Internet Guide Resources
Rocky Mountain Region of the PTTC
This annotated collection lists more than 250 petroleum-related Web
sites. Sites are hyper-linked (hotlisted), so you can go directly to a
site that interests you by clicking on underlined text. The list is arranged
in the following categories. Happy browsing!
Cool Sites
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Helpful, fun, educational, useful and worth visiting regularly! Also check
"What's new" sections and the Awesome lists to keep up with new "Cool sites."
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Awesome
Lists (john@trainer.com)
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One of my absolute favorites! This is a collection of the best sites on
the Web. The Telephone directories section is especially good.
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My
Virtual Reference Desk
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I love this site. It has an extensive set of links to a broad range of
research and news sites. Everything you never knew was out there &
need to know!
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Telephone,
Fax, Business Directories: USA
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This link to the Awesome list prvides an excellant gateway to the numerous
Web sites that offer this information. If the first directory doesn't find
your party, try the next.
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Glossary
of industry terms
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Alphabetical, searchable, compliments oof Shell Oil.
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Earth
Magazine
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A fun site for popular earth science stories & good links.
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Encyclopedia
Britannica Search
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Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
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Periodic
Table of the Elements
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Los Alamos National Laboratory offers this handy reference, start with
the table and choose elements to get more information.
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PointCast
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Information delivered to you, early leader in "push" technology" on the
Web.
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Unit
Conversion Table
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Extensive list of conversion factors (alphabetical) and links to on-line
conversion software.
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VolcanoWorld
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What's erupting? Tours by geographic area, images of volcanos, a fun and
informative site.
The Business
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The following represent a mix of sites loosely related to the "business"
side of the oil & gas industry.
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CNNfn
- the financial network
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News, markets, links, stories.
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Telephone,
Fax, Business Directories: USA
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This link to the Awesome list prvides an excellant gateway to the numerous
Web sites that offer this information. If the first directory doesn't find
your party, try the next.
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OILWORLD
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News, futures, prices, equipment, suppliers, & much more. Billed as
'one-stop oil newsletter.' Updated twice a day.
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Petroleum
Business Directory
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Searchable database, domestic & International.
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M-I
Drilling Fluids Oil & Gas Prices
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A good place to check commodities.
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Oilfield
Equipment Manager
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Search for equipment available worldwide.
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National
Petroleum Council
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Advisory council to Secretary of Energy, sections on the SPR, energy outlook,
environmental issues, & more.
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HomeWEB
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Real estate & relocation service, search for homes by location &
price range.
Companies
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Exploration
& Production Companies
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A goood list oof exploration and production companies on-line from national
PTTC. Many of these sites offer detailed infoormation about the company
including financials, press releases, and technical information on fields
and drilling activities.
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Discovery
Place
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One of the earliest oil & gas WWW sites. Great site for news, jobs,
properties & prospects, equipment, events, & links. Originally
Canada only, now global.
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Red
Crown Royalties
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This is a company that leases 1.3 million acres in the Williston Basin.
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Foreland
Corporation
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Colorado independent specializing in frontier exploration in the USA, especially
for large reserves in Nevada. Using 3D seismic to develop two new Nevada
fields - Eagle Springs & Ghost Ranch. Lots of info on WWW site.
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GEOMAP
COMPANY®
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Offers traditional and digital maps and data products and services for
the O&G industry.
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Geotrace
Technologies, Inc.
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A Colorado company - seismic data processing, software, training - offered
globally.
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IBM
Petroleum Solutions
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Case studies showing IBM technology applied by companies.
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Legacy
Solutions Inc.
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Data management for intranets.
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Oil
& Gas Field Services
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Directory of companies offering wide range of oilfield services - for example,
mud additives, cementing, logging, perforating, pipe inspection, etc.,
etc. Good resource.
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PennWell
Publishing
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Products, on-line Journals, databases, events, conferences, exhibit info.
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Petroleum
Information/Dwights
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Extensive site with information on data products, services, industry news,
and events.
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West
Texas Research Group, LLC
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Informative articles on crude prices & history, links to energy data.
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World
Energy
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Extensive information on oil and gas world wide. Searchable database includes
maps, lease sale information, consultants, and much more. Be sure to register,
it's free & allows you to access the full range of services at this
great site.
Industry related on-line
Articles
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Congressional
Research Reports
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Papers on pending legislation and issues, including energy, mining, and
general resource categories.
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Oil
Wells That End Well On The Internet
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Article on how companies, such as Chevron, are using the Internet to speed
data sharing and decision making.
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Running
Out of Oil -- Get Ready for Another Oil Shock
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An example of Internet commentary.
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The
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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Report on SPR developments from the Congressional Research Service.
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World
Oil Production After Year 2000: Business As Usual or Crises?
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Another example of information from the Congressional Research Service.
Plays, Prospects,
Investment Opportunities
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The following are examples of properties and investment opportunities offered
on-line. All the usual legal disclaimers apply.
