Lee Allison

1. The National Geothermal Data System:
A National, Sustainable, Distributed, Interoperable
Data Network
NGDS
Lee Allison, Stephen Richard, Ryan Clark, Diane Love, Kim Patten, Celia Coleman,
Christy Caudill, Esty Pape, Genhan Chen, Janel Day, & Leah Musil
Arizona Geological Survey
Page 1 RDAP, Baltimore, April 4, 2013

2. www.geothermaldata.gov
National network, distributed, open source
Beta operational mode today
Millions of oil & gas and water wells and related data
Widely compatible with industry, government, academia
Scalable and transportable for all spatial data
Ready to use for multi-faceted geoscience applications

3. Data resources online in NGDS
>325 data sets from all 50 states
>4.4 million records
>14,500 documents & maps
 Digital, online, and growing fast!
>840,000 oil & gas wells
>410,000 water wells
>9,000 geothermal wells

4. Nationwide Borehole
Temperature Data

5. Zoom to and add to map – CA BHTs
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www.stategeothermaldata.org

6. Global data online in NGDS
Canada
Borehole Lithology Intervals – 4,395
Borehole Temperatures – 96,717
Radiogenic Heat Production values – 2,319
Thermal Conductivity measurements – 28,019
Well Headers – 1,903

7. Geothermal Exploration:
Everything Digital, Online,
and Interoperable
www.geothermaldata.org
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