Oil & Gas Projects

"I want to thank you and your company for your hard work and efforts to get the survey, plats and permit drawings out on schedule for our 20 mile and 19.5 mile pipelines. Although the schedule was extremely aggressive your company's efforts allowed us to make the deadline achievable."

Sr. Pipeline Project Manager, Operator for over 35,000 mile of US pipelines

Oil & Gas

SAM, Inc. provides complete pipeline and well field surveying, aerial mapping, and data management services to the oil and gas industry.

Capacity, Experience & Safety

Successful oil and gas production depends on an understanding of geospatial landscapes. We've built our reputation on providing just that. With over 350 employees, including 45 licensed surveyors and 90+ pipeline survey crews, our oil & gas surveying teams are staffed and equipped for projects of any size and complexity. Op-Qual Certified and DOT Compliant, we have extensive corridor mapping experience delivered in client-specified formats such as BlueSky AlignDB, AutoCAD, MicroStation, and ArcGIS.

Our aerial mapping group is staffed with experienced photogrammetrists and technicians, operating the latest digital photogrammetric workstations. SAM, Inc. also provides comprehensive LiDAR acquisition and data processing services, which include aerial data acquisition from both fixed wing aircraft and helicopter as well as land based acquisition from fixed and mobile platforms. SAM, Inc. can also work with your in-house database management systems, such as PODS or APDM, to format legacy job book data into a digital solution.

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Our complete pipeline services include:

Pipeline & Well Field Surveying

  • Deed Research
  • Primary & Secondary Control
  • Aerial Photo Control
  • Parcel Mapping
  • Boundary Surveys
  • Well Location Staking & Unit Surveying
  • Design Surveys
  • Metes and Bounds Descriptions
  • Right-of-Way Easements
  • Permit Exhibits
  • Plan & Profile/Alignment Sheets
  • Preliminary Centerline/ Alignment Staking
  • Construction Staking
  • As-built Surveys
  • Plant & Facility Site Surveys

 

Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)

  • Record Research/Data Collection
  • Visible Surface Feature Survey
  • Utilities Locator Services & Utility Marking
  • Non-Destructive Vacuum Excavation
  • CAD Plan Preparation
  • Conflict Identification
  • Utility Relocation Plan

Aerial Mapping and Ortho Imagery

  • High Altitude Route Selection Imagery
  • Low Altitude Engineering Design Imagery
  • HCA Study Support Imagery
  • FERC Application Support Exhibits
  • Orthorectified Imagery for GIS Base Maps
  • Planimetric Feature Identification & Mapping
  • Contour Maps
  • Plan & Profile Sheets
  • Digital Terrain Modeling
  • Preliminary & Georectified Parcel Mapping

 

Centerline Data Services

  • Desktop routing
  • Feasibility mapping
  • Legacy data integration
  • Procurement/Asset tracking and mapping
  • Bulk data formatting
  • Workflow documentation and standards

 

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