[Talk-us] Help identifying some objects in Wyoming (cottaer)

[Michael Patrick]

> since some weeks I'm doing some mapping by aerial images in USA, south
> east corner of Wyoming. My attention to do so was drawn by the recent
> "Operation Cowboy" event.
>
> Now I stumbled about some objects and was guessing, what their purpose
> may be, and I was directed to this list to ask about.
>
> Examples:
> http://binged.it/TR2kXm
> http://binged.it/TR2EoV
>
> I guess, this are some kind of petroleum wells? Or maybe gas wells?
>

The type is in the following data.


> Maybe even fracking gas wells?
>

(Sigh). Maybe even 'frack-ed' wells, hard to tell because these seem to be
production wells, and the fracking equipment would probably be removed with
hte exploration rig. :-)

See:
USGS "Geodatabase of Wyoming statewide oil and gas drilling activity to 2010
By Laura R.H. Biewick" at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/625/

Datasets at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/625/DownloadableGISdata/

MetaData at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/625/Documentation/WYwells2010.txt
"Abstract: The Wyoming statewide oil and gas wells feature class was
developed to provide a historical perspective of drilling activity for the
Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI).  These data originated
from the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC), were
processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and are now available as
online resources in a geographic information system (GIS), a published map
file (PMF), and a PowerPoint slideshow. ... (more)"

Table at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/625/Documentation/Table1.pdf
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/625/>is helpful.



>
> So my question is, could you confirm this?


The two examples you gave are:

SITE    PAD001    PAD002
OBJECTID    86342    86133
APINO    2321828    2321539
COMPANY    KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS ONSHORE LP    CHEVRON USA INC
FIELD_NAME    WILSON RANCH    WILSON RANCH
LAND_TYPE    30    11
LAT    41.685148    41.69028
LON    -110.080931    -110.10972
WELL_CLASS    G    G
STATUS    PG    PG
STATUSDATE    20050413    19990630
RN    FRONTIER
COAL_BED    N    N
FORM2STAT    FL    FL
FORM2MON    4    4
FORM2YEAR    2010    2010
wellsymb    2    2
Start    2005    1999
Stop    2010    2010
First_Comp    20050228    19990525



> And how to map and tag these objects?


Ummm ... it varies by locale. The pad polygon itself could be classified as
you suggest, but these pads are usually leased from the landowner, so the
entire (this is Wyoming) parcel of several thousand acres wouldn't be
dictated by the 1/2 acre pad, it would be open range, or farm land, or
agriculture. There might be several existing classification depending if it
is Federal BLM, State Public, or private land.


> I would propose to maybe map as a node, tagged as
> man_made:petroleum_well and additionally map the area as
> landuse:industrial?
>

Let me run this up the flag pole ( and I admit I haven't read all the email
archives for all the working groups yet): Rather than re-inventing tagging
schema, would it hurt to look first to see if there is already an existing
one? Like the LBCS Standards of land uses across five dimensions. For local
planning purposes, LBCS calls for classifying land uses in the following
dimensions: Activity, Function, Structure Type, Site Development Character,
and Ownership  https://www.planning.org/lbcs/standards/ . I mean, some
reasonably intelligent people figured out a way to have a unified
nomenclature that fits across the entire United States, and it even matches
some of the other countries.

Lest one say 'it's too complicated, the question "man_made:petroleum_well
and additionally map the area as landuse:industrial/" shows that it is
probably already happening. :-)

Michael Patrick
Data Ferret
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