A2D TECHNOLOGIES INC.

HOUSTON
2345 Atascocita Rd.
Humble, TX 77396
(281) 319-4944
fax:(281) 319-4945
email: a2d@a2d.com

MIDLAND
306 West Wall, Ste 530
Midland, TX 79701
(915) 685-3556
fax:(915)685-0596
email: midland@a2d.com

NEW ORLEANS
356 Canal St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 561-6546
fax:(504) 561-6560
email: neworleans@a2d.com

URL: www.a2d.com

A2D Technologies, Inc., is a provider of digital well log data and other services. Using their own proprietary system LOG-LINE(tm) A2D can provide clients with GIS search capability for delivery of well log data using the Internet. At present, the A2D well log library covers the following geological provinces: Gulf of Mexico and Permian Basin.

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Fairfield Industries

Fairfield Industries' Data Services Division focuses its domestic 3D seismic operations in a niche market in the Gulf of Mexico where its technical expertise and assets are optimized. This niche is the highly prospective shallow water/transition zone which extends from the beach out to approximately 70 feet of water depth offshore Louisiana and Texas. High quality non-exclusive 3D seismic data is available for licensing in any of the areas as indicated on maps.

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PGS Exploration

16010 Barkers Point Lane, Houston, TX 77079
(281) 589-0088
(281) 589-0075(fax)

PGS Exploration acquires, processes, sells and manages non-exclusive 3D seismic data.

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Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) NPDS Facility

Oklahoma Geological Survey
100 East Boyd, Room N-131
Norman, OK 73019-0628

Contact: Jane L. Weber, Coordinator, Departmental Computer Systems
405/325-3031
405/325-7069 (FAX)
jlweber@ou.edu

URL: http://www.ou.edu/special/ogs-pttc/

Data Center Staff Size: 1
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Catalog and Index Type: paper, digital, film, fiche
Data Retrieval: on-line search
Data Delivery Media: paper
Quantity of Holdings: well logs: 528,000.
Scout tickets/completion cards: 420,000.
Cores: from 3,500 wells.
Samples: from more than 30,000 wells
Geographic Areas of Holdings:
Well Logs (paper, film, microfiche) - Mid-Continent
Cores (digital) -Mid-Continent
Cuttings - Mid-Continent
Drilling/Completion Data (digital) - Mid-Continent
Drill Stem and Other Test Data (digital) - Mid-Continent
Production Data (digital) - Mid-Continent
Field Studies (paper) - Mid-Continent
Topographic Maps (paper) - Mid-Continent
Geologic Maps (Surface) (paper) - Mid-Continent
Paleontological Collections - Mid-Continent
Comments: Logs can be copied and cores sampled. NRIS has a digital data base of drill-hole and production (since 1979) data of all oil and gas wells in Oklahoma. Currently, this database can be accessed only at this facility. NRIS is the repository of full-scale well logs for Oklahoma, and it has a major collection of cores and cuttings, mostly from Oklahoma.

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National Coal Resources Data System, Oklahoma Geological Survey

100 East Boyd, Room N-131
Norman, OK 73019-0628

Contact: Brian J. Cardott, Geologist
405/325-3031
405/325-7069 (FAX)
bcardott@ou.edu

URL: http://www.ou.edu/special/ogs-pttc/

Data Center Staff Size: 1
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Geographic Areas of Holdings:
Geochemical Data - Mid-Continent
Comments: The Oklahoma Coal Database within the NCRDS is not yet accessible to the public. The anticipated date of public availability is July 1997. Stratigraphic data are available.

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GEO Information Systems

Director: Mary K. Banken
1818 W. Lindsey, Suite A105
Norman, OK 73019
Phone: 405-325-3131, Ext. 223
Fax: 579-5985
e-mail: mbanken@ou.edu

URL: http://research.ou.edu/ora/rlss119.htm

GEO Information Systems is a Research Department of the Sarkeys Energy Center. Geo Information Systems (GeoSystems) has a long history of building quality geoscience databases and applications for both the public and the private sectors. GeoSystems was originally established in 1962 as the Oil Information Center, and has been under the direction of the Sarkeys Energy Center Director since 1988. From its beginning as a repository of usable and practical oil-oriented information, departmental expertise evolved into areas of computer processing, database development, and applications development that includes a current emphasis on mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). With these capabilities, GeoSystems has developed strong ties with federal and state agencies, the petroleum industry, and other private and public-sector organizations as well as the academic research community.

