Oil and gas wells of Idaho: 1903-2022, Idaho Geological Survey Digital Database 3, Version 1.2023

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Summary

This feature class provides the locations and attributes for 214 oil and gas wells in Idaho.

Description

This is a component of the Idaho Geological Survey publication, Digital Database 3: Database of oil and gas data of Idaho.  This dataset represents information on current and historical oil and gas exploration wells in Idaho provided by companies to the Oil and Gas Commission from 1903-2022. This data was transferred to the Idaho Geological Survey in 2009 from the Idaho Department of Lands, who regulates and maintains data for recent/current oil and gas exploration in Idaho. These data were derived mostly from historical well paper logs and reports. This database also includes newly drilled and producing wells. Information for active wells is from journal articles, well permits from Idaho Department of Lands, and electric logs.

Credits

New well data came from Idaho Department of Lands, electric logs, Rigzone.com, Oil and Gas Journal. Historic well data came from the Idaho Geological Survey publication DD-3 (2013), Historical Oil and Gas data for Idaho: 1903-1988. Data source for this 2023 release is Idaho Department of Lands and brings data current to 2022.

Use limitations

Provided as-is for research purposes. Locations and attributes of wells are compiled from the assortment of source documents available at the time of publication. Revisions of this database will be issued as new information is added. Wells that were drilled from 2007 to present day have had their locations verified using the best available imagery. If a well was permitted but not drilled, the coordinates from the permit are provided.

Extent

West  -117.023782     East -111.070051
North  47.813927     South 42.005267

Scale Range

Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

Topics and Keywords  ▼►

Themes or categories of the resource Economy

Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Citation  ▼►

Title Oil and gas wells of Idaho: 1903-2022, Idaho Geological Survey Digital Database 3, Version 1.2023
Publication date 2023-05-25 00:00:00

Presentation formats digital map

Citation Contacts  ▼►

Responsible party - originator 
Individual's name Mark Barton

Responsible party - originator 
Individual's name Reed Lewis

Responsible party - originator 
Individual's name Christopher Tate

Responsible party - originator 
Individual's name Jacob Eldredge

Responsible party - publisher 
Organization's name Idaho Geological Survey

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 208-885-7991
Address 
Type physical
Delivery point 875 Perimeter Dr.
City Moscow
Administrative area ID
Postal code 83844-3014
Country US
Delivery point Morrill Hall, 3rd Floor

Resource Details  ▼►

Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Status on-going

Credits 
New well data came from Idaho Department of Lands, electric logs, Rigzone.com, Oil and Gas Journal. Historic well data came from the Idaho Geological Survey publication DD-3 (2013), Historical Oil and Gas data for Idaho: 1903-1988. Data source for this 2023 release is Idaho Department of Lands and brings data current to 2022.

ArcGIS item properties 

Extents  ▼►

Extent 
Description 
Intermittent permitting and drilling of oil and gas wells.

Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
Extent type 
Extent used for searching
West longitude -117.023782
East longitude -111.070051
North latitude 47.813927
South latitude 42.005267

Temporal extent 
Beginning date 1903-01-01 00:00:00
Ending date 2022-02-28 00:00:00

Resource Points of Contact  ▼►

Point of contact - publisher 
Organization's name Idaho Geological Survey

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 208-885-7991
Address 
Type physical
Delivery point 875 Perimeter Dr.
City Moscow
Administrative area ID
Postal code 83844-3014
Country US
Delivery point Morrill Hall, 3rd Floor

Resource Maintenance  ▼►

Resource maintenance 
Update frequency as needed

Resource Constraints  ▼►

Constraints 
Limitations of use 
Provided as-is for research purposes. Locations and attributes of wells are compiled from the assortment of source documents available at the time of publication. Revisions of this database will be issued as new information is added. Wells that were drilled from 2007 to present day have had their locations verified using the best available imagery. If a well was permitted but not drilled, the coordinates from the permit are provided.

Legal constraints 
Limitations of use 
The Idaho Geological Survey does not assume liability; no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Agency regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Data Quality  ▼►

Scope of quality information ▼►
Resource level dataset

Data quality report - Conceptual consistency  ▼►
Data quality measure reference
Measure description 
Wells and their attributes are assigned by IGS Staff. Data presented here represent the best known information for these wells.