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Oil
Prospects in Rockies
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Commercial site with basic text info on prospects in the Rocies region.
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OilOnLine
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Investment opportunities, short summaries, contact information, and links.
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Production
& properties for sale
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Example of oil properties advertised for sale on Oil World site.
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The
Energy Exchange Home Page
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WWW site for connecting Energy projects with funding.
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Thousand
Peaks (WY overthrust)
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Roochester Minerals overthrust play in Wyoming.
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Valley
County (MT) Oil and Gas Prospect
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Prospect summary w/map, Williston Basin. Located in Altavista search 6/97.
Travel
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CDC
Travel Information
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Health-related travel advisories, vaccine recommendations, and much more.
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CIA
World Factbook
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Planning international activity? This is the famous CIA resource on-line,
lots of information here.
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Currency
Exchange Rates
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From Infoseek, easy interface.
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Travelocity,
online reservations
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Powered by SABRE, offers last minute deals, reservations, and lots more.
Weather
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The
Weather Channel
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Breaking weather, forecasts & current conditions for US & international
cities. Information on weather related flight delays.
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USA
TODAY Weather
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National map, regional forecasts, world weather, trip planning & more.
Lots of good links for weather - like hurricanes & tornados.
Search Engines and Collections
Search Engines & Databases
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AltaVista
Search
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Large indexed datbase offers advanced search options, good help section.
My favorite.
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Awesome
Lists (john@trainer.com)
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One of my absolute favorites! This is a collection of the best sites on
the Web. The Telephone directories section is especially good.
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CARL
Library and Information Database Search
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Search libraries & databases nationwide. If you use the literature,
this will become a frequently visited site. Easy interface, gateway to
Uncover journal search service.
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Deja
News
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Great search engine for Usenet newsgroups and the Web. Topic searches here
avoid the time consuming aspect of following individual newsgroups.
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GovBot
Database of Government Web Sites
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Searchable database with more than 300,000 Web pages cataloged; from the
US Business Advisor. Find lots of public domain (ie. free) items.
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Infoseek
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Large, comprehensive indexed database, good search help & extras on
the side.
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Lycos
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Categorical database from Carnegie Mellon University - billed as "The Catalog
of the Net." Easy interface, good set of categories on the first page,
for example "Best Newspaper Sites."
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Magellan
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Easy to use categorical database with nice set of features called "search
voyeur."
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The
Virtual Earth
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An introduction to the Web for Geoscientists, illustrates the potential
of the Web as an information retrieval system.
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Welcome
to UnCoverWeb!
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The best journal search engine I have found. Articles can be faxed for
a fee, or print the reference & take it to your local library to retrieve.
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Yahoo!
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The best known categorical database, I regularly start here to browse broad
topics such as "Internet Collections." If your search does not turn up
any matches on Yahoo, it automatically submits a search on AltaVista -
a nice feature.
Collections
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WWW sites which specialize in hotlists of related resources are called
"collections." Consider these a specific, categorical index. As such, they
are a great place to begin browsing the Web if you are looking for a particular
set - like Petroleum Resources (see section below).
Internet Collections
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Explore
the Internet (Library of Congress)
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Great site - Internet search tool reviews, government resources (fed, state
& international), library research sites & tools.
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My
Virtual Reference Desk - Welcome
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I love this site.
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Web
& Internet Resources/Indiana
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Broad range of WWW sites arranged by category - business, computers, dictionaries
& encyclopedias, maps, science & technology, & much more. Brief
annotations.
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Yahoo!
- Computers and Internet:Internet
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An extensive index of Internet related WWW sites, and searchable, too!
Petroleum Collections
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In addition to the following, check the "Links" or "Resources" sections
of other industry related Web sites.
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A
large collection of Web Sites for the Petroleum Industry
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Just what the title says! Comprehensive list, not annotated; many research
labs, universities, maps & data sites, journal list.
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Electric
and Gas Utilities (Energy)
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Range of WWW sites of interest to this industry sector - marketing, publications,
research, NERC, TSIN, laws, labor unions, & more.
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Exploration
& Production Companies
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A goood list oof exploration and production companies on-line from national
PTTC. Many of these sites offer detailed infoormation about the company
including financials, press releases, and technical information on fields
and drilling activities.
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GIS
related sites arranged by state
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This collection of GIS related sites arranged by state can lead you to
geographic information systems projects, examples, and data on the Web.
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Links
to Service Companies, Hoffman Marine
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Particularly good for offshore & international service companies &
operators.
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Merak's
Internet Directory for Oil & Gas
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Billed as 'World's largest Internet Directory for Oil & Gas' &
it probably is! Well organized, variable annotation, broad range of categories.
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Neopolis
Oil Patch, geophysics
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Hotlist of WWW geophysical resources.
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OIL
& GAS MAPS, DATA, AND GIS LINKS
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Links for data, prices, information on permits, production data & trends;
annotated. Good "What's new" section right up front.
