Agenda

Systematic Application and Play-Based Exploration Methodology Using ArcGIS in Malaysia
Shahril Jamil, PETRONAS; Anyi Ngau, Talisman Malaysia Limited; Chun Hock Tan, Talisman Malaysia Limited
With discoveries harder to find, geoscientists are collecting more data than before and examining their findings with greater scrutiny. The key is to keep the whole process efficient and consistent. Play fairway mapping has been used to evaluate the remaining hydrocarbon potential of the Sabah basins, East Malaysia. It provides a consistent view of their potential and helps geoscientists to develop exploration portfolios that balance risk, prospect size and acreage availability. The study area is located in offshore NW Borneo, where more than 50 exploratory wells have been drilled with variable success. The present study aims to improve the understanding of the basin through application of a systematic analysis of all the petroleum risks in the play fairway mapping. It is our hope, therefore, that we will be able to assess the relative risk between areas, and properly rank all the ideas/leads and prospects in the study area consistently and systematically.

Cloud-Based GIS Success: Collaborative Effort Produces Efficient Development in Eagle Ford
Angela Remer, de maximis Data Management Solutions, Inc.; Travis Faul, EDGE Engineering & Science, LLC; Mark Packard, de maximis Data Management Solutions, Inc.
With the help of a secure, cloud-based GIS resource, over 500 proposed oil and gas well locations and 200 miles of pipeline throughout the Eagle Ford Shale Play were reviewed within the last two years. To evaluate potential rig locations quickly and efficiently, an environmental compliance program was developed to support the client’s aggressive drilling and development plan. Using web-based GIS, specialists developed an application to access mission-critical data such as archaeological find probability and potential environmental impact layers. Project activities, including desktop reviews, were streamlined by leveraging iPad-compliant, cloud-based resources: dynamic viewing of geospatial data and group distribution of data, reports, and schedules. This multidisciplinary approach increased speed and reliability, allowing our client to meet schedules and save money. The team’s collaboration went beyond data integration to the realm of decision analysis, ultimately illustrating how GIS can be used as a critical component for oil and natural gas exploration efforts.

Defining Frontier Petroleum Systems with Higher Granularity: Examples from Plate Reconstructions of the Atlantic Margins
William Dickson, DIGs; Mark Odegard, Grizzly Geosciences; Craig Schiefelbein, Geochemical Solutions International
Plate reconstruction software and plate models are evolving but limited. Models are defined from vector data that under-represent the resolution available from global imagery. These models are used to simulate paleo-environments, but again, there is a lack of geochemical control to test models of source rock deposition and hydrocarbon generation.

Our best global compilations of bathymetry, gravity, magnetics, basement depth and sediment thickness (DEM-G-M-D2B-ST) resolve features to 5–7 km on DEM-G-M and ~20–40 km on D2B and ST. We augmented Rothwell's PaleoGIS extension, performing exact raster reconstructions of 40+ data layers covering South America and Africa at 2 arc-minute (~3.7 km) resolution for ten paleoages from 65 Ma to 206 Ma (DNAG time scale).

We then reconstructed ~1,400 geochemical point data from the Brazil and African conjugate margins overlaid on the above high-resolution imagery. This defines containers for specific oil subfamilies related to their source depositional paleo-geographies. Thus our work calibrates the geographic accuracy of plate models and the paleo-environmental inferences derived from such models.

Derek Law
Are you interested in creating GIS web applications but don't know where to start? Perhaps you've worked with ArcGIS for Server and want to create web applications but don't want to do programming. In either case, this is the session for you. You will be introduced to some general web map design patterns. Then we will discuss the available configurable web applications including the application templates in ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS, the downloadable ArcGIS Viewer for Flex and ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight, and ArcGIS for SharePoint.

Implementing the APDM for More Effective Pipeline GIS Management
Victor Rutherford, Nexen Inc.
Many organizations in the petroleum industry are looking to make their data and systems compliant and compatible with the ArcGIS Pipeline Data Model (APDM) to more efficiently build and manage their pipeline GIS. Nexen initiated an internal project to move its data to an APDM-compliant database and develop its own Facility Information Management System (FIMS) Esri extension to manage this data. This involved transforming and loading data from disparate sources into the APDM and developing a system for keeping the pipeline GIS in sync with other corporate databases and mobile systems. This presentation will demonstrate to attendees how Nexen incorporated the APDM into their organization's pipeline management system, outlining the tools chosen for the task and why, then give an overview of the whole system from database to desktop to mobile deployment.

Issue For Bid Alignment Sheets Fast Tracked Using GIS Tools
Elizabeth Ziemer, Enbridge; Nichole Killingsworth, BSD Consulting, Inc.
This presentation will highlight Data Management and GIS Technology Deployment using a real-world pipeline project scenario. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., has recently completed the issue for bid phase of the Flanagan South Pipeline Project—a nearly 600-mile, 36-inch diameter interstate crude oil pipeline that will originate in Flanagan, Illinois, and terminate in Cushing, Oklahoma. The engineering company that successfully executed the IFB alignment sheets did so utilizing cutting-edge GIS technology that facilitates automation and data integration. Using a GIS driven database application allows quick response times on changes and easy integration with data models. Learn how the workflow of this project and GIS technology allowed for a successful outcome.

Sharing Data with Emergency Responders through ArcGIS Online.
Katy Rich, Access Midstream
Access Midstream, GISi, BridgeCreek Fire Department and several other public safety and pipeline/utility operators are collaborating on an ArcGIS Online application that will allow emergency response agencies to see utility information from multiple operators in a single dashboard.

Fire departments can use the app as a “one stop” for routing, water supply, weather, and hazardous materials. Utility operators will share secure services to provide data on their infrastructure such as:

• Oil and Gas Pipeline
• Above Ground exposure points
• Electric Utilities
• HAZMAT storage

David Watkins

Learn about the exciting improvements to ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop. Highlights include the new sharing and publishing capabilities and improvements to editing productivity, spatial analysis, and cartography.

