Challenges In E&P Data Integration And Management Achieving New Efficiency Levels

This paper broadly highlights the issues and concerns faced in the Oil & Gas industry today, while deploying and managing such a collection of products and tools for various E&P applications at the enterprise level. The E&P scope encompasses the applications in the domain of Seismic Acquisition and Processing, Surface Interpretation, Reservoir Simulation, Petrophysics, Characterization & Visualization and Overall management of business needs of the corporation. The intent here is to bring about a common understanding of what all is involved in the subject, specifically addressing the needs of the industry. Through the issues and guidelines, the paper suggests what an end-user corporation should look for, while deciding upon a solution to meet its requirements of Integrated View of Data encompassing some or all of the application domains specified as above. It does not purport to pass recommendations of any specific solution or vendor. The Issues and Guidelines: