Oil, Gas, and Energy Links

Directories/Missing People

• Big Book - http://www.bigbook.com/
• Employment Screening - http://www.informus.com/
• Find any Person, Company, or URL - http://www.switchboard.com/
• Social Security Death Index - http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm
• Zip Code Lookups - http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
• WhoWhere - http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/
• Geographic Name Search - http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo
• People Seek Resources - http://www.stateless.com/peopleseek/
• Telephone Area/Codes - http://www.555-1212.com/area_codes.html

Drilling

• Global Marine Drilling - http://www.glm.com/
• International Association of Drilling Contractors - http://www.iadc.org/
• Parker Drilling Company - http://www.parkerdrilling.com/

Federal Information Sites

• Code of Federal Regulations - http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=199830
• Department of Energy - http://www.doe.gov/
• Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/
• EDGAR (SEC information ) - http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
• Federal Register/Superintendent of Documents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
• 30 CFR - Mineral Resources http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/30cfrv3_99.html
• Library of Congress – http://www.loc.gov
• Minerals Management Service-Gulf of Mexico – http://www.gomr.mms.gov/
• U.S. Government Printing Office - http://www.access.gpo.gov/index.html

Forms - Oil & Gas Related

Kanes Oil and Gas Forms - http://www.kanesforms.com/index.htm

General Information Sites

• Abstract Companies by US States - http://www.oiltrash.com/trashtools/tools.htm
• American Petroleum Institute – http://www.api.org
• American Petroleum Institute New Orleans Delta Chapter – http://www.api-delta.org
• Discovery Place - http://www.discoveryplace.com/
• Engineerjobs.com - http://www.engineerjobs.com (Engineering and technical jobs located in the U.S.  Browse or search the job listings, or sign up for JobMail, and have jobs sent to you automatically.
• Houston Job Connection: Houston employment website features professional and internship jobs, resume posting service and a comprehensive career directory for Houston and other Texas cities.
• GeoCHEM, Inc - http://www.geocheminc.com
• Geo-Environmental Search Site - http://www.geoindex.com/
• Geologic Stratigraphy Charts - http://www.oiltrash.com/trashtools/tools.htm
• Hoover's Online - http://www.hoovers.com/
• Kansas State University (Conducts independent engine, turbocharger, and gas turbine R&D and testing for naturnal gas transmission industry - http://www.ngml.ksu.edu

• Oil Online – http://www.oilonline.com
• Oil-report.com - http://www.oil-report.com (Oil  News and Job Listings)
• Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (see also Eastern and Central Regions)– http://www.pttc.org
• Roswell Online - http://www.roswell-online.com
• SectorUpdates.com (Provides sector-related investment news and commentary) - http://www.sectorupdates.com
• Subsea Oil Industry Portal http://www.subsea.org
• The Energy Connection - http://www.energyconnect.com/ 

Gulf States Regulatory Bodies

• Alabama State Oil & Gas Board - http://www.ogb.state.al.us
• Alabama Geological Survey - http://www.gsa.state.al.us
• Louisiana Department of Natural Resources - http://www.dnr.state.la.us/index.ssi
• Louisiana Office of Mineral Resources - http://www.dnr.state.la.us/min/mineral.ssi
• Minerals Management Service-Gulf of Mexico - http://www.gomr.mms.gov/
• Texas General Land Office - http://www.glo.state.tx.us
• Texas Railroad Commission - http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/

Landmen

• Directory of Wired Landmen - http://www.landmen.net/wired.html
• Landmen.Net - http://www.landmen.net
• Savell and Associates - http://www.stateless.com
• Waring & Associates – http://www.ocsbbs.com

Legal/Accounting Resources

• Louisiana Sect. of State Commercial Division - http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm-1a.htm
• Mississippi Legal Information - http://www.statewatch.com/
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation - http://www.rmmlf.org/
• Evans and Clesi Law Firm  - http://www.evansandclesi.com
• Worldwide Legal Information Association - http://www.wwlia.org/wwlia.htm

Maps

• Microsoft Terraserver - http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/
• Digital Data Services, LLC - The GIS Mapping Specialist www.ddsllc.com

