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tributes, overlay them, etc. describing the natural geodatabase. This includes; wells, pipelines, pump
resources and environment relationship thus pre- stations and tank terminals. Correspondingly Top-
senting highly efficient instruments for planning ological relationships in IT/GIS ensure data quality.
tasks in the mapping process of SHPs. IT/GIS stores information as attributes allows a de-
cision maker to map key lease data such as lessor
Similarly, Geological maps containing litho- names, lease expiry dates, working interests (WI),
logical and major structural information can also overriding royalty (OR), overriding royalty interest
be prepared digitally, in order to utilise these maps (ORRI), net revenue interest (NRI) and gross/net
along with Potential SHP and other impediment acreages to mention but a few.
epicentre locations for better mapping, planning
and development. Digital base map and all poten- IT/GIS in Well planning can increasingly be
tial site attribute information can be integrated in used to plan well-pad patterns around multiple
the to perform various types of queries for site lo- surface drilling constraints and its unique spatial
cation. The major advantage of such an integrated analytics can be used to optimise drilling patterns
GIS spatial database is that any new and relevant to calculate the most efficient drilling configura-
information with individual SHP projected site can tion. Mapping staff can see what data is available
be brought into the system and a further improved to them using Data index maps drastically reduc-
analysis can be performed with minimum efforts. ing the amount of time they spend looking for the
information needed to do their work. Often such
Oil and Gas; the industry is a shockingly im- maps showing all data of interest side-by-side in a
portant sector in the world; It powers 99% of all single interface are delivered using web-based ap-
transportation and accounts for 2.5% of the world plications that require little or no training to use.
GDP. Oil and gas data whose features are spatial This can be useful to better know how and where
in nature; strongly entices the use of IT/GIS, right to put pipelines but also understand when need
from anticipated Well locations, oil exploration, for maintenance or repair will be due.
pipeline construction and the environment. IT/GIS
in mapping is a rapidly growing field of interest in Terrain stability; Satellite interferometric
this industry with its applications serving multiple synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) gives one the
purposes;. ability to continually monitor large areas with
satellites compared with on-ground surveys. This
Resource Management: IT/GIS; stores, collects plays a cost-effective role in understanding terrain
and visualizes the physical location of a feature in a stability for better monitoring of potential geo-