Collecting and Managing Wildlife Incident Data
Keith Hickey, Chevron
Barrow Island is an A class nature reserve located approximately 70 kilometers off the northwest coast of Western Australia. Over the past 40 years, a strict environmental management plan has enabled petroleum activities to successfully coexist with Barrow Island's unique flora and fauna.

The GIS Team has developed a single user web interface for collecting all fauna incident attribute data referenced to their spatial location.

The collection of data from many joint venture contract companies through a single user interface ensures a complete picture of events and assists in the mitigation of future incidents.

Development of a GIS Tool to Optimize Produced Water Treatment
Ashwin Dhanasekar, Colorado State University
In this research, study will be performed on Noble Energy's oil and gas wells in the Wattenberg field of Northern Colorado to analyze the quantity and quality of produced water. Based on the existing water production data from both Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and Noble Energy Incorporated, a Geographic Information Systems based tool will be developed to model and predict water production for the life cycle of these wells. Prospective plans for location of water treatment plants will be done based on the spatial analysis of produced water quantity in the field. Routing will also be done based on the analysis to reduce costs of transporting water by sending it to the nearest treatment plants. At the same time, water quality will be analyzed after detailed sampling from various parts of the field. With the use of OLI Electrolyte Simulation software, different wastewater treatment methods will be chosen based on water quality and the reuse purpose of produced water.

An Integration Platform for Multiformat Geographic Time-Aware Data
Carlos Toledo, Gisplan Tecnologia da Geoinformação
At the beginning of 2012 my team and I started a new development contract. By the time we were contacted by both Environmental and Emergency Response divisions of an energy company which had acquired the operation of another corporation and wanted to organize the existent spatial information into a database and publish it using a Web GIS. As we started the gathering of requirements two points were made very clear. First: Along with the spatial data coming from the local Geodatabase the Web GIS should be able to integrate, not only by the geography but also using time, data hosted by other contractors using different formats such as KML (ocean forecast and spill modeling), WMS (radar imagery), WFS (possible oil spill detection geometries and attributes) and AIS (automated tracking system used on ships). And the second point: time was of the essence. One of the Web GIS motivations was to present the tool to Brazilian authorities and observers during an oil spill exercise in the months to come. As the requirement gathering moved on, new requirements joined the early list. This presentation shows how we have met the requirements using ArcGIS APIs for Flex and iOS, .NET and Python APIs.

PetroTechnical Portal—A One Stop Data Shop
William Gilmore, Chevron
Customer Business Issue/Challenge/Impact—Highly skilled petroleum engineers and earth scientists were spending a significant portion of their time searching for data about the various assets that they are responsible for managing. Data obtained from multiple systems then had to be manually integrated to provide a complete view for analysis. The solution reduces the amount of time needed to obtain data, allowing more time for value added analysis. The overall improvement in productivity allows assets to be managed more efficiently. This results in a net increase of engineering hours available to pursue additional opportunities that otherwise would have been bypassed.

Andrew Sakowicz

ArcGIS 10.1 is quite an ambitious release. ArcGIS for Server turns native 64 bit; has simplified architecture; and includes many functions you have been waiting for: performance, cloud support, simple installation and configuration, out-of-the-box print and thematic mapping, direct access to your databases, many new geoprocessing tools, and much more. Join this session to learn about what is coming.

Fast and Powerful Geosciences Information Search
Sylvain Bard-Maier, Total
Total's Geoscientists need to reduce the time of collecting data at the beginning of a study. The most efficient search should probably be a mix between classical full text and thematic search, and also regarding a given geographical area. Once information is selected, the user should have access to detailed descriptions and have the ability to launch viewers in context (cores, log, seismic, documents). Key factors are (1) performance: fast retrieval of information, (2) simplicity of the tool, (3) security and confidentiality: only find the information for which I am authorized, and (4) completeness and data quality: be sure to find all the information available and qualified. Total has launched this initiative. The result is a fast and powerful web application that will be illustrated during the presentation. It is based on Esri technology for the GIS part and Lucene for the search engine.

Integrating GIS with Petrel
Eric Douglas, Apache Corporation
Exposing GIS and G&G data across the respective application platforms has long been a hurdle in the petroleum industry. Given the demand for this type of cross-domain integration, there have been ongoing efforts to allow this. With the latest release of Petrel Studio, G&G data can now be easily shared with Esri GIS applications, and GIS data can be readily consumed by Petrel. By using Esri technology with the Petrel Studio database and ArcGIS for Server, both GIS and G&G users will always have access to the most up-to-date data, which allows them to make better and more accurate decisions in a timely manner.

Steve Kopp

This session will introduce you to the capabilities being introduced with ArcGIS 10.1 in some of your favorite extension products and show you how they can apply to you.

Stylin’ and Filin’ (Symbols and Templates) Tracy Rijken, Inner Corridor Technologies/TeachMeGIS
ArcMap has thousands of possibilities for symbols, labels, and page layouts. While this can be beneficial for making maps, it can also make it difficult and time-consuming to locate the ones you want. Most users end up spending valuable time rebuilding the same layouts, symbols, and labels over and over again. There's an easier way! Most choices and customizations in ArcMap can be saved and reused. Not only does this make the process more efficient, it also maintains consistency across maps. See how to use the tools provided in ArcMap to quickly and easily create, manage and locate styles, layer files, and templates.

Lori Adams, gDC Data Manager, geoLOGIC
geoLOGIC systems ltd. is a widely recognized developer of high quality databases and premium software products that offer comprehensive, relevant solutions to the Oil and Gas industry. This presentation will give you a brief overview of geoLOGIC’s history and business philosophy, as well as outline our superior product and service offerings including the geoLOGIC Data Center (gDC).

