NGGDPP Well Log Data (QA/QC guide)
USGS NGGDPP guide on scanning and converting paper well logs to LAS (KGS workflow) with a "LAS QA-QC Utilities" Jupyter notebook
- Publisher
- USGS, National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Standard
- Disciplines
- Geology and maps, Standards, Wireline logs
- Licence
- “Public Domain” (image credit)
- Formats
- TIFF, LAS, DLIS, DPK, PDS
- Record id
usgs-nggdpp-well-logs-guide· JSON
Verification
Read on 2026-11-04 by a web reader that only opens the page, never downloads data. Status of the page: ok. Relevance to subsurface work: medium.
- Type
- other
- Access as written
- open
- Licence as written
- “Public Domain” (image credit)
Research notes
Contains no well data: it describes the Kentucky Geological Survey process from TIFF to LAS and typical LAS problems (duplicated columns, depths without zero), with LASIO, Welly and LAS Certify. The URL provided is still live. Only the page image carries Public Domain.
Cite this record
Credit the original provider first; mention Open Well Data (Daniel Delgado-Uriarte) if it helped you find or check the source.
USGS, National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program. NGGDPP Well Log Data (QA/QC guide). https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geological-and-geophysical-data-preservation-program/well-log-data. Page checked by Open Well Data on 2026-11-04. Found through Open Well Data (Delgado-Uriarte, 2026), https://openwelldata.org/source/usgs-nggdpp-well-logs-guide/.