Permian Basin Structure (NETL EDX) data contract

What you can ask

“What does Permian Basin Structure (NETL EDX) have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
“Pull the most recent Permian Basin Structure (NETL EDX) records and put them in a table.”
“What does Permian Basin Structure (NETL EDX) cover, and how fresh is the data?”

About this source

Permian Basin subsurface structure from the NETL Energy Data eXchange compilation of EIA, Bureau of Economic Geology, USGS and TexNet products. getHorizonContours = depth-to-top contours (feet subsea) for Wolfcamp A to D (Midland and Delaware), Lower Spraberry, Bone Spring 1 to 3, Avalon, Woodford, Siluro-Devonian, Ellenburger and basement. getHorizonSurface = those contours gridded into a horizon surface for the 3D subsurface view. getIsopach = interval thickness contours. getFaults = basement and surface fault traces and lineaments (BEG, USGS, integrated). getEarthquakes = the integrated TexNet catalog snapshot. Regional 1:500,000-scale map products: traces only, no seismic fault planes. No authentication.

Connector ID permian-structure

Provenance

PublisherNETL EDX Permian Basin compilation (EIA, BEG, USGS, TexNet)

Sourcehttps://arcgis.netl.doe.gov/server/rest/services/Permian_Basin_V2_MIL1/MapServer

API basehttps://arcgis.netl.doe.gov/server/rest/services/Permian_Basin_V2_MIL1/MapServer

Docshttps://edx.netl.doe.gov/

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessStatic

GeographicPermian Basin, West Texas and southeastern New Mexico

TemporalNot declared

AuthenticationNo credentials required

Caveats

⚠ Contour depths are feet relative to sea level (negative below); subtract from surface elevation for depth below ground.
⚠ The service returns at most 2,000 features per query and does not page; results report exceededTransferLimit.
⚠ Fault layers are map traces without dip or depth extent.

› Methods (5)

Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.

getHorizonContours
read
Depth-to-top structure contours (feet subsea) for a Permian formation top in a bbox.
Required paramsbbox
Entitiesstructure-contour
Paginationnone
UnitsdepthFtSubsea: feet relative to sea level, negative below
CRSEPSG:4326
FreshnessStatic (source-level)
- ⚠ Regional 1:500,000-scale compilation.
horizon default wolfcamp-a (Midland); bbox <= 4 deg per side; 2,000 max.
getHorizonSurface
read
Depth to a Permian formation top (Wolfcamp, Spraberry, Bone Spring) as a gridded surface in a bbox.
Required paramsbbox
Entitieshorizon-surface
Paginationnone
Unitsvalues: feet relative to sea level, negative below
CRSEPSG:4326
FreshnessStatic (source-level)
- ⚠ Interpolated between published contours; errors of a contour interval or more are expected.
horizon default wolfcamp-a; bbox <= 2 deg; resolution 8-64; values[row][col].
getIsopach
read
Interval thickness (isopach) contours in feet for a Permian interval in a bbox, as GeoJSON lines.
Required paramsbbox
Entitiesisopach-contour
Paginationnone
UnitsthicknessFt: feet
CRSEPSG:4326
FreshnessStatic (source-level)
interval default wolfcamp-a; bbox <= 4 deg per side; 2,000 features max.
getFaults
read
Basement fault traces and lineaments in a West Texas or New Mexico Permian Basin bbox (BEG, USGS).
Required paramsbbox
Entitiesfault-trace
Paginationnone
CRSEPSG:4326
FreshnessStatic (source-level)
- ⚠ Map traces without dip or depth extent; not subsurface fault planes.
source default basement-beg; traces only, no dip or depth; bbox <= 4 deg.
getEarthquakes
read
Earthquakes from the integrated TexNet catalog snapshot in a Permian bbox by magnitude and date.
Required paramsbbox
Entitiesearthquake
Paginationnone
UnitsdepthKm: kilometers · magnitude: local magnitude unless momentMagnitude is present
CRSEPSG:4326
FreshnessStatic (source-level)
- ⚠ Catalog snapshot compiled by NETL; not a live feed.
minMagnitude default 2.0; since ISO date; a snapshot, not live; bbox <= 4 deg.