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Why Use GIS in Petroleum?
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Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction to GIS 5 Welcome 5 What is GIS? 5 What Can GIS Do? 7 Why You Should Care 9 Benefits of GIS 9 GIS in Petroleum 10 When Bad Stuff Happens 11 GIS Vocabulary 12 Section 2: GIS in the Petroleum Industry 14 A Brief History 14 GIS and the Oil Field Life-cycle 14 Acquisition and Portfolio Management 15 Seismic Planning 16 Exploration 16 Overview 16 Basin Analysis 18 Play Analysis 19 Acreage Analysis 21 Prospect Analysis 22 Land Management 24 Field Geology 25 Exploration Summary 26 Drilling and Completion 27 •



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Production 28 Field Operations 28 Facilities Management 29 Distribution and Pipeline 30 Pipeline Routing 31 Pipeline Monitoring 32 Vessel Tracking 32 Decommissioning 33 Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) 33 Emergency Response 34 Data Management 34 Data QC 34 Data Index Maps 35 Spatial Data Standards 36 Petroleum GIS Data Models 36 Coordinate Reference System Standards 37 Metadata Standards 38 Use of Standards in Petroleum GIS 38 Section 3: Getting Started with GIS in Petroleum 40 Introduction 40 Play with the Technology 40 ArcGIS Online 40 ArcGIS Explorer Desktop 41 ArcGIS for Desktop 42 Get Some Training 42 Attend a Conference 43





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Build your Business Case 43 Petroleum GIS Case Studies 45 Develop a GIS Strategy 45 Conclusions and Additional Resources 48 Disclaimer 49 Table of Figures 50

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