Utilizing GIS to Manage Oil and Gas Leases
By Troy Tijerina & Damion Scholz, GISP, LSIT Digital Mapping Services, LLC Corpus Christi, TX
History of DMS
y Digital Mapping Services (DMS) founded in 2000 y Full service GIS y Sister company Young & Associates Surveying and Mapping y Lease Mapping is Managed by both GIS and Land Surveying Professionals
DMS & Lease Mapping y Lease Mapping since 2005 y Mainly in North Texas – Barnett Shale Area y Other areas include: South Texas, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania
General Oil and Gas Lease Mapping Components y Base Data – Base Map in a Box y Lease Information y GeoDatabase y Microsoft Access Database
Base Map in a Box y Public Land Survey System (Township and Range)
Base Map in a Box y Texas Land Survey System (Surveys and Abstracts)
Base Map in a Box y Parcel/Ownership Layer (when available)
Base Map in a Box y Roads
Base Map in a Box y Hydrographic (Lakes, Rivers, etc.)
Base Map in a Box y Digital Orthophotos
Lease Information y Hard Copy y
Scanned into Digital Format
y Digital Format Oil and Gas Lease Document y Lease Purchase Report y Plat(s) y Deed(s) y
Lease Information y Additional Research y
Online
y
Appraisal District/Courthouse Field Research
Geodatabase y File Geodatabase y
Feature Datasets
y
Feature Classes
y
Tables
Access Database y Combination of Tables, Buttons, & Switchboards y
Control data/work flow
y
Updatable as leases are appended
y
Creates progress reports for client
Lease Mapping y Digitize Lease y
Metes and Bounds
y
PLSS Data
Lease Mapping y Digitize Lease y
Copy/Paste Parcel Layer
y
Georeference / Rubber Sheet
Lease Mapping Enter Lease Attributes y
Keyboard Data Entry
Lease Mapping Enter Lease Attributes
y
Use Unique ID Join Table to Calculate Attributes
Deliverables y GeoDatabase y Shapefile y Mapped/Unmapped Lease Report y MS Excel Format y MS Access Format
Deliverables y Interactive GIS
Deliverables y Expiration Maps
Client Benefits y y y y
Spatial Lease Inventory Ability for Client to Make Custom Maps Lease Expiration Maps Lease Organization Spatial y Tabular/Attribute y Scanned Lease Information Hyperlinked per Feature y
Questions?
Abstract y The utilization of GIS to construct a land management system has greatly facilitated the decision making process of oil and gas companies. Throughout the history of Digital Mapping Services, we have assisted several companies in the oil and gas industry in managing their leasehold information. Lease mapping begins by organizing the lease information in a database, then reviewing the lease data individually to establish its position through the employment of proper resources and base data. Collaborating surveying and GIS will result in an interactive, fully functional and completely updateable LIS with minimal errors.
Footer y ESRI PUG Conference, Houston Texas 2009 y Data Resources y Texas Natural Resource and Information System y Texas General Land Office y Texas Railroad Commission y County Appraisal Districts
History of DMS
y Digital Mapping Services (DMS) founded in 2000 y Full service GIS y Sister company Young & Associates Surveying and Mapping y Lease Mapping is Managed by both GIS and Land Surveying Professionals
DMS & Lease Mapping y Lease Mapping since 2005 y Mainly in North Texas – Barnett Shale Area y Other areas include: South Texas, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania
General Oil and Gas Lease Mapping Components y Base Data – Base Map in a Box y Lease Information y GeoDatabase y Microsoft Access Database
Base Map in a Box y Public Land Survey System (Township and Range)
Base Map in a Box y Texas Land Survey System (Surveys and Abstracts)
Base Map in a Box y Parcel/Ownership Layer (when available)
Base Map in a Box y Roads
Base Map in a Box y Hydrographic (Lakes, Rivers, etc.)
Base Map in a Box y Digital Orthophotos
Lease Information y Hard Copy y
Scanned into Digital Format
y Digital Format Oil and Gas Lease Document y Lease Purchase Report y Plat(s) y Deed(s) y
Lease Information y Additional Research y
Online
y
Appraisal District/Courthouse Field Research
Geodatabase y File Geodatabase y
Feature Datasets
y
Feature Classes
y
Tables
Access Database y Combination of Tables, Buttons, & Switchboards y
Control data/work flow
y
Updatable as leases are appended
y
Creates progress reports for client
Lease Mapping y Digitize Lease y
Metes and Bounds
y
PLSS Data
Lease Mapping y Digitize Lease y
Copy/Paste Parcel Layer
y
Georeference / Rubber Sheet
Lease Mapping Enter Lease Attributes y
Keyboard Data Entry
Lease Mapping Enter Lease Attributes
y
Use Unique ID Join Table to Calculate Attributes
Deliverables y GeoDatabase y Shapefile y Mapped/Unmapped Lease Report y MS Excel Format y MS Access Format
Deliverables y Interactive GIS
Deliverables y Expiration Maps
Client Benefits y y y y
Spatial Lease Inventory Ability for Client to Make Custom Maps Lease Expiration Maps Lease Organization Spatial y Tabular/Attribute y Scanned Lease Information Hyperlinked per Feature y
Questions?
Abstract y The utilization of GIS to construct a land management system has greatly facilitated the decision making process of oil and gas companies. Throughout the history of Digital Mapping Services, we have assisted several companies in the oil and gas industry in managing their leasehold information. Lease mapping begins by organizing the lease information in a database, then reviewing the lease data individually to establish its position through the employment of proper resources and base data. Collaborating surveying and GIS will result in an interactive, fully functional and completely updateable LIS with minimal errors.
Footer y ESRI PUG Conference, Houston Texas 2009 y Data Resources y Texas Natural Resource and Information System y Texas General Land Office y Texas Railroad Commission y County Appraisal Districts
