WITSML
Success & Progress
David C. Johnson
Product 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
Service
Companies
Information
Operators
WITSML Summary
• Impacted processes
– Data Producers
Data Acquisition
Data Distribution (internally)
Data Distribution (externally)
Data Management
Analytic Solutions
Information
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Service
Companies
– Data Consumers
• Access to Data
• Data Management
• Engineering & Interpretive
processes
Operators
WITSML Summary
• Initial Objectives
• Time savings
• Technology Improvements
• More accuracy
Service
Companies
Information
– Enable decisions using ‘Real
Time’ data
– Simplify data interaction and data
reuse
– Reduce complexity
– Reduce cost
Operators
What would success look like?
Goals stated in Real Time/WITSML usage study1:
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“Access to the information I need to make timecritical 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”
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“Allow me to understand what is happening, at
anytime, for any (drilling) operations, anywhere”
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“The ability to use drilling data from any
technology provider within our (internal)
processes for decision making”
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“Neutral way of encapsulating information so
that it is available regardless of vendor, provider
or version of their various technology”
1 – Marketing Analysis of Real Time Workflow initiatives. Landmark/Halliburton 2004
Information
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Service
Companies
Operators
WITSML Evolution
- from needs of the SIG members
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Inter-company communications
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Automatic flow of data
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Aggregation
Send and receive with little/no manual intervention
End-user application always updated with current
information
Data Retention
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Analysis
Vendors
Information
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Service
Companies
Service Co  Service Co
Operator  Operator
Software Vendor  Software Vendor
Vendor, Service Co neutral
Version agnostic
Applications
Online, on demand
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Data mgmt
Available as needed
Cross firewalls
Cross time zones
Preservation
Operators
Reporting
Agencies
WITSML – Examples of Use
Operating Company “A”
• 300+ wells affected by
WITSML
Operating Company “B”
• 87 wells affected by WITSML
• Impact in all regions of drilling
activity
• Typically 10-15 actively
running (WITSML) at any
time
– 51 in first ¾ of 2006 alone
• 2 month study in 2006:
– 29 wells in WITSML
– 250000 ft drilled using
WITSML
Source – WITSML (October 2006) Public Forum presentations
• Typical operations
– 5 minute update intervals
– Operations Support
WITSML – Examples of Use
• Software Use
– 40+ technology solutions
using WITSML (8 reported
vendors)1
– 33 vendors participating1
– Numerous pilot studies
• Example:
Analysis Co “B”
Service Co “A”
• 15 with my involvement
• 6 different Operating
Companies
• Reporting Agency Use
Merge & Stored
Co “C”
Automatic
distribution
Co “D”
– WITSML oriented reporting
Corporate
Application use
1 – Source: WITSML (October 2006) Public Forum presentations
WITSML – What is next?
Challenges expressed by SIG members
• More Automatic
• Higher Quality data transfer
– Error management
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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
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Proven and deployed solutions delivering RT data to decision applications
– Simplify data interaction and data reuse
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90% of data transferred is related to 4 objects
Limited use of “Operational Information”
– Reduce complexity
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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?