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  • Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the United States Shown as Quarter-Mile Cells

    Metadata Updated: June 8, 2018

    A cells polygon feature class was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to illustrate the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in the United States. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown or dry. The well information was initially retrieved from IHS Inc.'s PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data on CD-ROM, which is a proprietary, commercial database containing information for most oil and gas wells in the U.S. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary well data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data are current through 10/1/2005.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date December 19, 2007
    Metadata Created Date December 2, 2017
    Metadata Updated Date June 8, 2018
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2008 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI CKAN Harvest Source

    Graphic Preview

    Thumbnail view of oil and gas cells in the contiguous United States

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 19, 2007
    Metadata Created Date December 2, 2017
    Metadata Updated Date June 8, 2018
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2008 (publication)
    Responsible Party U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
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    Bbox North Lat 71.861587
    Bbox South Lat 19.440480
    Bbox West Long -178.309436
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    Licence Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Geological survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items for other than personal use must be secured from the copyright owner.
    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester true
    Temporal Extent Begin 1859-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2005-01-01

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