People and the digital oilfield

Thursday, October 20, 2011
Stavanger
Norwegian Petroleum Museum

This conference is designed for people from the IT department (and related domains), and human factors / training departments (and related domains), who would like to keep up to speed with the latest technology and ideas to help people work better with their computer systems.

In order to improve safety, production, efficiency and ultimate recovery, people need to have the best possible information in a way they can work with.

That means they can easily access the information they need, they don't have too much information than they can absorb, they have IT tools they can easily use and collaborate with, and they can practise what they will need to do.

This conference gathers together the best ideas from the oil industry, software companies and academia to help make this happen.

“My theory [on why Macondo happened] is that the interface [providing information about drilling operations] was too complex" - David Payne, Chevron’s vice president of drilling, speaking at the GE Oil and Gas Annual Meeting in Florence on January 312011.

TOPICS COVERED
Tools to help improve decision making during drilling operations (ConocoPhillips/Computas)

Improving collaborative working environment layouts - so they are not designed around the hardware (Halliburton Landmark)

Advances in using drilling simulators for training, using simulaators to test new technology, design procedures and study hazards - experience with Statoil, using wired drill pipe telemetry for kick detection (International Research Institute of Stavanger)

Using life-size drilling simulators the entire drilling team can work with (eDrilling Solutions / SINTEF)

Designing your integrated operations system (IFE)

Safety benefits of moving planning decisions onshore (Cap Gemini)

A better understanding of live drilling data (Verdande)