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 The Digital Oilfield –
Collaborative Working at Global Scale
work carried out at Shell

Frans Van den Berg

Collaborative Work Environments Advisor
Smart Collaboration
The Netherlands

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 Agenda
• Smart Fields
• Collaborative Work Environments
• Value Achieved
• Design Approach
• Embedding New Ways of Working
• Conclusions

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 Smart Fields

Value Loop

Execute Measure
ALoS
CWE Screening

Decide Model

A Smart Field can be optimised continuously for lifecycle value

through integrated technologies, people skills and processes

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 The Smart Fields Journey

Smart Wells Screen Projects Real time Collaborative Smart Mobile All assets have
for smart technology Surveillance, Work Worker Appropriate Level
Optimisation Environment of Smartness

ALoS
CWE Screening

2000 . . . . . . . . 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 . . 2015
. . . .

4D Seismic Automated Advanced Fiber Optics

Well GOR Reservoir in wells,
Control Surveillance pipelines

Enabling World Class Oil and Gas Field Management

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 Agenda
• Smart Fields
• Collaborative Work Environments
• Value Achieved
• Design Approach
• Embedding New Ways of Working
• Conclusions

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Collaborative Work Environment – CWE
Concept:
• Link Office and Field, for one Asset
• Surveillance, Production, Maintenance
• High quality Video communication
• Shared information, on multiple screens
• Structured processes

 Better, faster decisions

 Common field understanding
 Business processes more effective

Production, Cost, HSSE

Know Sooner, Decide Faster, Perform Better

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 Example CWE Environment - Oman
• 9 Assets, 6000 wells, multiple facilities
• Surveillance and Field Management
• Well interventions, Activity planning
• Maintenance

Always-On Connection Field-Office

Asset Team
Work Zones Pleasant Working Environment

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 Example CWE - Sakhalin
• 3 Platforms, 900 km pipeline, LNG plant
• Surveillance and Field Management
• Production Operations Support
• (Engineering & Maintenance Support)

Production Support Team for one Platform

Daily Morning Meeting with 6 locations

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New Field – Benefits Before Start-Up
US Gulf of Mexico:
• CWE live 3 months before First Oil
• Remote engineering and testing
• Remote experts – company, vendors
• Daily start-up and commissioning meetings

 Less staff on board, progress faster

 Earlier start-up
 Fewer flights to platform
 Savings in Cost, Time, HSSE
Remote Control Room

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Adapt the Facilities to the Local Situation

Remote Surveillance & Operations Center

Fit-For-Purpose Field CWE

Mobile CWE-in-a-Box
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 Global Implementation Scale

CWEs cover > 60% of company production

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Industrial Mobility – Enhancing the CWE

Mobile Devices
in the Field

Explosion Proof Camera

New Oil and Gas industry staff
will expect to work this way …

Well data
Real time field data
Data entry
Video communication
Maintenance history Oman Video
Permit to Work
Explosion Proof Tablets

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Mobile Screens - example

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Where Can We Use Collaboration ?
• Inspection – visualised in CWE
• Regional Real Time Surveillance Center
• Drilling Real Time Operations Center
• Equipment Support Centers
• Rotating Equipment, Gaslift, ESP
• Engineering Project coordination
• Downstream
• …
Regional RT Surveillance Center Inspection technologies

Drilling RTOC

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 Agenda
• Smart Fields
• Collaborative Work Environments
• Value Achieved
• Design Approach
• Embedding New Ways of Working
• Conclusions

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Value Achieved in Existing CWEs
• Lower Production Losses – faster response to wells, equipment.
Higher
• Example: 2 Days Production saved for 20 wells.
Production
- Flow Station with 20 wells, export line plugged.
1 - 5% - CWE visualisation, remote expert resolution.

Reduced • Reduced Maintenance – issues resolved before tripping/failing

Cost • Reduced Travel
> $1 mln • Faster projects – remote expert support

Higher Staff • Immediate decisions, common understanding

Efficiency • Fewer emails, less waiting for answers
15% • Less re-work

Reduced • Reduced Helicopter flying

HSSE • Reduced Driving – snow, desert, …
Exposure • Reduced Flying – between locations

Higher • Better Cooperation – between Operations and Office staff

Staff • More Personal Contact – with colleagues in other locations
Morale • Joint Pride – in business success

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 Business Benefits
 Increased Production: 1 – 5%
 Reduced Cost
 Staff Efficiency
 Reduced Safety Exposure
 Higher Staff Morale

 Benefits $ 5–10 million/year per asset

Payback of CWE investment within one year

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 Measure Performance
Key Performance Indicator Examples
Increased Production
Global Business Benefits Availability of Facilities and Wells
Reduced Opex Cost
ESP Run Life
Days to Restore Well Production
Asset Business Benefits
Reduced Travel to Production Site
Daily Water Injection by Zone

