for commodities and apply for funding to covert them to GIS data with the Pickens-OSU funding. To get onto the list for consideration, AAPG has an AAPG GIS-UDRIL Spatial Publications Author Submission Form which needs to be filled out. Email me for a copy of this.

o Coalbed Methane- first pass GIS dataset by EIA done, lots more basin-specific

layers could be added in conjunction with Bill Ambrose’s coal committee. Have spoken to Andrew Scott about obtaining some datasets for Australian CBM sweetspot modeling in a GIS. This is on hold as a final data set is assembled.

o Coal- Bill Ambrose is working on a list of coal data attributes o Heavy Oil/ Tar Sands- Fran Hein has put together a list of data sources for an

Alberta heavy oil pilot project; draft list of possible GIS layers assembled. A project coordinator is needed to identity and prioritize data for digitizing. I inquired with AAPG Spatial Data Editor Bret Fossum about the possibility of using Pickens/OSU funds for this, but those funds are earmarked for digitizing, attributing & metadata creation.

o Shale Gas- Brian Cardott assembled a data list for a Barnett Shale GIS pilot project. Sam Limerick got approval from EIA to begin creating gas shale play summary maps for the major plays, and much progress has been made on Barnett and Fayetteville shales. Some data is being vectorized, and other more detailed data will be identified for possible Pickens-OSU digitization. AAPG has put georeferenced images of Barnett Maps (mostly from the 2007 Bulletin on the Barnett) out on http://gisudril.aapg.org/gisdemo/.

B. The USGS announced that the entire 35-year archive of LANDSAT imagery is being

released for free (http://landsat.usgs.gov/documents/USGS_Landsat_Imagery_Release.pdf).

C. You can quickly put backgrounds (topography, imagery, streets, Microsoft Virtual Earth)

behind your ArcGIS maps using the free ArcGIS Online option (http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/).

4. What kinds of maps (or other products) can be generated to aid in finding and extracting energy minerals? Play Fairway Analysis (PFA) has been used with conventional petroleum plays to highlight the best places to explore within a play, using risked play elements such as reservoir, source, seal, trap, etc. Doing PFA in a GIS (using ModelBuilder) permits it to be done quickly, efficiently and consistently across multiple plays. In the paper The Application of Hydrocarbon System and Play Fairway Analysis for Unconventional Resource Plays: The Case for Shale Gas and Shale Oil Reserves by Barrie Wells and Jay E. Leonard (from Geo-India, 2008) the authors use the PFA technique on the unconventional Bakken and Utica shale plays to identify sweet spots.

5. What are some examples of how EMD members (and others) are using Geospatial Information? Below are 2008 papers and links to abstracts where available. From AAPG 2008 Annual Meeting (San Antonio): Implementation of GIS Technology at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC), Casper,

Wyoming by B. J. Black and J. W. Buelt Digital Oil-Play Maps of the Permian Basin by C. L. Breton, S. P. Dutton, and R. F. Broadhead Joined up Data: Using GIS to Enhance the Multi-Scale Analysis and Interpretation of Overpressure

Distribution by P. Clegg, S. A. O'Connor, R. E. Swarbrick, and D. T. Scott Coalbed Methane in the United States: An Updated GIS Study by S. Limerick, G. Long, D.

Morehouse, R. King, J. Perrin, P. Chapman, and L. Luo Exploring Minimum Geographic Ranges and Diversity Dynamics of Western Interior Ammonoids

(Late Cretaceous) Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), PaleoGIS, Spreadsheets, and Recreational Topographic Mapping Software by R. A. MacKenzie and M. Yacobucci

A Simple GIS Approach to Interpolating Stratigraphic Contact Data for Palaeogeography: Deriving Palaeolandscape Models of the Palaeozoic-Cretaceous Boundary and Subsequent Cretaceous Islands in Central Texas by S. J. Prochnow

GIS and Remote Sensing for “Cradle to Grave” Hurricane Impact Assessment by D. Streit, C. Dacre, E. Wemmelmann, and C. Joyce

GIS Web Based System for Exploration Data Management in Managing Upstream Oil & Gas Business in Indonesia by D. Sudarmawan, A. Ibrahim, S. E. Saputra, A. H. Rustam, and A. Amir

