Upper Mannville Oil and Gas Fields GIS Polygons

Mid-1990s to 2006 GIS data representing oil and gas field boundaries within the Cretaceous Mannville Group of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. The dataset consists of polygon shapefiles originally created by the Alberta Geological Survey and later consolidated by the Government of Alberta.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of oil and gas fields using polygon boundaries.
• Correlate field locations with subsurface geological features from the Atlas.
• Map hydrocarbon resource potential within the Upper Mannville Group.
• Integrate field polygons with other GIS layers for regional energy infrastructure planning.

Strengths

• Data consolidated from original archival files into single shapefiles by feature type.
• Polygon features provide precise spatial boundaries for oil and gas fields.

Limitations

• Original data created in the mid-1990s, potentially not reflecting recent discoveries or changes.
• Specific column names and attribute details are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, Alberta Geological Survey.

Collection Method

Shapefiles produced from archived digital files, edited to correct and consolidate.

Time Range

Data originally from mid-1990s, edited 2005-2006.

Freshness

Last platform update was 2026-03-04, though underlying data is from 2005-06 edits of mid-1990s files.

Geography

Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.