Data quality report - Completeness omission  ▼►
Data quality measure reference
Measure description 
All well locations were visually checked against original maps, imagery, and other location data for completeness.

Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy  ▼►
Data quality measure reference
Measure description 
Attributes in this dataset were derived by IGS staff from files acquired from the Idaho Department of Lands in 2009. Additional data was added from IGS files associated with oil and gas.

Quality evaluation procedure
Evaluation type direct internal
Evaluation method 
Document review.

Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy  ▼►
dimension horizontal

Data quality measure reference
Measure description 
Wells were plotted on a 1:24,000 base using measurements provided in sundry reports and applications.  Locations are approximate if permitted but not drilled.

Lineage  ▼►

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2009-08-01 00:00:00
Description 
Acquired paper files from Idaho Department of Lands.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2010-08-01 00:00:00
Description 
Scanned letter sized documentation.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2010-09-01 00:00:00
Description 
Added attributes for wells from scanned data.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2010-10-01 00:00:00
Description 
Created Lat/Lon locations in decimal degrees from plotting locations or measured from topo map.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2010-11-01 00:00:00
Description 
Scanned geophysical logs (scanned at LogDigi).

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2011-03-01 00:00:00
Description 
Added attributes for log information from scanned data.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2011-04-01 00:00:00
Description 
Created point shapefile from Lat/Lon locations in decimal degrees from table (excel file).

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2013-04-23 00:00:00
Description 
Published DD-3

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2020-11-09 00:00:00
Description 
Update DD-3 records and fields. Add recent oil and gas wells.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2023-02-22 00:00:00
Description 
Update DD-3 records and fields. Add recent oil and gas wells. Add new log type, logs, documents, and LAS files for recently permitted wells.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2023-05-15 00:00:00
Description 
Update DD-3 records and field names. Remove redundant fields. Add recent oil and gas wells. Verify and correct accuracy of well coordinates in WGS84 and NAD27.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2023-05-25 00:00:00
Description 
Publish new DD-3.

Source data ▼►
Description 
These records include information on past oil and gas exploration wells in Idaho from 1903 to 1988 provided by companies to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. These data were derived mostly from historical well paper logs and reports. This data was transferred to the Idaho Geological Survey in 2009 from the Idaho Department of Lands. Data from wells that were permitted from 2007 to the present comes from Idaho Department of Lands and the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

Distribution  ▼►

Distributor ▼►
Contact information - publisher 
Organization's name Idaho Geological Survey

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 208-885-7991
Address 
Type physical
Delivery point 875 Perimeter Dr.
City Moscow
Administrative area ID
Postal code 83844-3014
Country US
Delivery point Morrill Hall, 3rd Floor

Fields  ▼►

Details for object Details for OilGasWells ▼►
Type Feature Class
Definition 
Oil and gas well point data

Definition source 
Idaho Geological Survey

Field ID ▼►
Data type OID
Width 4

Field description 
Internal feature number.

Description source 
ESRI

Field API ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
The American Petroleum Institute number is a unique number used nationally to track and identify every permitted oil and gas well. First two digits are state, next 3 digits are county, last five digits are permit serial number.

Description source 
IGS

Field IGS_num ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Idaho Geological Survey well identification number. IGS number has the following format (xxxx-xx): First four digits are the year in which the well was permitted, last two digits correspond to the order in which the permits were issued.

Description source 
IGS

Field Operator ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Company listed on the well permit.

Description source 
IGS

Field WellName ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Name of well listed on permit.

Description source 
IGS

Field WellStatus ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Oil and Gas producing well, Shut-in, Abandoned (plugged status unknown), Plugged and Abandoned, currently used as an artesian well, currently used as a geothermal well.

Description source 
IGS

Field WellType ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Oil and Gas well, Geothermal well, Water Well, Stratigraphic test well.

Description source 
IGS

Field LatitudeNAD27 ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Latitude of well location based on NAD27 datum.

Description source 
IGS

Field LongitudeNAD27 ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Longitude of well location based on NAD27 datum.

Description source 
IGS

Field LatitudeWGS84 ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Latitude of well location based on WGS84 datum.

