Abstract: A cells polygon feature class was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to illustrate the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in the State of Ohio. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown or dry. The well information was acquired from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey in a Geographic Information System (GIS) data layer that contains all of the locatable oil and gas wells in Ohio. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary well data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data are current as of 2004.
Purpose:
This Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset was created to display present and past oil and gas production in the United States, as well as the location and intensity of exploratory drilling outside producing areas. This map compilation is an updated version of the USGS map that was published by Mast and others (1998). This product differs from other oil and gas maps of the United States in the following ways: (1) the oil and gas data sources are current as of 2004 through 2006, (2) base cartographic reference data are included, using the USGS National Map and a World Shaded Relief map service from the ESRI geography network, (3) an internet map service is available online, (4) Alaska oil and gas data are included.
To construct this map, digital data were used from more than 3 million wells in IHS Inc.'s PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data on CD-ROM, current through 10/1/2005. In some areas, the PI/Dwights data tend not to be complete, particularly for pre-1920 production. IHS data was supplemented with state wells databases for Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, and Ohio, (current as of 2004 to 2006).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Currentness_Reference: Ohio wells data set retrieval date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.0
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Gateway to the Earth draft 9 28-Jun-2002
Theme_Keyword: Natural gas resources
Theme_Keyword: Oil shale resources
Theme_Keyword: Oil sand resources
Theme_Keyword: Coalbed methane resources
Theme_Keyword: Economic geology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ArcIMS Metadata Server Theme Codes
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: economy
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Energy Program Themes Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Impacts of Energy Production
Theme_Keyword: Coalbed Methane
Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Basin
Theme_Keyword: Oil and Natural Gas
Theme_Keyword: Energy Resources
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science
Theme_Keyword: Natural Resources
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Natural Gas
Theme_Keyword: Petroleum
Theme_Keyword: Oil
Theme_Keyword: Gas
Theme_Keyword: Oil and Gas Exploration
Theme_Keyword: Oil and Gas Production
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ODNR-CATEGORIES
Theme_Keyword: GEOLOGIC/SOILS
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: U.S.
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Ohio
Place_Keyword: OH
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Board of Geographic Names
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Country Names, Geographic Names Information System, USGS, Reston, VA
Place_Keyword: UNITED STATES
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: State Names, Geographic Names Information System, USGS, Reston, VA
Place_Keyword: OHIO
Access_Constraints: There are no constraints on the access of this data layer.
Use_Constraints:
The well data product of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey is intended to provide general geologic information only and should not be used for any other purpose. It is not intended for resale or to replace site-specific investigations. The source well data used to create these cells were compiled by the Ohio Division of Geological Survey. If these data are used in the compilation of other data sets or maps for distribution or publication, both the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Division of Geological Survey sources must be referenced.
Neither the U.S. Geological Survey, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this product. Any use thereof for a purpose other than for which said information or product was intended shall be solely at the risk of the user.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Position: Geologist / GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail view of Ohio State oil and gas cells
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Data_Set_Credit: To aggregate well data into quarter-mile cells, oil and gas well data were run through an Arc Macro Language (AML) program written by L.R.H. Biewick, S. Weiler, and C.C. Skinner.
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the wells is unknown. But extensive quality control tests were conducted from the time of the release of the data set in 1997 up to today.
The cell locations and cell attributes were visually compared to the hard-copy map: Mast, R.F., Root, D.H., Williams, L.P., Beeman, W.R., and Barnett, D.L., 1998, Areas of historical oil and gas exploration and production in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Map I-2582, 1 sheet; http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/oilgas/noga/oilgasmap.htm and http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0075-c/
Logical_Consistency_Report: The accuracy of the cells, as created by the Arc Macro Language (AML) program of L.R.H. Biewick, S. Weiler and C.C. Skinner, depends upon the accuracy of the locatable oil and gas wells GIS data layer from the Ohio Division of Geological Survey. For the USGS map compilation showing Areas of Historical Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the United States, the assumption was made that the data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Geographic Information Management Systems were of sufficient accuracy for such a national-scale analysis.
