Continued support of the Natural Resources Information System (NRIS) for the State of Oklahoma: Inclusion of a Native American focused effort. Final technical report

The objective of this research program was to continue developing, editing, maintaining, utilizing and making publicly available the Oil and Gas Well History file portion of the Natural Resources Information System (NRIS) for the State of Oklahoma, with a special emphasis on the Osage County records through the Osage Tribal council. The NRIS Well history file contains historical and recent completion records for oil and gas wells reported to the Oklahoma Corporation commission on Form 1002-A, and for wells in Osage County that have been reported to the Osage Tribal Council. At the start of this grant, the Well History file contained 378,243 records, providing historical coverage for all of Oklahoma except Osage County. During this grant period, the well record count increased by 33,301, to a new total of 411,544 records. Coverage is now completed for all Oklahoma counties. Through NRIS, the Oklahoma Geological survey (OGS) and the University of Oklahoma (OU) have developed a system with demonstrated value as a data resource for industry exploration and development, policy considerations, scientific research, conservation and other related issues. Because of the ongoing support of the US Department of Energy, the initial development phase of the NRIS Well History has been completed. Through the ongoing support of the federal and state governments as well as industry, it is fully expected that NRIS will continue to be a growing resource for Oklahoma and the nation