Petroleum Well Cross Section Lines

Petroleum Well Cross Section Lines are an index of traces between petroleum wells where special cross-sectional diagrams have been produced. The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated on 2026-04-09. It is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping subsurface geological relationships based on the indexed traces between wells.
• Creating technical cross-sectional diagrams for petroleum well analysis.
• Integrating well trace data into broader geological or energy infrastructure GIS projects.

Strengths

• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats (TAB, MIF, SHP, DWG, DXF, etc.) for compatibility.
• Last updated on 2026-04-09, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 02:52:16.490458; freshness should be verified.