Post on 14-Jan-2016
WITSML Success & Progress
David C. JohnsonProduct Manager (WITSML)Halliburton/Landmark
WITSML Summary
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”
An Open Information Transfer Standard for the Oilfield
WITSML Summary
• Initial vision of participants– Data Producers– Data Consumers
Operators
Service Companies
Information
WITSML Summary
• Impacted processes– Data Producers
• Data Acquisition• Data Distribution (internally)• Data Distribution (externally)• Data Management • Analytic Solutions
– Data Consumers• Access to Data• Data Management• Engineering & Interpretive
processes
Operators
Service Companies
Information
WITSML Summary
• Initial Objectives– Enable decisions using ‘Real
Time’ data– Simplify data interaction and
data reuse– Reduce complexity– Reduce cost
• Time savings• Technology Improvements• More accuracy Operators
Service Companies
Information
What would success look like?
Goals stated in Real Time/WITSML usage study1:
• “Access to the information I need to make time-critical decisions, regardless of who I am currently working with (as a Service Company)”
• “Save me 15 minutes a day, by not having to type in some data that is already in electronic format somewhere else”
• “Allow me to understand what is happening, at anytime, for any (drilling) operations, anywhere”
• “The ability to use drilling data from any technology provider within our (internal) processes for decision making”
• “Neutral way of encapsulating information so that it is available regardless of vendor, provider or version of their various technology”
Operators
Service Companies
Information
1 – Marketing Analysis of Real Time Workflow initiatives. Landmark/Halliburton 2004
WITSML Evolution - from needs of the SIG members
• Inter-company communications– Service Co Service Co– Operator Operator– Software Vendor Software Vendor
• Automatic flow of data– Send and receive with little/no manual
intervention– End-user application always updated with
current information
• Data Retention– Vendor, Service Co neutral– Version agnostic
• Online, on demand– Available as needed– Cross firewalls– Cross time zones
Operators
Service Companies
Information
Preservation
Analysis Vendors
Aggregation
Data mgmt
Applications
ReportingAgencies
WITSML – Examples of Use
Operating Company “A”• 300+ wells affected by
WITSML
• Impact in all regions of drilling activity
• 2 month study in 2006:– 29 wells in WITSML– 250000 ft drilled using
WITSML
Operating Company “B”• 87 wells affected by
WITSML – 51 in first ¾ of 2006 alone
• Typically 10-15 actively running (WITSML) at any time
• Typical operations– 5 minute update intervals– Operations Support
Source – WITSML (October 2006) Public Forum presentations
WITSML – Examples of Use
• Software Use – 40+ technology solutions
using WITSML (8 reported vendors)1
– 33 vendors participating1
– Numerous pilot studies • 15 with my involvement• 6 different Operating
Companies
• Reporting Agency Use– WITSML oriented
reporting
• Example:
1 – Source: WITSML (October 2006) Public Forum presentations
Service Co “A”
Analysis Co “B”
Merge & Stored Co “C”
Automatic distribution
Co “D”
Corporate Application use
WITSML – What is next?
Challenges expressed by SIG members• More Automatic• Higher Quality data transfer
– Error management
• Higher Speed• Data management• Expand data coverage• Incorporation by End-User applications• Deploy, Deploy, Deploy…
WITSML – Success Measurement
• Are we delivering the objective?– Enable decisions using ‘Real Time’ data
• Proven and deployed solutions delivering RT data to decision applications
– Simplify data interaction and data reuse• 90% of data transferred is related to 4 objects• Limited use of “Operational Information”
– Reduce complexity• Incorporation of data has moved from days to hours and minutes• Initiation of data use still issue• Errors still exist
– Reduce cost• Time savings
– 5 minute intervals on loading are now considered “Normal” or “Maximum”
• Technology Improvements– Application use of RT data increasing
• More accuracy – Adoption and Use rate indicates value
WITSML
• Questions?