National/Regional Associations

• American Association of Professional Geologists - http://www.aapg.org/
• American Association of Professional Landmen - http://www.landman.org/
• American Gas Association - http://www.aga.com/
• American Petroleum Institute Delta Chapter - http://www.api-delta.org
• Drilling Engineering Association (DEA) - http://www.dea.main.com
• Independent Petroleum Association of America - http://www.ipaa.org/
• International Association of Drilling Contractors - http://www.iadc.org/
• International Petroleum Marketing Association - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/IPMA/
• Louisiana Independent Oil & Gas Association - http://www.lioga.com/
• Louisiana Mid-continent Oil and Gas Association - http://www.lmoga.com/
• National Association of Royalty Owners - http://www.naro-us.org/
• North Texas Oil and Gas Association - http://www.ntoga.org/
• Petroleum Marketer Association of America - http://www.pmaa.org/

• Society of Professional Well Log Analysts - http://www.spwla.org/
• Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association - http://www.tipro.org/
• Western States Petroleum Association - http://www.wspa.org/

News

• CNN - http://cnn.com/
• CNN (Finance) - http://www.cnnfn.com/
• MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.com/
• OilOnline News - http://www.oilonline.com/news.html

• Yahoo Oil Energy News - http://biz.yahoo.com/news/oilenergy.html

Offshore

• Code of Federal Regulations - http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=199830
• Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry www.offshore-environment.com
• Minerals Management Service-Gulf of Mexico – http://www.gomr.mms.gov/
• Ocean Drilling Program - http://www-odp.tamu.edu/
• Outer Continental Shelf Bulletin Board System – http://www.ocsbbs.com

• Offshore Technology - http://www.offshore-technology.com/
• Offshore Data Services - http://www.offshore-data.com/
• Twachtman, Snyder & Byrd Platform Listing Service - http://www.tsboffshore.com

Online Lease Sale/Production-Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and/or OCS

• OCS Bulletin Board System (Gulf of Mexico lease and production data) – http://www.ocsbbs.com

Prospect and Property Listings

• The Petroleum Listing Service - http://www.plsx.com/
• Discovery Place - http://www.discoveryplace.com/
• EBCO USA - http://www.ebcousa.com/
• EXPROD - Exploration and Production Opportunities Database - – http://www.ocsbbs.com
• NAPE Online - http://www.napeonline.com
• The Prospect Store – http://www.statonventures.com

Search Engines

• Yahoo -  www.yahoo.com
• Excite - www.excite.com
• Lycos - www.lycos.com
• Google - www.google.com
• Search.com - www.search.com
• Dogpile.com - www.dogpile.com
• Alexa - www.alexa.com
• Altavista - www.altavista.com
• AOL - www.aol.com
• AskJeeves - www.askjeeves.com
• Canada.com - www.canada.com
• Directhit.com - www.directhit.com
• Fast.com - www.fast.com
• Goto.com - www.goto.com
• Hotbot.com - www.hotbot.com
• Infoseek.com - www.infoseek.com
• Infospace - www.infospace.com
• Iwon.com - www.iwon.com
• Looksmart.com - www.looksmart.com
• Magellan.com - www.magellan.com
• Metacrawler.com - www.metacrawler.com
• Northern Light - www.northernlight.com
• Webcrawler - www.webcrawler.com

Search Engine Optimisation University 101

• Good Introduction to Search Engine Marketing http://www.marketleap.com/help/seo101/default.htm

Software - Lease/Production Databases

• Geographix - http://www.geographix.com
• Lexco Data Systems, Inc. (OWL System)-Offshore Gulf of Mexico – http://www.lexco.com

• Outer Continental Shelf Bulletin Board System - http://www.ocsbbs.com

Texas

• Houston Association of Professional Landmen - http://www.hapl.org/
• Texas General Land Office - http://www.glo.state.tx.us
• Texas Railroad Commission - http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/
• Texas Real Estate Commission - http://www.trec.state.tx.us/
• Texas Legal Information Services - http://www.wwlia.org/ustxhome.htm

• UT at Austin-Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Reading/petroleum.html

Travel / Maps

• A World of Maps - http://www.aworldofmaps.com
• Excite’s Travel Net - http://www.city.net/
• Internet Travel Network - http://www.itn.com/
• Mapquest! - http://www.mapquest.com/
• Mapworld - http://www.mapworld.com/

• Travel Channel Online - http://www.travelchannel.com/
• Travelocity - http://www.travelocity.com/

Weather

• The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com
• Farmer's Almanac - http://www.almanac.com
• Intellicast - http://www.intellicast.com/