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This presentation will review the unique benefits and challenges of field data management in shale production operations. Examining the lifecycle of field production data, we will explore issues of data quality, analytics, enterprise data availability, integration, and regulatory compliance from the perspective of unconventional resource operators. The presentation includes case studies covering implementation and lessons learned from three to six shale oil and gas producers.
Factory drilling in unconventional plays results in high-paced operations and large numbers of wells. With these come large volumes of field data that must be captured, processed and turned into actionable information for surveillance, operational accounting and HSEQ compliance. Field teams collect fluid volumes and operating conditions at the well site along with run tickets, tank battery inventories, sales volumes, equipment status, and chemical usage. Increased sensitivity to environmental issues around shale plays require operators to closely manage water, emissions and other environmentally impactful measurements that must be collected, monitored and reported.
Maintaining the quality of the data gathered is paramount. Poor data leads to costly results, from un-optimized production to fines for inaccurate reporting. Incorporating surveillance processes into the field systems promotes consistency and accuracy. Tools that provide asset specific variances, alerts and visualizations immediately identify operational issues and align the field team with corporate goals.
Once gathered, raw production measurements collected in the field are processed to produce allocated production volumes at each well and zone. Consumed by different departments across the operator’s enterprise, the allocated volumes are used for planning, forecasting, operations management, revenue accounting, marketing, regulatory and partner reporting.
Field information and production data is at the heart of operations management for all operators. Multiple case studies on collection, analysis and distribution of this data will be presented along with the best practices employed in shale plays.