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Oil
& Gas Networks
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Links arranged alphabetically from the PTERIS (Petroleum Technology Research
Information System). Not annotated.
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On-line
Earth Science Journals (Original Site)
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Comprehensive site - WWW journal sites, searchable publisher databases,
newsletters & scout reports on-line.
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Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council National Home Page
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Resource links, events, publications, forums, from this organization dedicated
to getting effective technologies out to the domestic producer.
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PTTC's
Resource Link Index
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Dedicated to the ooil and gas industry, well organized.
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sci.geo.petroleum
Internet Resources
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Great list gathered from posts to the Usenet newsgroup, not annotated,
extensive.
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Selective
Petroleum Links
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Annotated, regularly updated, rated WWW sites, goes for the best sites.
Worth regular return visits! From the folks at the Institute of Earth Sciences,
Geneva.
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The
E&P Connection
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Billed as "your resource for upstream data solutions." News, links, searchable,
annotated site.
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UT
Petroleum Engineering Reading Room
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Great publication list including on-line works. Commercial, jobs, events
& research hotlinks as well.
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Yahoo!
- Science:Earth Sciences:Geology and Geophysics
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Good place to search for site, updated frequently. Also check other science
and engineering categories in Yahoo!
Literature Searches and Sources
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The following offer some good literature search sites. Don't forget the
searchable databases of individual professional organizations, as well.
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CARL
Library and Information Database Search
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Search libraries & databases nationwide. If you use the literature,
this will become a frequently visited site. Easy interface, gateway to
Uncover journal search service.
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Geotimes
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On-line journal.
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On-line
Earth Science Journals (Original Site)
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Comprehensive site - WWW journal sites, searchable publisher databases,
newsletters & scout reports on-line.
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PennWell
Publishing
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Products, on-line Journals, databases, events, conferences, exhibit info.
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Search
Library of Congress Web Pages
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UT
Petroleum Engineering Reading Room
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Great publication list including on-line works. Commercial, jobs, events
& research hotlinks as well.
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Welcome
to UnCoverWeb!
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The best journal search engine I have found. Articles can be faxed for
a fee, or print the reference & take it to your local library to retrieve.
Data and Maps
Data
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1995
Revised Colorado State Statutes
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Searchable database of Colorado statutes, including those relevant to oil
& gas operations.
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ACTI
Oil & Gas Database
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Database under development at Lawrence Livermore NL. Samples from several
states include: wells, production, reservoir characteristics. Graphical
user interface.
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BASIN
Database
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The Geological Survey of Canada/ Atlantic site hosts this digital database
of geological, geophysical & engineering information for offshore eastern
Canada which contains exploration wells and a large number of seismic surveys.
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Colorado
DNR - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
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Rules & regulations to browse or download, hearing schedule, commission
information, Colorado oil & gas operations summary.
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EIA
Natural Gas Page
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Offers a wealth of data on volume produced, reserves, consumption, and
more. Can download & open data in Excell (need Adobe Acrobat to read
reports).
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Energy
Information Administration
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The Energy Information Administration site is useful with data such as
annual reserves report and much more.
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GIS
related sites arranged by state
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This collection of GIS related sites arranged by state can lead you to
geographic information systems projects, examples, and data on the Web.
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Kansas
Geological Survey-Oil and Gas Info
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Great site for oil & gas information in Kansas. Searchable, interactive
map interface, well data, digital petroleum atlas.
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List
of companies offering production data
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Oil World's hotlist of companies offering production data, short, with
contact information.
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Louisiana
Energy Access System (LEAS)
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Dial-up on-line access to oil and gas information via the Louisiana Energy
Access System (LEAS), hosted by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
.
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Nevada
wells
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List of wells in Nevada, arranged by Township, Range and Section, can be
downloaded, opened as spreadsheet in Excel (comma delimited format).
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OIL
& GAS MAPS, DATA, AND GIS LINKS
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Links for data, prices, information on permits, production data & trends.
Annotated, good 'What's new' section right up front.
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Petroleum
Explorer - Seismic Data in Canada
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List of all active geophysical crews in Canada, published every two weeks.
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Petroleum
Information/Dwights
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Extensive site with information on data products, services, industry news,
and events.
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Retail
Gas Prices by State
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Northeast-Midwest Institute calculations of Energy Information Agency (EIA)
data. Can be saved as .xls file & opened in Excel (tab delimited format).
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RULES
- Utah O&G Conservation Commission
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Browse or download rules, cross-referenced hotlinks, index. Great resources
for companies that operate in Utah.
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Space
Imaging EOSAT
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EOSAT (Earth Observation Satellite Corporation) offers information on its
extensive images database (Landsat, Radar, etc.) and a downloadable catalog
with prices.
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U.S.
Reserves Annual Report 1995
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Individual data files in Lotus 123 and Excel formats to download and the
complete Advance Summary Report to download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF).