One of the services introduced by GeoSystems in early 1998 is the Spatial Calculator. This service provides tools that calculate the latitude and longitude coordinates for any Oklahoma location, based on that location's legal description (township, range, section, quarter sections, and/or footage calls). One can calculate these points one at a time through a Single Point Converter, or thousands at a time through the Batch Processing Utility. The calculated coordinates are interpolations from the section corners' latitudes and longitudes, as identified in a 1:24,000 land grid database provided by Topographic Mapping Company of Oklahoma City. User can choose either NAD27 or NAD83 to calculate points.

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Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin Core Research Center

Physical address
10100 Burnet Road
J. J. Pickle Research Campus
Building 131
Austin, Texas 78758

Mailing address
Box X, University Station
Austin, Texas 78713

Contact: George Bush, CRC Curator and Facility Manager
512/471-7135
512/471-0140 (FAX)
Robert Sanchez, Warehouse
512/475-9588
george.bush@beg.utexas.edu

URL:http://www.beg.utexas.edu/crc/austin.htm

Data Center Staff Size: 10
Type of Repository: Public - Academic
Data Retrieval: on-line
Quantity of Holdings: feet of core: 1,359,726
Center Services Provided: core/sample service
Geographic Areas of Holdings:
Cores - Gulf Onshore
Cuttings - Gulf Onshore
Thin Sections - Gulf Onshore
Comments: The Bureau of Economic Geology maintains the Core Research Center, a 17,300 square foot facility where core and cuttings can be examined, photographed, analyzed, and logged. An adjacent repository comprises approximately 93,000 square feet and houses nearly 50 linear miles of shelving to accommodate both core and cuttings.

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Bureau of Economic Geology, Midland Core Research Center

Physical address
5310A East Business I-20
Midland, Texas 79706

Mailing address
P.O. Box 750
Midland, TX 79701

Contact: Lupe Rendón, Facility Manager
432/686-9902
432/686-7728 (FAX)
crcm@swbell.net

URL: http://www.beg.utexas.edu/crc/midland.htm

Data Center Staff Size: 2
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Data Access Fee: per search
Catalog and Index Type: paper
Data Retrieval: on-line; one can reach the core holdings at http://www.beg.utexas.edu/crc/midland.htm or call the Austin Core Research Center (512/471-0402) to order a printout of the core holdings.
Data Delivery Media: paper
Quantity of Holdings:
boxes of core: 1,512,000
boxes of cuttings: 214,700
Center Services Provided: core/sample services
Comments: The Bureau of Economic Geology maintains the Midland Core Research Center, a 32,700 square feet storage facility where core and cuttings can be examined, photographed, analyzed, and logged. Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Among the clients served are the general public, oil and gas industries, students, independent contractors, and universities. The majority of the holdings are from the Midland Basin.

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Bureau of Economic Geology, Geophysical Log Facility

University of Texas at Austin,
10100 Bumet Road, Building 130
P.O. Box X,
University Station Austin, TX 78713

Contact: L.E. Garner, Research Associate
512/471-2145
512/471-0140 (FAX) garnere@begv.beg.utexas.edu

URL:http://www.utexas.edu/researchibeg

Data Center Staff Size: 3
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Catalog and Index Type: paper
Data Retrieval: off-line
Data Delivery Media: paper
Quantity of Holdings:
well logs: 350,000 scout tickets/completion
cards: 500,000
driller's logs: 400,000
Center Services Provided: data sales, bibliographic searches
Geographic Areas of Holdings:
Well Logs (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin
Lithology Logs (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin
Drilling/Completion Data (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin
Scout Data/Strat Tops (paper) - Permian Basin
Field Studies (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin
Topographic Maps (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin
Geologic Maps (Surface) (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin
Aerial/Satellite Imagery (paper) - Gulf Onshore, Gulf Offshore, Permian Basin

