Petroleum Blog

Looking to streamline your oil and gas field operations? ArcGIS brings your people, data, and workflows together into one connected system. From planning and navigation to field data capture and real-time monitoring, discover how the Oil and Gas Field Operations System can help your organization work smarter and safer.

Calling all GIS innovators!
The Call for Presentations is now open for the Esri Energy Resources GIS Conference in Houston. This is your opportunity to showcase how GIS is transforming your work and driving success across industries.
Submission deadline: November 14

We’re seeking stories that highlight breakthroughs in:

- Oil & Gas
- Pipeline
- Renewables
- Technology

Share your insights and help inspire the global GIS community. Learn more and submit your abstract today!
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The 2025 Houston Oil & Gas Seminar kicked off at the Houston BP office on September 29, 2025, with a compelling focus on collaboration, innovation, and the transformative potential of geospatial technology in the energy sector. Hosted by the Esri Petroleum team, the event brought together leading GIS professionals to discuss the latest trends and solutions in data management, artificial intelligence (AI), field mobility, and imagery, highlighting the critical role these technologies play in shaping the future of field operations.

Watch the webinar, live on May 28, 2025, that featured a panel discussion of energy sector panel who discussed how location-based technology can improve office planning and field execution. 

Introducing Content Store for ArcGIS

Join this webinar to explore ready-to-use data quality checks for the Linear Referencing System (LRS) network and learn validation methods and best practices for linear referenced features.

Intended for database administrators as recommendations for establishing the product workspaces in an Enterprise Geodatabase (Oracle®, SQL Server®, PostgreSQL®).

Mapping & Charting Solutions (MCS) Enterprise Databases Best Practices

Intended for database administrators as recommendations for establishing the product workspaces in an Enterprise Geodatabase (Oracle®, SQL Server®, PostgreSQL®).

The annual Esri User Conference is back!  It was a great show and we hosted several activities specific to the petroleum community included the energy social, user presentation sessions, the special interest PUG meeting, and more.  Read the blog for more detail!

https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/partner-conference/overview

Join us for the exclusive and now, a virtual event for partners and distributors.