Estimation of the Uncertainty in the Hydrocarbon Exploration Through Geographic Information System (GIS). Case of Study: Espino’s Graben , East of Venezuela by D. Varela and L. Duerto

GIS for Depositional Synthesis, Analysis, and Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico by T. Whiteaker and P. Ganey-Curry

From GEO 2008--Middle East Using GIS 4-D Technology for Analyzing and Monitoring Oil & Gas Production in Awali Field,

Bahrain by Naresh K. Puripanda and Fahad Al Shamsan

From 2008 Rocky Mountain AAPG Meeting (http://www.rms-aapg.org/2008_meeting/RMS-AAPG2008abstracts.pdf) Lidar: A Multidisciplinary Dataset for Integrated Solutions in Onshore E & P by

Beaubouef, Tamra ArcGIS Integrated Petroleum System Evaluation of the Greater Green River Basin by

Brown, Stephen ; Zumberge, John E.; Illich, Harold; Dolan, Michael P. The Carbon Sequestration Potential of Oil and Gas Fields in the Denver-Julesburg

Basin of Colorado by Deardorff, Jason W.; McCray, John E.; Young, Genevieve; Nummedal, Dag

A Methodology for Assessing the Carbon Sequestration Potential of Deep Saline Aquifers Beneath from Industrial CO2 Source by Deardorff, Jason W.; McCray, John E.; Young, Genevieve; Nummedal, Dag

Imapit™ Interactive Resource Map by Garland, Robert F. From 2008 GCAGS-GSA AAPG Meeting Using Geospatial Solutions for Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Integration and

Interpretation by William J. Berger III & Jennifer Weller Application of the GeoDimensional Tools ArcGIS Extension for the Analysis of 3D

Virtual Models of Outcrops in the Arbuckle Anticline and Other by Lionel White, Tarig

Ahmed, Mohammed Alfarhan, Iris Alvarado, Alex Biholar, Brian Burnham, Prabin Shilpakar and Carlos Aiken

From 2008 Eastern Section AAPG Meeting Using ArcGIS to Estimate Thermogenic Gas Generation Volumes by Upper and

Middle Devonian Shales in the Appalachian Basin by J. R. Reed & D. Dunbar From 2008 Petroleum User Group (PUG) Meeting Using GIS and Data Mining for Western Canada CBM Exploration by Geoff Ryder and

Melanie Luinstra Map of Maps by Robert Graham & Xavier Berni A Reusable Mapping Platform Based on ArcGIS Server 9.2 by Charles Nguyen and Srinivas

Jasti

Committee - Related News AAPG 2008 Annual Meeting, San Antonio- Three EMD geospatial poster sessions were

held, including First EMD Map Gallery, an attempt to get AAPG maps displayed in a less formal venue.

It was very well received by the 11 participants and visitors. Many thanks to Mike Wiley and Bill Ambrose for their help to make that happen.

Advances & Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing to Petroleum Exploration & Production - 9 posters

• GIS & Remote Sensing for Hurricane Monitoring & Assessment - 3 posters • AAPG 2009 Convention, Denver: EMD geospatial sessions are not yet finalized.

Upcoming Meetings GITA’s GIS for Oil & Gas Calgary Conference, November 6-7, 2008. See details at

http://gita.org/events/ogca/2008/index.asp Talks include: o The Role Geospatial in Non-Conventional Oil and Gas Plays (Rick Watters,

EnCana) Petroleum User’s Group (PUG) GIS for Oil & Gas Conference will be held in

Houston February 23-25, 2009. Abstracts are invited until October 20, 2008. Formerly free, this conference will have a $50 early registration cost for the first time to reduce the large number of no-shows. Registration at http://www.esri.com/events/pug/index.html

ESRI International User Conference, July 13–17, 2009 in San Diego, CA. This is a huge annual conference which is a great way to keep up with ESRI. If you or your company has an ArcGIS license, there is no charge for the conference. There are always a few sessions on petroleum GIS (upstream and pipeline) organized by the PUG group. See http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html

GITA’s 2009 GIS for Oil & Gas Conference is slated for Sept. 13-17, 2009, at the Marriott Westchase Hotel in Houston, Texas. This conference usually has more of a pipeline emphasis as opposed to E&P. The 2008 event was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike.

Sam Limerick