Transcript Evaluation of GIS technology for the Oil and Gas Industry

Evaluation of GIS
Technology for the Oil and
Gas Industry
Kimberlyn Long
Erin Payton
John Fell
Historically in Oil & Gas
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Independent geology, geophysics,
engineering, and land departments
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Tailored software packages
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Success in the industry based on
complete and accurate analysis
CAD Beginnings
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Used by engineering and geology departments
to analyze geographic data.
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CAD and SDBMS help alleviate tedious analog
mapping and analysis operations through geoqueries.
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Capability to map in minutes or hours what used
to take days or weeks
Traditional Software Platforms
Landmark Geographix
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Layers displayed in GeoAtlas
& Cross Section
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2D & 3D Images, contour
maps, and leases
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Sybase DBMS
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MapObjects Technology
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Shapefiles & SDE Layers
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Legacy database information
not supported
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Selective Data Import
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1yr contract for 8 licenses =
$4200+
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Not very user friendly
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Training & tech support
Petra
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Data Management,
visualization, & analysis
Embedded commercial system
Stores 150,000 wells standard
is 10,000
Retrieval 45 wells/sec
standard is 10 wells/sec
Contour, base, attribute maps
and graphs
$6,000, with $700 for yearly
updates and maintenance
Training & tech support
Traditional Platforms cont…
Seismic Micro Technologies
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Import data from many industry vendors (Tunnel L +)
Connects to multiple databases for storage & retrieval
• Oracle
• Access
• SQL Server
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Visualization through base maps, cross-plots, reservoir
volumes, 2D & 3D simulation, and log analysis
All apps available in one executable
Cost is $15,000, yearly maintenance is $2,000
Claims to be the nation’s leader in seismic simulation
Current Needs
Data Integration
• One corporate database
Information Sharing
• Industry standard import/export
Spatial Analysis & Modeling
• Topology
How do we complete the puzzle?
ESRI’s ArcGIS
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External Database Connection: Oracle, Access, DB2, SQL
SDE layers
Join & Relate functions
Geodatabase provides topology
2D & 3D Analysis through extensions
Versatile across a spectrum of business operations
ArcGIS $1,500.00 desktop software
Training & tech support available although wizards make software
easy to use
“Leading the market in software revenues were Environmental
Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) and Intergraph
Corporation…” Sue Churchill, Daratech, Inc., “GIS Revenues Forecast to Grow 8% to $1.75 billion in 2003”, Daratech, Inc. 2003
<http://www.daratech.com/press/2003/030807/>
Enterprise GIS
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SDE Database built inside ORACLE,
Access, or SQL
All groups share and update data
Duplication reduced
Kerr McGee
BHP-B
Evolution of Traditional Platforms
Geographix
SDE layers
Petra
Shapefiles
Landworks, Inc.
Parcel Edit Tools extension
Applications – Landman’s Toolbox,
LPM
AutoMapper – SDE Layers
ArcIMS
Seismic Micro Technologies
Does not seem to be moving towards ESRI standards
Considerations for a GIS Package
Flexibility – paramount that files can be
merged or used by other software
systems.
Cost – initial purchase price not deemed as
relevant as maintenance, extensions and
updates.
By allowing a program to run more than one
task is not only cost effective, but it saves on
time.
Innovations in GIS for E&P
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Ability to manipulate many data sets
simultaneously.
Real-time monitoring provides
changes in the well as they take
place.
Gives the industry better access to
information that will help them take
risks otherwise not available.
Conclusion
“Ultimately, the desirability of ArcGIS and the
SDE lies in its effectiveness for data
sharing (between groups), data integration
(between features and layers), as well as
spatial analysis and modeling combined in
one set of software designed to easily
unify E&P business functions.”
For Future Reference
Group Technology Assessment
website:
http://www.utd.edu/~jfell/portal.html
Thank you!