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?