Utilizing GIS to Manage Oil and Gas Leases in Texas
By William Herring, LSIT & Damion Scholz, GISP, LSIT Digital Mapping Services, LLC Corpus Christi, TX
Abstract (1896) y Throughout the history of Digital Mapping Services we have created, organized and managed leasehold land information systems for Oil and Gas companies. This process starts with paper leases and base data, and is transformed into a fully functioning and updatable GIS/LIS. The integration of survey and GIS expertise is essential for the creation of these information systems and ensures that errors are minimized. When utilized, the Land Information System effectively aids oil and gas companies in their decision making process.
History of DMS y Digital Mapping Services (DMS) was founded in 2000 y Full service GIS Company y Sister company of Young & Associates Surveying and Mapping y Lease Mapping is Managed by both GIS and Land Surveying Professionals
DMS Lease Mapping y Started Lease Mapping in 2005 y Mainly in North Texas – Barnett Shale Area y Other areas include: South Texas and Louisiana
General Oil and Gas Lease Mapping Components y y y y
Base Data – Base Map in a Box Lease Information GeoDatabase Microsoft Access Database
Base Map in a Box y y y y y y
Public Land Survey System (Township and Range) Texas Land Survey System (Surveys and Abstracts) Parcel/Ownership Layer (when available) Roads Hydrographic (Lakes, Rivers, etc.) 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
y Research Online y Appraisal District/Courthouse Field Research y
GeoDatabase y File GeoDatabase y Feature Datasets y Feature Classes y Tables
Lease Mapping y Digitize Lease y Metes and Bounds y PLSS Data y Copy/Paste Parcel Layer y Geo‐Rectify/Rubber Sheet y Enter Lease Attributes y Keyboard Data Entry 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 y Scanned Lease Documents (for hyperlinks)
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?
Footer y ESRI Survey and Engineering GIS Summit, Room 9. Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. y Data Resources y Texas Natural Resource and Information System y Texas General Land Office y Texas Railroad Commission y County Appraisal Districts
Abstract (1896) y Throughout the history of Digital Mapping Services we have created, organized and managed leasehold land information systems for Oil and Gas companies. This process starts with paper leases and base data, and is transformed into a fully functioning and updatable GIS/LIS. The integration of survey and GIS expertise is essential for the creation of these information systems and ensures that errors are minimized. When utilized, the Land Information System effectively aids oil and gas companies in their decision making process.
History of DMS y Digital Mapping Services (DMS) was founded in 2000 y Full service GIS Company y Sister company of Young & Associates Surveying and Mapping y Lease Mapping is Managed by both GIS and Land Surveying Professionals
DMS Lease Mapping y Started Lease Mapping in 2005 y Mainly in North Texas – Barnett Shale Area y Other areas include: South Texas and Louisiana
General Oil and Gas Lease Mapping Components y y y y
Base Data – Base Map in a Box Lease Information GeoDatabase Microsoft Access Database
Base Map in a Box y y y y y y
Public Land Survey System (Township and Range) Texas Land Survey System (Surveys and Abstracts) Parcel/Ownership Layer (when available) Roads Hydrographic (Lakes, Rivers, etc.) 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
y Research Online y Appraisal District/Courthouse Field Research y
GeoDatabase y File GeoDatabase y Feature Datasets y Feature Classes y Tables
Lease Mapping y Digitize Lease y Metes and Bounds y PLSS Data y Copy/Paste Parcel Layer y Geo‐Rectify/Rubber Sheet y Enter Lease Attributes y Keyboard Data Entry 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 y Scanned Lease Documents (for hyperlinks)
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?
Footer y ESRI Survey and Engineering GIS Summit, Room 9. Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. y Data Resources y Texas Natural Resource and Information System y Texas General Land Office y Texas Railroad Commission y County Appraisal Districts
