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NDR8 Conference, Cape Town February 2008
Co-operation between governments and the oil industry, working together with standards institutions, can attract investment from the industry to under-explored regions.
This article was written by Tracey Dancy and appeared in the June/July 2008 issue of Digital Energy Journal
SMI London DM Conference 2008
While it was clear that the challenges faced by the industry remain, it was obvious that strategies and emphasis are changing. We accept now that technology is constantly being updated to accommodate the increasing requirements of the industry, and the focus has now shifted towards improvements in work processes and concerns over people “issues”.
This article was written by Tracey Dancy and appeared in the April/May 2008 issue of Digital Energy Journal
Houston Oil and Gas Exchange 2007
"It is clear that managing knowledge is not something that can be achieved through technology alone, people, and trust in people, is vital".
This article was written by Tracey Dancy, and appeared in the November/December 2007 issue of Digital Energy Journal
No Single DM Solution - PNEC 2007 Conference
"One emerging theme of Philp C Crouse's first ever European conference, was that there is no single way to fix oil companies data and knowledge management challenges - but enforcing universal rules goes a long way to help"
This article was written by Tracey Dancy and appeared in the May/June 2007 issue of Digital Energy Journal
Good Subsurface Data
Data management has become one of the most important tasks facing subsurface teams. As more and more data is acquired it becomes more important to manage that data in order to avoid the cost and time issues associated with mismanagement of data.
This article was written by Lee Hatfield, and appeared in the May/June 2007 issue of Digital Energy Journal
Service Oriented Architecture
"The challenge facing both oil companies and service companies is to find a sustainable integration solution for multiple sources and types of data. The acquisition, storage and access capability of data at every stage of the exploration and production process has to be high on the priority list of any producer aspiring to enhance capacity".
This article was written by Tracey Dancy and appeared in the April 2007 issue of Digital Energy Journal.
IM - Recent Advances
"Technological change has been one of the key drivers of business evolution over time.....traditional boundaries between companies have become blurred, and this changes the value structure in many industries. The Oil and Gas industry is no exception".
This article was written by Dr Alan Smith and appeared in the April 2000 edition of Petrotecnica.
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.
This article by Hamish Wilson appeared in the January 2007 edition of Petroleum Review
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
This article by Hamish Wilson was published in the April 2006 edition of Digital Energy Journal
Positioning Data Management to make a difference
"Forcing oil companies to document reserves for reporting to regulatory agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission could be the lever to drive data management towards best practices, which, in turn, will drive corporate performance."
This article by Hamish Wilson appeared in the June 2005 edition of Upstream CIO
How to Succeed with your KIDs
‘As organisations move up the maturity scale, KID management tends to come under a single structure, and roles and responsibilities are better understood. It is also interesting to note that these organisations tend to come under the IT function rather than exploration or development.’
This article, written by Dr Alan Smith, was published in the June 2006 Digital Energy Journal,under the title "Nurturing your Knowledge Management".
Reorganising National Oil Companies
Many giant fields operated by national oil companies have significantly lower recovery factors than equivalent fields with advanced reservoir management elsewhere. Current processes used by national oil companies around the world are no longer adequate for improving performance. Discipline and workflow integration is critical to the improvement process.
This article was written by Hamish Wilson, and was published in the November/December 2006 issue of Digital Energy Journal.