Processes followed
Staff trained
CWE Operational Quality Audio Visual technology
Support
CWE KPIs and performance reviews

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 Agenda
• Smart Fields
• Collaborative Work Environments
• Value Achieved
• Design Approach
• Embedding New Ways of Working
• Conclusions

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 Design Around Processes and People
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Processes:
• Field Surveillance and Management CWE Facility:
• Production Optimisation • CWE Rooms and Locations
• Maintenance • Audio Visual equipment
• Planning
• Logistics
•... Production
Technologist
(PT)
2.3
Request new
Well Test or
DDWT if
required
2.4
Review
Real-time
Trends

Daily
2.5
Troubleshoot
Daily
Operations
(Identify
Meter/
2.6
Take
Corrective
Action

New well test or

Report Instrument/ Recalibrated
Production Email Process Meter or other
Operator Problem) Operational
action

Daily
New 2.1 2.2 Schedule
Production Well Test
Add Well test to Evaluate
Programmer (if FW-WT not
PU Model PU Model Well
available)
Testing

Validated
Well Test Data
status from Load Well Test Daily
Evaluate Well Evaluated
EC Data into PU automatic Run
Performance PU model
Model scheduler Well Diagnostics
and Generate
Well model unreconciled
Production from Prosper Trends
Universe (New facility)
Time
Real-time Trigger Calculate 1-minute
Monitoring 1 Minute Unreconciled
Well Production Calculate and Report
”On Test” Estimates per well Time Trigger Daily Reconciled
Flag End of Period Production Estimates
(Day) per well and
deferment

Store 1-minute
Unreconciled
Store PU
PI Collect and Store Production Estimates Hydrocarbon
Production Real-Time Allocation
Raw Production per well

Work
System Estimates
Data Optimisation

Process Time Capture

Trigger
Control to real time
System read data data

Processes

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People – Communication: Tools & Data and Information:
Organization
• Asset Team Applications • Tools, data
& People
• Operations Technology
• Data management
• Maintenance
• Well Services
• Projects
• Planning
• Suppliers
• Partners

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 Example CWE Office Facility
Work Zones

Asset Production Team

Team Collaboration Area Field

Development
Team

Remote Control Room Asset Production Team

Integrated Operations Center for two Assets

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 Implementation Time

Conceptual Design Detailed Design &

Implementation
Assessment

• Processes Embedding &

• People, seating arrangement Coaching
• Data visualisation
• Audio Visual technology
• Rooms

1 mth 2 mths 9 months – 2 years 6 months

1 – 2 years
New Fields:
design iterations Typical Costs: US$ 1 – 5 million

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 Cyber Security
(from SPE Webinar, May 2016)

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 Cyber SecurityCyber Security
Solutions
(from SPE Webinar, May 2016)
Solutions protecting CWEs in Field and Office:
Information Cyber Security Solutions
CWE Video, Data Sharing IT Network Security and VPN (Company network)
Real Time Data Access control of Real Time Data Historian – database
Control Systems (DCS) Process Control Domain separated from Office IT network -
“Secure Cell”
Remote Control Rooms Restricted access
Vendor remote access Locked dedicated rooms, password access

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 Agenda
• Smart Fields
• Collaborative Work Environments
• Value Achieved
• Design Approach
• Embedding New Ways of Working
• Conclusions

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Adapt Change Management to the Audience

1.5 cm

Sh ell Ex p lo r a tion & Pro d u ction – Sm a r t Field s Fou n d a tion M a r k I

Ga th er w ell test & p r o d u ctio n d a ta w o r k f lo w

Run well test

Verify well
test
Configure Execute Screen

Validate
well test

Gather data

Operators learn process steps by placing cards in the right order

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Focus on People to Embed New Ways of Working
• Staff involvement – co-creation, training and coaching
• Adapt to Cultural differences
• Support for business processes, IT, Audio Visual and data
• Demonstrate benefits
• Establish Continuous Improvement
• Local ownership of the CWE

Handbook:
• Processes
• Collaborative Meetings
• Roles and Responsibilities
Co-creation of collaborative processes • Use of technical equipment

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 Conclusions
Benefits of Collaborative Work Environments:
 Production 1 – 5 %
 Cost $5-10 mln/year
 Staff Efficiency Payback within a year
 HSSE Exposure
 Staff Morale

CWE Design:
• Based on key Processes, Communication and Data
• Co-creation with the Asset

Changing to New Ways of Working:

• Focus on the People, adapt to the Culture
• Local Ownership

Collaborative Working will continue to expand:

• Technology advances - Mobility, Drones
• More Business Processes
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 Further Information
Publications:
SPE 128245 Smart Fields
SPE 150016 Collaborative Working
SPE 167871 Global Implementation Programme
SPE 173430 Integrated Operations Center
SPE 181083 Collaborative Work Environments

Contact:
FransVandenberg.CWE@gmail.com

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