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A National Data Repository (NDR) is a data bank that seeks to preserve and promote a country’s natural resources data, particularly data related to the Petroleum E&P industry.

A National Data Repository is normally established by an entity that governs, controls and supports the exchange, capture, transference and distribution of E&P information, with the final target to provide the State with the tools and information to assure the growth, govern-ability, control, independence and sovereignty of the industry.

The two fundamental reasons for a country to establish an NDR are to preserve data generated inside the country by the industry, and to promote investments in the country by utilizing data to reduce the exploration, production, and transportation business risks.

Countries take different approaches towards preserving and promoting their natural resources data. The approach varies according to a country’s natural resources policies, level of openness, and its attitude towards foreign investment.

Data types

NDRs store a vast array of data related to a country’s natural resources. This includes wells, well log data

Well logging

Well logging, also known as borehole logging is the practice of making a detailed record of the geologic formations penetrated by a borehole. The log may be based either on visual inspection of samples brought to the surface or on physical measurements made by instruments lowered into the hole...

, well reports, core sample

Core sample

A core sample is a cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance. Most core samples are obtained by drilling with special drills into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a hollow steel tube called a core drill. The hole made for the core sample is called the "core hole". A...

s, seismic surveys, post-stack seismic, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, geological maps and reports, license data and geological models.

Funding models

Some NDRs are financed entirely by a country’s government. Others are industry-funded. Still some are hybrid systems, funded in part by industry and government.
NDRs typically charge fees for data requests and for data loading. The cost differs significantly between countries. In some cases an annual membership is charged to oil companies to store and access the data in the NDR.

Standards body

Energistics

Energistics is a global industry consortium that facilitates an inclusive user community for the development, adoption and maintenance of collaborative, open standards for the energy industry in general and specifically for oil and gas exploration and production.- Overview :The open standards that...

is the global energy standards resource center for the upstream oil and gas industry.

Energistics National Data Repository Work Group:
The standards body is Energistics.

Energistics-standards-directory

Global regulators of upstream oil and natural gas information, including seismic, drilling, production and reservoir data, formed the National Data Repository (NDR) Work Group in 2008 to collaborate on the development of data management standards and to assist emerging nations with hydrocarbon reserves to better collect, maintain and deliver oil and gas data to the public and to the industry.

Ten countries, led by the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, formed NDR to share best practices and to formalize the development and deployment of data management standards for regulatory agencies. The other countries involved in the NDR Work Group’s formation are Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Annual NDR Conference: Approximately every 18 months Energistics organizes a National Data Repository Conference. The purpose is to provide government and regulatory agencies from around the world an opportunity to attend a series of workshops dedicated to developing data exchange standards, improving communications with the oil and gas industry and learning data management techniques for natural resources information.

