Automated reporting analytics, benchmarking and drilling performance

Building on the move into the world of WITSML and operational state detection, Independent Data Services (IDS) released DPM (Drilling Performance Monitoring) in 2018, re-processing WITSML data to deliver detailed drilling performance KPI’s and benchmarks via on-line dashboards.

The DPM fully complements the analysis of daily report (‘static’) data by underpinning the DDR narrative with a detailed statistical performance framework. IDS is now recognised as a global market leader in upstream digitalisation, being the first to fully integrate reporting with real-time data to deliver automated reporting, analytics, benchmarking and drilling performance KPI’s from a single service. 

The history of IDS is one of continuous innovation and the journey continues to this day with a corporate commitment to delivering ACRE (Automated Common Reporting Environment) in Q1 2021.  ACRE is a project to derive all the fundamental reporting components of the drilling contractors IADC report and the operators DDR  from common on-site data sources to deliver a data-driven ‘single version of the truth’ that is shared by the operator and the drilling contractor.  There always has been only one midnight depth and, working alongside Stena Drilling and the operator stakeholders, IDS ACRE will deliver it.

IDS has been delivering reporting and analytics services to the upstream sector since 1995 but really began its digital transformation journey in 1999. At the time, the IDS drilling reporting application was delivered via floppy disc, each installation a manual process with site visits to both rig and office a requirement. Early experiments with ‘Bulletin Boards, the predecessor to the web, convinced the IDS founders of the delivery potential of the rapidly emerging ‘dot com’ environment of the late ‘90’s.

Accordingly, in 1999/2000 the entire application was re-written in PHP and delivered as an end-to-end web solution - a bold move and one placing IDS firmly in the cloud before there really was a cloud to be in. All this at a time when a 14k dial-up modem was state-of-the-art and the desk top computer had 640k of RAM.

IDS DrillNet, the first on-line service, was rolled out in early 2001 to Unocal in Indonesia. With the implementation of the Agile/Scrum development methodology in 2005 there followed an ever-evolving eco-system of complementary products covering geology (GeoNet), safety (SafeNet), cost (CostNet) and interventions/P&A reporting (ProNet).  Geographical expansion into Asia, the Middle East and Europe and the launch of the ‘TourNet’ application in 2009 meant that at the start of 2010, IDS became the first (and still the only) provider of on-line reporting services to both operators and drilling contractors.

Recognising that the large data repository garnered from reporting was in itself a valuable resource, IDS developed ‘Anova’ analytics, a powerful enterprise level analysis tool that mines the IDS database and delivers insights via an extensive range of custom reports and dashboards. Running Anova analytics on a very large IDS in-house dataset, it quickly became apparent that much reporting data was of indifferent quality, particularly the manually-entered ‘activities’ descriptions which, because they are the source of the NPT and ILT narrative, represented a measurable loss of value to the data owner and user. Accordingly, IDS set its sights on automating data entry, releasing the first version of its LAR (Lean Automated Reporting) service in early 2017. LAR combines WITSML data, rig state analysis and a custom report parsing application to deliver a data-driven DDR or IADC report with the absolute minimum of human input.

Building on the move into the world of WITSML and operational state detection, IDS released DPM (Drilling Performance Monitoring) in 2018, re-processing WITSML data to deliver detailed drilling performance KPI’s and benchmarks via on-line dashboards. The DPM fully complements the analysis of daily report (‘static’) data by underpinning the DDR narrative with a detailed statistical performance framework. IDS is now recognised as a global market leader in upstream digitalisation, being the first to fully integrate reporting with real-time data to deliver automated reporting, analytics, benchmarking and drilling performance KPI’s from a single service.  

Independent Data Services uses “lean automated reporting” powered by WITSML™ data to improve the speed and accuracy of reports and free up 1–2 hours per day for the costliest people on a rig. Find out more at:  www.idsdatanet.com

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