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US
Energy Data EIA/DOE
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The big daddy of energy statistics, including Monthly stats for the past
two to three years (updated monthly). A variety of formats offered for
download.
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USGS:
Geo Data
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Gateway to map data, format standards, and public domain software offered
via FTP from the USGS.
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UTAH
Annual Oil Production
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Production for 1976 - 1996, chart & data.
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Utah
Oil & Gas Rules
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Hotlinked rules document, downloadable to word processor.
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UTAH
Oil & Gas Statistics
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Summaries & lists of wells permitted by county & date, and much
more. Download operator & well data for all wells in Utah.
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UW
Home Page
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University of Wyoming has a searchable site where you can use 'Save As'
under 'File' to capture petroleum research abstracts.
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World
Data Center (NOAA-NGDC)
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The World Data Center site has fantastic images on-line, including Gulf
of Mexico salt deformation expressed on the sea floor.
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World
Energy
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Extensive information on oil and gas world wide. Searchable database includes
maps, lease sale information, consultants, and much more. Be sure to register,
it's free & allows you to access the full range of services at this
great site.
Maps
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Color
Landform Atlas of the United States
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A nice color map of your favorite state. Good for report illustration,
regional locator maps.
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GEOMAP
COMPANY®
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Offers traditional and digital maps and data products and services for
the O&G industry.
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Map
Stats, Census Bureau
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Graphic interface lets you access census data by state & county.
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MapQuest!
Welcome!
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A fun site - driving directions in USA, interactive atlas of the world,
free personalized maps.
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Maps
on DiscTM
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Collection of CD-ROMS that give you sharp, detailed 7 1/2 minute topographic
maps for Windows PC; from Coldbay Software, a Colorado company.
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Xerox
PARC Map Viewer
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Interactive map site, graphic interface lets you zero in on the desired
geographic area.
Software and Software Companies
Oil and Gas Software On-line
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Computer
Oriented Geological Society Software Directory
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The original geological freeware/shareware ftp site! Offers a wide selection
of programs,downloadable from an easy to use FTP site. Compliments of the
former Computer Oriented Geological Society (COGS), now folded into AAPG.
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Computer
Software from DOE (freeware)
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Download software (freeware) from the U. S. Department of Energy, with
documentation, including EOR, polymer flood, & waterflood predictive
models & more.
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Neuralog,
Inc. Home Page
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Digitizing system that converts paper maps and logs into computer data.
Software resides in Rockies PTTC Resource Center.
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Oil
and Gas accounting software
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Office accounting software"Roughneck for Windows." Downloadable trail version
with documentation, upgrades via internet. Also home to the "large collection
of Web sites for the Petroleum Industry."
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PolyPaint+,
3D visualization software
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The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics offers 3-D visualization
software, Polypaint+, for the Sun SparcStation (free, public domain software).
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PTTC
Software
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Download PTTC software from the Kansas Geological Survey, includes mapping,
petrophysical, seismic processing and more.
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RockWare
Inc. Earth Science Software
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Rockware's Scientific Software catalog is legendary, now it is available
on-line! And you can download free well log software at their cool web
site.
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TCU
Mac Geological Software
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Nice collection of geologic software for the Macintosh platform.
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The
Soft Earth
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The Soft Earth, a WWW site of internet resources for Geoscientists, has
a list of Geoscience software on the Web.
Internet & General Software
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Adobe
Acrobat Overview
-
Download a free Adobe Acrobat reader to take advantage of the many documents
that are presented on the Web in PDF format.
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Aladdin
Systems, Inc.
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Stuffit Expander for Macintosh and PC will handle the decoding of numerous
compression formats (freeware and commercial versions).
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Dr.
Shareware's Download Sites
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Extensive collection of links to download sites.
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McAfee
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Anti-Virus products from McAfee.
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Shareware/Freeware
list - Merak
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WWW sites for petroleum related software programs.
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Symantec
Corporation
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Symantec Anti-Virus products, Norton & Sam.
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The
Ultimate Collection
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The famous TUCOWS site! Software for PC and Mac platforms, all types of
applications and utilities, numerous mirror sites to speed downloads.
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U
of M Mac software
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The big gopher site for all types of Mac software.
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Welcome
To Dr Solomon's On-Line
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Dr. Solomon anti-virus product line.
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WinZip
Home Page
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WinZip for the PC will expand a variety of formats (shareware) commonly
used for data compression on the Web.
Software Companies
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The following list provides links to software companies that offer oil
& gas related products. Check these web sites for more information
about specific vendors. Many of these programs are available for review
at the Rocky Mountain PTTC Resource Center.
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CogniSeis
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Digi-Rule
Inc.
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Dynamic
Graphics, Inc.