Josh Goertzen, Product Manager, IHS

GIS for Data Management in Mature Oil Fields
Thomas Zelenka, OMV Austria E&P GmbH; Christoph Smolka, OMV E&P GmbH; Achim Kamelger, OMV E&P GmbH
Working in mature oil fields always is a challenge from the data management point of view. Technical and production data can be more or less easily transferred and integrated in modern information management environments. Allocating, integrating and providing geodata for these fields makes it necessary to establish an integrated data management approach. OMV's new IT strategy focuses on such stabilization and optimization of existing data management concepts and technologies. In this context, GIS on the one hand plays an important role for guaranteeing the sustainable availability of G&G data. On the other hand, it is open to influence of emerging technologies that enforce the demand of high and seamless integration of information from the field and made a reflection on the group-wide GIS strategy necessary.

We present the concept and workflow in the existing environment as well as the challenges in information management arising from new technologies.

Apache Mobile GIS Initiative
Bruce Sanderson, Apache Corporation
Field workers in the petroleum industry need maps to do their jobs. They need to locate points of interest such as wells, navigate from one location to another, and capture data such as the exact location of a spill, a lease road, or even a photo of something at a certain location. Unfortunately, at Apache, no consistent method existed to satisfy this diverse set of needs. This has forced users to find their own solutions, which include handheld GPS devices of unknown accuracy, laptops with various mapping applications, and even hardcopy maps. The GIS Team decided to launch a pilot project that would leverage our GIS infrastructure to help implement a consistent method for the use of location-based services and the collection and sharing of geographic information. We evaluated ESRI Mobile for Windows, ArcPad, and the iPad and document our findings in this presentation.

Monitoring the Surface Facilities Performance Using GIS in PETRONAS
Mohamad Zahari Mokhtar, PETRONAS
PETRONAS is continuously seeking to optimize the use of GIS technology not only in the Exploration life cycle, but also to integrate capabilities of GIS in Operations and Production in surface facilities monitoring systems. As a single interface for E&P information, GIS is also being used to spatially locate all surface facilities and also to detect any sudden declination or nonfunctional equipment. Hence, PETRONAS is able to avoid any downtime and also able to monitor our Production Sharing Contractor's (PSC) performance in Malaysia. This will contribute in achieving optimum oil and gas production and maximize profits in the long term. Another advantage of using GIS in PETRONAS is to assist decision making across the business. This includes ways to provide better and faster actions, more accurate and precise positioning and finally more effective data delivery and integration. By having the GIS system for surface facilities monitoring, PETRONAS is also able to save the cost and meet our business target and most importantly reduce our risks in daily operations.

Andrew Sakowicz

Andrew Sakowicz Learn practical skills to test performance and scalability and how to use tools such as Visual Studio, Fiddler, and JMeter. The session will cover system tuning, developing test plans, creating test scripts, load testing, and analyzing and validating the results.

Constructing National Well Catalog with ArcGIS 10 and IHS Enerdeq
John Farrell, Fidelity Exploration & Production Co.
Over seventy attributes of oil & gas well and production data are tabulated for 4.4 million wells in the United States recorded by IHS Inc. Rows corresponding to wells owned in whole or part by Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. are supplanted with data from Fidelity's well database. The resulting table is used to produce surface and bottom-hole feature classes in the ArcGIS 10 geodatabase from Esri. The feature classes are kept up-to-date on a daily basis using software developed by Fidelity. The application calls web services hosted by IHS to enable the caller to update data that was recently added, changed, or deleted by IHS. ArcObjects is used to construct a line feature class connecting top- and bottom-hole locations. The feature classes are used in several map layers made available to Fidelity personnel through Fidelity's enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS), provided by petroWEB Inc.

Reconciling Well Status and Plot Symbology
Trudy Curtis, PPDM Association
Over time, many symbol sets have been independently developed by software vendors, operators, regulators and data vendors. Today, the user is presented with a bewildering array of symbol sets, many of which are poorly defined. The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association was approached by industry to help resolve this problem.
A dedicated group of industry experts compiled sets of values that describe well status, well type, well function, well class and more. Fifteen distinct kinds of information were identified and decomposed into their constituent informational components.
Facets that users want to represent through symbology were identified and an integrated set of plot symbology developed (public at www.ppdm.org).
This work has been reviewed and adopted internationally. The time has come to review and update it to reflect changes in industry needs and expectations. An open, online environment has been developed that can be used by anyone in industry to arrive at a collective decision about the structure of the next version. The GIS community is invited to participate in this project; outcomes will be made available to everyone free of charge.

A Prototype Implementation of the Energy Industry Profile (“EIP”) Metadata Exchange Standard
Scott Hills, Chevron; Dave Danko, Esri; Lisa Derenthal, Gimmal Group; Alan Doniger, ACD Consulting; Hari Koduru, Energistics; Steve Richard, Arizona Geological Survey; Sky Bristol, USGS; Jennifer Carlino, USGS; Ted Habermann, NOAA; John Kozimar, University of Colorado / CIRES; Mark Stehm, ExxonMobil; Christine White, Esri
In 4Q 2012, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Pioneer Resources sponsored Energistics' EIP Prototype Project to demonstrate the promise of the EIP metadata exchange standard. This standard is designed to facilitate discovery of distributed information resources by enabling their documentation with consistent, high quality metadata. The project used resources drawn from six organizations to develop a prototype implementation of the EIP v1.0 specification based on the EIP v1.0 Release Candidate. The prototype, available online, uses open source Esri Geoportal Server software to provide a searchable metadata catalog system in a network of systems federated via the Internet. This presentation will provide an overview of the EIP Prototype Project, including the resultant deliverables and insights, and will offer a demonstration of the prototype implementation. It will also outline the status and plans of 2013 work, including ongoing contributions to two ISO/TC 211 project teams on whose deliverables the EIP standard is based.

