Few individual companies would have the capability or incentive to create this type of national data system, yet it could be key to the continued success of many producers who are looking to field extension or infill drilling as ways to prolong the productive life of their gas reservoirs. The Gas Research Institute has developed the Texas, Central and Eastern Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and Rocky Mountain Gas Atlases. The DOE has developed the Appalachian Gas Atlas and has cooperated with GRI and the Minerals Management Service in developing the Offshore Gulf of Mexico atlas series. The information compiled in these gas atlas projects has been combined with data from other reservoirs meeting specific cumulative gas production levels. This information was collected through a series of geological reservoir studies in the major producing regions.
Users can obtain data by basin, state or field name with user-friendly scrolling pick lists.
A more advanced query module allows more precise data searches. Reports can be printed or written to a text file.