Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system intended to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. In the simplest terms, GIS is the merging of cartography, statistical analysis, and database technology and it influences all aspects of the petroleum industry from locating and extracting new resources to improving field management and ensuring HSE compliance.
GIS is of great importance to the petroleum industry in the following ways:
1. Exploration
2. Data index maps
3. Pipeline routing
4. Well planning
5. Other facility planning
6. Field operations
7. Environmental monitoring
8. Vessel tracking
9. Emergency response
10. Pipeline monitoring

Exploration
In terms of exploration, GIS transform exploration and production information into actionable intelligence. GIS shows data within a geographic context so you can identify leads, prospects, and new business opportunities. By combining operational data with consistent, systematic, and rigorous evaluation procedures, you will have a comprehensive foundation for decision making. Due to the fact that petroleum production operations are complex and dynamic, there is the need to configure well pads, manage work orders, and monitor schedules. These need a real-time dashboard that provides current status in spatial context—on a map. GIS makes it possible. Access this data anytime, anywhere, and on any device via a common operational platform for business.

Data index maps
One of the most common uses of GIS in the petroleum sector is in delivering easy-to-use digital maps that enable oil company staff to see what data is available to them, so that they can drastically reduce the amount of time they spend looking for the information they need to do their work. Often such maps are delivered using web-based GIS applications that require little or no training to use, and show all data of interest side-by-side in a single interface.

Pipeline routing
GIS helps in creating and managing pipeline network from the field to its destination through a powerful analytical model. Geospatial technology helps to accurately calculate construction costs, and efficiently conduct maintenance. GIS keep tabs on the condition of a pipeline and the environment it runs through, and help to stay ahead of the maintenance curve and keep the oil and gas flowing.

Well planning
GIS is being used increasingly for well planning. Not only can GIS be used to plan well pad patterns around multiple surface drilling constraints, but its unique spatial analytics can be used to optimize drilling patterns to calculate the most efficient drilling configuration.

Other facility planning
Also, vast infrastructure, harsh environments, and complex regulations make operating and maintaining a refinery or other oil and gas facilities difficult. GIS helps in planning, operating, and maintaining oil and gas facilities operations effectively. Before building an oil and gas facility, GIS is used to accurately assess the cost and geographic feasibility of the possible site. It is also use in monitoring oil production and distribution infrastructure. GIS helps in staying ahead of trouble and quickly responding by using a common operating platform.

Field operations
An emerging use of GIS is in using flying sensor technology to gather on-demand high resolution imagery across a field location in order to survey a site. This allows companies to regularly monitor sites and to identify and manage change. Also other geospatial equipments are use for better field operation.

Environmental monitoring
In the Oil and gas exploration it is essential that companies are able to accurately monitor environmental changes associated with operations. GIS is invaluable in this regard, able to integrate and visualize time stamped data against a base lined case, e.g. using regularly updated DEMs to help detect subsidence caused by extraction of the resources.

Vessel tracking
GIS can be useful for tracking valuable assets, especially those that are mobile, such as vehicles and boats. Knowing the precise location of vehicles and vessels is essential for the timely delivery of goods and services, as well as for efficient emergency response.

Emergency response
GIS is becoming increasingly important in response to emergencies such as oil spills and gas explosions, both in mitigation planning and response management. Data loaded into a GIS can be made available to all stakeholders regardless of their physical location (e.g. to workers in the field on mobile devices), and even to the public. This leads to better decision making during emergency response situations, and improved public relations.

Pipeline monitoring
Pipelines need to be continually monitored to check for leaks and geo-hazards, and to manage and track inspections, the frequency of which is often a regulatory requirement. An emerging use of GIS is in integrating the map with digital video, often acquired using remote vehicles on the seabed, enabling engineers to see sections of pipeline and monitor hazards affecting the installation.

nice course I love Geography because of GIS and Cartography

Love to follow any GIS topic.

mollymotion:
nice course I love Geography because of GIS and Cartography

GIS is now accepted by professionals from a wide range disciplines.

MosesIgb:
Love to follow any GIS topic.

That's really good.

mollymotion:
nice course I love Geography because of GIS and Cartography

Would be doing a free GIS training for those that have interest in GIS on this platform. Try and follow up with the thread when created.

GISNG:

Would be doing a free GIS training for those that have interest in GIS on this platform. Try and follow up with the thread when created.

I have a related TRAINING I am on. https://www.nairaland.com/3463795/free-gis-training-nairaland-mark

GISNG:

Would be doing a free GIS training for those that have interest in GIS on this platform. Try and follow up with the thread when created.

Still waiting for yours, let me add one or two of what I know.

MosesIgb:

Still waiting for yours, let me add one or two of what I know.

Would do that when less busy.

GIS is of great importance to a wide range of field.
And GISNG would you be doing the training and it's application to these many fields?