This paper describes the expanded value of the digital oilfield (DOF) that is made possible by a flexible IT architecture. The architecture is designed for smarter E&P solutions and can cater to an ever-growing appetite for quick, efficient, and proven solutions to diverse productions and operations industry challenges throughout the production lifecycle.Investments made in early DOF projects have shown an individualistic flavor with unique architecture, approach, tools, standards, and practices without due consideration for scalability and extensibility. Such customized solutions slow down the adoption of good features from one project to other. Typical examples include customized workflows, a lack of open and service-oriented architecture, and a nonstandards-based database or application interface. Partly, this could arise because of lack of experienced and skilled resources, gaps in technology, or the absence of any direct or related analogues to the specific problems of the project.The following IT architectural components are necessary to enable the flexibility that modern DOF projects need to drive returns: 1. A comprehensive production data-management layer 2. An engineering modeling suite 3. A petro-technical workflow automation engine 4. An analytics library and engine 5. An advanced visualization and collaboration environmentThe success of the flexible IT architecture hinges on proper definition, documentation, optimization, and standardization of business processes for all DOF workflows. This ensures the quality and efficiency of repeatable tasks across applications and domains. For this reason, a services-led architecture is critical. This paper presents a framework for how DOF solutions should be implemented to enable scalability and maximum impact on business profitability. The standardization proposed reduces non-value-adding time during a DOF implementation and improves the companies' long-term ability to make smarter and faster decisions.
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