This paper highlights the tremendous impact of real-time data transmission and visualization through the Aramcolink solution for monitoring geosteering operations in Saudi Aramco. It was very challenging to move from multiple real time data providers to a single solution, which can connect with different service providers by utilizing WITSML, which is industry real-time data transmission protocol. Nevertheless, Saudi Aramco has decided to explore this frontier to provide their operational geoscientists/engineers with a single system through which all should be able to simultaneously monitor several actively drilling wells with ease.Considering the drilling operation in Saudi Arabia, a system with advanced capabilities of data quality control (QC), rescaling, filtering, alerting, and chatting, was essentially required to assist operational geoscientists in optimizing production through geosteering a well by drilling through the sweet zone and achieve good net to gross value. The new solution ЉAramcolinkЉ is not only limited to these capabilities but distinguishes itself among other rival solutions by unmatched features such as data cross-plotting, on the fly azimuthal image dip calculation, built in petrophysical analysis and electrofacies computation, 2D and 3D well trajectory visualization, and others.Moreover, information is now provided on how using such an approach helped in enforcing Saudi Aramco's standard for real-time log naming, measurement unit, and scaling, thereby facilitating more automated operational workflows. The paper concludes by sharing lessons learned and recommendations for future improvements.
One of the critical operations during the exploration phase is well testing required determining fluid type, flow rate, and the sustainability of the production. With the right planning, technology and implementation, well testing can ensure reservoir quality and production such as, permeability, initial reservoir pressure, hydraulic fracture parameters, near wellbore formation damage, geometry of the reservoir, and reserve quantities. Exploration Well Testing Operations require a complex integration of various services including surface well testing, artificial lift via coiled tubing, downhole data transmission and on-site operational activities. The increase in exploration activities involves various service companies’ proprietary data acquisition systems that introduce a challenge for decision makers due to segmented data and information. This calls for establishing an integrated unified viewer combining the operational data for engineers to enable real-time data supervision, technical support and decision making from the headquarters to well-site locations reducing operational risks and optimize required cost. This paper highlights the progress of the real time data transmission interface to support highly active exploration well testing operations in Saudi Aramco.
A suite of applications was developed to help real-time operation centers engineers and geoscientists to monitor drilling operations and improve the effectiveness of the decision making process. These robust applications automate monitoring of drilling and logging operations and provide various advance capabilities for engineers and geoscientists. Considering the recent immense increase in drilling operation in Saudi Arabia, a system with advanced capabilities of data quality control (QC), rescaling, filtering, alerting, and chatting is essentially needed to assist operation centers within Saudi Aramco to meet their targets.Furthermore, one of main applications that are used by Real-Time Operation Center is RTOC toolbox which consists of the following systems: workflow, critical well scheduling, alert & recommendations, cost avoidance and reporting. Aramcolink System is another major application that is used in real-time operation centers and it visualizes the real-time data stream coming from the rig-site. Aramcolink System consists of several modules that serve different user community and objectives. These modules are: geo-steering, drilling, remote casing control, and unconventional resources.In this paper, RTOC Tool Box system and Aramcolink system will be discussed in details including their impact on improving real-time operation center internal process automation and improving accuracy of well placement.
This paper describes the upstream data standards that Saudi Aramco has recently implemented for Drilling and is in progress to implement them for other areas such as Production and Reservoir Characterization. These standards enable us to make wider use of our monitoring and collaboration centers through a common approach. It also allows us to leverage the evolving WITSML, PRODML and RESQML standards more effectively in our upstream operations.Saudi Aramco relies on many service organizations to deliver the generated data which requires common and standard data classification when exporting data from source A then importing to destination B. Applying a common approach to information access on a global basis has enabled us to streamline our operations and make wider use of emerging analysis, monitoring and collaboration technologies.Real-time technologies have been utilized to capture, monitor and analyze operational data from well sites so that critical decisions can be made in real-time to reduce and eliminate operational and safety problems, thus reducing non-productive time. That includes high-tech rigs, smart wells, monitoring & collaboration tools and real-time data visualization systems.Our aim has been to implement standard upstream information architecture. Our full implementation of WITSML was the vehicle which allowed this to happen in Drilling & Workover operations. We still believe that over the next years with the advancements of technologies there will be more challenges to support open connectivity between different vendors and services supporting the increasing upstream functions.
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