David Cardella

Mobile GIS extends the reach of GIS from the office to the field, improving the efficiency of your field work force as well as the accuracy and timeliness of your geospatial data. Topics will include configuring ready-to-deploy applications as well as building focused applications using the Windows Mobile, iOS, Windows Phone, and Android field devices APIs.

Exploiting Social Media to Identify Threats to Oil Production
Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California
With ongoing terrorist activities throughout the world, there are significant challenges to oil and gas production and protecting the workers and infrastructure involved in these processes. News, blogs and social media can provide insight into activities that should be monitored, but the volume of data to be searched is overwhelming and not tied to a specific area of interest – until now. From upstream to downstream, advanced situational awareness is now possible by identifying areas of interest, specifying keywords related to potential threats, and continuously monitoring news and social media sites for references to questionable activities. The challenge lies in accurately linking the reference to a specific location. This presentation highlights the techniques for extracting documents from news and social media sites, how to accurately link them to a specific location, and how to alert users when action may be needed to protect lives and critical infrastructure.

Climatically Thinking: The Role of GIS in Increasing Resilience of O&G Projects to the Effects of Climate Change
Paola Peroni, Exprodat Consulting Ltd.; Mark Mackintosh, Claverton Associates Ltd
Climate change, from sea level rise and coastal erosion to irregular rainfall patterns and permafrost thawing, is being recognized as a key issue for the O&G industry. The long life cycle of O&G assets means an integrated evaluation of climate change induced risks to new and existing infrastructure needs to become an integral part of the industry's risk assessment approach.

Adaptation is one of the strategies that companies can put in place to manage risks associated with increasingly intense extreme events and incremental changes induced by climate change. There is a critical role for ArcGIS to be a key management tool, supporting the identification of key adaptation strategies. This presentation describes how ArcGIS is used to evaluate and identify climate related risk and adaptation techniques from the early screening stages, enabling increased resiliency of new developments to be designed in from the start, and risks managed throughout the life cycle of a project.

Oil Spill Response Planning: Coastal and Marine Environmental Sensitivity Mapping
Simon Ross, Environmental Resources Management
In the wake of the Gulf Spill, many oil and gas companies are revisiting their spill response plans for both new and existing developments. Key to successful planning is understanding where the potentially sensitive environmental resources are, both on the coast and in the marine environment.

Based on the most recent IPIECA guidelines, ERM has developed an initial desk-based mapping and sensitivity classification approach, using existing data sources and remote sensing interpretation as a precursor to more detailed field surveys. This approach enables rapid assessment of potentially sensitive locations.

In addition to providing the analytic tools and central data repository, a GIS web application and supporting map services provide access to all project data and metadata. Web editing tools enable client and contractor personnel to plot and share proposed locations for response resources (e.g., staging areas) during the response planning stage. This approach dramatically reduces reliance on traditional paper mapping.

Darcy Vaughan, petroWEB

Full Motion Video as an Operational Layer in GIS
Devon Humphrey, Waypoint Mapping
Aerial imagery has become the default basemap for GIS over the past two decades. Now, real-time geo-referenced Full Motion Video (FMV) technology, once only available to the defense and intelligence community, enables GIS users to capture, archive and utilize this rich source of visual intelligence for real-world solutions. As a result, imagery has transformed from a basemap layer to an operational layer.

Traditional manned platforms can already capture a variety of imagery types, including FMV, and the new generation of inexpensive Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) makes this technology even more accessible to a wider range of users. FMV allows for asset inspections on a regular basis and timely feedback during an emergency response. Whether dealing with a man-made or natural disaster, FMV can provide real-time situational awareness without placing personnel at risk. Other applications include pipeline route selection, environmental studies and construction documentation.

Mobile GIS Applications: Reaching a Larger Audience
Eric James, Colonial Pipeline Company; Eric Klein, Critigen
In an effort to support an increasingly sophisticated and mobile workforce while simultaneously expanding the user base and GIS services across the organization, Colonial Pipeline Company has developed and deployed a suite of multi-platform mobile applications built on various ArcGIS technologies. Specifically, Colonial's GIS team has coordinated with various departments to scope and develop asset inventory, emergency response, asset management and quick reference applications using native mobile, mobile web and desktop web technologies. Primary among these technologies are the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS, HTML5 using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript and the ArcGIS API for Flex. This presentation will discuss the technology selection process, the user requirement and feedback gathering process as well as the benefits and challenges of working with these cutting-edge technologies. The presentation will also include a live demonstration of select applications.

Pembina Pipeline Leveraging GIS to Build Pipeline Centerlines
Gordon Gin, New Century Software (Canada) Inc.; Derek Fenty, Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Pembina has built a data management system for all of their current Canadian pipeline assets. Separate projects were completed to convert the paper copy alignment drawings, repair reports and survey notes. Where no records existed due to acquisitions and lost records, Pembina embarked on an ambitious plan to leverage a combination of GIS technology to develop pipeline centerline and feature sets. The technology involved manually digitizing 2D PI control points from existing georeferenced cadastral maps. An Esri ArcMap extension was then used to create a measured polyline by draping the digitized 2D polyline over commercially available digital elevation models. The resultant 3D measured pipeline centerline was then automatically intersected with various crossing points of other pipelines, transportation and utility corridors to extract 3D station values. This common geoprocessing workflow used to take hours to perform, but now took only minutes. The user connected the PIs to create a line, assigned 2D or 3D measures, and generated events with stationing. This effort resulted in a PODS ready digital data file that was easily uploaded to an existing Oracle database.

Steve Lambert

This session will focus on new management and analysis techniques in ArcGIS 10 and what's coming down the road. The Mosaic Dataset and Image Analysis window provides enhanced capabilities for the management, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of imagery in ArcGIS 10. This session will also focus on ArcGIS 10 support for imagery, lidar, bathymetry, and other big data. It will also provide insight into developing data management programs and best practices for these types of data and how to engage with Esri at every step of the process to promote long-term success.

