A Knowledge System for Decision Support in the "Digital Oil Field"

The AKSIO project is developing an integrated operations system to achieve cost efficient drilling and increased recovery from offshore oilfields. The system will provide timely and contextual knowledge for work processes. It supports decision-making by continuously updating an assessment of the drilling situation and ranking the available options for actions. AKSIO supports collaborative work in teams with members from the offshore platform, onshore operations centre, individual specialists, and suppliers. It links databases, applications, specialist knowledge networks, and real-time data from the field to a visual representation of the work process, situation, and decision context. The concept is to be demonstrated at an Onshore Support Centre (OSC), equipped with fiber-optic links to the field and state-of-the-art display and communication facilities.