NDRs around the world

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Country	Name	Agency	Scope	Status	Purposes	Data types/volumes	Standards used	Funding	Website
Algeria	BDN	ALNAFT	Onshore and Offshore Algeria	Ongoing project - agency created by new law in 2005	Custodian of all E&P data of the country	Cultural, Seismic, Wells, Logs, Production, Facilities, Economical and Fiscality, Interpretation, Physical assets index	SEGY, UKOOA, LAS, DLIS	Government funding/Agency revenue
Colombia	EPIS	Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH)	Onshore and offshore Colombia	Created originally for Ecopetrol and transferred to ANH when it was established in 2003. New system launched December 2009	Promote and preserve all the technical E&P information assets of the country	wells, surveys, licenses, seismic sections, well reports, maps	REST Web services	Government funding	http://www.epis.com.co
Canada	CNSOPB	Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board – Geoscience Research Centre- Digital Data Management Centre (DMC)	Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada	Operational since 2007	To provide an effective & efficient system for the management of digital petroleum data, assist explorers in easily obtaining access to large volumes of data via the web, Data Preservation and Data Distribution	Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports	LAS, DLIS, SEGY	Funded 50/50 by the Federal and Provincial Governments with some funds from industry through cost recovery	http://www.cnsopb.ns.ca/ http://ww1.cnsopbdmc.ca/dp/controller/PLEASE_LOGIN_PAGE
Australia	PIMS	Geoscience Australia		Active	Various online and web based systems exist for E &P, geosciences	Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports			http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoscience_Australia http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/npm.pims_web.search http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/www/npm.well.search https://vdr.ga.gov.au/
Western Australia	WAPIMS	Government of Western Australia		Active	WAPIMS is a petroleum, geothermal and minerals exploration database	Contains data on titles, wells, geophysical surveys and other petroleum exploration and production data submitted to DMP by the petroleum industry.			http://dmp.wa.gov.au https://wapims.doir.wa.gov.au/dp/index.jsp
New South Wales		Government of New South Wales		Active	Various online geoscience databases to assist New South Wales including DIGS				http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals http://digsopen.minerals.nsw.gov.au/
Northern Territory		Government of Northern Territory		Active	Various online geoscience databases to assist Northern Territories		Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports		http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/index.cfm?header=Petroleum http://apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/irmspet/ http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/npd/ http://apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/strike/CLIENT/display/GeoSamba.asphttp://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals
Queensland		Government of Queensland		Active	Various online geoscience databases to assist Queensland including Q-DEX		Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports		http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/mines/about_us.cfm http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/mines/petroleum_gas.cfm http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/mines/interactive_resource_data.cfm
South Australia	PIRSA	Government of South Australia		Active	Various online geoscience databases to assist South Australia such as PEP-SA		Wells, well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, field data/tapes, seismic (acquisition/processing) reports, production data, interpretative maps and reports		http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/petroleum http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/petroleum/access_to_data/well_completion_reports http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/petroleum/access_to_data/peps-sa_database
Tasmania					Various online geoscience databases to assist Tasmania		Active		http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/portal/page?_pageid=35,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/portal/page?_pageid=35,856405&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL>-	Mainland China	CNPC	Chinese National Petroleum Corporation	Various oil companies in China with CNPC the largest and parent of Petrochina	http://www.cnpc.com.cn/en/ http://www.petrochina.com.cn/ptr/ http://www.cnooc.com.cn/ http://english.sinopec.com/index.shtml
Russia		Sakhalin, DIGC RDC		Various oil companies in Russia the largest being Rosneft which is state owned					http://www.rosneft.com http://www.lukoil.com http://www.tnk-bp.com/en/ http://www.surgutneftegas.ru/ http://www.gazprom-neft.com/ http://www.tatneft.ru/wps/wcm/connect/tatneft/portal_rus/homepage/
Indonesia	Indonesia's National Data Centre (NDC) for petroleum, energy and minerals data	Agency for Research and Development in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia	Onshore & Offshore	In 1997 Indonesia established Migas Data Management (MDM) operated by PT. Patra Nusa Data (PND)	PND manages and promotes petroleum investment opportunities by compiling and value adding available petroleum data and information.				http://www.patranusa.com/