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Mineral Management Service, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region - MMS GOM

Public Information Office
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394

Phones: (504) 736-2519 (local) or 1-800-200-GULF
Fax: (504) 736-2620

URL:http://161.160.99.21/homepg/pubinfo/piindex.html

The MMS-GOM offers the following information to the public:

• Free ASCII Data Files
• Catalog of Automated Reports and ASCII Files
• Catalog of Available Maps and Visuals
• Data Available on CD-ROM
• MMS Publications

The ASCII Data Files can be ordered from the Public Information Office at the address above or in most cases the files can be retrieved using the World Wide Web (WWW). Current information available from the web include:

• Leasing information and data
• Pipeline information and data
• Data Production information and data
• Well information and data
• Platform/Rig information and data
• Field & Reserve information and data
• Geographic Mapping data

The free ASCII data files are updated on a monthly basis. The What's New pages of the MMS site are updated to reflect the latest update. Availability of data files from the web is constantly changing. For any questions related to the navigation, searching capabilities, downloading files, or overall functionality associated with their site contact: Gulf OCS Region Webmaster at <GulfWebmaster@smtp.mms.gov>.

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National lmagery and Mapping Agency

The Defense Mapping Agency is part of the Department of Defense (DoD). Their site is listed at http://www.nima.mil.  This agency provides, via CD-ROMs, cultural data sets including the map of the world and the US coastlines used by the NGDRS system.

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US Census Bureau

URL: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/geo/www/tiger/

The Census Bureau provides several free data files via their TIGER® System. TIGER comes from the acronym Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing which is the name for the system and digital data base developed at the Census Bureau to support its mapping needs for the Decennial Census and other Bureau programs. TIGER provides support for the following:

• Creation and maintenance of the digital geographic database that includes complete coverage of the United States, continental and islands.
• Ability to assign individual addresses to geographic entities and census blocks based on polygons formed by features such as roads and streams.

The Census Bureau releases periodic extracts of their data base to the public, these extracts are known as the TIGER/Line® files. The most recent version is TIGER/Line® 1995.

The Census Customer Services (phone 301-457-4100) organization handles information on data products & ordering information for computer tapes, CD-ROM's, microfiche & some publications). Users can fax to 301-457-4714 for general information. For ordering (only) use phone 1-800-249-7295 or via e-mail orders@census.gov

The NGDRS uses the TIGER System to obtain latitude/longitude coordinates for the center of a county and the name of the same county.

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United States Geological Survey (USGS)

U.S. Geological Survey, 508 National Center,
Reston, VA 20192, USA

The USGS is a major provider of geological, cartographic and other data types relevant to the NGDRS.

URL: http://www.usgs.gov

For ordering digital cartographic data contact the USGS Earth Science Information Center (ESIC), or call 1-800-USA-MAPS.

The data set utilized by the NGDRS is part of a collection of CD-ROMs named "1:100,000-Scale, Digital Line Graph (DLG) Data Hydrography and Transportation," August 1993.

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Alabama State Oil and Gas Board

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

Contacts: Gary V. Wilson, Deputy Director
Lewis Dean
Phone (205) 349-2852
Fax (205) 349-2861

gwilson@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us
ldean@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us

URL: http://ogbweb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us

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:
 

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Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC), Eastern Gulf Region

The University of Alabama
Box 870338
202 Bevill
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Email: Ernest Mancini, Director - emancini@wgs.geo.ua.edu

The Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) was formed in 1994 by the U.S. oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. The PTTC serves as the national clearinghouse to identify and transfer technology for the benefit of the domestic oil and natural gas industry.

PTTC transfers upstream E&P technologies to help domestic producers reduce costs, improve operating efficiency, increase ultimate recovery, enhance environmental compliance, and add new oil and gas reserves. The Program identifies producers' priority technical problems and communicates them to the R&D community. PTTC serves as an integrated clearinghouse for E&P technology information but it does not perform or fund R&D.

