SPE Economics & Management
Volume 2, Number 2, October 2010, pp. 70-74

SPE-122676-PA

Realizing Value From Real-Time Well Monitoring in Greenfield Assets

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DOI  More information 10.2118/122676-PA http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/122676-PA

Citation

  • Feineman, D.R. 2010. Realizing Value From Real-Time Well Monitoring in Greenfield Assets. SPE Econ & Mgmt  2 (2): 70-74. SPE-122676-PA. doi: 10.2118/122676-PA.

Discipline Categories

  • 3.6.1 Technology Deployment
  • 3.4.2 Personnel Competence
  • 3.5 Information Systems and Data Use
  • 5.7 Operations Management
  • 6.6.5 Well Performance Monitoring, Inflow Performance

Keywords

  • digital oilfield, greenfield, technology adoption, change management, technology value realization

Summary

BP's proprietary Integrated Surveillance Information System (ISIS) was deployed globally starting in 2006. The system delivers well-performance data to petroleum engineers in field and office sites in near real time. The paper presents two case studies on implementing remote well-performance monitoring on two greenfield assets in Africa and Asia where distance, national culture, and language differences must be addressed as part of a technology rollout. On the basis of these case studies, there is evidence that greenfield assets can adopt new ways of working and technology that allow them to surpass the performance on similar brownfield projects.

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History

  • Original manuscript received: 15 January 2010
  • Meeting paper published: 8 April 2009
  • Manuscript approved: 27 March 2010
  • Published online: 26 August 2010
  • Version of record: 11 October 2010