Unconventional Resource Areas

Unconventional Resource Areas To find the unconventional resource area map you need, click on an area from the map below.

What are Unconventional Resource Areas?

These areas have been studied and mapped out to help understand the regional framework and potential of each Unconventional Play.

Each data set is different, but includes information like

Initial Production Rates Oil/Gas
Highlighted Activity
Structure
Isopach
Cross Sections
Isopotential
Cumulative Production
Tectonic Features
Drilling depths
Sub Crops
Type Logs
Annotated Logs and Scout Tickets
Surface Geology

Please refer to your area of interest for the specific information available for this play.

“I finally have enough data to work with”

Before using your maps, I had to work with limited state data, which didn’t have enough information on the new areas I needed to explore. I especially appreciate the fact that your maps contain the old well information, which is an important part of a basin's history.

- Joel Alberts, Geologist, Independent Consultant

Formats & Fees Our unconventional studies can be licensed as digital files, accessed online, or in paper format.

Digital map files

Unconventional studies are available as georeferenced tiffs. These studies can only be licensed and need to be returned at the end of the licensing period. To find out the exact licensing fee and term for a particular map, please contact our sales team.

Online access

Online access to unconventional studies are available through Geomap Online. Please contact our sales team.

Paper maps

To license an unconventional study in a paper format, please contact our sales team.

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I used Geomap maps to create other custom maps for my projects. Before using Geomap, I was relying on state-level maps, which weren’t accurate enough. I found that your maps provide more valuable and accurate information.

I also appreciate Geomap’s friendly and helpful team, who delivered high-quality maps I ordered in a timely manner.

- Wynette Devillier, Sr Coordinator/Drafting, Subsurface Technology, Inc.

How Geomaps are created Hand-drawn by geologists with 30+ years of experience, updated quarterly

Creating a contour map is a highly interpretive process. And although a computer can create a map much faster, a map created by an experienced geologist is usually more accurate.

The reason for it is that a computer spreads contours while relying on a mathematical calculation and not a geological interpretation. But an interpreter who knows the geology of an area incorporates all the aspects of local geology into that contoured map.

For example, a computer might evenly space the contours between the two points with different elevations, where in reality a monocline may exist. An experienced geologist familiar with the area will include the axis of a monocline, which will result in a more accurate map.