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The EP Industry and the POSC Community David
ArcherPresident / CEORegional SIG Seminar New
Delhi, India14 January 2005
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Source Downes Mui, Unleashing the Killer App
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Oil fields of the future real-time oil and gas
operations
Onshore Facilities
Offshore Facilities
Decision Centers
new capabilities much more data much more
exposure
Source Peter Breunig (CVX)
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The VisionAn integrated digital EP Business
with processes sufficiently automated to enable
people to achieve superior business performance.
Source Herb Yuan (Shell)
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Smart Systems

• The basic approach of all smart technology is
  measure-model-control

• measure system properties
• model actual vs desired behaviour
• derive required correction parameters (adaptive
  control)
• implement control

Acquire
Model
Control
INTOPS
Analyze
INTOPS Integrated Operations
Source Shell
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Time Scales (106 range)
Business Headquarters
Slower cycle
Capacity Planning Design
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Asset life cycle and installed based maintenance
or growth
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Supply Chain Management Market and customer
demands
months/years
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Planning of injection/production plan and
resources
Operational Planning
Planning drilling and workover resources
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months/years
Supply Chain Management Market and customer
demands
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Time-scale
Automation level
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Scheduling of injection/production plan and
resources
Opening and closing wells or partial completions
Scheduling
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Adjusting well operating parameters
days/months
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SCADA systems for coordinating flow stations and
pipelines
Supervisory Control
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Gas distribution/optimization on a pipeline
network
minutes/hours
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Monitoring wellheads, multiples and flow stations
Regulatory Control
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Flow, pressure and temperature in wells and
separator
sec/minutes
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Fuel injection to produce heat out of a boiler
Fast cycle
Well Surface facilities
Source Saputelli SPE 83978
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The Problem?

• Theorem 1 50 of the problems in the world
  result from people using the same words with
  different meanings
• Theorem 2 The other 50 of the problems results
  from people using different words with the same
  meaning
• Stan Kaplan, Risk Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1997

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• POSC A short history
• Founders BP, Chevron, Elf, Mobil, Texaco 1990
• Epicentre published 1993, most recent update
  (v3.0) 2001
• POSC/Caesar joint work 1995
• Interoperability specifications 1996
• Organizational change Sponsor to Membership
  organization 1998
• XML beginnings / seminars 1999 (MMS eReporting)
• Web Services pilot 2001
• XML schema / modules 2002
• SIGs reborn 2002
• DSS SIG / EP Catalogue 2002
• New Name 2003
• WITSML to POSC 2003
• PIDX MOU 2003
• IntOPS 2003 - 2004
• NDR5 2004
• POSC Caesar MOU 2004 (IIP)
• WITSML V1.3 2004 (Release Candidate)

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Some factsNot-for-profit consortiumLocation
Houston, LondonMembers 50International
membershipOil 9Anadarko, BP, ChevronTexaco,
CNPC, ExxonMobil,Hydro, ONGC, Pioneer, Shell,
Service / Software 22Halliburton, Paradigm
Geo., Schlumberger, Government / Regulatory /
Noncommercial 20US DOE, US DOI, UK DTI,
Norwegian NPD,
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Governance11 Directors elected from Membership
for 3 year termsHerb Yuan, Chairman
(Shell)Stewart Robinson, Vice Chairman (UK DTI)
David Archer, President / CEO (POSC) Peter
Bernard (Landmark)Peter Breunig
(ChevronTexaco)Steve Comstock (ExxonMobil)Tom
Halbouty (Pioneer Natural Resources)Yogesh B.
Sinha (ONGC)Ihab Toma (Schlumberger SIS)Morag
Watson (BP)Eldad Weiss (Paradigm)
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POSC Standards / SIGs
Reference Data Standards
EP Catalogue Standards
Practical Well Log Standards
Industry Dictionary
Data Store Solutions SIG
Business Objects
eRegulatory SIG
NDR Meetings
IntOPS SIG
XML exchange standards, design guidelines,
profiles
WellHeader, WellPath, WellLog, LogGraphics, etc.
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Standards from a major operators point of view

• It is better to be common than to be the best
• We will get common before we get best
• Claim
• Savings of 100 Million / year due to internal
  standardization

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POSC Standards in Products
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POSC Standards in Products
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POSC Special Interest Groups

• In general, SIGs are User Communities focused on
  a standard, a work process, or some other common
  interest.
• Current SIGs
• Data Store Solutions (DSS) SIG
• WITSML (Drilling) SIG
• Integrated Operations (IntOPS) SIG
• Practical Well Log Standards (PWLS) SIG
• Geoshare SIG
• eRegulatory SIG
• Characteristics
• Open to POSC members and non-members
• Determines, publishes, and promotes consensus
  recommendations

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POSC Standards SIGs
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WITSML WWW.WITSML.ORG Wellsite Information
Transfer Standard Markup Language The right
time seamless flow of well site data between
operators and service companies to speed and
enhance decision-making A New Open Information
Transfer Standard for the Oilfield
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Global acquisition access of RT drilling data

Source Statoil
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Some lessons learned / best practices

• The Right Initial Players - clear focus
• BP Statoil
• Baker, Halliburton, Schlumberger, NPSi
• Strong Commitment
• Initial funding by oil companies
• Oil service companies remain engaged after
  initial delivery
• Effective Processes
• Practical, incremental approach
• Clear focus on target outcomes - through
  implementation
• Frequent communications - steering technical
  teams
• Choice of Technologies
• XML, SOAP
• Comprehensive Output and Documentation
• XML Schemas Server API sample implementation
• Openness / Evolution
• Public seminars and presentations
• Transfer to POSC for commercially neutral
  custody, publication, promotion and evolution

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POSC Challenges

• Help deliver the vision of a digital EP Business
• Deliver data and real-time standards
• expand the WITSML footprint production data,
• expand data types seismic, models, engineering
  data ?, . .
• increase clarity in delivery milestones and
  targets in coming years
• Facilitate implementation and take-up of EP
  standards
• engage with operators and service companies
• Foster membership time commitment to SIGs (5-10)
• Continue to increase visibility in industry -
  increase geographic reach
• Improve coordination between standard setting
  bodies

Source Herb Yuan (Shell)
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David ArcherPresident / CEO24 Greenway
PlazaSuite 1000-BHouston, TX 770461 713
267-5142 phone[phone] faxarcher_at_posc.org
http//www.posc.org