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GeoGraphix
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Integrity
Consulting - Reservoir Toolkits
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Interactive
Network Tech, Inc. (INT)
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Landmark
Graphics
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Maps
on DiscTM
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Neuralog,
Inc. Home Page
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Petroinfo
- WINDS
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RockWare
Inc. Earth Science Software
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Systems
& Software, Inc. (SSI)
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TERRASCIENCES'
Home Page
Rockies Regional Resources
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The following list in a selction of a few resources on the Web (at this
time) in the nine state Rocky Mountain PTTC Region. Research is ongoing
for Idaho, South Dakota, and Nebraska, at this time.
Colorado
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1995
Revised Colorado State Statutes
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Searchable database of Colorado statutes, including those relevant to oil
& gas operations.
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ARI
fractures in tight gas sand
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Working in a "tight sand" gas field in Colorado, Advanced Resources International
is combining several of the most advanced geological and geophysical techniques
to predict where natural fractures exist in western gas formations.
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COLORADO
BLM INFO PAGE
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Oil & gas lease sale information and more.
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Colorado
BLM Oil and Gas Leasing Info Page
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Sale schedule, parcel descriptions, results, electronic nomination of parcels,
& more.
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Colorado
Business Magazine
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State wide business magazine offers recent issue on-line, community calendar,
feature stories.
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Colorado
Department of Natural Resources
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Gateway to divisions (O&G, Mining), directory, search, floodwatch,
events.
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Colorado
DNR - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
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Rules & regulations to browse or download, hearing schedule, commission
information, Colorado oil & gas operations summary.
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Colorado
ELBERT
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Land & Natural Resources planning database
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Colorado
Geological Survey
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On-line publications & news.
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Colorado
Oil & Gas On-line
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Brochure of information available from the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation
Commission.
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Colorado
School of Mines
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Research University which focuses on Engineering curriculum. Visit Geology,
geophysics, and ppetroleum engineering at this searchable site (at least).
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Colorado
Servers: Government
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List of Federal, State, County, and City government servers.
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"How
To" manual for reservoir compartmentalization
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The Colorado School of Mines is working in an oil field northwest of Denver,
CO, to develop a "how-to" manual for independent producers that will describe
the best procedures for designing an efficient oil recovery project.
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Natural
Gas Project - Rifle, CO
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Seismic measurements and computerized data processing systems are used
at the Rifle, Colorado test site to analyze the characteristics of fractures
in a low-permeability sandstone formation. Joint project of DOE, GRI, and
CER Corporation of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Oil
resource assessment Colorado
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USGS assessment of resources on National Forest lands in Colorado
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University
of Colorado at Boulder
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Lots of information about this research University.
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USGS
Programs in Colorado
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Links to WWW sites for a variety of programs located in Colorado, including
the oil & gas assessment study.
Montana
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3-D
& waterflood in Williston
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Use of 3-D to target infill drilling in carbonate reservoir, Luff Exploration.
One of DOE Class II projects.
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BLM
Montana-Dakotas Home Page
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Oil & gas lease sale information & operations information for the
4.73 million acres that BLM manages in Montana & the Dakotas.
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Lodgepole
Oil and Gas Prospect
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Prospect offered by Rochester Minerals.
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MSU-Bozeman
Libraries Internet Information Resources
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Great regional links, as well as search tips and general links.
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Reservoir
Characterization of Rabbit Hills Field
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Integrated study of field in north central Montana, 3-D visualization of
field on-line.
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Seismic
Study, Northern Williston, Thesis
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Abstract of seismic study in Canadian section of the Williston Basin..
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Shallow
gas well site selection on Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
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Abstract on the use of GIS to rate drilling sites.
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Williston
Basin Project - WBP
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Research group at the University of Saskatchewan posts results of project
to establish a comprehensive quasi-3D tectonic development model of the
Williston Basin.
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Montana Board of
Oil and Gas Conservation
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This site contains rules and regulations in Adobe Acrobat or Word format,
activity letters, board and staff names, etc. There is also a link
to a searchable statute database for the state.
Nevada
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BLM
Nevada
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Contact info, regional offices, mission, news.
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Grant
Canyon, Nevada, Field-3D Seismic
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Abstract of presentation.
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Mackay
School of Mines
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Earth science and engineering schoool at University of Nevada Reno; good
links.
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Nevada
resources
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Easy to use Gopher site offers downloadable files on publications, newsletters,
oil & gas wells and more from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
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Nevada
Seismic Research gateway page
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Links to the Seismological lab, Consortium for Economic Migration and Tomography,
and earthquake center; University of Nevada, Reno.
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Nevada
wells
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List of wells in Nevada, arranged by Township, Range and Section, can be
downloaded, opened as spreadsheet in Excel (comma delimited format).
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Upheaval
Dome Seismic Refraction Analysis
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Nice seismic study of impact structure in Paradox Basin.
North Dakota
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3-D
& waterflood in Williston
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Use of 3-D to target infill drilling in carbonate reservoir, Luff Exploration.
One of DOE Class II projects.
