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SPRING 2003
ExxonMobil Licenses WellView for Worldwide
Drilling Data Management
Exxon licensed WellView as their Well Operation/Schematic Well History data management solution in 1999. After the merger with
Mobil, Wellview became established in production operations as an integral part of a standard global technical computing system.
ExxonMobil is planning to extend use of WellView to include drilling data management and morning reporting. Integration and
well visualization are key drivers. ExxonMobil sees significant benefit in having a single system capable of tracking and managing
well operations and equipment throughout the life-cycle of a well, from spud to abandonment.
The Houston Exploration Company
– Electronic Well File
By Joanne C. Hresko, Onshore
Operations Manager, The Houston
Exploration Company
After a detailed selection process in 3rd
quarter of 2002, The Houston Exploration
Company (THEC) licensed Peloton’s
WellView to meet our operational
requirements for drilling, completions,
workovers and general well file data
management requirements.
THEC decided to license Peloton’s
WellView for multiple reasons:
• Improve data availability and quality
• Improve the handling of a high volume
of well data in order to manage and
improve operations efficiency and
decision making.
• THEC’s rig activity level in South Texas
and the Arkoma Basin has resulted in
over 25 core users (Operations) and
15-20 non-core users (Land, Geology,
Accounting, Management) that report
or require well information. With a high
level of drilling activity, it is imperative
to have accurate information readily
accessible. The existing system was
becoming difficult to maintain and
access quality well information.
• We believe that technology has
advanced over the years with cost
efficient hardware and software that we
needed to invest in the “Electronic Well
File”. The paper well file with today’s
technology is not the most efficient way
to manage our well operations data.
• We have acquired properties from
several operators and the paper well
files are in a variety of formats and
styles. Lack of uniformity is a problem
when accessing data from these files.
Data availability is critical as people are
handling greater work loads.
Drilling and Completion Data
Management Workflow
Previously, daily drilling and completion
reports were generated using Excel
spreadsheets, which provided very
limited data management options. With
WellView, we are able to replicate our
“spreadsheet look” within the WellView
report generator reducing the field
training time to transition from the
spreadsheets to WellView. After one day
of in-house training on WellView, we now
have the field staff providing all daily
drilling operations data and the
operations engineers reporting and
analyzing the data without searching
through multiple spreadsheets.
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Look for Peloton at the following
events and conferences
We invite everyone interested in the
latest petroleum software technology
and Web-based solutions to our booth.
2003 SPE/IADC Drilling
Conference and Exhibition
February 19-21, 2003
RAI Congress Centre,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schlumberger Information Solutions
Global Forum 2003
April 7-9, 2003
Renaissance Miami,
Biscayne Bay Hotel
Miami, Florida
OTC 2003
May 5-8, 2003
Reliant Center
Houston, Texas
BOOTH #3369
SPE (ATCE)
October 5-8, 2003
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado
GoExpo
June 10-12, 2003
Roundup Centre,
Stampede Park
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BOOTH #1318
INSIDE
WellView Morning Reporting....2
WellView History.........................3
Tips for Administrators...............4
Training Schedule .......................4
Drilling & Well Data Software Solutions
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New WellView Morning Reporting
Peloton’s new WellView 7.2 Morning Reporting reduces field maintenance and training.
The Morning
Reporting Extremes
On one end: You have
complex database systems
that require high levels of
training from your field staff
to learn all the data entry
screens. If users notice a
mistake with the report,
they must navigate back to
the screens to refresh their
data. Companies must
spend more on software
vendors, consultants,
and their own
IT staff to maintain
a reasonable level
of product knowledge
and acceptable
data quality.
On the other end:
You have a simple
hard copy or Excel
form on which field
Peloton will be working on future improvements of WellView Morning Reporting based on
staff can quickly
client feedback. We look forward to any comments you may have.
enter data and either fax or
email the file to HQ. The
requirements for training and
clients to create specific reports
IT maintenance are greatly reduced,
• high quality data collection in a
(including Job Setup, Cost, Daily
but the quality of data is also
robust database, but with little
Drilling, or Completion Operations)
reduced, and no database is
field training
that limit the information in the Edit
available to track the history and
• high field staff acceptance
Data screen to the information in the
performance of your operations.
• improved quality assurance
report. Users enter only what has
Acquiring data becomes time
through interactive report
been outlined in their report, “Form
consuming, and in most
data entry
Template Morning Reporting”.
cases data is lost or forgotten due
Therefore, clients can create reports
to misplaced reports or
How it Works
specific to the job or operations, and
employee attrition.
