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Abstract: Integration Information for Integrated Processes

WILSON, HAMISH

The process to take a discovery from appraisal through to production generally involves the following stages, geological modeling, reservoir modeling, facilities design and installation, production drilling, and production. Classically these activities are run in sequence with minimal interaction between the main activities.

Recent fast track field development projects have compressed the time taken from first discovery through to production. In these projects many of the above activities are run in parallel with considerable interaction between the various activities. Companies are beginning to integrate their organizations and people with a view to speeding up work processes and reducing cycle time. The industry is also finding that this organizational integration is resulting in better decisions.

In many areas, the barriers to continued improvements in cycle time lie with information systems and information management processes. Integrated work processes require integrated information systems. The lack of truly integrated systems (integrated through the complete field life cycle) is costing the industry large sums of money. Organizations such as POSC are attempting to develop specifications for standards to enable information integration. However the slow take up of these initiatives is indicative of a lack of awareness of how much poor quality information integration is costing the industry.

This paper presents an outline case for information integration and recommends that further industry collaboration is needed to encourage the vendor community to develop integrated systems. New ways of managing a company's information asset are also needed to support the faster decision making time.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90942©1997 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria