THE RESCUE PROJECT

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THE RESCUE PROJECT

• Mike Castelberg

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RESCUE
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THE RESCUE PROJECT

• RESCUE IS A PROJECT MANAGED BY POSC
• RESCUE IS A JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECT TO DEFINE AND
  PROMOTE THE USE OF STANDARDS FOR GEOMODEL DATA
  EXCHANGE AND INTEROPERABILITY

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THE RESCUE PROJECT

• THE RESCUE PROJECT IS NOW IN ITS SECOND PHASE
• PHASE ONE RAN FROM 1995 TO 1998
• PHASE TWO IS FROM 1999 TO THE PRESENT

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THE RESCUE PROJECT

• IN PHASE ONE THE OIL COMPANY SPONSORS FUNDED THE
  VENDOR COMPANY PARTICIPATION
• IN PHASE TWO THE OIL COMPANIES FUND ONLY THE
  PROJECT OVERHEAD, AND THE VENDORS CONTRIBUTE
  THEIR TIME AND EXPENSES

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RESCUEOBJECTIVES

• A STANDARD REPRESENTATION OF THE 3D GEOLOGIC
  MODEL
• TO INCLUDE SURFACES AND PROPERTY DISTRIBUTIONS
• TO REPRESENT THE SAME EARTH MODELS IN DIFFERENT
  APPLICATIONS AND EXPORT THEM TO UPSCALERS

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RESCUEOBJECTIVES

• TO PROVIDE A MODEL EXCHANGE MECHANISM BETWEEN
  DIFFERENT VENDORS
• TO ACCOMMODATE STANDARD WORK FLOW SCENARIOS AMONG
  THE UP AND DOWN STREAM EXPLORATION GROUPS
• TO FACILITATE ROUND TRIP MODELLING AND
  INTERACTION BETWEEN ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS.

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THE RESCUE MODEL

• A RESCUE MODEL IS INHERENTLY INCOMPLETE
• IT MAY BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED OR AMENDED
• ALL RESCUE COMPLIANT VENDORS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  BOTH READERS AND WRITERS OF RESCUE MODELS

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RESCUE SPONSOR PARTICIPANTS

• OIL COMPANY SPONSORS
• BP
• Exxon/Mobil
• Shell
• Statoil
• Total

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RESCUE VENDOR PARTICIPANTS

• S2S
• CMG
• DGI
• EDS
• Geoquest - Technoguide
• Golder
• IFP - Geomath
• Fugro-Jason - Volumetrix

• Landmark
• Object Reservoir
• OpenSpirit
• Paradigm
• Roxar
• Seismic Micro - RC2 - HOT
• Softplast

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RESCUEMETHODOLOGY

• TECHNICAL MEETINGS TO CONDUCT MODELLING/MAPPING
  TO DEFINE THE RESCUE DATA MODEL
• CONSTRUCT CLASS LIBRARIES TO IMPLEMENT THE DATA
  MODEL
• HOLD ILABS TO VALIDATE THE EXCHANGE OF DATA USING
  THE DATA MODEL AND LIBRARIES.

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LOOKING FORWARD

• The role of the RESCUE project is to continue to
  actively promote, encourage and facilitate RESCUE
  as an ongoing and evolving EP standard for the
  exchange of Geological and Reservoir Models
• There is an ongoing dialogue aimed at bringing
  RESCUE more closely into the mainstream of POSC
  initiatives.

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INFORMATION

• Information regarding RESCUE can be found on the
  RESCUE Web pages at
• www.posc.org/rescue
• Further information can be obtained from
• castel_at_ix.netcom.com (Project Mgr.)
• t.howard_at_shell.com (Chairman.)
• masters_at_posc.org (Coordinator.)

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