Gary S. Swindell, Petroleum Engineering
Other Useful Petroleum Sites

Prices  *  Societies  *  State Production and other data  *  No cost data sources  *  Commercial data  *  Geological Surveys  *  Map data  *  Software  *

 Petroleum schools *  Publications  *  Companies  *  Consulting firms * Government agencies *  Coalbed Methane *  

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Price Data

Nymex Price Charts

Historical Gas Futures data from EIA

Historical Oil Futures data from EIA

EIA Natural Gas Price Weekly Reports

EIA Natural Gas Navigator

EIA  - This Week in Petroleum

EIA - Petroleum Navigator

Oilnergy.com - Posted and Nymex pricing

Ernst & Young Survey of Fixed Rate Overhead by State

Natural Gas Daily/Weekly - by subscription

Futures and Spot Prices - INO.COM

WTRG Economics - great source of price data and energy economics


Rig count - Baker-Hughes - historical detail by state & country

Rig count - Smith International - rig detail by state, etc - excellent and searchable


Energy Connect - worthwhile list of more links

Coalbed Methane data - links to international CBM information

Fossil Fuels.org - list of 1000 links related to fossil fuels

TIPRO Energy Connection - links to scores of sites

Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission - Industry Links

Energy Research Clearing House

GTI - Gas Technology Institute

Greening Earth Society

Natural Gas Facts.org

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC)

Public Utilities Reports (PUR). Electric Utilities, Natural Gas and Telecommunications.

US Dept of Commerce/NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center

SEC - Rules Reserve Reporting

SPE Reserve Audting Standards

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)


Professional Societies

Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE)

SPE Home Page

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)

Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)

Petroleum Society of CIM (Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology)


State Production data on line

Alabama Production data

Arkansas Production Data - very awkward system - requires multiple searches to put a single well together

California Production data

Colorado Production data

Kansas Production data

Lousiana DNR on line production and well information (Sonris Lite)

Louisiana well log TIF files

New Mexico Production Data (PTTC)

New Mexico Well Data

Mississippi on line production and well information - some also on DEQ Geology Dept - see geological survey lists

Mississippi scout ticket and log images - awkward to use and some flawed data but useful

Montana Production data

Ohio Oil & Gas Database

Oklahoma Production data & scout cards

Oklahoma Corporation Commission production data

Oklahoma Corp Comm - imaging data - well logs

Texas Production data

  Texas Proration Schedules - by field, - by operator

  Texas Field Rules (rules can also be found on the proration schedules)

  Texas RRC Well mapping system

  Texas RRC Document images - only potential tests for now

  Texas Producers Directory (RRC)

Utah Production data

Wyoming Production data (WOGCC)


Cost free data

Texas Formation Water Chloride Database

US Coalbed Methane Content Database

Canadian Environmental Technology Centre  - had a crude oil database - may not be active

Catalog of Petroleum Data - Univ. of South Carolina (ESRI) - apparently a Major Oil Field database but no access?


Commercial Sources of Data

A2D Technologies - well log provider

Drilling Info - excellent online source of well and production data

Geomap - executive reference and custom regional petroleum mapping, raster logs, library services

IHS Energy (Petroleum Information / Dwights)

Petro Data Source - production data for most of the U.S. states

Records Research - Texas RRC research and documents - excellent service

Banks Information Solutions - Texas Railroad Commission research

Oil-Law Records - Oklahoma Commission and New Mexico research

Seismic Exchange - marketing seismic data


Geological Surveys

Alabama Geological Survey

Arkansas Geological Commission

Australia Geological Survey

Australia Geoscience Portal

British Geological Survey

Kansas Geological Survey

Colorado Geological Survey

Mississippi DEQ - Geology Section - there are searchable databases and images on just energy  -click here

New Mexico Geological Survey

New Zealand Geological Sciences

Oklahoma Geological Survey

Pennsylvania Geological Survey

Poland Geological Survey

Texas Bureau of Economic Geology

West Texas Geological Society

Wyoming Geological Survey


Map Data

Oil & gas well maps on the internet - oilwellmaps.com - a google type map with well spots

The National Map

Digital Atlas of Texas Counties - from Texas Tech University

Texas Natural Resources Information System - download GIS data

Terraserver - digital Satellite Photographs

USGS Aerial Photos on terraserver.microsoft.com

Geomap - executive reference and custom regional petroleum mapping

East View Cartigraphic data worldwide

Tobin Data Graphics

Petroleum Geographics Corp Mapping - oil and gas well base, lease and culture data.  Also mapping software.

