What Does Stepping up your Game Look Like for Managing Canadian Well Location Data in 2015?

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1 What Does Stepping up your Game Look Like for Managing Canadian Well Location Data in 2015? Calgary GeoScience Data Managers Society November Pat Ryan, Senior Principal

2 Agenda A Bit About Myself and Noah Catalysts for Change Let s Talk Basic Canadian Well Location Data Related Data Needed Relative Dependencies to Consider Developing Data Management Best Practices Establishing Data Governance for Well Location Data Let s Talk about Managing Well Location Data Discussion more then Q&A session Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 2

3 A Bit About Myself and Noah Retired from Manager, Corporate Well Data role at Nexen in mid 2013 after 34 years in the industry Actively involved with PPDM over the years (BOD, Work Groups) Began semi-retirement career with contracts in 2014 thru Noah Consulting Joined Noah Consulting s Calgary team in Jan 2015 as a permanent part time employee Role of subject-matter expert for foundational data management and data governance initiatives Why Noah? Our reputation hinges on our ability to provide delivery excellence at every engagement. We do this through an organizational approach and an engagement model that enable clients to rapidly see value in increased decision making ability. This approach employs contemporary accelerators backed by methodologies and a team of experienced specialists who have a unique blend of information technology and energy expertise. Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 3

4 Infosys to Acquire Noah Consulting for US$70 Million Bangalore October 19, 2015: Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next generation services, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Noah Consulting, LLC, a leading provider of advanced information management consulting services for the oil and gas industry. This acquisition combines Noah s deep industry knowledge, information strategy planning, data governance and architecture capabilities with Infosys ability to provide technology and outsourcing services on a global scale to oil and gas clients. Visit to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY), with US$ 8.7 billion in annual revenues and 187,000+ employees, is helping enterprises renew themselves while also creating new avenues to generate value. Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 4

5 A Bit of Background - What is a Well? Slide content from: Booklets from PPDM: PPDM Master Database Part of Day to Day Business at Nexen 18 th PPDM Annual General Meeting and Fall Data Management Conference November 14 15, 2007 Pat Ryan, Mgr Technical Data Management Each circle represents a UWI in these diagrams. 5

6 Catalysts for Change Why do we need to Step Up the Game in well surface location and wellbore positioning data management? Complexity of dense pad drilling, SAGD well pairs and horizontal wells This is the new normal as Canada plans to capitalize on the Oil Sands and Shale plays! Critical need for 3D well positioning accuracy for reservoir optimization and collision avoidance Multi-disciplinary demands for real-time data, data integration, data visualization and analytics Changes in regulatory, health, safety & environmental requirements Economic downturn creating demand to do more with less Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 6

7 Oil Sands Facilities Pad Drilling SAGD Well Pairs Horizontal & Multilateral Drilling Observation & Water Source Wells Slotted Liner Completions From Surmont Energy website Wedge Well From Cenovus website Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 7

8 Shale Plays Horizontal & Multilateral Drilling from Pads Multistage Frac ing & Slotted Liner Completions Coiled Tubing Microseismic Drilling the Source Rock & Geosteering Alternate Water Management Organic Geochemistry Note: All images & photos were gathered from internet searches Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 8

9 CAPP - Canadian Industry Drilling Stats Well Surface Location Wellbore Metres Drilled Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 9

10 Let s Talk Basic Well Location Data! Simple Well Concept With the more complex realities Surface Location Planned and as-built metes and bounds with measured or calculated latitude/longitude and X/Ys Ground elevation License # and well name Wellbore Path Planned and as-built directional survey with depth, deviation and azimuth along with calculated latitude/longitude and X/Ys Bottom Hole Location Planned and as-built total depth and calculated latitude/longitude, X/Ys, TVD Licensed UWI Image from PPDM Website - WIAW Standard Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 10

11 Related Data Needed to Accurately Locate a Single Well at the Surface Well Origin Survey Plat Survey grid (ATS 4.1 or previous) Measurement reference point Datum (NAD83 or NAD27) Map projection (UTM zone) Planned, as-built or revision? Note: All images & photos were gathered from internet searches Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Note: Survey Plat images courtesy of IHS Page 11

12 Now Look How Complex the Pad Well Example Gets Pad Survey Plat Many well surfaces and wellbores from a single pad Planned, as-built or revision? Note: All images & photos were gathered from internet searches Note: Survey Plat images courtesy of IHS Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 12

13 Related Data Needed to Accurately Locate a Single Wellbore Path in the Subsurface Wellbore Accurate surface location Directional survey report Measurement reference (rig dependent) North reference Planned, as-built or revision? Still relevant Note: All images & photos were gathered from internet searches Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 13

14 Related Data Needed to Accurately Locate a Bottom Hole in the Subsurface Wellbore Accurate surface location Accurate wellbore path Measurement reference (rig dependent) Planned, as-built or revision? Still relevant Note: All images & photos were gathered from internet searches Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Note: Survey Plat images courtesy of IHS Page 14

15 Relative Dependencies to Consider When You Manage, Model and Analyze Well Data Things you need to know: Whose problem are you trying to solve? What applications will you use and where will you get your data? Do you have the right quality data to make the best decisions? The following questions should come to mind: Are the wells uniquely identified in source and consuming systems? Are all the required well components uniquely identified? Are the dependencies between the well location components understood and maintained? What is the source and quality of the data? Is it planned, measured or calculated data? Have the same locational reference datums and grids, map projections, units of measure been used? What were the coordinate transformation methods if not? Were there rig elevation or surface location changes during the drilling phase? Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 15

16 Developing Well Location Data Management Best Practices Developing skilled well data management teams and data governance organizations Building and leveraging geomatics and spatial data management expertise Implementing well location data quality management and associated metrics Developing strong partnerships with regulators, data vendors, partners, service and software providers Formalizing data standards and delivery expectations with service companies Establishing master data management capabilities and leveraging master well data repositories built from authoritative sources Enforcing project data management standards to ensure accurate data for interpretation and analysis applications Modelling after the best well and seismic data management practices and putting a $ value on well data like we do on seismic! Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 16

17 Establishing Data Governance for Well Location Data Process How is data created or modified? Data Governance Who is responsible, accountable, consulted or informed to perform within the Data Governance framework? People Technology Where are processes, rules, terms & definitions captured, maintained & executed? Balance is needed to support effective Data Management Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved Page 17

18 Let s Talk about Managing Well Location Data - Discussion Are you willing to share your well location data related challenges, focus areas or successes? For example: Do your end users have quality well location data to make decisions? What are the consequences if not? Do you have specified people managing your well location data using consistent processes and technology? Is your well location data consistent between applications? How might you be more efficient in managing your well location data? Does your company have improvement areas targeted? Do we need to do What is a Well Location with PPDM? Are you experiencing funding and resourcing challenges due to the downturn or is managing data seen as a priority? Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 18

19 Thank you for your time and participation! Pat Ryan Senior Principal Noah Consulting 10 th Flr Bankers Hall, West 888 3rd Street SW Calgary, AB T2P 5C5 Mobile: (587) Copyright 2015 Noah Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 19