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Map service: Historical oil and gas exploration for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI), southwestern Wyoming

Summary

This map service was created to assemble oil and gas well information for a comprehensive inventory of energy data pertinent to the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative decision-making process. These data are available as online resources for scientists, resource managers engaged in the Initiative, and other researchers. The GIS data and map documents created for this study are available for interactive analysis and/or download at the Energy Geoscience Center website.

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Data Owner :
Energy Resources Team

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Purpose

The purpose of this map service is to explore current oil and gas energy development in the area encompassing the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI). The WLCI is a long-term science-based effort to ensure southwestern Wyoming's wildlife and habitat remain viable in areas facing development pressure. Wyoming encompasses some of the highest quality wildlife habitats in the Intermountain West. At the same time, this region is an important source of natural gas. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, energy data pertinent to the conservation decision-making process have been assembled to illustrate the temporal evolution of oil and gas exploration and production in the Greater Green River Basin over the last century. In addition to historical data, estimates of undiscovered oil and gas are included from the 2002 USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas in the Southwestern Wyoming Province. This report is meant to facilitate integrating existing data with new knowledge and technologies to analyze energy resources and development and to assist in habitat conservation planning. The well and assessment data can be accessed and shared among many different clients including, but not limited to, an online web-service for scientists and resource managers engaged in the Initiative.

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Spatial Services

ArcGIS Mapping Service

ScienceBase WMS

Communities

  • Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative

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Provenance

<p>Record was added by hand for the WLCI.</p>

Additional Information

ArcGIS REST Service Extension

urlhttp://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/WLCI/historical08/MapServer

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