Geoscience Data Repositories in ALABAMA

Alabama State Oil and Gas Board

Geological Survey of Alabama
420 Hackberry Lane
P.O. Box O
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486

Contact: Gary V. Wilson, Deputy Director
Lewis Dean
205/349-2852
205/349-2861 (FAX)
gwilson@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us
ldean@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us
http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ogb/ogb.html

Data Center Staff Size: 6
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Catalog and Index Type: paper, digital
Data Retrieval: on-line
Data Delivery Media: paper, on-line

Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 11,000
feet of core: 265,650
scout tickets/completion cards: 10,000
cuttings: for 8,000 oil/gas and water wells

Center Services Provided: core/sample services, core analysis, thin section, geochemistry, scanning/digitizing, paleo picks, petrography, staff research, interpretation, bibliographic searches

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Lithology Logs

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Cores

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Cuttings

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Paleo Reports/Samples

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Drill Stem and Other Test Data

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Production Data

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Field Studies

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Base Maps

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Topographic Maps

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Geologic Maps (Surface)

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore

Subsurface Maps

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Aerial/Satellite Imagery

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore

Geochemical Data

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore

Paleontological Collections

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore

Rock and Mineral Specimens

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore

Thin Sections

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Gulf Onshore

Department of Geology

University of Alabama
202 Bevill Building
Box 870338
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Contact: Dr. Joe Benson, Chairman
205/348-1876
205/348-0818 (FAX)
dbenson@wgs.geo.ua.edu

Type of Repository: Public - Academic

Quantity of Holdings:

line miles of seismic 2-D: 18,000
well logs: 200
feet of core: 3,000

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

2-D Seismic Reflection

(paper, digital) - Gulf Onshore

3-D Seismic Reflection

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Well Logs

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Lithology Logs

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Cores

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Production Data

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Field Studies

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Base Maps

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Subsurface Maps

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Paleontological Collections

(paper) - Gulf Onshore

Thin Sections

(paper) - Gulf Onshore