New Zealand	New Zealand Online Exploration Database	Ministry of Economic Development (Crown Minerals)	New Zealand onshore and offshore out to the outer continental shelf.	Opened to public in April 2007.	Data preservation, Investment facilitation, aid in monitoring regulatory compliance, maximise the return to the nation by informing public policy and business strategy.	Wells, well log curves, petroleum reports (includes wells and surveys), mineral reports, coal reports, cores and samples, seismic surveys, post-stack seismic, field data/tapes, seismic acquisition/processing reports, geophysical and geochemical data acquired in mineral and coal exploration (incorporated as enclosures to reports), VSP (incorporated as enclosures to reports), Seismic survey observer logs. GIS data and projects (minerals and coal). Estimated total NDR Size: 2.5 TB loaded, 3.0 TB staged for loading, 40 TB field data offline.	Closely follow Australian digital reporting standards. No naming standards for wells and surveys.	50% Government funding, 50% third party permit (license) fees paid by exploration companies.	https://data.crownminerals.govt.nz
Jordan	NRA	Jordan Natural Resources Authority (NRA)	Onshore	Active	Online data room allows users to browse and select large data set quickly in a controlled and secure environment	Reserves land records, field data, maps, engineering, seismic data, geological studies and well files.			http://www.nra.gov.jo/
Angola		Sonangol	Offshore Angola	Active	Promotion, Organisation & Management of all Exploration & Production (E&P) Data of Angola	Wells, surveys, licenses, seismic sections, well reports, maps		Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.sonangol.co.ao
Early Modern France	BEPH		French Territory		Interactive maps of French territory of oil data are available to Internet users which includes: Permits for petroleum exploration, seismic exploration, oil drilling (data, documents available)	Wells, Surveys, Licenses, Seismic Sections, Well Reports, Maps			http://www.beph.net/
São Tomé and Príncipe	ANP-STP	National Petroleum Agency of São Tomé & Principe (ANP-STP)	Offshore					Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.anp-stp.gov.st/pt/
Tanzania	TPDC	Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp		Began in the early 1990s with Norwegian assistance	An E & P data archive centre	Geophysical survey data, Geological studies, Well drilling and completion reports, Cores and drill steam data		Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.tpdc-tz.com
Oman	OGDR	Department of Petroleum Concession, Ministry of Oil and Gas		Department of Petroleum Concession is running an effort to establish Oman Oil&Gas Data Repository (OGDR) project.					http://www.mog.gov.om/tabid/54/Default.aspx
Netherlands	DINO	The Geological Survey of the Netherlands, a division of TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek or TNO is a not-for-profit organization in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. The main office of TNO is located in Delft...	The Netherlands including offshore waters	Started in 2004. Currently BRO is being planned to succeed DINO.	To archive subsurface data of the Netherlands in one repository and provide easy access to the data to encourage multiple use of data.		WMS web services. DINO uses own naming conventions	100% Government funding	http://www.nlog.nl/en/home/NLOGPortal.html
India	DGH	Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH)		Active - est. and scheduled for mid 2010	Establishing national data archival, improving data quality and access for quality exploration covering large area under exploration and providing basis for long term energy policy formulation	Wells, Well Logs, Cores, Scanned core images, Seismic, Reports, Technical Reports			http://www.dghindia.org/DataManagement.aspx#
Sri Lanka	PRDS	Ministry of Petroleum and Petroleum Resources Development		Active since 2009	The PRDS developed a website to disseminate petroleum data and information to public and to investors to assist promotion of offshore areas to attract investors for petroleum exploration	Wells, surveys, licenses, seismic sections, well reports, maps. Data historic and current, archived on different media (paper, mylar, magnetic tape)			http://www.prds-srilanka.com/data/onlineData.faces
Argentina	ReMasa	Registros Mineros Argentinos SA		Established in 2006					http://www.remasa.com.ar/national_data_repository.php http://energia.mecon.gov.ar/upstream/US_Pterminados.asp
Peru	PeruPetro			Active					http://www.perupetro.com.pe
Kazakhstan		Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MEMR)		Active					http://www.petrodata.kz
Pakistan	PPEPDR	Directorate General Petroleum Concessions (DGPC)		Active since 2001		Repository contains more than 10 terabytes of secure petrotechnical data			http://www.ppepdr.net/
Nigeria	Department of Petroleum Resources			Active since December 2003.	Preserve, maintain the integrity and promote the National E&P data assets with improved quality, efficiency and accessibility in the most rapid, secure and reliable manner		International and PetroBank data management standards	Funded by Establishment Costs - one-off funding by Government and Running Costs - Subscription & Transaction Fees by Operators	http://ndr.dprnigeria.com/
