1995 U.S. Oil and Gas Assessment Cells for San Diego - Oceanside Province

Quarter-mile cell maps illustrate exploration maturity and production types for oil and gas plays within the San Diego - Oceanside province. The U.S. Geological Survey created this assessment in 1994, based on well data current as of December 1990. It categorizes cells by predominant well production: oil, gas, both, or dry.

Use Cases

• Classify quarter-mile cells as oil-producing, gas-producing, both, or dry based on well data to map production distribution.
• Analyze exploration maturity across different oil and gas plays within the San Diego - Oceanside province using cell-level codes.
• Study the spatial relationship between play type, play name, and production characteristics using the provided play listings.

Strengths

• Data derived from the comprehensive Petroleum Information Well History Control System (WHCS) database.
• Provides a standardized quarter-mile cell grid for consistent spatial analysis across the province.

Limitations

• Underlying well data is from 1990, making the resource assessment temporally stale for current analysis.
• No proprietary well data is included, limiting detailed analysis of individual well characteristics.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes for the cell data are unknown.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), via the CEOS_EXTRA organization on NASA EarthData.

Collection Method

Cell maps created as a graphic solution from the proprietary Petroleum Information (PI) Well History Control System (WHCS).

Time Range

Assessment reference date: 1990-12-01.

Freshness

Data current as of 1990-12-01; assessment created in 1994.

Geography

San Diego - Oceanside Province (Province 15) within the United States.