Oil and Gas Data Infrastructure Project: Project Accomplishments Summary CRADA No. TO-1111-95

Technical Report · Tue Nov 14 04:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1410055· OSTI ID:1410055

Wagoner, Jeff ^[1]; Paul, Robert ^[2]; Chesser, Joe ^[3]; Colazas, Xen ^[4]; Startzman, Richard ^[5]; Guerard, Bill ^[6]; Campion, Jim ^[6]; Gardner, Mike ^[6]; Morgan, Hope ^[7]; Mount, Paul ^[8]; Voskanian, Marina ^[8]; Kramer, Dan ^[9]; Anderson, Scott ^[10]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
2. Minerals Management Service, Camarillo, CA (United States)
3. Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, NM (United States)
4. Long Beach Dept. of Oil Properties, Long Beach, CA (United States)
5. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
6. California Division of Oil and Gas, Sacramento, CA (United States)
7. Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
8. California State Lands Commission, Long Beach, CA (United States)
9. California Independent Petroleum Association, Sacramento, CA (United States)
10. Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, Austin, TX (United States)

Obtaining a substantially complete set of the relevant data for an oil or gas producing property is a very time-consuming and nearly impossible task which limits the producer's effectiveness in making sound business and engineering decisions. The data are located in a variety of places, some of which are completely inaccessible to the average user. Access to information on existing wells is a crucial component of a producer's ability to assess the feasibility of purchasing and operating a well. The more effective the access the producer has to the information, the greater the likelihood that a wider suite of choices can be considered and a profitable business decision reached. California, like a number of other states, provides public access to oil and gas production data, and other types of supplemental well information. However, access mechanisms are often ineffective, tedious, and expensive to maintain as much of the data is centrally located and in a format that is difficult to search, retrieve, and refile. The California Division of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Resources (CADOGGR) regulates California's oil and gas drilling and production operations. The CADOGGR administers the state laws for the conservation of oil and gas resources to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources. The principal mandated objectives in regulating oil and gas exploratory, development, and production operations are to prevent conditions that may be hazardous to health or damaging to the environment. As part of the regulatory program, well records are maintained on each well. There is information for each well consisting of applications to do work, permits issued, drilling and exploration histories, geophysical logs, production data, maps, reports, test results, well logs, abandonment and other types of information which the producers are required to provide to the states on an on-going basis. These well records are also considered vital to the industry because they are the only complete source of public information needed for continued exploration and development work. Making copies of the well records available to the industry and the public is an important function.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1410055
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR--741999; UCRL-ID-142565
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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