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BLM
Montana-Dakotas Home Page
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Oil & gas lease sale information & operations information for the
4.73 million acres that BLM manages in Montana & the Dakotas.
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Lodgepole
Oil and Gas Prospect
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Prospect offered by Rochester Minerals.
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ND
Strat Column
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Download with "File/Save as."
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NDGS
- Miscellaneous Maps
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Maps listed with scales, dates of publication & prices.
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NDGS
- Oil and Gas Materials
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Production reports, computer generated performance curves & more.
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NDGS
Publication List - Reports of Investigation
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Many oil & gas related publications in this report list from the North
Dakota Geological Survey.
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North
Dakota Geological Survey
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Gateway to useful information on North Dakota geology & energy.
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Seismic
Study, Northern Williston, Thesis
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Abstract of seismic study in Canadian section of the Williston Basin..
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Welcome
to ND Association of Oil & Gas Producing Counties
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Operations info - permits, taxes, statistics.
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Williston
Basin Project - WBP
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Research group at the University of Saskatchewan posts results of project
to establish a comprehensive quasi-3D tectonic development model of the
Williston Basin.
Utah
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Bluebell
Field, bypassed zones, UGS
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The Utah Geological Survey is working on a project co-funded with the U.S.
Department of Energy to demonstrate techniques that could help recover
as much as 1 billion barrels of oil that is at risk of being abandoned
in the Uinta Basin of Utah.
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Economic
Geology Program Projects (UGS)
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Gateway page to four oil & gas studies - Bluebell Field, Ferron Sandstone,
Paradox Basin, & Midway-Sunset.
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Lomax
Oil Recovery Project, waterflood
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In Utah's Uintah Basin, as little as 5% of the basin's oil has historically
been produced. Local operators have assumed that waterflooding would not
be effective. Lomax has shown that waterflooding is technically and economically
feasible in its Monument Butte reservoir. DOE Class project.
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Seismic
detection of fractures, tight gas sands
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Coleman Research Corp. and DOE joint project to apply seismic detection
of fractures focusing specifically on using sound waves to detect and map
the ribbon-like fractures that exist in the gas-bearing formations common
in the West; Altamont-Bluebell Field.
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UTAH
Annual Oil Production
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Production for 1976 - 1996, chart & data.
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Utah
BLM office
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News, field offices, events, photos.
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Utah
Geological Survey (UGS)
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Geologic programs, research projects, FAQs, newsletters, & more.
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Utah
Oil & Gas Rules
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Hotlinked rules document, downloadable to word processor.
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UTAH
Oil & Gas Statistics
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Summaries & lists of wells permitted by county & date, and much
more. Download operator & well data for all wells in Utah.
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Utah
Oil and Gas Information Page
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Great site to access statistics, environmental handbook, and rules.
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Utah
State - Department of Natural Resources
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Gateway to geological survey, division of Oil & gas, and more.
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Utah
Travel and Adventure Online
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Destinations! Adventures! And a cool photo tour.
Wyoming
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Bureau
of Land Management-Wyoming
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Information, contacts, news.
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Rocky
Mountain Oilfield Testing Center
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Working oilfield to test ideas, new recovery technologies evaluated, training,
and more.
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Slant
wells in Frontier
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Sierra Energy is combining 3-dimension seismic surveying with slant and
horizontal well drilling to increase the flow of crude oil from the Basin
Field in Park County.
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UW
Home Page
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University of Wyoming has a searchable site where you can use 'Save As'
under 'File' to capture petroleum research abstracts.
State Home Pages
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State pages are often gateways to oil and gas agency related information
as well as general state information, weather, and news.
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Colorado
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Idaho
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Montana
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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North
Dakota
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Utah
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Wyoming
Technology & Research
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"How
To" manual for reservoir compartmentalization
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The Colorado School of Mines is working in an oil field northwest of Denver,
CO, to develop a "how-to" manual for independent producers that will describe
the best procedures for designing an efficient oil recovery project.
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4D
Interactive Seismic Imaging
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3-D seismic imaging, prestack depth migration, and framework for parallel
seismic processing projects.
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ACTI-SEG
Project
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Tests new approaches to numerical modeling and imaging of seismic reflection
data.
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Atlas
of Northern GOM Gas and Oil Reservoirs
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Gulf of Mexico Atlas of Gas and Oil Reservoirs, production data, reservoirs,
fields, plays.
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Bureau
of Economic Geology, UT Austin
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Research in advanced geotechnology, oil and gas discovery and recovery
optimization, geophysics, and more.
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Center
for Wave Phenomena (CWP)
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The main focus of the CWP program at Colorado School of Mines is in seismic
modeling, migration, and inversion methods and accurate and efficient computational
methods for seismic data processing, primarily for application to regions
of structural complexity.
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Energy
& Geoscience Institute
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Gateway page to research projects, contact information, publications and
more offered by this group located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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ERL
Borehole Acoustics and Logging Consortium
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A research group focusing on the physics of seismic wave propagation in
the borehole.
