digital oilfield

6 Steps to Successfully Implementing Digital Oilfield Technology

What is Cimation? An operational intelligence company delivering secure

technology solutions to the global energy industry.

Larnell Nolan Technical Lead and Strategic Account Manager

What is a Digital Oilfield?

Technology

ProcessPeople

• Measurement• Telemetry• Data Analysis• Visualization• Control &

Optimization• Integration

• Corporate Culture• Change Management• Training

• Mission & Objectives• Job Definitions• Workflows

The use of technology to holistically manage production, personnel and safety, allowing for reduced costs, increased production, and improved efficiency in the oil and gas sector.

What a Digital Oilfield is NOT

• NOT using technology for technology’s sake

• NOT recreating existing data on a new platform

• NOT moving data from point A to point B

• NOT only about data accessibility

….it's about using technology in a way that directly reduces cost or increases revenue.

The Competitive Digital Oilfield

A properly configured Digital Oilfield enables you to compete more effectively with other businesses in the following areas:

• Productivity

• Efficiency

• Risk Mitigation

• Empowers your workforce to be more proactive• Harnesses the data you have to inform better

operational decision-making so it is:• Pre-emptive• More informed • Faster

The Competitive Digital Oilfield: Productivity

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• Focuses resources on high-priority issues

• Reduces time required to resolve issues

• Promotes higher site-to-operator ratios

• Improves communication

• Better management of materials & labor

• Reduces error

The Competitive Digital Oilfield: Efficiency

The Competitive Digital Oilfield: Risk Mitigation

• Reduces employee exposure to dangerous environments

• Reduces windshield• Combats aging workforce through knowledge

retention• Facilitates compliance requirements

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Avoid Common Mistakes

• Don’t Overstretch Yourself

• Don’t Choose the Wrong Projects or Technology

• Don’t Compare Yourself to Others

• Don’t Forget About Sustainability

6 Steps to Ensuring Successful Implementation

1. Understand Your Baseline2. Categorize and Prioritize Based

on Expected Return3. Define the Steps to Implement

Your Solution 4. Implement Your Solution5. Develop the Reporting Tools to

Measure Your Results6. Optimize Performance

Understand Your Baseline

• Document existing KPIs for a pre-project snapshot• Catalog existing challenges and areas of

improvement• Document deferments and cause• Understand the current process and systems used• Include all metrics and measurements

Categorize & Prioritize Based on Expected Return

Technology Solutions in the Digital Oilfield should accomplish two goals:• Address existing issues and deficiencies in production or

work processes• Surpass current benchmarks

The project should always focus on at least one of the justification classes:• Productivity• Efficiency• Risk Mitigation

Define the Steps to Implement Your Solution

• Incorporate a phased pilot approach by creating a developmental or prototype system before applying changes asset-wide.

• This prototype approach is comprised of the following components:• Phased development• Pilot sites• Iterative rollout plan

Benefits of the Iterative Approach

• Minimizes cost-prohibitive, after-the-fact changes

• Reduces the number of deployment issues

• Helps achieve goals in shorter period of time

• Provides better user experience

Implement Your Solution

• Choose the right technology & service providers• The project team should consist of two functional categories:

• Operational • Technical

• Solutions can include a blend of competencies and technologies:• Field Instrumentation• Industrial IT Professionals• System Integrators • Cyber Security Professionals• Proprietary or off-the-shelf software

Develop Reporting Tools to Measure Your Results

• Create reports that document post-project KPIs

• Compare results against baseline data

• Design reports to assess adherence to project objectives

Optimize Performance

• Test and measure gaps between results and objectives

• Validate asset-wide design specs

• Refine and create solutions to address gaps and add features

Examples of Digital Oil Field Technology: Mobility Solutions

Mobility solutions play a key role delivering results in the Digital Oilfield.

• Offers optimal interfaces for user input & system interaction

• Provides better connectivity for communication & collaboration

• Extends office applications into the field

• Enhances safety for workers in remote or hazardous locations

• Enables real-time access to more data

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Examples of Digital Oil Field Technology: Remote Operations

• Remote monitoring and control of an artificial lift apparatus

• Solution benefits include:

• Decreased windshield time & Increased safety

• Increased efficiency: Allows for more time spent troubleshooting and

addressing performance issues

• Better prioritization: Helps focus on the largest opportunity for production

improvement.

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