History,actuality and development trend of GIS applied to exploration and development of oil and gas
Liu Xuefeng He Youbin Meng Lingkui Zhong Guangfa
1 School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430079, Hubei
2 Department of Geoscience, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023,Hubei
3 School of Ocean and Geoscience, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)are software systems dealing with spatial data The core modules of GIS include spatial data organization,inquiry, visualization, spatial analysis, and decisionsupport The dominant functions of GIS are spatial data capture, management, analysis, and visualization expression As a very important makeup member, GIS has been widely applied in all fields of social lives The application of GIS has provided us a new assistant tool for processing the information on the study of oil and gas exploration and development, such as palaeotectonic reconstruction, reservoir research, analysis of oil and gas migration path, and oil and gas resources accessment This paper first gives a brief functional introduction of GIS, and analyzes the action of GIS on oil and gas exploration and development Then, it gives a detailed presentation about the history and actuality of the application of GIS to oil and gas exploration and development Finally, combined with the research hotspots in GIS field and the status of oil and gas exploration and development research, it discusses the application outlook and development trend of GIS in oil and gas exploration and development