Earthmaps.com


Petroleum Software

Geological Software

PTTC software list

Kansas Geological Survey software - Gemini

Drilling Software - drilling, casing and production programs

Computer Oriented Geological Society (COGS)

U.S. Department of Energy - Boast simulator and others

Schlumberger Freeware Utilities including PDS log viewer- and an excellent LAS log viewer (DataView, BlueView - reads LAS and TIF)

Halliburton log viewer - an Internet Explorer add-on for CGM and TIF files - not great.

LAS analysis - Donovan Enterprises

LAS Rg - log viewer

IrfanView - view log tif files

Pore Pressure Analysis tools

From SPE - E&P Toolbox - a user account allows access to many software packages

WellSight Systems logging programs for geologists, mud loggers and drilling engineers.

Integrity Consulting - Petroleum Toolkit

Sitelark - Excel based gas reservoir toolkit, waterflood simulation, price modelling.

Petra & Petra Seis - integrated geology, engineering & seismic software

eProduction Solutions

Schlumberger iHandbook - their engineering handbook, sections on well bore, pipe, tubing, casing, tanks, volume, fracturing, cement, and acid/oil/brines.

Petris Technology - a variety of software on a service basis

Petrosys - Geological mapping software package

Petroleum Geographics Corp - along with map data, they market mapping software - Arc products, Surfer, Didger, Global Mapper

PetEng Online calculators - rental fee

Gulf Publishing

Rockware - a large and broad catalog of  geological, engineering, logging and seismic software

Petec 21 economic software

IHS Energy

OGRE Systems - very capable and flexible petroleum economic evaluation software

QuickSyn - Quick and easy generation of synthetic seismograms

SEGY viewer to view segy seismic data

SEIS Vu segy viewer

Seismic Micro - Kingdom seismic and geological mapping software


Petroleum Engineering Schools

The University of Oklahoma Petroleum Engineering

University of Texas Petroleum

Heriot-Watt University Petroleum Engineering

Texas Tech University Petroleum Engineering

Texas A&M University Petroleum Engineering

Imperial College Petroleum Engineering

University of Aberdeen Petroleum

Permian Basin Graduate Center

Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education (PEICE) - world's largest selection of petroleum industry courses and seminars

SPE listing of Petroleum Engineering Schools


Publications

Oil & Gas Journal

Harts E&P Magazine

Gulf Publishing - good list of other links

Geobyte Home Page

PetroMin Magazine - Asia's oil & gas magazine


Companies

Schlumberger Limited

Halliburton

National-Oilwell Home Page

Records Research - Texas RRC research and documents - excellent service

IBM's E&P Connection

Randall & Dewey - the latest Acquisitions Review

The Logic Group - Planimeter and Volumetric Software for the Oil Industry

Whipstock.com - comprehensive source of directional and horizontal drilling services, tools, companies, etc


Consulting Companies

William M. Cobb & Associates - petroleum consultants

Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Fort Worth

DeGolyer and MacNaughton - Dallas

Collarini Engineering, Inc.

Forest A. Garb & Associates - Dallas

Netherland, Sewell & Associates - Dallas

Oil and Gas Consultants, International

TRC Consultants - PHDWin economics program


Coalbed Methane

Coalbed Methane data - links to international CBM information

US Coalbed Methane Content Database

China Coalbed Methane clearinghouse

Canada coalbed methane presentations from Sproule

Australia coalbed methane information

UK coalbed methane information

Poland coalbed methane

Russian coalbed methane center

U.S. EPA coalbed methane site


Government Agencies

Alabama State Oil & Gas Board
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission

Australia Geological Survey

Australia Geoscience Portal

British Geological Survey

U.S. Bureau of Land Management
California Department of Conservation
Canadian National Energy Board
Natural Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada Earth Sciences Sector
Canadian Legal Surveys Division and the International Boundary Commission

Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Colorado Production data
Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE - National Petroleum Technology Office
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission - IOGCC


Kansas Geological Survey
Kansas Corporation Commission

Kansas Production data
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Lousiana DNR on line production and well information
Minerals Management Service
Minerals Management Service-Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
Mississippi Oil & Gas Board
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Montana Board of Oil & Gas Conservation
National Petroleum Technology Office
Nevada Division of Minerals
New Mexico Oil Conservation Division
New Mexico Production Data (PTTC)

New Zealand Energy & Resources
North Dakota Oil & Gas Division

Ohio Oil & Gas Database
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Production data & scout cards
Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries

Pennsylvania DCNR Geological Survey
South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Texas Natural Resources Information System

Texas Board of Professional Engineers
Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Texas Railroad Commission

Texas Railroad Commission Proration Schedules
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States Geological Survey
USGS Aerial Photographs

U.K. Department of Trade and Industry (oil and gas regulation)
Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission


Gary S. Swindell, Petroleum Engineering