Description source 
IGS

Field LongitudeWGS84 ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Longitude of well location based on WGS84 datum.

Description source 
IGS

Field CompletionStatus ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y = subsurface zone completed, N = well not completed or status unknown.

Description source 
IGS

Field Drilled ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y= well was drilled, N = well was permitted but not drilled.

Description source 
IGS

Field DrillingFluid ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
O indicates an oil based drilling fluid used, W indicates a water based drilling fluid was used, U indicates drilling fluid type is unknown.

Description source 
IGS

Field EndDrillDate ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Date in which the drilling of the well was completed.

Description source 
IGS

Field SpudDate ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Estimated date well was spudded.

Description source 
IGS

Field HydrocarbonType ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Oil show reported, Gas show reported, Cuttings Fluorescence reported, No show reported.

Description source 
IGS

Field GeophysicalLogs ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y geophysical wireline logs for the well exist. N indicates the existence of logs are not known.

Description source 
IGS

Field LASFiles ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates digital LAS Files of logs are available from the IGS website, N means LAS files are not available from the IGS website, C indicates public distribution of LAS files are restricted for a year after the well has been drilled.

Description source 
IGS

Field PaperLogs ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates copies of the wireline logs are available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field DirSurvey ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates Directional Survey is available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field MudLog ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates Mud Log is available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field DiplLog ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates Dip Log is available from the IGS website, N indicates Dip does not exists or copy is not available from IGS.

Description source 
IGS

Field TempLog ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates a Temperature Log available from IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field LithLogType ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Indicates the types of Lithologic Logs available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field DST ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates a Drill Stem Report (DST) available from IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field HCA ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates a Hydrocarbon Analysis (HCA) is available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field BHP ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Y indicates a Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP) Log is available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field Cuttings ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Agency where cuttings reside. N indicates unknown existence of any cuttings.

Description source 
IGS

Field Core ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Indicates drill cores were taken, how many, and at what intervals. Core logs are available from the IGS website.

Description source 
IGS

Field CountyAPI ▼►
Data type Long
Width 4

Field description 
County code portion of the API number.

Description source 
IGS

Field County ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
County name.

Description source 
IGS

Field plssTownship ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
PLSS Township code.

Description source 
IGS

Field plssRange ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
PLSS Range code.

Description source 
IGS

Field plssSection ▼►
Data type Long
Width 4

Field description 
PLSS Section Number.

Description source 
IGS

Field plssQQSection ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
PLSS (quarter) quarter section code. For example, NW SE would be read as: the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the section.

Description source 
IGS

Field FNL ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Distance north of section boundary to well location in feet according to permit.

Description source 
IGS

Field FEL ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Distance east of section boundary to well location in feet according to permit.

Description source 
IGS

Field FSL ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Distance south of section boundary to well location in feet according to permit.

Description source 
IGS

Field FWL ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Distance west of section boundary to well location in feet according to permit.

Description source 
IGS

Field GroundElevation ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Ground elevation above sea level in feet.

Description source 
IGS

Field KellyBushing ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Kelly bushing elevation above sea level in feet.

Description source 
IGS

Field TotalDepth ▼►
Data type Double
Width 8

Field description 
Measured depth of well below ground elevation.

Description source 
IGS

Field FieldName ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Name of oil/gas field name as designated by the Idaho Department of Lands. Wildcat refers to wells drilled outside of a known oil/gas field.

Description source 
IGS

Field IBMG_num ▼►
Data type Text
Width 255

Field description 
Retired identification code used by Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology (now Idaho Geological Survey).

Description source 
IGS

Metadata Details  ▼►

Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset

Last update ⇔ 2023-05-25 

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC

Created in ArcGIS for the item 2023-05-24 12:14:39

Automatic updates
Have been performed No

Metadata Contacts  ▼►

Metadata contact - publisher 
Organization's name Idaho Geological Survey

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 208-885-7991
Address 
Type physical
Delivery point 875 Perimeter Dr.
City Moscow
Administrative area ID
Postal code 83844-3014
Country US
Delivery point Morrill Hall, 3rd Floor

Metadata Maintenance  ▼►

Maintenance 
Update frequency as needed

Thumbnail and Enclosures  ▼►

Thumbnail 
Thumbnail type 
Image file