The Real Time Operations Center

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The Real Time Operations Center People, Processes
and Technology Linda Dodge POSC WITSML
Conference June 5, 2003 / Aberdeen, UK Sept. 19,
2003 / Houston Tx.
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Why the need for a Real Time Operations Center?

• Dealing with more complex, more costly, and
  technically challenging wells
• Pro-active versus Re-active
• Improve communication between all team members
• Reduce well cost, specifically down hole trouble
  time by 10
• Leveraging global skills and expertise

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RTOC Vision

• Clearly adds value and improves multidisciplinary
  decisions by managing and analyzing surface and
  subsurface data during Planning phase Real Time
  operations.
• RTOC is used as a common ground by all teams who
  are fully trained to use it
• The RTOC will drive well cost down, sustainable
  improvements over time
• The opportunity for WITSML!

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WITSML

• A common ground for all Well Planning and
  Execution Activity (Proactive versus reactive)
• A world class center, opened April 1, 2003 in
  New Orleans
• Pilot for WITSML-enabled applications

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People Issues Leveraging expertise, sharing
decisions

• Big Brother Syndrome?

• solution!
• Engaged offshore foremen in training plan inside
  RTOC
• Collaboratively crafted procedures that keeps the
  foreman at the center of critical decision making
  
• Same info available offshore / onshore

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Success Factors

• After all technology and processes are put in
  place, only the people can make the difference
• A pilot phase was important to define the
  different needs of different groups and to define
  a detailed functional specification
• If given the proper attention and resources, it
  has paid off and will continue to do so

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Reference
SPE/IADC 79893 Real Time Operations Centers
The people aspects of Drilling Decision
Making Leendert-Jan Ursem-SPE, Jevon H.
Williams-SPE Shell Exploration Production
Company Nicholas M. Pellerin-SPE, Dean H.
Kaminski-SPE, Halliburton/Sperry-Sun