Location Analytics—The Next Threshold at Frontier Surveying
Michael Beavers, Frontier Surveying Company
Cloud-based spatial systems are no longer an emergent concept. GIS and cloud computing are now so interdependent that the distinction between the two is dissolving. In spite of the steady technological progression, some location-based businesses continue to underutilize cloud-GIS. As services like data, content management software and applications migrate off locally resident infrastructure, the emphasis is to mash up data, analyze and serve it to a broad base of users via customized portals. This generation of GIS must be seamlessly embedded into users' daily workflows. The challenge is to build and deploy location-based analytical applications that aid in decision making and drive sound business practices. Our GIS is a gateway where content is mashed up, accessed and shared with a growing list of users via interoperable platforms and are powered by hosted, shared services, location-based data and customized apps. Our GIS is gaining a competitive advantage by giving users the freedom to conduct spatial analytics—a process that enhances our business intelligence. The success of these systems will be measured by their increased adoption and usage.

GIS: An Upstream Business Geo-Intelligentia
Mrutyunjaya Panigrahi, Reliance Industries Ltd.
Upstream Business is a knowledge-driven industry where information is the "Big" asset. Business information is collaborative insights of the tacit expertise and experience of individual knowledge workers. The geographic propensity of source information is generally spread across many disciplines of the exploration industry. The technology adopted by many organizations in the world to share and assess visually any information across all verticals of the upstream business is a challenging job. Recent development of Geographic Information Systems has reached a stage where the business value can be achieved by shared collective information. Geointelligentia is a term not industry specified but can be preferred the ability to explore information spatially irrespective of database, documents, policies, procedures, maps and many unstructured.

Esri's new Location Analytics BI tool with Microsoft technology brings the latest platform for a knowledge dashboard in spatial context for an enterprise. Upstream business, through complex groups involved in generating oceans of information, can definitely benefit by adopting this technology. This paper focuses a glimpse of such implementation.

Customizing Web Map Printing at Server 10.1
James Ballinger, Samson; Mara Stoica, IT Nexus, Inc.
Even in a modern world of Web Maps, sometimes we still need a piece of paper! Samson Resources currently has over 250 users of web-based GIS that range from Engineers and Land Managers to Upper Management. Despite the adoption of web maps, Samson still needs to print high quality, on demand maps on a frequent basis. At ArcGIS 10.1 for Server, Esri provides a simple solution to Samson's need: the Printing Tools Service. Through the use of Esri's web APIs, the Printing Tools Service can be easily integrated with existing web map viewers to enable end users to print what they want, when they want it.

This presentation will discuss Samson's business needs for printing as well as walk attendees through the process of creating a custom Printing Tools Service. Everyone who attends will walk away with the knowledge and examples to publish their own 10.1 Printing Tools Service.

Jeff Shaner

By using Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS and ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server, you can manage and monitor real-time data with the ArcGIS platform. Learn how to receive, analyze, and serve vehicle tracking feeds, vessel feeds, SCADA, social media, weather, and much more, using GeoEvent Processor, then provide focused views of dynamically changing data using Operations Dashboard.

Accounting from Above: HSE, Geospatial Monitoring, Environmental Performance and Sustainability
Chris W. Baynard, University of North Florida
This paper argues that geospatial analysis needs to form a core part of HSE divisions. Given the spatial nature of upstream operations, measuring, monitoring and planning the infrastructure footprint created by exploration and production activities can help reduce surface alterations and therein reduce social disturbances at various scales. Some of the major energy companies are pushing to incorporate environmental performance standards across all business units. Thus, geospatial applications form the necessary bridge between HSE and sustainability. Examples of operations in Florida, Russia, Venezuela and Ecuador are examined. Additionally, sustainability projects are discussed that highlight how HSE divisions can lead the planning of corporate social responsibility projects and contribute to successful annual sustainability reporting.

UAV Imagery Interpretation for Oil Fields Monitoring
Vladimir Andrianov, Esri CIS
A research was done on the applicability of automated objects-based image analysis for the purpose of utilizing UAV imagery in routine oil fields monitoring. The primary application focus was detecting hydrocarbon spills from intra-field pipelines and assessment of associated vegetation damage. The most sophisticated image analysis package eCognition (from Definiens AG, now Trimble Geospatial) was used to perform the task. The presentation discusses ideas, principles and techniques of extra-high resolution imagery interpretation and their implementation in the software. Basic theory is explained and illustrative test cases using actual UAV imagery are shown. The technology is regarded as complementary to enterprise GIS deployments, serving them as an important source of geospatial information about daily operations. Transforming raw spatial data into such actionable information—that's the key point of the presentation.

Monitoring Unintentionally-Released Chemicals using the (PILS): A Gulf Coast Analysis
Gloria Okome, Texas Southern University; Latissha Clark, Texas Southern University; Vincent Hassell, Texas Southern University
The Petrochemical Incident Location System (PILS) is a web based application that provides a historical snapshot of hazardous material incidents throughout the United States. We utilize PILS to offer a visual mapping option that is easy for a user to identify locations of chemical incidents. This database spans a 20 years’ time period of data. The program uses the Flex API to create widgets that will identify critical areas, such as incidents, incident proximity to schools, bridges and etc. We use the geometry service, geocoding and various toolboxes. The research will identify incidents in the gulf coast pre- and post- Hurricane Ike. Research will identify the chemicals and time of incident. Using this method will provide a snapshot as to how many chemicals were unintentionally released during the stated period. PILS can provide an environmental perspective on incidents in an area that has high petrochemical production.

Basic Geodetics – What Every GIS User Should Know
Michael Barnes, Cain & Barnes, L.P.; Steven Long, Shell
Is your spatial data correctly located? Are you sure? Come learn the fundamental geodetic parameters that determine the location of geospatial data on your map. Every spatial data user should know and understand basic geodesy AND know the significance of the geodetic parameters behind the location data being displayed in a GIS application. Failure to understand and properly utilize these parameters will likely result in the mis-location of spatial data with potentially disastrous consequences. This workshop will establish and advance your understanding of the common terminology and concepts behind accurate data positioning. Datums, ellipsoids, map projections, and their associated functional components will be simply explained to provide a proper understanding of the parameters that define coordinate reference systems. This is an essential workshop for the novice and a valuable refresher for the GIS expert.

Coordinate Reference Systems: Best Practices for Assignment, Manipulation, and Conversion In GIS Systems
Jim Cain, Cain & Barnes, L.P.
Feel comfortable with the basics of geodetics? This workshop is the next step in getting it right when mapping geospatial data. Eighty percent of all E&P data has some type of coordinate attribute, so a solid understanding of CRS and implementation of best practices is essential to effective, accurate use of these data. Most GIS and mapping applications reference EPSG codes to specify the spatial components of position data and the digital map canvas upon which the data are displayed. This workshop will familiarize the user with the EPSG Geodetic Parameters Registry, the de facto standard for E&P applications and project CRS definition, and demonstrate its value and application in the identity and manipulation of the spatial components defining the CRS to which the data are referenced. Additional best practices will be explained and demonstrated to establish appropriate habits for working with, accurately converting, and establishing the integrity of your spatial data for use within GIS based applications.

Mike Boryski

Maps are ubiquitous in our world today, and your business intelligence (BI) users want them in reports and easy-to-use dashboards. But while more than 80 percent of business data contains a geographic component, most organizations don't take full advantage of it and they end up creating an analytics blind spot.

Using mapping visualization with traditional BI delivers information more effectively, allowing users to see trends and relationships they would miss in traditional tables and charts.

In this session, we will share examples and demonstrate how using location analytics can be seamlessly integrated with mission-critical business analytics to drive insight, understanding, and decision making.

Induced AC Corrosion by High Voltage Power Lines
Jerry Ring, The Williams Companies, Inc.
This project is the culmination of studies, research, analysis, maps, and statistics produced by Jerry Ring and is representative of work under Williams and its GIS and Pipeline Integrity department. As required by Williams' Operations & Maintenance Manual, this procedure identifies a unique natural phenomenon of probable corrosion occurring within the pipeline industry, where the combination of steel pipe and specific external coatings intersects high-voltage power lines. The criteria involve a buffer of 500 ft. from center of pipeline, encompassing coatings of Fusion Bonded Epoxy or Pritec, and high-voltage power lines equal and greater than 60 kilovolts. The analysis proved challenging with 10,755 pipeline miles, causing adjustments on how the analysis is conducted. Challenges involved projection accuracies, buffer sources, a proven workflow, organizing results utilizing Esri's Dynamic Pages (i.e., Map Books), producing and organizing statistics, map design decisions, and producing the project as a book for two audiences.

NiSource and Willbros Engineering: GIS and the Direct Assessment Process
Ed Nicholson, NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage; Amy McKean, Willbros Engineers; Carl Meinke, Willbros Engineers
Due to aging infrastructures, and ultimately material failures, operators face increased regulation regarding pipeline integrity management. Operators must identify potential threats at an increased frequency and with additional considerations. NiSource used existing GIS databases for analysis, field verification and overall data recovery as well as storage of the resultant Direct Assessment Data.

The presentation will demonstrate how GIS was a helpful tool during implementation of the direct assessment program. It will also go into an operator's account of how the results and early finds due to the GIS system saved considerable time and funding for the project.

Direct Assessment analysis and data integration have come in the form of specialized and licensed software from various industry vendors. By utilizing their GIS as the basis for the algorithm, NiSource was able to efficiently move through the steps of the process as deadlines approached for completion due to regulations and heating season.

Agile Gas Field Development Planning with ArcGIS 10.1 for Server
Kirk Mower, WorleyParsons
Many modern engineering projects are still operating in a world where 'drawings' are produced in CAD, marked up in pen, discussed and then either immortalized or forgotten. Because of this, the front-end options analysis process can be slowed to the point where the preferred design case can turn out to be the one that has been circulated the most on paper. ArcGIS 10.1 for Server provides a platform that allows for rapid, iterative, case design analysis.

The GIS tools and development kits available from Esri now provide the perfect platform to integrate hard data and lateral thinking for a faster, deeper, and wider options analysis process. The presentation will demonstrate how to use the ArcGIS 10.1 for Server and Esri toolsets to quickly create offshore Gas Field case designs using ArcGIS 10.1 feature services. A working web-based system that allows engineers to interactively create field designs will be demonstrated, along with the tools that were used to create it.

Finally, the advantages to storing data in an enterprise geodatabase for further analysis and data integration will be discussed from both the business and technical perspectives.

Matt Davis

The session will review the rapidly increasing interest in the community of applying GIS to the issues of environment, health, and safety management—and its use in emergency situational awareness—in producing a common operating picture (COP) for organizations.

This meeting is for Esri Business Partners only and is focused on alignment and planning with Esri in the Energy sector. Topics covered will include best practices and business models around ArcGIS Online, Esri’s sales strategy in Energy, leveraging the global outreach and marketing events and will end with an open Q&A session with Esri executives. Seperate registration is required, but there are no fees.

GIS and Directional Survey Data – Living in an Imperfect Data World
Jim Stolle, TGS
Directional survey data used for 2D/3D well path control from its initial hard-copy form undergoes an amazing transformation to "perfect" data status on loading to GIS applications. Most users and data handlers are oblivious to the spatial data errors that creep into the surveys used. First, there is too much incorrectly reported directional survey data, even today, incorrect in the key spatial fields that control spatial placement. Second, the lack of standardization on key controlling fields, like north reference or datum, can have an important negative effect on well path placement. Suggested are new and improved reporting standards for directional surveys by state regulatory agencies. ESRI and the ESRI community of users can certainly help achieve better reporting standards. Last, what can we do with the historic collection of directional survey data in our applications? Standardization necessities will be reviewed. More important is how we can use the ESRI tools to graphically and visually advise and alert the user to the weaknesses and strengths of wells and well paths, on a well by well basis. Some suggestions will be shown.

