ECIM'2009 - 14th. to 16th. September in Haugesund

Knut Mauseth is the Manager for Non Shell Operated Ventures (NOV) in Norway. He has been with Shell for almost 20 years working in Manila, Dubai, the Hague, Aberdeen and Stavanger. He has a Msc in Petroleum Engineering from NTNU in Trondheim and has done a variety of subsurface roles and managerial roles.

Jamie is a software technology professional working in the upstream oil and gas business. He has over 15 years of experience as a developer, architect and manager working on major projects for a variety of clients and delivering products that are widely used in the industry including PetroBank MDS.

Jamie and David are co-founders (together with Ugur Algan) of FUSE Information Management, a software company whose flagship product is XStreamline - a customer proven web based E&P team productivity tool.

David (right picture) is a leading consultant in upstream information management and designed the infrastructure for some of the world's largest National Data Repositories.

Abstract of the presentation:
Cloud Computing is getting a lot of attention in the IT world as the "next great thing". Some cynical observers have therefore suggested that the Oil & Gas industry won't even consider the idea for at least another ten years. We are already using many of the techniques of Cloud Computing today. In this presentation we will examine the myth versus reality and consider potential applications for Cloud Computing in E&P

Lindefjeld has an Engineering degree from the University of Wyoming, USA. More than 30 years of experience from ConocoPhillips, in a range of technical and management positions. Since the merger of Conoco and Phillips have been responsible for the R&D activities in Norway and the UK

Abstract of the presentation: 

Obtaining information about offshore arctic areas is often a challenge. The problem in many cases is not the lack of information itself, but the inability to asses its quality and to identify the more reliable sources.

ArcticWeb is a project started in Norway and sponsored by 6 oil companies: StatoilHydro, ConocoPhillips, BG Group, ENI, Lundin and Shell. The goal of the project is to create a web framework that would continuously harvest predefined information from the Key Data Owners ? authorities and institutions recognised for producing and maintaining reliable and high quality information related to Arctic areas.

The information itself is to be used by Oil and Service companies for the purposes of early field development, environmental risk analysis, emergency preparedness and more. It would be presented to the users via search and map interfaces, for exploration, analysis and ordering. The project is managed by AconaCMG and the portal is based on Kadme?s Whereoil technology.

For the moment Arctic Web is opened for beta testing by the sponsor companies and only harvests information on the Norwegian offshore from the sources like: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Norwegian Coastal Authority, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Geological Survey of Norway, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management, Norwegian Polar Institute and Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies.

Arctic Web would open for production use at the beginning of 2010. The intention is to further expand both data and geographical area of the project towards circumpolar coverage.
 

A ex geologist who has now been doing data management for as long as he did geology (15 years).
General Manager of RoQC Data Management and a consultant for Statoil
 

Abstract of the presentation:

A central concept guiding the merge of Statoil?s and Hydro?s G&G data has been the idea of identifying all of the ?versions of the truth? for each data item, ascertaining the reliability and accuracy of each, ranking them, then choosing the ?best version? and flagging it as such. This is about as far from being a simple data transcription as you can get. This philosophy has a profound effect on both the challenges and the technical solutions chosen. In truth the philosophy generates many of the challenges and adds to the complexity of the technical solutions however the end result is a single data set of much higher quality and value than either of the input data sets.

As senior director Mr. Usher is the head of Landmark Software and Services which is a product service line of Halliburton. Landmark Software and Services includes software development, technology deployment services, managed services, customer support and training. Prior to Landmark, Mr. Usher was senior corporate vice president of Integrated Services at Paradigm Geo-Technology. Previously, he was president of PGS Data Processing with full accountability for the global Data Processing Division. His extensive experience also includes positions as vice president of Worldwide Technology for Baker Hughes and as vice president and general manager of Data Processing for Western Atlas International, Inc., among other high-profile positions. Mr. Usher earned a degree in geology and geophysics from Yale University and is based in Landmark?s Denver office.

Abstract of the presentation:

Last year, we discussed the Digital Tsunami and the ROI that organizations could achieve by attaining different levels of maturity in information management. This year, we?ll discuss the differing data challenges within each domain, the current levels of information management maturity within these domains, and technologies available for helping achieve the next level of maturity - making maturity both possible and probable.

