The Intellog Blog

This is the fifth in a series of updates (see #1, #2, #3, and #4 posted previously) regarding arrangements with the government agencies responsible for the collection and dissemination of oil & gas data in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and other areas.  From west to east;

British Columbia — No update from #1, #2, #3 and #4, however, this work is pretty much done.  The test data can be viewed at BC.kmz.

Alberta — There are lots of current posts in the Developers’ Journal describing the ongoing work to load Alberta data from the daily Well Licenses Issued (ST1) report.  A small test sample can be viewed at MultiSurfaceOffsetTest.kmz.  It doesn’t have any of the symbology or other detail, but clearly demonstrate’s Intellog’s capability to load the ST1 information into our database and subsequently onto Google Earth. 

At the same time, the effort continues to establish a working relationship with the ERCB which is equivalent to that which is enjoyed with the other jurisdictions.  Given the stagnation of discussions with ERCB staffers noted previously, a letter has been sent requesting the assistance of Alberta’s Minister of Energy, Mr. Mel Knight.  The letter itself will be tabled in the Alberta Legislature, and we’re also receiving the assistance of Mr. Harry Chase’s and Ms. Alana DeLong’s constituency offices in pursuing this matter.  Please contact us if you would like a copy of the letter.

Saskatchewan — The new FTP server mentioned in the previous update is up and running, and the data for Saskatchewan has been downloaded.  The work to load it into the Intellog database will commence immediately following the Alberta test load, described immediately above, is complete.

Manitoba — Similar to BC, this work is pretty much done for the time being, and the test data can be viewed at MB.kmz.

Newfoundland and Labrador — The data from the Canadian-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has been obtained, and will be loaded into the Intellog database shortly.

Please feel free to comment below.  Getting a solid database of well identification data into the public domain really is in everybody’s best interest, and we really appreciate the help!

One other point; there is no specific reason why Intellog is limiting itself to the WSB, other than that’s where we’re based and with which we are most familiar.  If you know of another jurisdiction that has well data available and would value the Intellog approach to presentation and re-distribution, by all means, get in touch, and thank you, again, for your help.