CODIO—Collaborative Decisionmaking in Integrated Operations

Abstract

We describe CODIO, an Integrated Operations (IO) development project currently underway in the North Sea region. The aim of the project is to optimize the drilling process by ensuring that drilling teams generate a continuous stream of right decisions made at the right time. Current IO projects do not fully address the challenges posed by decision making in the new IO environment with abundant real-time data, operation centers, virtual multidisciplinary teams, mobile workforce, etc. The CODIO project develops and evaluates a new model for decision support in IO. The model is based on advanced decision theory, combined with real-time situation assessment, collaborative ICT-supported work processes, and a semantic model for sharing data and knowledge. Decision support in CODIO exploits recent advances in Bayesian techniques, adapted to dynamic and (near) real-time decision situations. Constructing decision models "on the fly" is enabled by collaboration technology including visualization. Previous work on applying Semantic Web standards (OWL, RDF) in IO is used to support proactive information gathering and sharing. CODIO is being verified by systematic laboratory testing, followed by gradual introduction in the ODC (Onshore Drilling Center) facility operated by ConocoPhillips in Tananger, Norway.

Hybrid-augmented intelligence: collaboration and cognition

“…Collaborative decision-making is critical to almost all businesses (Hoffman, 1998;Ball et al, 2001). The free exchange of ideas in an enterprise is likely to create more innovative products, strategic solutions, and lucrative business decisions (Fjellheim et al, 2008).…”

Real-Time Drilling Operations Centers: A History of Functionality and Organizational Purpose—The Second Generation

“…Subsequent publications by Rommetveit et al (2007) and Fjellheim et al (2008) described different aspects of the ODC. The first focuses on eDrilling, a process involving real-time drilling simulation, 3D visualization, and control.…”

“…The second paper (Fjellheim et al 2008) focuses more on the people and process aspects of integrated operations. By this time, the concept of integrated operations, promoted by The Norwegian Oil Industry Association [Oljeindustriens Landsforening (OLF)], had become well established and is used as a backdrop for describing the extent of change aspired to.…”

“…The former would require data and taxonomy standards within key domains (e.g., WITSML for drilling operations); the latter would require standards that span multiple disciplines, a shared industry ontology. Fjellheim et al (2008) discuss the development and testing of concepts such as information overload, decision theory, decision models, and Bayesian networks, stating that after systematic testing, these new decision-support processes are being gradually introduced at the ODC.…”