WellPlotML Bringing it all together

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WellPlotMLBringing it all together

• Samit Sengupta

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The Knowledge Deficit

• 6-12 of an employees time is spent locating
  information resources (The Delphi Group)
• A typical employee spends 30 minutes a day
  searching for information (CIO.com)
• Less than 20 of the knowledge available to the
  company is actually utilized (The Delphi Group)
• F500 Companies will Lose a Combined 32 Billion
  by 2003 due to knowledge sharing problem (Source
  IDC)

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Building Knowledge Capital
Information becomes knowledge only when it is in
the hands of somebody who knows what to do with
it. Peter Drucker
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Information exchange

• Information exchange requires
• Data and Plot

Depth GR Feet API 4210.0 45.0 4210.5 42.3 4211.0 3
9.7 4211.5 39.6 4212.0 42.8 4212.5 45.2 4213.0 43.
8 . ..

• Core Data
• No Top Bot Recov
• 4270 4310 80
• . . .

Depth ROP T.GAS Feet FT/HR 4210.0 139.5 0.001 42
15.0 153.6 0.010 4220.0 156.0 0.012 4225.0 158.8 0
.010 4230.0 161.3 0.018 . ..
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Convert Data to Information

• Data is the building block of information.
• Use Information to convey trends that are not
  easily identifiable in data.

Months Price 1 56 2 30 3 45 4 22 5 33 6 32 7 45 8
67 9 90 10 120 11 73 12 81
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Derive Knowledge

• Knowledge is the foundation of decision making
  process
• Use expertise to discriminate information

Stock Performance
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Hmm!! I wonder what I should do with my stocks?
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Knowledge Cookbook

• Capture Data
• Convert to a Plot
• Share Information
• Collaborate

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Reed vs Metcalfe

• Metcalfes Law - Value ? n2
• Reeds Law - Value ? 2n
• A Group Forming Network (GFN) offers
  significantly better value as number of users
  increase

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Metcalfes Law in action

• Email exchange
• Multi-format data

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Reeds Law in action

• Webbed collaboration
• All data in XML

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Getting the most out of Data
View
Data


Plot
Lithology log
Lith
Data
Completion log
Comp
Progress log
Prog
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XML Standards

• WellLogML for curve data
• LogGraphicsML views
• Other evolving standard
• Collaborate with WellPlotML

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Bringing it all together
WellLogML (curve data)
WellPlotML (plot control file)
LogGraphicsML (log format)
OtherML (other data)
OtherViewML (display parameters)
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WellPlotML

• An easy way to publish well logs
• Provides links to all files required to display a
  plot
• WellLogML files for curve data
• LogGraphicsML for view information (track layout,
  scales. )
• Plan to incorporate other standards
• Allows selectable depth system MD/TVD
• Serves as a repository of all discussions related
  to the plot

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Example WellPlotML

• lt?xml version'1.0'?gt
• ltWellPlotML name"DemoLog 44-23-1"
  indexType"DEPTH" indexUnits"Ft"
  startIndex"4000.0" endIndex"6000.0"gt
• ltWellLogML location"http//www.ourWellCompany.co
  m/Wells/44-23-1/Mudlog01.xml"/gt
• ltWellLogML location"http//www.ourWellCompany.co
  m/Wells/44-23-1/Mudlog02.xml"/gt
• ltWellLogML location"http//www.ourWellCompany.co
  m/Wells/44-23-1/Run1.xml"/gt
• ltWellLogML location"http//www.ourWellCompany.co
  m/Wells/44-23-1/Run2.xml"/gt
• ltWellInformationML location"http//www.ourWellCo
  mpany.com/Wells/44-23-1/WellInfo_1.xml"/gt
• ltLogGraphicsML location"http//www.ourWellCompan
  y.com/Layouts/DemoLog_1_500.xml"/gt
• ltAnnotation author"John Smith, ExampleA Oil
  Company"
• timestamp"2001/04/16 132449"
• text"Example annotation for the whole plot"gt
• ltAnnotation author"John Doe, ExampleB Oil
  Company "
• timestamp"2001/04/17 001302
• text"Comments on 'Example annotation'"/gt

DATA FILES
FORMAT FILE
DISCUSSION THREADS
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What remains
XML standards for different data
and their presentation parameter
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Way forward

• Publication of WellPlotML v0.1
• Support for evolving XML standards
• Review based enhancements
• POSC eBusiness initiatives

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• Thank you!!
• Samit Sengupta
• Tel [phone] (UK)
• 1 713 917 6755 (USA)
• Fax [phone] (UK)