Interpreted Formation Tops & Online Structure Contours

Conduct fast geological reconnaissance of key US basins.

How quickly and confidently can you assess a basin?

Interpreted Formation Tops & Online Structure Contours – covering nearly 861,000 US wells (9,000,000 Tops picks) – enable you to see a basin’s geological overview, understand its structure and stratigraphy, and create regional maps. Geologists, geophysicists, technologists and exploration managers can quickly and easily leverage these geologist-picked tops to:

Generate prospects faster using improved log correlations
Validate new and existing prospects against unbiased data and within a regional context
Map gross geologic structures using a consistent stratigraphic framework for an entire basin
Understand a basin’s depositional environment – trap components, source rock pathways, faults, domes and hydrocarbon maturation
Inform acquisition analysis

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What’s Included

Quickly understand the stratigraphic and structural geology of your area of interest with Interpreted Formations Tops data and Structure Contours. IHS Markit Interpreted Tops are constructed and verified by experienced geologists using loop-tied cross sections, delivering you the benefit of hundreds of “man years” invested in making geological correlations and well-by-well examinations.

Features include:

Files updated daily and delivered via Enerdeq/Web Services and tied to IHS Markit Well Data
Direct Connect into PETRA^®, Kingdom^® or other geological modeling applications for mapping gross geologic structures
New bench correlations in key plays
Hand-contoured maps with well spot data updated daily
Numerous Enerdeq Map layers: Faults, well locations, selected formation contours, land grid, culture information, topography maps and satellite imagery

Surface of the Wolfcamp generated with Interpreted Tops in Kingdom. © IHS Markit, 2018 (Click to enlarge image)

Industry Success Stories

Jake Oil Cuts Drilling Time with IHS Markit Offset Drilling Data

Based in Montana, this trio of oil and gas exploration and consulting companies gained access to comprehensive, up-to-date drilling data and was therefore able to reduce the time required to research drilling programs by up to 2 weeks-- which saves clients money on the front end -- as well as improving operational efficiency and minimizing risks

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Maersk Oil Speeds Decisions, Extends Competitive Edge by Streamlining E&P Project Cost-Estimation

This Danish energy firm makes expert use of an IHS tool to meet tight deadlines for project bids -- eliminating the need for hundreds of hours of manual cost-estimation and saving 75% of the time required to ramp up an outside contractor -- while giving decision makers confidence in the estimates’ proven accuracy.

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Shell Innovates the Biofuel Market with Marine Algae

This group of oil, gas and petrochemical companies has interests in a variety of renewable energy sources and has become the world’s largest distributor of biofuels – exploring ideas to accelerate potential development of a commercially-feasible and climate-friendly biofuel from marine algae.

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Baker Hughes accurately forecasted falling oil prices to enable better strategic business decisions

One of the world’s largest oilfield service providers enhanced the forecasting accuracy of its oil rig count model from 90 to 97.6 percent, predicted the impact of price changes on customer spending and demand for product lines (by leveraging 3,500 factors) and created a model that predicted the deflation of WTI crude oil prices in late 2014.

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