NOPIMS Australia

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Australian Commonwealth offshore petroleum wells and seismic surveys (NOPTA / NOPSEMA). Carnarvon, Browse, Bonaparte, Otway, and Gippsland basins covered. No credentials required.

What is NOPIMS Australia?

National Offshore Petroleum Information Management System (NOPIMS) — data published by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) on behalf of NOPSEMA. Covers ~8030 Australian offshore + state-waters petroleum wells and ~57K 2D seismic lines / 362 3D survey footprints. Major basins: Northern Carnarvon (1096 wells), Gippsland (948), Bonaparte (449), Browse (283), Otway (170). Production volumes are permanently confidential under Australian Regulations 8.02(3) and 10.02(3) — not available in any public service. License: CC-BY 4.0. Last verified 2026-05-04 against arcgis.nopta.gov.au (original GA 2017 snapshot URL is retired).

Available Tools

searchWells
Offshore petroleum wells (~8030). Filter by basin, operator, purpose (Exploration/Development/Appraisal), jurisdiction, bbox, or year.
getWell
Single well lookup by name (partial match). Returns first match including all NOPTA attributes.
search2DSeismic
2D seismic survey lines (~57,231 lines). Filter by basin or bbox. Use format='geojson' for line geometries.
search3DSeismic
3D seismic survey footprint polygons (362 total — the full dataset). Use format='geojson' for polygon footprints.
getServiceInfo
Record counts and schema for the 3 NOPTA layers. Includes migration note from retired GA 2017 service.

Requirements

Toggle On
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable NOPIMS Australia with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchWells with country and status filters to explore offshore well data across 18 EU countries.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect NOPIMS Australia to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect NOPIMS Australia to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting NOPIMS Australia to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"NOPIMS Australia-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}