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Gas
& Oil Technology Exchange (GO-TECH)
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New Mexico Tech and the Los Alamos National Laboratory developed this information
rich site. New Mexico lease sale and regulation information, current oil
prices, databases, and publications are a few of the offerings.
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GIS
in Oil and Gas Exploration
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Paper with figures that reviews the use of GIS to integrate information
from multiple sources and provide it to geologists and other professionals
in a user-friendly way.
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GRI
Report on production in Wyoming
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Report covers 181 fields, relationship of production to lineaments; with
figures.
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Horizontal
Drilling
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Survey article on this topic from the Oil and Gas Journal.
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Institute
of Gas Technology
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R&D, databases, news, education related to gas production, operations,
marketing.
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Methane
emission reduction
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Work on new methods for initial production testing of gas wells that will
avoid the hazardous practice of venting gas into the atmosphere to test
the production capability of a new well.
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MIT
Earth Resources Laboratory
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Applied geophysics as it relates to seismic exploration and parallel computing.
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Petroleum
TEchnology Research Information System
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Events, publications, consortium info, links, research activities.
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Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council National Home Page
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Resource links, events, publications, forums, from this organization dedicated
to getting effective technologies out to the domestic producer.
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Reservoir
Characterization of Rabbit Hills Field
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Integrated study of field in north central Montana, 3-D visualization of
field on-line.
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Reservoir
Characterization Project (RCP)
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The Reservoir Characterization Project (RCP) at Colorado School of Mines
(CSM) is an industry sponsored research consortium whose mission is to
develop and apply 3-D, 3-C seismology and associated technologies for enhanced
reservoir recovery. See current projects and search publications.
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Reservoir
description constrained by seismic data
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Research on how to utilize seismic parameters to improve and constrain
stochastic reservoir models. From the SAND department of the Norwegian
Computing Center.
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Rocky
Mountain Oilfield Testing Center
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Working oilfield to test ideas, new recovery technologies evaluated, training,
and more.
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Salt
Tectonics
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Giovanni Guglielmo's research on salt tectonics is frequently updated and
includes 3-D illustrations. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Web site.
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Seismic
data transmission via Fibre Optic Network
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Report on Metro Calgary Fiber Services Inc. (MetroNet) which transmits
seismic data between companies hooked into its fibre optic network, installed
underground in Calgary earlier this year.
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Seismic
Reservoir Stimulation
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Large group of collaborating researchers.
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Seismic
Studies on Gas Hydrates
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Study of the gas hydrate deposits of the Blake Ridge region, offshore South
Carolina.
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Seismic
Supercomputing for Oil Field Services
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Parallel processing computer handles processing on board Geco-Prakla's
fleet of seismic acquisition vessels.
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Stanford
PE Papers
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Abstracts from Petroleum Engineering research group.
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Stochastic
3D Geomodels of Sub-Marine Fans
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Different sedimentary facies are modelled with different methods to accommodate
specific features characteristic for the environments.
DOE, EIA, BLM
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Case sudies from joint industry/DOE projects to improve field recovery
& life-span, freeware, lease sale & regs, and more.
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Natural Gas & Oil
Technology Partnership
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The NGOTP is a DOE-funded organization that includes national laboratories,
universities, and industry participants that work together to develop advanced
technologies that would help the industry. This site includes a quarterly
newsletter, partnership projects, links to other oil and gas related sites,
and more.
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ACTI
Oil & Gas Database
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Database under development at Lawrence Livermore NL. Samples from several
states include: wells, production, reservoir characteristics. Graphical
user interface.
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ARI
fractures in tight gas sand
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Working in a "tight sand" gas field in Colorado, Advanced Resources International
is combining several of the most advanced geological and geophysical techniques
to predict where natural fractures exist in western gas formations.
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Atlas
of Northern GOM Gas and Oil Reservoirs
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Gulf of Mexico Atlas of Oil and Gas Reservoirs, production data, reservoirs,
fields, plays.
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Big
Sand Draw field - Wold Oil Properties
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The objective of the Big Sand Draw field evaluation project is to improve
the ultimate recovery of oil from an existing natural water-drive reservoir
in the Tensleep Formation in Wyoming, using characterization of reservoir
geology, simulation, & re-development schemes. Images of 3-D visualization
of field on-line.
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Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) National
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BLM news & information, links to state offices, downloadable 1996 edition
of PUBLIC LAND STATISTICS (PDF format).
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CER
Corp. Natural Gas Project
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Seismic measurements and computerized data processing systems are used
at the Rifle, Colorado test site to analyze the characteristics of fractures
in a low-permeability sandstone formation
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Computer
Software from DOE (freeware)
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Download software (freeware) from the U. S. Department of Energy, with
documentation, including EOR, polymer flood, & waterflood predictive
models & more.
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DOE'S
OIL PROGRAM
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Links to the field demonstration program (reservoir class) and research
& development program.