In
the
past,
WellView
interactive
field users can choose a report and
Peloton’s focus for WellView
reports
always
allowed
users
to
start entering data.
Morning Reporting has been to
quickly
edit
and
access
data
through
provide clients with the best of both
the report. WellView 7.2 now allows
situations, including the following:
Drilling & Well Data Software Solutions
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History of WellView
WellView 0.0
WellView 3.1
1991 – Original WellView design sketch, December 4, 1991.
1992 – First commercial version of WellView introducing the
industry to schematics drawn from data. WellView created a
file for each well (no database) and focused on schematics and
well operation history.
WellView 5.2
WellView 6.2
1996 – Schematic enhanced and relational database added.
Primary focus was production operations and electronic
well file.
2000 – First commercial release of WellView’s drilling data
management solution. New interactive data entry schematic
and reports.
WellView 7.2
2002 – New enhanced field reporting with report centric data entry. The data entry screens are driven and filtered by your custom
report design. This simplifies field data entry down to the reporting essence while still maintaining the high data quality standards
of your well information database.
Drilling & Well Data Software Solutions
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Tips for Administrators
You can attach electronic files into the
WellView and SiteView database.
Examples of commonly attached
file formats are *.xls, *.doc, *.txt,
*.pdf, *.bmp. This provides the
flexibility to extend the scope of
your database to include scanned
documents, emergency response
plans, surface surveys, lab analysis,
location photos and more. While
data inside the attached file is not
queryable you can search on any
of the text fields describing
the attachment.
All attachments are associated with a
subject area in the Edit Data tree and are
stored in the wvAttachments (WellView)
or svAttachments (SiteView) table in the
The Houston
Exploration Company
– Electronic Well File
Training Schedule
Introduction to WellView (Drilling)
Calgary: March 25, 2003
Houston: April 1, 2003
Duration: One Day
Course Version: 7.2
This one-day course focuses on
data entry and analysis for a
drilling field user.
• Well Explorer
• Schematic/Graphs/Reports
• Edit Data Drilling Morning
Reporting
• Tips to speed up data entry
• Import/Export/Sync data
• Drilling Performance Analysis
Introduction to WellView
(Completions)
Calgary: March 26, 2003
Houston: April 2, 2003
Duration: One Day
Course Version: 7.2
This one-day course focuses on
data entry and analysis for a
completions field user.
• Well Explorer
• Schematic/Graphs/Reports
• Edit Data Completion/Workover
Morning Reporting
• Tips to speed up data entry
• Import/Export/Sync data
• Failure Analysis
houston
713.914.9454
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Production Operations Workflow
WellView for Administrators
Calgary: March 27, 2003
Duration: One Day
Course Version: 7.2
This one-day course is intended for
a WellView power user who will
implement and configure WellView
software.
• Installation
• Licensing
• Oracle/SQL Server
Implementation
• Security Administrator
• Sync Host and Sync Client
• Customizations (UDL, Library,
Reports, INI, Registry, Schematic)
Custom courses also available. For more information/details on courses or
how to sign up for listed courses, please contact Houston [email protected] or Calgary - [email protected]
database. Each table in the Edit Data tree
can have an attachments sub-folder
displayed. For example, if the end
users wish to attach files/pictures
from wellhead vendors you may
wish to display the attachments
sub-folder in the WellHead table.
It is also possible to view all of
the attachments contained in the
well/site Edit Data tree by enabling
a general attachments folder.
The Edit Data configuration is
managed in the WellView UDL.mdb.
Please contact Peloton Help Desk at
1-888-PELOTON for more details.
Handling well histories is similar to the
drilling workflow, except more data
intensive when you consider the historical
paper well file and our well count. The
main issue was how to build the Electronic
Well File for over 500 wells. We decided to
build a “mini” well file for each well
beginning with the wells drilled or
completed prior to implementing
WellView and working back through the
years of drilling and acquisitions. With a
combination of data importing, data entry
and attaching of scanned paper or
electronic documents, we will have a
“quick look” available for all our
operated properties.
WellView and Peloton have exceeded our
expectations. The total Peloton training
and implementation requirement for
WellView to be operational for 25-30 users,
including 6 concurrently operating drilling
rigs, was approximately 10 work days.
WellView’s unique morning reporting and
visualization has provided technology to
make the Electronic Well File a reality for
The Houston Exploration Company.
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