Applied Geodesy for ArcGIS
Dave Byrne, Anadarko; Pete Moreau, Anadarko
On the fly geodetic handling is wonderful functionality, but it does require knowledge of the datum and projection of the ArcGIS project, the datum and projection of each dataset brought into the project, and the geodetic transformation parameters used between the datums. This is critical knowledge needed to display all the datasets in the common datum and projection of the project, and without which on-the-fly calculations will be wrong! The most common spatial problem with data is the misidentification the reference datum or projection, or a total lack of consideration for its datum and/or projection. This workshop will demonstrate a geodetically correct implementation of a GIS exploration project containing seismic, well and culture data, though the concepts can be applied to any spatial data. Procedures will be shown to correctly set up the GIS project geodetic parameters and then add raster and vector data based on a variety of Geographic Coordinate Reference Systems (GeogCRS) and Projected Coordinate Reference Systems (ProjCRS). The use of the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset in obtaining or validating geodetic parameters will be exhibited. In addition, the effects of erroneous representation of geodetic parameters for individual datasets will be described and explained.

Bernie Szukalski

ArcGIS Online provides access to a set of online resources to enrich and extend the ArcGIS user experience. This includes a rich set of online maps and related services that may be accessed for free through ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS Explorer, or ArcGIS for Server applications. This session will provide details on the current variety of ArcGIS Online content and capabilities and demonstrate how ArcGIS users can use them. The session will also describe how the ArcGIS Online system was built to provide high-performance and scalable maps and services using ArcGIS for Server.

Spatial Adjustment: Reconciling Land GIS Data with Survey Grid Updates
Ryan Ross, Quorum Business Solutions, Inc.; Amy Albrecht, Chevron
Keeping your agreements aligned to an ever changing survey grid can present a challenge for most Land GIS Departments. As with all types of GIS data, the survey grid is in a constant state of improvement. If your organization relies on external suppliers for your survey grid, you are faced with trying to reconcile your existing data with yearly, quarterly or even monthly updates.

This session will discuss strategies for isolating, quantifying and reporting those changes and discuss tools and approaches to reconciling your existing data with those changes to ensure that future data capture, analysis and map presentation are as clean and accurate as possible.

This session will benefit GIS Managers, GIS professionals, Spatial Analysts, Mapping Techs, E&P and Land Managers.

Oil and Gas Industry in GIS Education: A Proposal
Tom Mueller, California University of Pennsylvania
The Oil and Gas Industry has integrated spatial data with some of the most robust applications in GIS. One of the most robust attributes regarding these applications is that they can be utilized in other unrelated industries/utilities. This presentation will be "a call to the industry" so as to help educators construct pedagogical techniques and lesson plans for students, who will be future employees, to have the requisite GIS knowledge and tools necessary to excel in this field. The first part of the presentation will discuss the educational setting including how the lessons can be incorporated into existing (or new) curricula. Service learning issues in GIS will be examined and the presenter will highlight the positives and negatives. Finally, the presenter will discuss an ideal vision for the future of GIS/Education within PUG—the establishment of a PUG GIS-Education Website that could assist not only college students but also high school students and the public to increase GIS awareness and spatial familiarity.

Creating a Staff Development Plan with Esri
Michael Green, Esri

The success of your GIS relies on the decisions of the people managing, creating, and using the GIS applications. A staff development plan is key to ensuring your team is equipped with the knowledge and skills it needs to maximize this power within your GIS, allowing you to get the most out of your technology investment. Having a scalable, enterprise-level plan will enable your team to maximize the investment in your GIS solution through utilizing education resources to elevate technology knowledge. This can directly address needs such as preparing staff to implement new or upgraded Esri technology, cross-training staff to grow knowledge capital within the organization, educating new hires in GIS technology, and supporting projects. Please join this interactive session to meet with a training solutions representative and realize these key benefits: identifying the appropriate level of training and staff development plan to scale across your organization, understanding the importance of assessing your team's GIS skills to prioritize training needs, and bridging your GIS and organization's goals by coordinating with human resources and management to deliver comprehensive training options for your team.

Using GIS to Analyze and Visualize Carbonate Analogs in Support of Subsurface Exploration in Rift Settings
James Ellis, Ellis GeoSpatial; Paul Harris, Chevron; Sam Purkis, Nova Coral Reef Institute
ArcGIS has been the key geospatial technology to compile, attribute, and analyze enhanced satellite imagery, maps, and DEMs of select carbonate depositional settings around the globe. The objective was to build a GIS database that could be used to better understand, visualize, and interrogate modern carbonate features that would be expected in early rift settings. The analog sites in rift settings spanned from East African Rift fresh-water lakes to Western USA pluvial lakes to the marine Red Sea. 3D Analyst provided essential tools for contouring, interpolation, and visualization. The GIS attribute table was exchanged with MATLAB to support complex morphometric analyses of the landforms. The GIS layers were transferred to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Explorer, animation, and GeoPDFs to expand access and support training. The GIS database with supporting documentation is available from the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Bookstore as a 2-DVD set (Short Course Notes No. 55).

Creating an Enterprise Culture of Digital Scouts for O&G
Charlie Strickler, Forest Oil Corp.
In today’s highly competitive search for new O&G resource plays, the need for timely and accurate information is imperative. The use of programming, RDBMS’s, and web mapping technology has provided an enterprise platform for optimized scouting solutions. The age of oil field scouts is diminishing, but the new age of company-wide digital scouts can turn data into information into hydrocarbons.