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EIA
Natural Gas Page
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Offers a wealth of data on volume produced, reserves, consumption, and
more. Can download & open data in Excell (need Adobe Acrobat to read
reports).
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Energy
Information Administration
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The Energy Information Administration site is useful, data such as annual
reserves report and much more.
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Fossil
Energy DOE
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Gateway to news, R&D, technology, reserves, statistics and reports
- searchable site.
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Gas
& Oil Technology Exchange (GO-TECH)
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New Mexico Tech and the Los Alamos National Laboratory developed this information
rich site. New Mexico lease sale and regulation information, current oil
prices, databases, and publications are a few of the offerings.
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Natural
Gas Project Map
-
Good set of links to gas research and development projects supported by
DOE.
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Oil
Technology Project Map/DOE
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This is the Department of Energy's cost-shared program with the domestic
oil industry, universities, and state agencies to demonstrate both conventional
and advanced technologies that can prolong the economic life of oil fields
considered to be endangered by premature abandonment.
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Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council National Home Page
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Resource links, events, publications, forums, from this organization dedicated
to getting effective technologies out to the domestic producer.
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Rocky
Mountain Oilfield Testing Center
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Working oilfield to test ideas, new recovery technologies evaluated, training,
and more.
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Sandia
National Lab
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Check this site listing the Oil and Gas Programs for new technologies and
links.
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The
Class Act Oil Reservoir Newsletter Menu
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News on progress of Class projects.
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The
Department of Energy's FY1997 Budget
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Congressional Research Service put this document out on the Web.
PTTC sites
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Rocky
Mountain Region PTTC
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Resource center, events, on-line Guide too the Internet foor Petroleum
Professionals with collection of links, annotated.
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Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council National Home Page
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The National PTTC Web site has great links, technology transfer events
calendar, links too the regional sections, and more.
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Gas
& Oil Technology Exchange (GO-TECH)
-
New Mexico Tech and the Los Alamos National Laboratory developed this information
rich site. New Mexico lease sale and regulation information, current oil
prices, databases, and publications are a few of the offerings.
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Northern
Mid Continent PTTC
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Data, news, software, links to the Kansas digital oil and gas atlas, this
is a site with many resources.
Organizations
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AAPG/Geobyte
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On-line AAPG Bulletin, searchable databases for members, consultants, students,
discussion group, Explorer on-line preview, & annual meeting news.
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American
Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Announcements, news, publications & more.
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American
Petroleum Institute
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News, online services, petroleum facts and more.
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Association
of American State Geologists
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An index map, contact infoormation, and Web links for state geological
surveys.
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Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council National Home Page
-
Resource links, events, publications, forums, from this organization dedicated
to getting effective technologies out to the domestic producer.
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Society
for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
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On-line journals, membership information, newsletter, events, research
groups, and more.
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Society
of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
-
Search publications and membership, information on meetings and events,
and much more.
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Society
of Petroleum Engineers
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Events, great SPE paper search, browse journal contents by issue, membership
services, comprehensive PE links section.
Canada
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Geological
Survey of Canada
-
Gateway to regional resources, library & databases
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GSC
Atlantic - BASIN Database
-
Digital database of geological, geophysical & engineering information
for offshore eastern Canada, contains exploration wells and a large number
of seismic surveys.
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Petroleum
Explorer - Seismic Data in Canada
-
List of all active geophysical crews in Canada, published every two weeks.
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Seismic
Study, Northern Williston, Thesis
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Abstract of seismic study in Canadian section of the Williston Basin..
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WORLD
OF MAPS
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Resource for maps of Canada.
Educational
-
Geology,
Bristol
-
Nice set of teaching resources.
-
Introduction
to Geophysics Short Course
-
Great reviews on this on-line course from the Department of Geophysics
at Colorado School of Mines!
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Introductory
Geophysical Inverse Theory
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Seismic
Migration: A Tutorial
-
Nice treatment of topic, illustrated.
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The
Wavelet Seismic Inversion Lab
WWW references
-
Information on the history, services, structure, and growth of the Internet.,
as well as tutorials and sites to download Web browser software.
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Another
BROWSER tutorial
-
Tutorial in Netscape proficiency and general Web information.
-
Frequently
Asked Qestions Web Tutorial
-
What is a URL anyway? This TCI mini-tutorial on the Web covers browsers,
graphics, & more.
-
HTML
and WWW browser tutorial
-
A nice short collection of browser tutorials.
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Internet
Domain Survey, January 1997
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Internet
Explorer Tutorial
-
Nice tutorial from Microsoft.
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Internet
Growth Summary
-
Keep up with the explosive growth of the Internet, good terminology index.
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NCSA--A
Beginner's Guide to HTML Home Page
-
How to create your own Web page!
-
Netscape
Navigator
-
Leading Web browser & the Gold edition has a pretty good HTML editor
as well.
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Netscape
Tutorial
-
Easy to use, helpful, basic.