Completeness_Report: The cells were defined using the 2004 well data in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources oil and gas wells GIS data set. It is not known how many wells are missing from the 2004 version, which contains over 220,000 wells, but anywhere from 267,000 to over 300,000 wells have been drilled in Ohio.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A visual comparison was made using a sampling of cell locations and cell attributes with well locations and attributes. The horizontal positional accuracy of the Ohio oil and gas well locations is estimated to be ▒ 50 feet.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ohio Division of Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2004
Title: Oil- and-gas well locations in Ohio
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Columbus, OH
Publisher: Ohio Division of Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://www.ohiodnr.com/gims/
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference: date of well data download
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Ohio DNR
Source_Contribution: Oil- and-gas well locations in Ohio
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ohio Division of Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1960
Title: Oil- and gas-well township maps
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Columbus, OH
Publisher: Ohio Division of Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details: Updated yearly, last modifield 2004, scale 1:15,840 and 1:24,000.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 15840
Type_of_Source_Media: Mylar and paper
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ODGS-OGWM
Source_Contribution: This data source contributed the locations of the oil-and-gas wells.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference: date of well data download
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: James McDonald
Originator: Lawrence H. Wickstrom
Originator: Christian D. Steck
Publication_Date: 1997
Title: History of Ohio's oil-and gas-well location maps and their conversion to digital form
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Columbus, OH
Publisher: Ohio Geological Society
Other_Citation_Details: Fifth Annual Technical Symposium, Akron, Ohio, November 12, 1997, p. 52-64
Source_Contribution: Working with the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for the public good
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Oil and gas well data for the State of Ohio were run through an Arc Macro Language (AML) program written by L.R.H. Biewick, S. Weiler, and C.C. Skinner. This program aggregated and converted the 2004 Ohio oil and gas well data into quarter-mile cells and latitude-longitude points that represent the center-points of the quarter-mile cells. The Ohio cells were then assigned an attribute based on the type of production of the wells located within the cell. Used the WL_SYMBOL attribute to populate wellsymb and ultimately cellsymb, as follows:
Oil
WELLR = Oil well.
WELLT = Plugged oil well.
WELLU = Oil well with gas show.
WELLX = Plugged oil well with gas show.
WDHPR = Plugged well that produced oil from two or more horizons.
WDHPU = Plugged well that produced oil with a gas show from two or more horizons.
WEDHR = Well producing oil from two or more horizons.
WEDHU = Well producing oil with a gas show from two or more horizons.
Gas
WDHPN = Plugged well that produced gas with a oil show from two or more horizons.
WDHPS = Plugged well that produced gas from two or more horizons.
WEDHN = Well producing gas with a show of oil from two or more horizons.
WEDHS = Well producing gas from two or more horizons.
WELLF = Plugged gas well.
WELLN = Gas well with oil show.
WELLS = Gas well.
WELPN = Plugged gas well with oil show.
Both oil and gas
WELLV = Oil and gas well.
WELLY = Plugged oil and gas well.
WELLZ = Well producing oil and gas from two or more horizons.
WELPZ = Plugged well that produced oil and gas from two or more horizons.
Dry or Unknown
STAR = Unknown status.
WELLE = Gas show.
WELLG = dry hole oil and gas show.
WELLJ = plugged dry hole oil and gas show.
WELLK = Dry hole with gas show.
WELLL = Dry hole with oil show.
WELLM = Dry hole with oil and gas show.
WELLO = Oil show.
WELLW = Dry hole.
WELOS = lost hole
WELUN = well drilled
WLPBW = well converted to water
Process_Date: 2006
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Position: Geologist / GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-7773
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ohcells04g
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CC83XCOORD
Attribute_Definition: Center-cell X-coordinate
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -84.807706
Range_Domain_Maximum: -80.515245
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CC83YCOORD
Attribute_Definition: Center-cell Y-coordinate
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 38.403780
Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.958907
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CELLSYMB
Attribute_Definition: Production Status
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cell contains at least one productive oil well, but no productive gas wells (green).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cell contains at least one productive gas well, but no productive oil wells (red).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cell contains at least one productive oil well and at least one productive gas well or one well producing both oil and gas (gold).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown, or the wells within the cell had no production (charcoal).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Information Services
Address: Box 25286 Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4693
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ask@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions: The dataset is available at the Energy Program website - http://energy.usgs.gov/
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4700
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Geological survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items for other than personal use must be secured from the copyright owner.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Information_Content: Oil and gas quarter-mile cell geographic features and attribute data
Access_Instructions: This URL links to a web-based interactive mapping system that accesses an ArcIMS Image Map Service. The mapservice can also be accessed using any custom client that adheres to the protocol specified through ArcXML.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcGIS Geodatabase File
Format_Version_Number: 9x
Format_Information_Content: Contains polygon features depicting oil and gas cells in the State of Ohio
Access_Instructions: The URL above links to a zipped file containing oil and gas cells for the U.S. as well as the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Fees: None
Ordering_Instructions: These products can be downloaded individually using any one of the Network_Resource_Name URLs above. Each of these URLs provide access to various formats of these data.
Custom_Order_Process: Send email to datamgt@usgs.gov or call the USGS Central Energy Team main office at 303-236-1644.
Technical_Prerequisites: Requires software that reads GIS data.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20071219
Metadata_Review_Date: 20071217
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Position: Geologist / GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions: For inquiries regarding this document, please include the metadata contact person's name, dataset name, and publication series and number.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-7773
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: There are no access constraints on the metadata.
Metadata_Use_Constraints: The metadata must always accompany the data set. The metadata may never be edited or removed from its association with the data set.