Morten Mønster Jensen, Abbon AS (left picture) - Extensive experience mainly from the oil and gas sector with various managing positions in Accenture, PwC Consulting, IBM and Abbon AS. He has gained experience from projects in the North Sea, Middle East and Gulf of Mexico (US).
 

Jan-Erik Martinsen, KPMG - Extensive experience from management and technology consulting firms like IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

Abstract of the presentation.

In a recent study about the oil & gas industry, summer 2009 conducted by KPMG, Norge the operators and oil service providers stated an increased focused on production data management is very critical. Production gain and loss management for mature fields is key driver to improve the overall operating efficiency and increase the return on the total asset life cycle.
This presentation highlights production gain and loss management importance in the value chain. Based on customer examples it describes the current stage for mature fields and the challenges ahead to improve

the current production baseline. It is our experience that this example is representative for most of the mature fields in North Sea and other parts of the world.
Abbon is an oil service company within production measurement and management delivering software, product and services to optimise the oil and gas production for especially mature fields. Abbons brands constitute Optimum Online, Optimum Metering, Optimum Installation and Optimum Consulting.
The presentation takes a more systematic and holistic approach for usage of reservoir and well data focusing on the key question: ? How can the operator produce more tomorrow ! ?. We look beyond stand-alone solutions and integrate our offerings with the current operators portfolio of products and solutions. This involves understanding of the current practice and baseline conducted by the operators, and how to improve and integrate the tools and methods they use for better productions measurement and management decisions.

Inger-Mette Gustavsen is principal researcher at DNV Research & Innovation, Oslo, Norway. She has a BSc degree in informatics and an MSc degree in management. Her experience is from IT operation, knowledge management, project management, consultancy, information management, IT-audits, information security and research. Her main area is information management with focus on long-term preservation,compliance, information quality and use of digital information. She is also the project manager for the LongRec project www.longrec.com and the Norwegian director of the InterPares project. She us responsible today for 3 different networks in Norway; LongRec, Verdiskaperne and EDOK (board within the Norwegian computer society). She has earlier worked for ABB, KPMG and Intrum Justitia.
Last year she published a book together with Truls Berg with the name Information Ocean.
 

Abstract of the presentation:

The presentation will summarize the main learning?s from LongRec within each of the research topics Read, Find, Understand and Trust related to Long-Term Storage. The learning?s should be based on a 3 year research project with partners from different industries.

With many large IT projects behind me, all projects with large amount of end users, has taught me a great deal of what the key elements to succeed are.
From a background in a multinational company (SAS) I have worked my way through operation, administration via projects to several management positions. The past 10 years has been spent as consultant, program manager for large IT projects and executive positions at advanced software companies. For the moment partner at Composing A/S, consultants with focus on Performance Management and Execution.
 

Abstract of the presentation:

We all know the building stones of an IT implementation project. But that?s not where the real challenges lies! My presentation will focus on the hidden areas that cause the biggest problems. As usual this is not rocket science; but focus on people, decisions, objectives, coordination, expectation management and project management. The word ?understand? plays a key role! In the presentation I will go more into this and come up with 5 important things to bear in mind.

Matt Vanderfeen is  the Global Business Manager for the Information Management segment of Schlumberger Information Solutions. Matt has 27 years of E&P experience in various functions, including  geophysicist, application development engineer, program manager, and business manager. He has spent the last 14 years directly involved with the provision of information management solutions to Schlumberger customers around the world. Matt has a BSc in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology and a MSc in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Abstract of the presentation:

Cutting edge information management technologies combined with lean processes will significantly lower the human cost for the end user to always do the right thing when it comes to participating in proper information management. The ability to search, tag, move, and update information, within the context of a given workflow and inside the interpretation desktop will deliver greatly improved efficiency, reduced cycle time, and ensure the best information is utilized in the knowledge gathering process. Coupled with automated quality control and data repair, end users will be at last be able to improve their decision making and knowledge sharing across the enterprise.