Turkey	PetroBank MDS	Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). It is NOC of Turkey.	36˚-42˚ northern parallel and the 26-45˚ eastern meridian.	Operational since 2007	Data assets preservation, easy access to assets, assets access controlling and auditing, consolidation of assets, national archive, central management of all assets, standardization of assets according to international standards and naming conventions, working with the most convenient assets.	Wells, Well log curves, well reports, cores and samples, seismic surveys, post-stack seismic, field data/tapes and seismic acquisition/processing reports.	International and PetroBank data management standards	Funded fully by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation. Service usage is free of charge.	http://www.tpao.gov.tr
Norway	DISKOS- Norwegian National Data Repository	Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and DISKOS Group of oil companies	Norwegian continental shelf	Started in 1995	To ensure compliance with NPD reporting regulations for digital E&P data. To reduce data redundancy. To ensure that data is made generally available to the oil and gas industry and to society as a whole Long term preservation of data.	Wells, Well Log Curves, Seismic Surveys, post-stack seismic, field data/tapes, Seismic reports, production data.Size of NDR estimated at 160 Terabytes.	SEG-Y for seismic data (currently only post-stack) All relevant well data standards such as LIS, DLIS, LAS, SPLA, SCAL etc. PDF and TIF are also used.	Costs are shared equally between all participating oil companies (48) in the Diskos consortium, including the NPD. In addition reporting companies pay to submit data.	http://www.diskos.com http://www.npd.no
United Kingdom	CDA	CDA Common Data Access Ltd	UK Offshore Waters	Well DataStore went live in 1995. DEAL started operations in 2000. The Seismic datastore went live in 2009. Estimated NDR size: 6 Terabytes	Save costs for licenses,Improve access to data,Comply with regulations	Well log curves, Well reports, Post-stack seismic, Seismic reports, VSP, deviation and test data. Estimated NDR size: 6 Terabytes	CDA has adopted DECC’s naming standards for wells and surveys and continues to work closely with DECC and industry to identify a range of standards (see the CDA and DECC websites for more on this)	Owned by the UK oil and gas industry	https://www.cdadatastore.com/dp/jsp/PleaseLogin.jsp https://www.ukdeal.co.uk/dp/jsp/PleaseLoginDeal.jsp https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/regulation/pons/index.htm http://www.cdal.com https://www.ukdeal.co.uk/dp/pages/deal/CDA%20Seismic%20DataStore%20Price%20List.pdf
Brazil	ANP	Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP)		BDEP formed in May 2000		Stores seismic, well log, post stack and pre-stack seismic data and potential field data(Grav/Mag)	ANP standards in place	Funded by Members	http://www.bdep.gov.br
Mexico	Ditep	Pemex		Established in 2002		Promotes and preserve all the technical E&P information assets of the country			http://www.pep.pemex.com/index.html
Israel		The Ministry of National Infrastructures		Exploratory					http://www.mni.gov.il/mni/en-US/NaturalResources/OilandgasExploration/OilMaps/
Cyprus	MCIT	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism-Energy Service	Offshore	Promotional	Responsible for granting licences for prospecting, exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons				http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/mcit.nsf/dmlhexploration_en/dmlhexploration_en?OpenDocument
South Africa		Petroleum Agency of South Africa		Active	Seismic data, Well data, Samples, reports and diagrams		Standards: Formats – SEGD, SEGY, LIS, LAS, PDF and TIFF, Media – 3480, 3590, DLT, 8mm Exabyte, DAT	From 2010 funded by Government	http://www.petroleumagencysa.com
Kenya	National Data Center (NDC)	National Oil Corporation of Kenya	Offshore and Onshore	Began in 2007, system implemented in 2010.	Digital data preservation, National archive, to implement integrated data management systems, provide easy access to quality-controlled data for internal and external customers, attract oil and gas exploration investment and to reduce data management costs.	Wells, well log curves, well reports, post-stack seismic, field data/tapes, seismic acquisition/processing reports, interpretive maps and reports.	Seismic data- SEGY. 3590 or 3592 data cartridges.	100% Government Funded	http://www.nockenya.co.ke/
United States	BOEMRE	Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)	Gulf of Mexico	Has replaced the former Minerals Management Service (MMS)					http://www.gomr.boemre.gov/homepg/data_center.html
United States	NGRDS	National Geoscience Data Repository System (NGDRS)			NGRDS is a system of geoscience data repositories, providing information about their respective holdings accessible through a web-based supercatalog.		geologic, geophysical, and engineering data , maps, well logs, and samples	DOE has provided funds for the NGDRS since 1993	http://www.agiweb.org/ngdrs/index.html http://www.energy.gov/ http://www.agiweb.org/index.html List of Repositories in US listed also as directory http://www.agiweb.org/ngdrs/overview/datadirectory.html
