oa Integration of Well Data Management Processes in a Diverse Data Environment

Data management is becoming increasingly critical as E&P companies are expanding their capabilities<br>to keep pace with world energy demands. As data management becomes more critical, it is also<br>becoming more difficult to manage and disseminate the significant increase in volumes and complexity<br>of the E&P data. In addition, in a large company like Saudi Aramco, managing data in a diverse data<br>environment with multiple data producers presents significant challenges related to data standards,<br>completeness, quality and timeliness. These data integrity and availability issues can quite often<br>undermine the confidence in the data and data management effort.<br>The integration of well data management processes is essential for ensuring data completeness, quality<br>and timeliness in a diverse data environment. It is also essential for ensuring accurate data can be<br>delivered to geoscientists in a timely manner. Included in the presentation is the methodology for the<br>integration of well data management processes and standardization at Saudi Aramco for enhancing the<br>quality, completeness and timeliness of geological and drilling engineering data in the corporate repositories.<br>The integration methodology to be presented begins with the understanding of the root causes of the<br>problems related to data quality, completeness and timeliness of geological and drilling engineering<br>data. The effective collaboration necessary between the stakeholders is essential. The integration<br>process is achieved through establishing data standards, a thorough understanding of the data flow,<br>the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders, the data management requirements for data quality,<br>completeness and timeliness as well as the technology required. All these will be presented along with<br>the successes achieved through automation, productivity gains and benefits.