Adapted version of a presentation I have given for GIS overview for Non GIS users in the Oil and Gas Industry

1. GIS and its value in the oil
and gas industry
Andrew Cutts

2. Outline
1. GIS for Oil and Gas
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• Examples of use
2. GIS in business
• Barriers to use
• Key ‘things’

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4. GIS and Petroleum – some uses
GIS
Exploration
Production
Transportation
Distribution /
pipeline modelling
Environmental
Data Management

5. Exploration
• Basin analysis
• Surface geology
• Structures
• Faults
• Visualisation of
• Seismic lines, oilfield infrastructure,
roads, utilities
• 2D / 3D display
• Integration with other data sources
• Mapping exploration projects
Image © ACGeospatial

6. Production
• Ongoing field analysis
• Lease management
• Re survey
• Pipeline inspection
• Encroachment management
• Locate facilities
• Monitoring / repair
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7. Transportation
• Routing
• Least cost paths
• Scheduling
• Directions
• Tracking and response planning
• Location of vehicles
• Geofencing and restricted areas
• Safety and accident planning
• Being safe
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8. Distribution / pipeline modelling
• Facility modelling
• Pipeline routing
• Integrity management
• Load forecasting
• Pipeline monitoring
• Right of way management

9. Environmental
• Mapping high consequence areas
• Where are my assets
• What are the risks
• Oil Spill response
• Containment
• Impact
• Weather
• Risk to life
• Communication

10. Data management
• Where are your assets
• Where have you previous worked
• Where did this data come from
• Integration with other datasets

11. GIS can be used to predict & manage risk

12. What are the barriers to use?
• Projections systems
• Complexity of terms / software
• Integration of data
• Super users vs occasional users
• Cost
• Overselling?

13. Some key GIS ‘things’ in the Oil and Gas
Industry
• Dominated by 1 supplier – ESRI
• All the major oil and gas companies are big users
• But …
• Licensing issues
• Country distributions
• Allowing everyone to access the information
• Not a new technology, neither is Earth Observation
• Information communicated through a map
• Smart way to collect information in the field

14. GIS where is the biggest effort?
• Visualisation? – YES!
• Data collection – YES!
• Fitting the data – YES!
• Database construction? - depends…
• Data maintenance (and planning) – YES!

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