Data and Publications

If you are looking for detailed well information like Scout Tickets, Well Logs, Geologic Information etc. you are in the wrong area. You want to be in “GIS Data Mining.” The information here is mostly summary information for activity analysis and similar pursuits. Most publications are either Adobe Reader v8.1 (.pdf) format or WinZip Compressed (.zip) files. If you do not already have these utilities please follow the links below to download them.

Geologic Publications and Research Papers

   Tim Busing – Response Predictions for Lansing-Kansas City Waterfloods By Analogy to Mature Fields
   Tim Busing – A Post-Mortem Review of Seven Gemini Southwest Nebraska Lansing-Kansas City Waterfloods
   Redefinition of the Tectonic Features in Portions of Nebraska – Carlson and Sydow 2005
   Precambrian Structures in Nebraska – Carlson 2000-2001
   EPA Crude Oi..l May 1995
   Waterflooding of Oilfields in Western Nebraska – Blasko, Hastead & Biggs
   Renewed Interest in the Alliance Salt Basin Northern Panhandle of Nebraska
   2011 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Pennsylvanian – Lower Permian Systems of Western Nebraska – Gilleland
   2011 AAPG Forest City Basin Presentation – Carlson
   2010 KGS Presentation – Carlson
   2011 AAPG Rocky Mountain Region Presentation – Sydow and Carlson
   NE Geological Survey Bulletin No. 8
   NE Geological Survey Bulletin No. 13
   NE Geological Survey Bulletin No. 14
   NE Geological Survey Bulletin No. 14A
   USGS Paper 515 – Investigations of the Permian System
   NE Geological Survey Open Report – Harold M. DeGraw
   KS Masters Thesis – Martin K. Dubois
   NE Masters Thesis – Karl M. Busch
   WVU Doctorial Dissertation, Vol. 1 – David W. Oldham
   WVU Doctorial Dissertation, Vol. 2 – David W. Oldham
   Type Logs for Formal Stratigraphic Correlation in the Nebraska Panhandle – Carlson and Sydow
   UNL Doctorial Dissertation – Steven A. Fischbein
   Nebraska Cores in Lincoln by API Number
   Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States
   Oil/Source-Rock Study Nothern Denver Basin – Paleozoic
   The Groundwater Atlas of Nebraska

Discovery Wells

DJ Basin
Cambridge Arch

Forest City Basin Maps

   Type Log
   Aero Magnetics
   Bouger Gravity
   Lineaments
   Mineral Resources
   Oil and Gas Fields
   Pennsylvanian Contour
   Precambrian Contour

LANDSAT Photogeologic-Geomorphic Study Datasets

   Final Report (.pdf)
   Alliance Quad (40.5 MB .zip)
   Scottsbluff Quad (41.6 MB .zip)
   Sterling Quad (41.0 MB .zip)
   Valentine Quad (42.2 MB .zip)
   North Platte Quad (44.3 MB .zip)
   Mc Cook Quad (43.7 MB .zip)
   O’Neill Quad (40.8 MB .zip)
   Broken Bow Quad (41.1 MB .zip)
   Grand Island Quad (41.7 MB .zip)
   Sioux City Quad (44.6 MB .zip)
   Fremont Quad (44.2 MB .zip)
   Lincoln Quad (51.2 MB .zip)
   Misc. Shapefiles – townships, rivers, counties, etc. (8.82 MB .zip)

County Maps - Well Locations

   Banner (7-11-2011)
   Chase (7-11-2011)
   Cheyenne (7-11-2011)
   Deuel (7-11-2011)
   Dundy (7-11-2011)
   Frontier (7-11-2011)
   Furnas (7-11-2011)
   Garden N 1/2 (7-11-2011)
   Garden S 1/2 (7-11-2011)
   Gosper (7-11-2011)
   Harlan (7-11-2011)
   Hayes (7-11-2011)
   Hitchcock (7-11-2011)
   Kimball (7-11-2011)
   Lincoln N 1/2 (7-11-2011)
   Lincoln S 1/2 (7-11-2011)
   Morrill (7-11-2011)
   Nemaha (7-11-2011)
   Perkins (7-11-2011)
   Red Willow (7-11-2011)
   Richardson (7-11-2011)
   Scotts Bluff (7-11-2011)
   Sioux N 1/2 (7-11-2011)
   Sioux S 1/2 (7-11-2011)

Well Data

   Well Data – Access 2003 Format (5/5/2025)
   Well Data including formation tops – Access 2003 Format (5/5/2025)
   Nebraska Well Status and Well Type Codes
   Nebraska Geologic Formations
   All published coordinates are corrected to the NAD 83 standard. Click here for more information on the NAD 83 standard and conversion.

Show Cause Hearings

Case 20-02 Centerra Energy Corp. – Application – Order R-0923
Case 22-03 Briggs Energy – Application – Order R-0934
Case 22-04 John R. Fahey – Application – Order R-0935
Case 22-05 Hummon Corporation – Application – Order R-0936
Case 22-06 R. L. Hrbek – Application – Order R-0937
   Case 22-07 Aksarben Petroleum – Application – Order R-0938
   Case 22-11 Foundation Energy Mgt., LLC – Application – Order R-0942
   Case 23-02 Coral Production Corporation – Application – Order R-0944
   Case 23-04 Western Operating Company – Application – Order R-0946
   Case 24-02 Kebrh Operating LLC – Application – Order R-0949
   Case 25-01 RV Borchert Oil Producer – Application – Order R-0959

Production/Permit Statistics

UIC (Underground Injection Control)

   UIC Case Certificate Template
   UIC Case Notice Template
   Sample UIC Application
   Sample SWD Application
   Check List for UIC/SWD Applications

Miscellaneous

   Active Nebraska Operating Companies (2/27/2025)
   Field Nomenclature (2/27/2025)
   Field Numbers and boundaries (2/27/2025)
eReportRemote
   eReportImport
   Schlumberger BlueView TIF Image Viewer
   Schlumberger PDS Image Viewer
   Schlumberger LAS Image Viewer

GIS Shape Files

For use with Petra, ESRI or other GIS Mapping Software (Lat/Lon Projection).

State of Nebraska GIS Shape Files (multiple files in one)
   Nebraska Boundary GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Counties GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Townships GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Sections GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Oil and Gas Fields GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Units GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Gas Storage GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Aquifer Exemptions GIS Shape Files
   Nebraska Wells GIS Shape File (updated daily)