November 29, 2012

There may still be plenty of opportunity for hydrocarbon exploration in Ontario. The Ontario Potential Hydrocarbon Resources Ordovician Hydrothermal Dolomite Play assessment is available to help you discover more oil and gas resources.

Results of the assessment suggest that total Middle Ordovician recoverable gas and oil resources is in the order of 7,960 10⁶m³ (281 bcf) and 6,313,671m³ (39.7 MMbbls) respectively. Eighty-five per cent of this gas volume 6,799 10⁶m³ (240 bcf) and 43 per cent of this oil volume 2,733,296m³ (17.2 MMbbs) remains to be discovered.

Report only $750. Electronic copies are available by contacting us.

September 19, 2012

New Ontario Regulation 98/12 covers ground source heat pumps.

New! Check our exclusive offer page for geothermal drillers. It contains some helpful advice on how to write a prognosis for your work plan required by regulation 98/12. It's all explained on our reg 98/12 video.

Readers may also want to check out our Government Section to read our operating standards and Oil, Gas & Salt Resources Act.

March 15, 2012

Members: Now you have access to all of Ontario's geophysical logs through your web browser. Over 20,000 logs are available.

Logs can be viewed by clicking the Geophysical Logs tab available on all well cards or by browsing for wells using a map interface.

Please see the video below for a short demonstration. (If YouTube is blocked where you work watch this video from our website by opening the Geophysical Logs tab on any well card.)

November 29, 2011

Regional bedrock aquifers and a conceptual groundwater flow model for southern Ontario

As presented by Terry Carter at the 50^th annual OPI conference

• Terry Carter, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Lee Fortner, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Petroleum Operations, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW: Regional bedrock aquifers and a conceptial groundwater flow model for southern Ontario [PDF] (16.8MB)

November 04, 2010

Oil and Gas in Ontario: 152 Years of Exploration and Production. Presented by Terry Carter (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) at the Western Newfoundland Oil and Gas Symposium.

• Oil and Gas in Ontario [PDF](7.4Mb)

July 22, 2010

The Subsurface Paleozoic Stratigraphy of Southern Ontario has all the geoscience information you need to work in Ontario! This is an updated version of Ontario Geological Survey's open file report #6191 and is bound in hardcover with dozen of colourful photos. Find out more about the new OGS special volume.

December 16, 2009

Ontario digital petroleum production data from 1992 to 2007 is now available to all members for free during our four month beta test period, ending May 1, 2010.

Data is accessed on a well by well basis through the production tab on wells cards found using the well search. Data tables can also be prepared by the OGSR Library on a per operator, per pool, or per area basis.

Additional tools to allow the querying of many wells at once should be available online in the new year.

November 27, 2009

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW:

• Ontario Oil & Gas 2008 Edition [PDF](9.8MB)
• Ontario Oil & Gas 2004 Edition [PDF](6.6MB)
• Ontario Oil & Gas 2002 Edition [PDF](5.4MB)

November 16, 2009

Shale Gas Opportunities in Southern Ontario - an Update. These slides are from a talk given by Lee Fortner at the 48^th Annual OPI conference and trade show in Sarnia, Nov. 11, 2009.

• Terry Carter, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Lee Fortner, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Catherine Béland-Otis, Ontario Geological Survey, Sudbury, ON

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW: Shale Gas Opportunities in Southern Ontario - an Update [PDF](8.5MB)

November 16, 2009

Bedded Salt in Ontario: Geology, Solution Mining and Cavern Storage is from the talk given by Terry Carter at the 48^th Annual OPI conference and trade show in Sarnia, Nov. 12, 2009.

• Terry Carter, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON

OPEN IN NEW WINDOW: Bedded Salt in Ontario: Geology, Solution Mining and Cavern Storage [PDF](7.7MB)

September 25, 2009

Ordovician and Devonian Black Shales and Shale Gas in Southwestern Ontario, Canada

• Terry Carter, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Lee Fortner, Ministry of Natural Resources, London, ON
• Catherine Béland-Otis, Ontario Geological Survey, Sudbury, ON

[UPDATE]: Please download the newest version of Shale Gas Opportunities in Southern Ontario - an Update (Presented at the OPI 48^th Annual Conference and Trade Show).

June 11, 2009

Anyone looking for high quality aerial photography in South Western Ontario should visit the SWOOP 2010 website.

Viewing Aerial Photos at the OGSR Library:

Aerial photos taken during the SWOOP 2006 project are available for viewing at the OGSR Library via MNR's PetroGIS application. PetroGIS can be accessed in house at the OGSR Library by anyone who is a member of the library.

June 10, 2009

Check out the current preview of digital production data by downloading the OGSR Library PxTools. This preview uses 3D spheres to show oil & gas production by well for each month of 2007. Use the time slider in Google® Earth to move between months and animate the 2007 production.

April 02, 2009

The OGSR Library is pleased to announce the addition of a new colour laser log printer. Log images and LAS can now be printed quickly in vibrant colour.

Combined with NeuraLog and NeuraScanner the OGSR Library is fully equipped for all your log digitizing and reproduction needs.

March 24, 2009

View well information for over 600 private gas wells in Ontario: Ontario Private Gas Wells

March 03, 2009

Adds Ontario petroleum well data to Google Earth.

Download [KMZ]

PxTools allow you display Ontario's Oil, Natural Gas and other petroleum related wells inside Google Earth.

March 01, 2009

Shale Gas Opportunities in Ontario: a preliminary review

[UPDATE]: Please download the newest version of Shale Gas Opportunities in Southern Ontario - an Update (Presented at the OPI 48^th Annual Conference and Trade Show).

March 01, 2009

Trenton-Black River, hydrothermal dolomite play in Ontario [PDF]