GIS for Exploration and Production

Exploration

Discovering new sources of petroleum ahead of the competition is one of the keys to staying successful in the petroleum industry. A GIS can help you evaluate the potential for oil in promising locations.

Exploration requires the analysis of a lot of different types of data such as satellite imagery, digital aerial photo mosaics, seismic surveys, surface geology studies, subsurface and cross section interpretations and images, well locations, and existing infrastructure information. A GIS can tie these data together to the location in question and allow you to overlay, view, and manipulate the data in the form of a map to thoroughly analyze the potential for finding new or extending play potential.

Production

To produce found reserves, the company must first understand certain geographic, infrastructure, business conditions, and environmental factors about the area in question. GIS technology is ideally suited to this kind of overlay analysis and can be integrated with other business risk or economic business planning engines to provide a focussed business solution toolset.

ESRI Business Partners

ESRI's Business Partners offer specialized software integrated with ESRI's GIS technology and designed to perform specific tasks related to exploration and production.