A National Data Repository (NDR) is a data bank that seeks to preserve and promote a country's natural resources data, particularly data related to the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) sector.
A National Data Repository is normally established by an entity that governs, controls and supports the exchange, capture, transference and distribution of E&P information, with the final target to provide the State with the tools and information to assure the growth, govern-ability, control, independence and sovereignty of the industry.
The two fundamental reasons for a country to establish an NDR are to preserve data generated inside the country by the industry, and to promote investments in the country by utilizing data to reduce the exploration, production, and transportation business risks.
Countries take different approaches towards preserving and promoting their natural resources data. The approach varies according to a country's natural resources policies, level of openness, and its attitude towards foreign investment.
Data types NDRs store a vast array of data related to a country's natural resources. This includes wells, well log data, well reports, core samples, seismic surveys, post-stack seismic, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, geological maps and reports, license data and geological models.
Funding models Some NDRs are financed entirely by a country's government. Others are industry-funded. Still some are hybrid systems, funded in part by industry and government. NDRs typically charge fees for data requests and for data loading. The cost differs significantly between countries. In some cases an annual membership is charged to oil companies to store and access the data in the NDR.
Standards body Energistics is the global energy standards resource center for the upstream oil and gas industry.
Energistics National Data Repository Work Group: The standards body is Energistics.
Energistics-standards-directory Global regulators of upstream oil and natural gas information, including seismic, drilling, production and reservoir data, formed the National Data Repository (NDR) Work Group in 2008 to collaborate on the development of data management standards and to assist emerging nations with hydrocarbon reserves to better collect, maintain and deliver oil and gas data to the public and to the industry.
Ten countries, led by the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, formed NDR to share best practices and to formalize the development and deployment of data management standards for regulatory agencies. The other countries involved in the NDR Work Group's formation are Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.
Annual NDR Conference: Approximately every 18 months Energistics organizes a National Data Repository Conference. The purpose is to provide government and regulatory agencies from around the world an opportunity to attend a series of workshops dedicated to developing data exchange standards, improving communications with the oil and gas industry and learning data management techniques for natural resources information.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists and The International Oil and Gas Producers Association The SEG is the custodian of the SEG standards which are used for the exchange, retention and release of seismic data. They are commonly used by National Data Repositories with the SEGD and SEGY being the field and processed exchange standards respectively.
NDRs around the world
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Country Name Agency Scope Status Purposes Data types/volumes Standards used Funding Website Banque de Données Nationale "BDN" Agence Nationale pour la Valorisation des Ressources en Hydrocarbures (ALNAFT) Onshore and Offshore Algeria Ongoing project - agency created by new law in 2005 Custodian of all E&P data of the country Cultural, Seismic 2D & 3D, Wells, Data Wells, Wells report, Production, Facilities, Economical and Fiscality, Interpretation, Physical assets index, Data drilling, Transcription, Vectorisation, digitalization ASCII, SEGY, UKOOA, LAS, DLIS, LIS, PDS, BIT, RODE, PDF, TIF....etc. Government funding/Agency revenue http://www.alnaft.gov.dz/ EPIS Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) Onshore and offshore Colombia Created originally for Ecopetrol and transferred to ANH when it was established in 2003. New system launched December 2009 Promote and preserve all the technical E&P information assets of the country wells, surveys, licenses, seismic sections, well reports, maps REST Web services Government funding http://www.anh.gov.co/ CNSOPB Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board – Geoscience Research Centre- Digital Data Management Centre (DMC) Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada Operational since 2007 To provide an effective & efficient system for the management of digital petroleum data, assist explorers in easily obtaining access to large volumes of data via the web, Data Preservation and Data Distribution Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports LAS, DLIS, SEGY Funded 50/50 by the Federal and Provincial Governments with some funds from industry through cost recovery http://www.cnsopb.ns.ca/ NOPDCR NOPTA, Geoscience Australia, WA DMIRS Commonwealth offshore
WatersActive The NOPDCR is a collaboration between NOPTA, GA and WA DMIRS. Petroleum data is managed through agreed processes and authorised for public release on expiry of confidentiality periods.
NOPIMS is an online discovery and delivery system to provide access to metadata and open-file well and survey information. Larger datasets are available directly through GA. .Well and survey metadata, well completion reports, well logs and curves, cores and samples, thin sections and slides, seismic (acquisition/processing/reprocessing) reports, navigation and field data, interpretative maps and reports. NOPTA provides funding for data management during the period of confidentiality through a cost recovery arrangement with industry. The Australian Government funds Geoscience Australia directly for management of the open-file collection.http://nopta.gov.au http://ga.gov.au
http://www.ga.gov.au/nopims WAPIMS Government of Western Australia Active WAPIMS is a petroleum, geothermal and minerals exploration database Contains data on titles, wells, geophysical surveys and other petroleum exploration and production data submitted to DMP by the petroleum industry. http://dmp.wa.gov.au Government of New South Wales Active Various online geoscience databases to assist New South Wales including DIGS http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals http://digsopen.minerals.nsw.gov.au/ Government of Northern Territory Active Various online geoscience databases to assist Northern Territories Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/index.cfm?header=Petroleum Government of Queensland Active Various online geoscience databases to assist Queensland including Q-DEX Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/ SARIG Government of South Australia Active Various online geoscience databases to assist South Australia such as PEP-SA Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports https://peps.sa.gov.au/home/ https://sarig.pir.sa.gov.au/ Various online geoscience databases to assist Tasmania Active http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/portal/page?_pageid=35,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL CNPC Chinese National Petroleum Corporation Various oil companies in China with CNPC the largest and parent of Petrochina http://www.cnpc.com.cn/en/ http://www.petrochina.com.cn/ptr/ http://www.cnooc.com.cn/ http://english.sinopec.com/index.shtml Sakhalin, DIGC RDC Various oil companies in Russia the largest being Rosneft which is state owned http://www.rosneft.com http://www.lukoil.com http://www.tnk-bp.com/en/ http://www.surgutneftegas.ru/ http://www.gazprom-neft.com/