Exploration Web Based GIS Pilot Project

Why Web based GIS?

Stig Arne Kristoffersen

2013

Harnessing the Web and the power of GIS

Going Far Beyond Mapping and Visualization

Exploration Web Based GIS - Pilot

Why Web based GIS?

•  A ‘one stop shop’ for locating all relevant data in Exploration, providing a common view across the business, along with tailored functionality to be served to specific user groups.

Exploration Web Based GIS - Pilot

Why Web based GIS?

Controlled share of data and functionality across the whole of the organisation

Exploration Web Based GIS - Pilot

Why Web based GIS?

Intuitive and easy to use

“As  easy  to  use  as  using  a  car  rental  web  page”    

Web based GIS - a step towards GIS Portal

•  Information available/ easy exposure

•  Self Service map content design

•  Require high performance server and

network

•  Semi-integrated workflows

•  Knowledge available

•  Prepared fit for purpose real-time updated

maps in carousel (intelligent maps)

•  Exploration GIS Community

•  Sharing best practices

•  Integrated web based Workflows/ apps/ data

Web GIS

GIS Portal  

Aim Provide Good Information Products

•  Designed for purpose

•  Provide Timely Information

•  Communicate Information

•  Support Decision Making

•  “Intelligent Web Maps”

Challenges Providing Good Exploration Information Products

•  Challenge to represent information over space and time

•  Difficult to share required information – jumping through hoops today

•  Spend lots of time in information sharing/searching prior to evaluation

•  Information is used across the whole Exploration, everybody use some

aspect of this geospatial information

•  Existing maps does not represent what various user groups require for

their work today (actionable, take and use directly for their needs)?

•  Lack of up-to-date user specific actionable maps

•  Lack of appropriate standards for display data/information on a map

•  Need to get information out to users easier, faster for usage in our work

Web based GIS support Provides Platform for Integrated Exploration Workflows

•  Complex workflows are part of today’s Saudi Aramco Exploration Business

•  Combine Information drives better results and deliverables

•  Facilitate data and information exchange to make users more focused

(20-60% of present day Exploration scientist’s time is spent on finding/ verifying/ structuring data prior to be

able to perform their analysis/evaluation).

Exploration GIS Integrate Geoscientific/ Engineering applications

Business Intelligence Systems are becoming spatial

•  Business intelligence is more relevant today than ever

(make the massive amount of data available and actionable to all its users)

•  Integrating with common BI systems

(SAP business objects, IBM Cognos , TIBCO Spotfire, MS Office Excel, etc.)

•  Provides new insight

(business information in tabular versus maps or combination of both gives new insights

into asset performance)

•  Web based GIS can leverage with use of 3rd party applications

Example is use of Schlumberger’s Petrel application

Recommendations

•  Management commitment through an Exploration GIS Vision, governance structure

and policies to allow for adequate resources, time and delivery of strategy to ensure

a successful implementation of Web Based GIS within Exploration

•  Implement a Exploration GIS Strategy Plan

•  Establish an appropriate data model for geospatial data with established vendors

already having applications within Exploration