Darcy Vaughan, petroWEB

GIS Tips and Tricks
Jennifer Harrison, TeachMeGIS.com
Whether you have been working with GIS for 2 years or 20, you can always pick up a few new tips. This talk will show some of the tips our team has learned over the years, from basic Excel tips that help process data to spatial analysis tools and processes.

Satish Sankaran/Robert Kircher

The ArcGIS system features an online, mapcentric portal. Through this experience, users of GIS within your organization can easily search and create maps, use and build web and mobile application, and keep their work private or share it with groups within the entire organization. This intuitive and powerful portal experience is key for successfully delivering GIS capabilities across your entire organization. It can be enabled either through an online subscription (ArcGIS Online for organizations) or, alternatively, within your own infrastructure via Portal for ArcGIS. This session will describe how to install and configure Portal for ArcGIS in your own on-premises or private-cloud infrastructure. We will also cover topics such as integrating Portal for ArcGIS with your existing security environment and connecting your Portal for ArcGIS with other components of ArcGIS such as ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS for Desktop, Esri Maps for Office, and Data Appliance for ArcGIS. Special emphasis will be given to upcoming new features in the Portal for ArcGIS product such as support for PKI, SSO, and SAML and setting up your own hosted services with ArcGIS for Server and Portal for ArcGIS.

Route Optimization Using Suitability Grid Analysis Methodology
Erik Potter, M3 Midstream LLC; Jesse Glasgow, Photo Science
M3 Midstream and Photo Science recently selected and optimized a 25-mile NGL pipeline route in the Utica using the suitability grid analysis methodology. The routing methodology analyzes and combines multiple grids from three major perspectives: the natural environment, built environment, and engineered environment. It uses Esri ArcGIS technology to map all geographic features, assign stakeholder-generated suitability values, generate corridor alternatives using computer algorithms and create reports summarizing criteria used and values assigned. The Methodology has proved to be objective, consistent and defensible.

This presentation will give an overview of this routing methodology. This presentation will discuss the need for a standardized methodology, give an overview of the methodology, and discuss lessons learned from over 71 utility project implementations in 8 states. The audience will come away with a better understanding of this innovative approach that can help them improve their new infrastructure development processes.

Utilizing ArcGIS Online to Visualize DIRT Data
Eric Williams, Access Midstream
The Common Ground Alliance, an association of underground utility operators, utilizes a system called Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) to track and share damage and near misses to their infrastructure. The system is used to improve education and prevention efforts. DIRT is currently a tabular data repository, but utilizing ArcGIS Online, the data can be visualized geographically for improved analysis and understanding of event data. Using geography gives new insight to operators across the board to understand areas of shared impact.

David Asbury

Join Esri storyteller Allen Carroll and his team to learn how to plan, build, and publish story maps for your organization. The story maps team will guide you through the processes developed in creating award-winning map narratives. Topics will include how to conceptualize your stories; use ArcGIS Online to create user-friendly map services and web maps; incorporate text, photos, and other content; and publish your content into storytelling templates.

Python for the Non-Scripter
Tracy Rijken, Inner Corridor Technologies/TeachMeGIS
There are many places in ArcMap where Python rears its little head. Whether it’s writing label expressions or doing field calculations, it can be a little daunting if you are not a Python programmer. But Python was designed to be an easy scripting language to learn and use. So what are you so afraid of? Learn some basic Python essentials and unlock the mystery of this scripting language that is infiltrating ArcMap.

Marwa Mabrouk

Learn about the latest cloud options—ranging from public to private clouds—and how ArcGIS for Server deployments work with them. The session will focus on technical considerations and trade-offs to compare the different cloud options and how they can be used with ArcGIS for Server. Specific cloud offerings will be discussed including Amazon Web Services GovCloud and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, VCE Vblock, and IBM enterprise cloud offerings. Details will be discussed to show different cloud deployments and how they work with the latest features of ArcGIS for Server.

Peter Veenstra, Willbros Engineering
The purpose of this paper is to review the current state of data models available to pipeline GIS practitioners. Models are compared and contrasted as an aid to help pipeline operators understand the options available to them for managing pipeline data within a GIS. The review will include the ArcGIS Pipeline Data Model (APDM), PODS Relational, PODS Esri Spatial, PODS Open Spatial, and the GDI. The second part of the paper will focus on the changes to APDM as part of the APDM 6.0 release. Changes include simplification of the model, a focus on supporting gathering systems, and full support for geometric and event-based implementations of the model.

Making Sense of Datum Transformations
Sam Knight, Blue Marble Geographics
Datum Transformation is a key part of many data exchange processes, but also one that includes significant danger of introducing inaccuracies if proper care is not taken. Transformations can occur in a number of stages along the data life cycle with repercussions that can affect the positional integrity of the data permanently. Something as seemingly simple as a single datum transformation can introduce 50 meters of error or more by using a low-quality datum transformation, even if it is technically valid for the area. Compounding some of the technical confusion are new methods of transformation being introduced by national survey authorities in various countries. Selecting the best transformation parameters is key to the process and must be understood to properly execute on them. This talk will explore the specifics of selecting the best from a set of parameters using concepts such as geographic bounding areas and accuracy statements to make the proper choices.

A Big Change in the North American Datum Is Coming
Jan Van Sickle, Van Sickle LLC
From 5 to 9 years from now there will be a New Geometric Datum (NGD) to support improved GNSS positioning that will replace NAD83. The NGS 10-Year plan states, "NGS [will redefine] the national horizontal datum to remove gross disagreements with the ITRF." This New Geometric will not be a new realization of NAD83; it will be an entirely new datum. For an industry that is often still contemplating how to move from NAD27 to NAD83, immediate awareness of this change is critical. This paper will provide some of the basic parameters that ought to be considered when evaluating what to do with legacy data and newly acquired data as well.