PAD Spatial Data

Welcome to Petroleum Affairs Division Spatial Pages

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Petroleum Affairs Division collects and maintains spatial data to support the exploration and licensing of indigenous oil and gas resources. The spatial data used to support this initiative is now available to view and analyse online. Elements of these datasets are also provided as downloadable datasets or as OGC compliant webservices, the details of which are provided below in the Services and Download section.

Datasets available for viewing include current authorisations (Exploration Licence/Petroleum Lease/Licensing Option), wells drilled from 1970 to 2007, 2D/3D seismic survey locations, the offshore block grid system and offshore geology.

Map Viewers

To view PAD geospatial datasets please click on an image below. Once connected to the viewer, click the Help button if you are unfamiliar with the functionality.

	*Exploration Data Viewer* Click on the image to access tools to view, navigate and query current PAD spatial datasets - download facility for 2D and 3D seismic survey location datasets.

	*Integrated Petroleum Affairs System (IPAS)* The IPAS site gives online access to information relating to authorisations, wells, potential field and seismic surveys using search screens or through the map interface. Spatial datasets can also be downloaded via the map viewer.

Online Services

The following links are available for use with OCG compliant applications (click for details). These links will develop over time based on customer feedback, so if you have a suggestion or recommendation of what you would like to see here please email.

WMS Services
See your application help on how to use the link below. If using ArcMap for example, add GIS Server using the Add WMS Server option and post the url below into the dialog.

http://spatial.dcenr.gov.ie/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?ServiceName=PAD_Simple&

WMS Services in your browser
The following url (contained in the picture link) is editable and makes a dynamic request based on your parameters. Click the link and it will open a browser window and present a map. If you then copy the url and edit the parameters ( in notepad or similar) you can request different extents, layers and format of output.

WFS Services
Please consult your application documentation on how to consume WFS Services or download one of the many free applications from the internet. Please check here for future links to PAD WFS services. When available, the link just needs to be copied and pasted into your WFS viewer (e.g. GAIA3 from the Carbon Project ).

For the best use of WMS and WFS services please consult your GIS product documentation or simply search the internet for appropriate guidance .

Useful PAD Links

Data Download

Divisional Spatial Links

Last Updated:31/08/2010

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, 29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2, Ireland
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