1. Quick and affordable
Knowledge Management for
for Operating Companies
Andrew Zolnai
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2. Then
• Oil is found in the minds of men
– Wallace E. Pratt
• We usually find oil in new places with new
ideas. When we go to a new area we can find
oil with an old idea. Sometimes we also find oil
in an old place with a new idea, but we seldom
find much oil in an old place with an old idea
– Parke A. Dickey

3. Now
1. Embrace open standards
2. Make it simple
3. Design for cooperation
4. Learn from users
5. Lower the barrier to experimentation
6. Make it a culture of measurement
7. Open the doors to partners
– Tim O’Reilly on Web 2.0

4. What do we have?
• E&P records
– paper logs
– field tapes
• Corporate records
– internal financial
– regulatory reporting
• Shared records
– farm-in / farm-outs

5. Where are they located?
• In the office
– technical / professional
– managerial / administrative
• At the warehouse
– inactive files
– with cores etc.
• Or farther away
– government data repositories

6. What do we want?
• Efficiently organised records and data
– digitally not on paper
– in databases not spreadsheets
• Quick and accurate input
– intuitive tables and forms
– drop-down menus and lists
• Quick and easy access
– tabbed menus in work sequence

7. What do we really want?
• Dashboards
– pertinent information
– in synoptic views
• Appropriate information
– selective lists, less options
– sequenced in work-flow order
• Guidance and support
– easy back-office maintenance

8. What do our Users want
• Access data
– anytime
– anywhere
• Write once, read many www.webdataview.com
– input it once
– output as needed
• Share as share can
– get web data free or for fee
portal.onegeology.org

9. What do we actually need?
• Data Management R Us
– augment existing work-flows
– not replace with sand-boxes
• Standard input templates
– follow best practices
– include all standard items
• Intuitive reports and maps
– accessible to all levels of staff

10. How do we achieve it now?
• Simple and accessible desktop
– web browser front-end
– drop-down and tabbing
• Leveraging data standards
– PPDM for operational data
– EPSG for projections & datums
• And connectivity standards
– OGC for web mapping services

11. oilelefant – who?
• Seasoned DRM and GIS
professionals
• From oil company and
service sectors
• And web and geospatial
programmers
• Link to web data depots
– UK DEAL, OneGeology etc.

12. oilelefant – what?
• Records • X-sections • Forms and
• Wells • Remote map query
• Seismic Sensing • SharePoint
• Reports access ...
• Licenses
• Blocks
• Well Logs
• Maps

13. oilelefant – where?
• Desktop
– professional staff
– technical staff
• Intranet / internet
– location immaterial
– sharing among staff
• Laptop / wifi
– remote operations

14. oilelefant – when?
• Data loading
– cataloguing
– scanning
– bar coding
• Information management
– security
– retention
– distribution

15. oilelefant – how?
• Intuitive desktop interface
– users see the desktop
– and never the database
• Workflow-driven menus
– based on years of experience
– what works in the day-to-day
• Standard reports and maps
– internal and external reporting

16. Why - value proposition
• Simple license structure based
on number of users
• Easy to set up and use
– web browser
– online help
– user manual
• IT and end-user help
– remote back-office support

17. Why - return on investment
• Put your data-house in order now
– from ad-hoc and unplanned...
– ... to formalised and planned
• Benefit from established standards
– Industry, such as EPSG & PPDM
– Internet, such as WMS & XML
• Reduce Time-to-Knowledge Mgmt.
– robust work-flows and best practices

18. Testimonial
"GB Petroleum plc (GBP) purchased a license of oilelefant Version 1.0 in June
2007. The software will form the basis of a fully electronic database system for
GBP's expanding portfolio of licenses, wells and seismic data, greatly reducing the
need for hardcopy-based storage facilities. Following a straightforward installation
process, with remote guidance from Interactive Net Mapping's experts, the
package has been both easy and intuitive to use, even for staff with no previous
GIS system experience.
The software has the flexibility to cater for various input coordinates and
projection systems and transforms these to a geo-spatially correct, standardised
WGS-84 global projection for consistency purposes. All input data is then displayed
visually on a fully interactive global map, with zoom and drag functionality, making
it easy to determine where and what types of data are available. The software is
also available remotely to travelling staff, assuming an internet connection is
available.
Future releases of the software will allow the data contained within the database
to be queried and listed, simply by pointing and clicking on a map symbol. Help
has always been available when required, using the dedicated support email and
phone contacts list provided by Interactive Net Mapping. Overall, GBP would fully
recommend the oilelefant software to similar start-up or small independent E&P
companies wanting a well-priced and expandable GIS package."

19. Call to action
• Web demo
– online
– self-paced
• Needs assessment
– on-site visit
– user interviews
• Order specification
– tailored to your needs!

20. Thank you
Andrew Zolnai
Sales & Marketing Director
sales@interactnetmap.com
Interactive Net Mapping Ltd.
PO Box 469
Exeter
EX1 9AS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)1392 495 600
Fax: +44(0)1392 495 695
www.oilelefant.com