As part of PTTC Eastern Gulf Region efforts, a project entitled "Bibliography, Geophysical Data Locations, and Well Core Listings for the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin" was completed in 1997. The materials for the project were prepared by the Basin Research Group, Department of Geology, University of Alabama, in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Alabama, Mississippi Office of Geology, of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council.The project, sponsored by Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (under Project No.DE-FG22-96BC14946), generated a database of information
containing well data, well log data, cores and samples for the Alabama portion of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin. The web pages listing the Alabama data can be found at the following site: http://egrpttc.geo.ua.edu/pttc/reports/smacko1/wells1.html. It is this database that is implemented by the NGDRS system.

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Kansas Geological Survey, Geoscience Data Resources

1930 Constant Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66047

URL:http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/kgs.html

Contact: Susan Bolton, Manager
913/864-3965
913/864-5317 (FAX)
sbolton@kgs.ukans.edu

Data Center Staff Size: 4
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local, Academia
Data Access Fee: $0.10 per page photocopy charge
Catalog and Index Type: paper, CD-ROM, fiche
Data Retrieval: on-line
Data Delivery Media: paper, on-line, mail out

Quantity of Holdings: well logs: 100,000, scout tickets/completion cards: 500,000
Geographic Areas of Holdings:
Well Logs (paper) - Mid-Continent
Lithology Logs (paper) - Mid-Continent
Cores (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
Cuttings (digital) - Mid-Continent
Paleo Reports/Samples (paper) - Mid-Continent
Drilling/Completion Data (paper) - Mid-Continent
Scout Data/Strat Tops (paper) - Mid-Continent
Drill Stem and Other Test Data (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
Production Data (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
Field Studies (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
Reserve Studies (paper, digital) - Mid-Continent
Topographic Maps (paper) - Mid-Continent
Geologic Maps (Surface) (paper) - Mid-Continent
Aerial/Satellite Imagery (paper) - Mid-Continent
Comments: Most of the holdings are paper copies, which are in the process of being converted to digital data.

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Wichita Well Sample Library, Kansas Geological Survey

4150 Monroe Street
Wichita, KS 67209-2699

Contact: Michael T. Dealy, L.G., Manager Wichita Operations
Manager 316/943-2343 316/943-1261 (FAX)
Data Center Staff Size: 5
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local Data Access Fee: see Comments
Catalog and Index Type: see computer data base for samples
Data Delivery Media: paper, mail out, fax
Quantity of Holdings: well logs: microfiche wireline logs - 133,000 paper copy wireline logs: 22,000 lithologic strip logs: 25,000 eastern Kansas driller's logs: approx. 50,000 rotary cuttings: 130,000 well samples range in depth; of the 133,000 wells, 96.2% are from Kansas, 1.0% from Colorado, 1.6% from Nebraska, and 0.8% from Oklahoma. scout tickets/completion cards: 200,000
Center Services Provided: core/sample services, staff research, bibliographic searches, (see Comments)
Geographic Areas of Holdings:
Well Logs (paper, microfiche)
Lithology Logs (paper)
Cuttings - Mid Continent
Drilling/Completion Data (paper) - Mid-Continent
Scout Data/Strat Tops (paper) - Mid-Continent
Production Data (paper) - Mid-Continent
Base Maps (paper) - Mid Continent
Lease Ownership Maps (paper) - Mid-Continent
Topographic Maps (paper) - Mid-Continent Geologic Maps (Surface) (paper) - Mid-Continent Subsurface Maps (paper) - Mid-Continent
Comments: Rental fee for samples checked out; no charge if examined on site. Sample cut service charges (as of November 1996): $20.00 per well, plus $0.30 per envelope and appropriate state sales tax. The Well Sample Library is a retail outlet for USGS topographic maps of Kansas and for Kansas Geological Survey maps and publications. Microscopes, UV light, HCL, etc., are available for on-site sample examination. Microfiche viewer/copier is available. Copies are $0.25 per page. The Library has the following available for reference: complete set of AAPG Bulletins, partial sets of other geologic journals, a complete set of Kansas Geological Survey publications, miscellaneous Vance-Rowe oil/gas production reports, miscellaneous 1935-1990 Herndon well location maps (Kansas).

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