Cambodia	CNPA	Cambodia National Petroleum Authority	Onshore & Offshore		Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country			Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.cnpa-cambodia.com/
Afghanistan	MOM	Ministry of Mines of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (MoM)	Onshore		Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country			Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.mom.gov.af http://www.afghanistanpetroleum.com
Bangladesh	MOEMR	Hydrocarbon Unit, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MOEMR)	Onshore & Offshore	Active and ongoing via HCU unit since 2005	A mini-data bank has established in the HCU to handle Production data, Resource data by using Database & GIS Software 2005 and promotion of technical E&P information assets of the country		Funded assistance	Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.hcu.org.bd/ http://www.petrobangla.org.bd http://www.bapex.com.bd
Ethiopia	MOME	Ministry of Mines and Energy Ethiopia		Active and ongoing	Promotion of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.mome.gov.et/petroleum.html
Cameroon	SNH	SNH Cameroon		Active & Ongoing	Preservation and promotion of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.snh.cm
Malaysia	PIRI	Petronas		Yet to establish full NDR	Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.petronas.com.my
Spain	ATH				Online GIS databases to geophyscial information SIGEOF and ATH (Archivo de Hydrocarbures)				http://www.mityc.es/energia/petroleo/Exploracion/Paginas/Estadisticas.aspx http://hidrocarburos.mityc.es/ath/ http://www.igme.es/internet/sigeof/INICIOsiGEOF.htm
Morocco	ONHYM	Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.onhym.com
Madagascar	OMNIS				Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country			Norad OfD and NPD assistance
Sudan								Norad OfD and NPD assistance
Morocco	ONHYM	Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.onhym.com
Nicaragua	MEM			Active & ongoing				Norad OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.ine.gob.ni http://www.mem.gob.ni
Iraq	MoO	Ministry of Oil Republic of Iraq		Active and Ongoing since 2005	MoO establishing a centralized data base and NDR for Iraqi petroleum data and to ensure that data & information from petroleum activities is made available and attract more investors by promoting the petroleum activities	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		Norad/OfD and NPD assistance	http://www.oil.gov.iq
Latvia	LEGMC	Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre	Offshore & Onshore		An E & P data archive centre which provides data available for purchase	Geological (well and seismic data, maps, reports etc.)			http://mapx.map.vgd.gov.lv/geo3/VGD_OIL_PAGE/index.htm
Albania	AKBN	National Agency of Natural Resources			Generates and promotes exploration opportunities in Albania, maintains archive of E & P data.				http://www.akbn.gov.al/index.php?ak=details&cid=5&lng=en
Uganda	PEPD	Petroleum Exploration & Production Dept (PEPD)	Onshore			Technical E & P data archive and information		Norad/Ofd assistance	http://www.statehouse.go.ug/government.php?catId=10 http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug
Zambia		Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development, Geological Survey Department (GSD)	Onshore	Active and ongoing		Technical E & P data archive and information - Technical Records Unit		Norad/Ofd & NPD assistance	http://www.zambiageosurvey.gov.zm/
Côte d'Ivoire	MME	Ministry of Mines & Energy	Onshore & Offshore					Norad/Ofd and NPD assistance	http://www.cotedivoirepr.ci/ http://www.petroci.ci/index.php?numlien=31
Kingdom of Romania		National Agency for Mineral Resources			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.namr.ro/main_en.htm
Fiji	SOPAC	Mineral Resources Dept Fiji		Created as SOPAC Petroleum Data Bank a cooperative effort with Geoscience Australia	SOPAC acts as custodian and primary point for E & P data & information preserved on behalf of Pacific Island member nations	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		In part externally managed	http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/ http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/petroleum/petroleum.html http://www.ga.gov.au/energy/projects/pacific-islands-applied-geoscience-commission.html http://www.sopac.org/index.php/member-countries/fiji-islands
Papua New Guinea	SOPAC	Department of Petroleum and Energy		Created as SOPAC Petroleum Data Bank a cooperative effort with Geoscience Australia	SOPAC acts as custodian and primary point for E & P data & information preserved on behalf of Pacific Island member nations	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		Externally managed	http://www.petroleum.gov.pg http://www.petrominpng.com.pg/about.html http://www.ga.gov.au/energy/projects/pacific-islands-applied-geoscience-commission.html http://www.sopac.org/index.php/member-countries/papua-new-guinea
Solomon Islands	SOPAC			Created as SOPAC Petroleum Data Bank a cooperative effort with Geoscience Australia	SOPAC acts as custodian and primary point for E & P data & information preserved on behalf of Pacific Island member nations	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		Externally managed	http://www.ga.gov.au/energy/projects/pacific-islands-applied-geoscience-commission.html http://www.sopac.org/index.php/member-countries/solomon-islands
