Data Management for Subsurface Managers
An article written by Lee Hatfield of Paras Consulting, outlining the process of data management.
Author(s): Lee Hatfield
Promoting the Exploration Opportunity in Offshore Ireland
Atlantic Ireland is an exciting, underexplored petroleum province. Hamish Wilson looks at the the elements vital to promoting a new area.
Author(s): Hamish Wilson. This article appears in the January 2007 edition of Petroleum Review
Data Prioritisation in the Middle East
This article appeared in the September 2006 issue of Digital Energy Journal
Author(s): Hamish Wilson
How to Succeed with your KIDs
Why do some companies succeed in Knowledge, Information and Data Management while others fail? Or “How to succeed with your KIDs”
Author(s): Dr Alan L Smith. Published in the Digital Energy Journal, June 2006 www.doagjournal.com
Data for Performance Management
Performance Management is a critical skill for oil company management teams. It remains outside the remit of traditional data management specialists, but we believe that there is a clear role for data management to be more closely aligned with oil company performance management.
Author(s): Hamish Wilson - Published in the Digital Energy Journal, April 2006 www.doagjournal.com
Positioning Data Management to Make a Difference
Page 5 of this edition of Upstream CIO features Hamish Wilson's rant as Guest Editorial. It really is a rant!
Author(s): Author(s): Hamish Wilson, Managing Director, Paras Consulting
Information management - recent advances and their influence on the Exploration and Production Industry
This is an article written by Dr Alan Smith from Paras Consulting which appears in the April 2000 edition of Petrotecnica.
Author(s): Dr Alan H. Smith, Paras Consulting
Near-Field Exploration: From Failure to Success
This paper was presented at the 2001 SPE conference in New Orleans. It discusses the process by which a near-field exploration programme was successfully established in BP.
Author(s): Tim Marchant (BP), Hamish Wilson (Paras Consulting) & David Bamford (BP)
Managing Exploration Performance: A Case Study for the use the of Internet to enable Real Time Portfolio Management
This paper was presented at the 2002 SPE conference in San Antonio. It discusses how Internet technology was used by BP to manage their near-field exploration programme on a real-time basis. A copy of the associated presentation can be found under the Presentation Section of this site.
Author(s): Bill Hewitt (BP) Hamish Wilson (Paras Consulting), Spencer J. Roberts (Paras Consulting) and Daryl Fullerton (Biznet Solutions)
Real Time Portfolio Management
This is the abstract for a poster presented at PETEX 2002.Paras Consulting have been assisting a number of companies realise the benefits of real-time portfolio management. This abstract shares some of the experience and knowledge developed in this arena during the last two years.
Author(s): Paras Consulting
The Economic Advantages of Managing Data, ONCE!
This paper looks into the economic advantages of managing data using the ONCE principle. The estimated cost savings available in the UKCS by managing data in this fashion are £1.5 billion per annum, or about $1 per barrel! It was presented at the EUROPEC 2002 conference in Aberdeen by Dr Alan Smith. A copy of the presentation can also be downloaded from the Document Section of this website.
Author(s): Author(s): Dr Alan Smith