Presented by Yogi Schulz Using PPDM to Improve

Presented by: Yogi Schulz Using PPDM to Improve Geophysical Data Management Public Petroleum Data Model Association Geo-Triad ‘ 98 Convention

Outline q Geophysicists’ data management issues Explain PPDM’s contributions to solving the issues Show How q Conclusions q q Recommendations Demonstrate benefits of PPDM Use Yogi Schulz 2 … the Business Driven Standard

Seisland Map. View Yogi Schulz 3 … the Business Driven Standard

Explain q Data Management Issues - 1 Poor data description on acquisition: Ÿ inadequate records from the field Ÿ poor capture of the meta data q Difficult/impossible to determine seismic lines owned accurately: Ÿ poor records management practices Ÿ inadequate acquisition records Ÿ poor accessibility to data Ÿ no GIS display capability Yogi Schulz 4 … the Business Driven Standard

Data Management Issues - 2 q Difficult to determine ownership of lines: Ÿ incomplete ownership records Ÿ incomplete trading records q Difficult to locate physical media: Ÿ inadequate indexing of media Ÿ poor storage records Yogi Schulz 5 … the Business Driven Standard

Geophysical Data Technical Issues q Difficult to read physical media: Ÿ media is deteriorating with age Ÿ no drive available for old media types Slow moving data to workstation q Incompatible data formats for application q Yogi Schulz 6 … the Business Driven Standard

Dyad Data Argus Seismic Query Yogi Schulz 7 … the Business Driven Standard

E & P Professional’s Time Effectiveness Unproductive Vacations 8% 5% Training 4% Meetings 5% Useful work 18% Looking for data 60% Source : Oil & Gas Journal Fall 1991 Looking for data 26% Useful work 50% Handling data 24% Source : Major petroleum firm Data management consumes too much time Yogi Schulz 8 … the Business Driven Standard

Impact of Data Management Issues Wasted E & P professional time q Wasted seismic shooting investment q Lost opportunities to sell/trade seismic q I calculated the total time that geophysicists have waited for seismic lines to be found and delivered to them. . . D 970505 Yogi Schulz 9 … the Business Driven Standard

PPDM Seismic Subject Seismic Acquisition Seismic Processing Seismic Interpretation Seismic Asset Management Seismic Agreements Yogi Schulz 10 … the Business Driven Standard

Strata. Web GIS on the Web Yogi Schulz 11 … the Business Driven Standard

Geophysicists’ Objectives q Improved: Ÿ data accuracy Ÿ data reliability q Reduced cycle times: Ÿ faster data accessibility Ÿ improved data integration Consistent communication q Controlled cost for data management q Yogi Schulz 12 … the Business Driven Standard

SAS Institute SAS-Geo Yogi Schulz 13 … the Business Driven Standard

Show How q PPDM’s Contributions - 1 Improves data access, accuracy and reliability Ÿ supports seismic data integrity Ÿ reduces cycle times q Reduces operating costs Ÿ industry standard / well understood Ÿ shared data modeling effort Ÿ supports data hub concept Yogi Schulz 14 … the Business Driven Standard

PPDM’s Contributions - 2 q Simplifies application integration Ÿ common open data model across well, seismic, land q Minimizes application development costs Ÿ supports buy strategy / shared cost Ÿ standard data types and structures q Enables architected vs. traditional method to delivery IT solutions Ÿ proactive and opportunity oriented Yogi Schulz 15 … the Business Driven Standard

PPDM’s Contributions - 3 q Supports viewing data as corporate asset Ÿ maximize return on seismic investment q Supports cross-disciplinary team work Ÿ reduces seismic data ambiguity q Enhances total work environment Ÿ reduces time spend finding and fixing seismic data q Enables “Best of the Breed” purchasing Ÿ seismic data sources, interpretation applications q Yogi Schulz Leverages customer, supplier … the Business Driven Standard relationships 16

EDMP Seismic Inventory Management Yogi Schulz 17 … the Business Driven Standard

Data Management Conclusions PPDM is useful enabling technology for geophysicists q PPDM delivers these benefits: q Ÿ enhanced seismic data management Ÿ improved software price/performance Ÿ a common vocabulary Yogi Schulz 18 … the Business Driven Standard

Improved Data Management Recommendations Improve quality of field data capture q Don’t scrimp on indexing q Work to improve records management practices q Improve data management software in use: q Ÿ quality Ÿ functionality Ÿ integration Yogi Schulz 19 … the Business Driven Standard

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Strata. Web Seismic Yogi Schulz 21 … the Business Driven Standard

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Auto-Trol Seismic Line Posting Yogi Schulz 24 … the Business Driven Standard