Proper Project Selection of Real-Time Management Approaches

摘要

Much has been written about real-time management in the oilfield. Field of the Futuretm, i-Field, e-Field, Digital Oilfield, Real-time Optimization, and Intelligent Oilfield are all describing similar approaches of idenfitifying, gathering, distributing, managing, evaluating, and acting upon real-time data for equipment, wells, and reservoirs. But every company continues to wrestle with many of the fundamental implementation issues that can accompany such a comprehensive concept. This paper will address one of the most important aspects – the proper selection and use of the real-time management concepts and practices. All Exploration & Production (E&P) companies are in the process of implementing their own unique version of the real-time approach, and in particluar, each business unit, chooses its own starting point and area of emphasis. But, even today, companies lack clear guidelines in the selection of the appropriate assets upon which to apply real-time management principles. Business units and the program managers continue to test the application of real-time approaches in broad brush strokes, whereas today’s numerous greenfields, brownfields, and stretched human resources require a much more refined approach.