Tonga	SOPAC			Created as SOPAC Petroleum Data Bank a cooperative effort with Geoscience Australia	SOPAC acts as custodian and primary point for E & P data & information preserved on behalf of Pacific Island member nations	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		Externally managed	http://www.ga.gov.au/energy/projects/pacific-islands-applied-geoscience-commission.html http://www.sopac.org/index.php/member-countries/tonga
Vanuatu	SOPAC			Created as SOPAC Petroleum Data Bank a cooperative effort with Geoscience Australia	SOPAC acts as custodian and primary point for E & P data & information preserved on behalf of Pacific Island member nations	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		Externally managed	http://www.ga.gov.au/energy/projects/pacific-islands-applied-geoscience-commission.html http://www.sopac.org/index.php/member-countries/vanuatu
Guyana	GGMC	Guyana Geology and Mines Commission			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.ggmc.gov.gy
Syria	SPC	Syrian Petroleum Company							http://www.spc-sy.com/en/aboutus/aboutus1_en.php
Liberia	NOCAL	National Oil Company of Liberia			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.nocal-lr.com/
Chile	ENAP	National Oil Company of Chile			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.enap.cl
Thailand	PTTEP	PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.pttep.com/ http://www.pttep.com/en/index.aspx
Venezuela	PDVSA	Petroleos de Venezuela	Onshore & Offshore		Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.pdvsa.com/
		Trinidad Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.energy.gov.tt/energy_industry.php?mid=31 http://www.petrotrin.com/Petrotrin2007/UpstreamBusiness.htm
Mozambique	NAPD			Established in 1999 under NORAD support	To ensure that data & information from petroleum activities is made available and attract more investors by promoting the petroleum activities	Well logs, Maps, Magnetic tapes, Core & cutting samples, Other geological and geophysical information		National Budget and INP funds	http://www.inp.gov.mz
Denmark		Danish Energy Agency			Online GIS service for wells and license data				http://www.ens.dk/EN-US/OILANDGAS/Sider/Oilandgas.aspx
Dominican Republic		Directorate of Hydrocarbons							http://www.dgm.gov.do/sdhidrocarburo/index.html
Equatorial Guinea					Exploration databank for Equatorial Guinea				http://www.equatorialoil.com http://www.equatorialoil.com/database.html
Faroe Islands	Jardfeingi	Jardfeingi Faorese Earth and Energy Directorate			Promotion of exploration and licensing rounds				http://www.jardfeingi.fo
Philippines	PNOC	Philippine National Oil Company			Promotion of exploration and licensing rounds				http://www.pnoc.com.ph http://www.pnoc-ec.com.ph/business.php?id=2
Greenland	NunaGIS	BMP- Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum		Online GIS with licensing round promotion for hydrocarbons.					http://www.bmp.gl http://licence-map.bmp.gl/
Iceland	Iceland Continental Shelf Portal (ICSP)	Orkustofnunn - National Energy Authority	Offshore	The Iceland Continental Shelf Portal (ICSP)	Provides access to information about data pertaining to the Icelandic Continental Shelf, in particular initially to the northern Dreki Area to assist with licensing round promotion				http://www.os.is http://www.nea.is/oil-and-gas-exploration/
Myanmar	MOGE	Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise							http://www.energy.gov.mm/upstreampetroleumsubsector.htm
Yemen	PEPA	Petroleum Exploration and Production Authority (PEPA)							http://www.pepa.com.ye/
Tunisia	ETAP	Enterprise Tunisienne D’Activities Petrolieres			Promotion and preservation of technical E&P information assets of the country				http://www.etap.com.tn
Gabon	DGH	Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH)							http://www.gabon-industriel.com/les-actions/energie/petrole
Republic of the Congo	SNPC	Société Nationale des pétroles du Congo
Mali	Aurep	Autorite pour la Promotion de la Recherce des Petroliere au Mali			Databank service managing the geological and geophysical data relative to petroleum research.				http://www.aurep.org http://www.aurep.org/htmlpages/mali.html
Guatemala	MEM	Dirección General de Hidrocarbures			Online maps and images of wells, seismic, licenses, protected areas, exploration and production				http://www.mem.gob.gt/Portal/home.aspx http://www.mem.gob.gt/Portal/Home.aspx?secid=25
Iran	NIOC	National Oil Company of Iran							http://www.nioc.ir
Libya	NOC	NOC Libya			Virtual data room in place for promotion of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons
United Arab Emirates	ADNOC	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company							http://www.adnoc.ae
Qatar		Qatar Petroleum							http://www.qp.com.qa
South Korea	KNOC	Korea National Petroleum Corporation							http://www.knoc.co.kr
Seychelles	SNOC	Seychelles National Oil Company
Saudi Arabia		Saudi Aramco							http://www.saudiaramco.com
Belarus									http://geologiya.org/index.php?categoryid=14 http://minpriroda.by/ru/napravlenia/minsyrbaza
East Timor	LAFAEK	Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo			Online GIS with wells and licences			Norad/OfD assistance	http://www.anp-tl.org/webs/anptlweb.nsf/pgMaps