bcmca_hu_oceanenergy_offshorepetroleumtenures_provincial

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

BC Ministry of Energy and Mines (Formerly BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources); Petroleum Tenures Branch

Publication_Date: September 05, 2003

Title: bcmca_hu_oceanenergy_offshorepetroleumtenures_provincial

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada

Publication_Information:

Publisher: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/OG/offshoreoilandgas/OffshoreMapGallery/Pages/DownloadableShapeFiles.aspx>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Publication_Date: May 2011

Title: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada

Online_Linkage: www.bcmca.ca/data

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset identifies the location of provincially issued offshore oil and gas tenures off the coast of British Columbia.

Purpose:

The purpose of the data is to portray complete, up-to-date information on the location of provincially issued offshore oil and gas tenures for use in the BCMCA Atlas and Marxan analyses.
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.

Supplemental_Information:

Most tenures were issued in the 1960s. Moratoria on offshore oil and gas exploration and development were imposed by the Government of Canada in 1972 and by the Province of British Columbia in 1989.
This data is provided in the "as supplied" condition. The BCMCA "hid" the terrestrial portions of the tenures for the purposes of the atlas, but did not clip the data to any shoreline.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1960s

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.379129

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.886760

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 50.758289

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.815063

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Offshore oil and gas

Theme_Keyword: Exploration

Theme_Keyword: Provincial Tenures

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean

Access_Constraints:

Original data is freely downloadable from the Offshore Map Gallery at the Ministry of Energy and Mines (formerly Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources): <http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/OG/offshoreoilandgas/OffshoreMapGallery/Pages/DownloadableShapeFiles.aspx>

Use_Constraints: n/a

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Address:

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Data_Set_Credit:

Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Petroleum Tenures Branch).

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Data_Quality_Information:

Completeness_Report:

This data is provided in the "as supplied" condition. The BCMCA "hid" the terrestrial portions of the tenures for the purposes of the atlas, but did not clip the data to any shoreline.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

Publication_Date: September 05, 2003

Title: tenure_BC_active.shp

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/OG/offshoreoilandgas/OffshoreMapGallery/Pages/DownloadableShapeFiles.aspx>

Process_Step:

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 13

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 50.000000

Standard_Parallel: 58.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -126.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000

False_Easting: 1000000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bcmca_hu_oceanenergy_offshorepetroleumtenures_provincial

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRID_BLOCK

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GRID_BLO_1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAPUNITER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Tenure_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Status

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Owner

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.075

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20110825

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson

Contact_Position: Project Manager

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile