This program has been suspended. Please contact professionaldevelopment@ppdm.org if you are interested in PPDM training. The course launch date is April 3, 2025 – Sign up for Power Insights: Mastering Energy Data workshop series today.
Save your seat for this dynamic biweekly workshop series that will navigate you through foundational standards, data governance, AI basics and the impact on the energy industry, to advanced data analytics. Then meet the business life cycle of seismic, explore MDM and data governance, and cap it off with data trust and data quality.
Robert Brennan Hart has joined PPDM as Chief Communications Officer. The strategic selection of Mr. Hart, a globally recognized leader in the technology and energy industries, underscores PPDM's unwavering commitment to excellence in data capability and innovation within the energy sector.
Jennifer Waller has joined PPDM as Community Development Coordinator. Jennifer supports the PPDM community through global events, publications and social media.
Tessa Holm has joined PPDM as the CPDATM Registrar. In addition to supporting the growing certification program, Tessa supports other professional development and PPDM activities.
The strength of the PPDM Association has always been grounded in the contributions of hard-working individuals like Pam Koscinski. In her quiet and unassuming way, Pam has been a stalwart supporter of PPDM as a volunteer and then as staff when, in 2012, Pam joined the PPDM team to provide hands on leadership and support for PPDM communities in local, regional and international events. At the end of August 2023, Pam concludes her service as a member of the PPDM team. “Pam’s involvement in PPDM has strengthened us in countless ways. Her wisdom, expertise and unpretentious mentorship have been instrumental in the recognition of PPDM as the global energy data professionals. Although Pam will leave her role on PPDM staff, we are looking forward to continuing our relationship in new ways”, said Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association. Al Huber, current Chair of the PPDM Board of Directors added, “Pam has been a passionate advocate for the PPDM Association for longer than I can remember. For the past 11 years, she has been our boots on the ground in the US, and for our American members the local face of the organization. As knowledgeable as she is passionate, the PPDM Association, and global energy data community are simply richer for her engagement. Pam leaves an amazing legacy.” Pam’s illustrious career has (so far) spanned over 38 years. In addition to her 11 years as US Representative for PPDM, Pam has served as National Director at IHS Energy (1985 – 2001), Senior Director of Well and Facility Information Management at Chesapeake Energy (2004 – 2012), Principal at Noah Consulting (2012-2013), Director of Information Management at Stonebridge Consulting (2020-2021) and is now Director of Data Operations for WellDatabase. Pam has served on the PPDM Board of Directors. As an expert in well data in operator and regulatory practices, Pam supported and participated in many of PPDM’s technical programs such as What is a Well, Global Well Identification Best Practices, the Well Identification US and Global Standards, and Well Status and Classification. Pam has also supported the development or technical review of many PPDM learning programs. In sincere appreciation for her efforts on behalf of the PPDM Association, the PPDM Association Board of Directors has granted Pam an Honorary Lifetime Membership. Happily, we will continue to see Pam at PPDM activities in her new role with WellDatabase.
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The reference value work group developed and published 34 New reference lists and evergreened 8 in various subject areas. Don’t see a reference list you need use the request a reference list option. The group is currently focusing on areas such as Rig, Seismic, Reservoirs and Petrophysics. If you are interested in participating, please email us at projects@ppdm.org.
In accordance with the PPDM Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals. Click here to read more.
“It isn’t the company with the most data that wins, it’s the company that makes better decisions because of the data they have that gives them an advantage – if we could put that on a bumper sticker and make sure that every senior leader across industry sees that, it’s such a big statement.” Join the Three Data Wise Guys for their Season Finale episode, including Margaret Barron, Chief of Professional Development at the PPDM Association and producer of the Three Data Wise Guys. Check out the podcast now.
The PPDM Association Nominations Committee is accepting applications for a position on the committee. This committee has the role of vetting and endorsing candidates most qualified for the PPDM Association Board of Directors and is comprised of between three to five members in good standing of the PPDM community with established leadership capabilities. The committee is primarily active in the third quarter, before the Annual General Meeting, at which time it meets internally and with prospective Board of Director candidates to prepare advice to voting members. You can read more about the committee here.
If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact Trudy Curtis at Board_Nominations@PPDM.org.
The Data objects committee has been developing objects in various categories. Recently, 12 new data objects were published about Survey Systems. The Committee is calling on volunteers to continue expanding this valuable platform. If you are interested in participating, please email us at projects@ppdm.org.
Are you curious about the Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA™) credentialed exam? Watch the latest CPDA Information Session recorded by Alex Ross (EDMCC Co-Chair) and Antonie du Toit (EDMCC) online.
The Reference Values Site is a growing set of lists that is maintained by a PPDM Association work group. Recently the group has published lists in Seismic and Petrophysics. To contribute a list or participate contact us.
The agenda for the 2023 Perth Energy Data Workshop on August 16 is coming soon. The theme for this year's event is "Energy Data, AI & ML." Join our Australia West Leadership Team but saving your seat now.
“Your data represents your asset. If your data’s not right, your asset’s not going to be utilized and maximized as much as you can.” Sue Carr, Katalyst Data Management. Join the Three Data Wise Guys Plus One in Season 2 Episode 4, featuring Sue Carr from Katalyst Data Management. This episode is now available on our website – www.ppdm.org/podcasts.
The Reference Values Committee wants to hear from you. Please take a minute to share your thoughts on this program and your wish list to help this team continue to grow.
Register now to join the 2023 Oklahoma City Energy Data Workshop on “Data Innovations.” Talks include "The Long-Term Impact of Generative AI on the Oil and Gas Industry" by Scott Klososky (Future Point of View). The agenda is now available, and the regular rate ends on May 30.
The Professional Development Committee has launched the 2023 biennial survey. This important body of information provides a snapshot of the health of our professional discipline, so it’s important to hear from you. This is an anonymous survey that takes less than 10 minutes to complete. Access the survey at here or scan following QR code!.
The Houston Expo is nearly here. We recently announced our Keynote Speaker, Shaun Azimi from NASA. There’s still time to register to join all our Leadership Team, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors for two days of interactive talks, presentations and discussions. Download the Agenda or register now at https://ppdm.org/Hexpo23.
The reference values work group has recently published some reference lists that are specific to Seismic. We are actively looking for SME’s to join the work group and continue to create and review Seismic reference lists. Check it out! If you are interested in participating, please contact us.
Mapping between the PPDM™ Association’s Well Status and Classification Standard and the OSDU™ Platform Now Available! This helpful booklet lays out how to map the Well Status & Classification V3 reference list standard to the OSDU™ Platform. Thank you to Daniel Perna from EPAM for his help creating this valuable tool. Please visit our Well Status & Classification Page now to get your copy.
“Data plays in every company a big role. People say also that companies who are dealing with data and insights will outperform other companies in the future. And I think we know this, we see this already, this is not just a statement. We see this everywhere.” ~ Ellen Nielsen. Join the Three Data Wise Guys Plus One in Season 2 Episode 3, featuring Ellen Nielsen, Chief Data Officer at Chevron. This episode is now available on our website – www.ppdm.org/podcasts.
The Denver Workshop is coming on April 18. This half day workshop features a variety of talks and discussions on topics around our them of “New Energy and the Data Professional.” The agenda is available. Register now to attend in person or virtually.
The Data Objects Committee is looking for volunteers to help us with our new data objects. We are asking for member participation to review the existing content. If you are interested in participating in this committee, please contact us.
Our 2023 Job Market Survey is currently underway, and we would like to hear from you – what job market information is important to you? You can view past survey results on our website. Email us with your thoughts for this next survey.
Learn about Volunteering with the PPDM Association! On April 11, 2023, join the PPDM team as we discuss what it means to be a volunteer with the PPDM Association. Learn about the different opportunities in the three areas, Community, IEDS and Professional Development, and how you can make a difference. Register now >
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) which monitors and regulates the exploration, development, and production, together with the refining, gas conversion, transportation, and storage of petroleum in Uganda, has joined the Data as a National Resource (DANR) hub. The PAU joins the Petroleum Agency of South Africa, SKK Migas, the North Sea Transition Authority, and the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator as early adopters and supporters of the DANR initiative. Read more >
“One of our key mantras was ‘What we measure we can improve.’ Interestingly in that area, it was our assets and our businesses that had nailed down that data was the key necessity for their success.” Sushma Bhan. Join the Three Data Wise Guys Plus One in Season 2 Episode 2, featuring Sushma Bhan, Board of Director at Ikon Science, and former CDO with Shell. This episode is now available on our website – www.ppdm.org/podcasts.
Targeted at those living in Asia Pacific, this one-hour virtual information session will let you know about the Certified Petroleum Data Analyst program and answer any questions you have. Register Now on our website.
Join the Houston Leadership Team at our Houston New Data Ecosystem Expo, May 9-10, 2023, at the Red Oak Ballroom. This year's agenda features two days of talks, sessions and panels on energy data related topics including:
The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA), which administers titles and data management for petroleum and greenhouse gas (GHG) titles in Australian Commonwealth waters, has joined the Data as a National Resource (DANR) hub. DANR, launched in Spring 2022, is powered by the PPDM Association, and aims to be the go-to knowledge hub for regulators, National Oil Companies (NOC), National Data Repositories and technology and service providers. The hub serves to bring these organisations together, to collaborate, share experiences, provide training and access freely available resources. In particular, the hub seeks to support emerging economies in leveraging successes in other areas and seeking inward investment through licensing rounds for oil and gas, renewable energy and carbon capture, utilisation, and sequestration. Read the full release here.
We have recently been experiencing higher than normal interest about an Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) project and would like to know how we may help the needs of our community. Please fill out this short survey so that we can better understand what parts of the AFE project would be of most interest: Click here.
The Data Objects Committee is looking for volunteers to help us create new data objects to add to our 7 newly published data objects. We are asking for member participation and feedback. If you are interested in participating in this committee, please contact us at projects@ppdm.org.
Join the Dallas/Fort Worth Leadership Team for a day of learning and training at our Energy Data Workshop on February 28. Training topics include Cloud Data Storage and streaming, Orphaned wells, What is a Facility Phase 1 training and workshop, and more. The Agenda is now available. Register now to save your spot.
PRESS RELEASE Calgary, January 2023
The PPDM Association (PPDM) and the Blockchain for Energy (B4E) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that intends to support integration and harmonization of the work being done by both organizations.
PPDM and B4E will collaborate to harmonize terminology, data contents and identify opportunities for best practices. B4E will leverage reference lists developed or supported by PPDM and will investigate the utility of the data rules library. Collectively, best practices for seismic data management will be investigated through PPDM’s project “What is Seismic.”
PPDM focusses specifically on data capability through the development of best practices, standards, and professional development programs. Key deliverables include standardized reference lists, data quality rules, technology neutral data objects and learning programs to support data professionals. “Collaboration with organizations like Blockchain for Energy helps to bring a standard vocabulary and usage in the seismic space, an area that the PPDM Association has been exploring with our upcoming project ‘What is Seismic,’” said Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association. “Seismic data management has been challenging for industry for decades and we believe this collaboration will help us move forward with positive, value add recommendations.”
B4E leverages data and the power of blockchain to create a trusted data ledger that strengthens industry cooperation and data integrity. B4E is utilizing blockchain to develop a framework for seismic contracts and entitlements that will build rigor into seismic data management.
“PPDM’s solid body of work in standardizing industry data has reaped important benefits over the years,” added Agustin Diz, Director of E&P Information Management at Repsol and Program Champion for the Seismic Entitlements at Blockchain For Energy, “Having PPDM as part of the team will be a big bonus to our project.”
Both organizations look forward to the opportunity to collaborate and support each other.
“I think that the ME centric time of data management is at an end and we must arrive at a WE centric method of data management, understanding that the totality of data management needs and data needs through the life cycle of that data.” Join the Three Data Wise Guys Plus one for the first episode of season 2 as they bring on guest speaker, Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association. Listen now.
The community of Certified Petroleum Data Analysts (CPDAs) is growing for good reason. Employers need qualified and experienced petroleum professionals to shepherd their data through a rapidly advancing technological environment. CPDAs provide an added level of confidence and capability to data teams, with much of the credentialed exam weighted on these four areas - Data Analysis (30%), E&P Life Cycle Processes (15%), Data Quality Management (15%) and Data Governance (11%). If you’d like to learn more about the CPDA, come and hear from these professionals and join in on the discussion on December 6th, 2022.
Mark your calendar – Our Dallas/Fort Worth Team are planning a special Workshop/Training day on February 28, 2022. The morning will feature three hands on classes, with an afternoon training and workshop. More information to come, keep an eye on our website for more details.
The North Sea Transition Authority (NTSA), which regulates and influences the oil, gas and carbon storage industries in the United Kingdom, has joined the Data as a National Resource (DANR) hub. DANR, launched in Spring 2022, is powered by the PPDM Association, and aims to be the go-to knowledge hub for regulators, National Oil Companies (NOC), National Data Repositories and technology and service providers. Subscribers to the hub have full access to a resource library, training, subscriber showcase, virtual events, and much more.
The NTSA has joined the Petroleum Agency of South Africa and SKK Migas as early adopters and supporters of the DANR initiative, which builds on new and existing relationships between regulatory agencies, NOCs, and service providers. The hub serves to bring these organisations together, to collaborate and share experiences, provide training and freely available resources, and offers opportunities to network with providers of enabling technology and services at a programme of events. In particular, the hub seeks to support emerging economies in seeking and attaining inward investment through licensing rounds for oil and gas, renewable energy and carbon capture, utilisation, and sequestration.
Andy Thompson, NDR Manager at NTSA, noted that the development of DANR and the NSTA’s subsequent involvement is very timely for the UK offshore energy sector, as they balance their commitment to ongoing hydrocarbon exploration and production with the Energy Transition. “We are working on a number of projects that are relevant to the content that DANR provides, and are anticipating working closely with the DANR community on learning from and providing support to, in particular, other regulatory agencies. We are are working to unlock value in petroleum related data that has application across traditional and emerging use cases. Our activities include digitising archived SEG-D, conditioning non-machine-readable legacy documentation, and enabling machine assisted content classification, all projects which we are sure will chime with other similar agencies around the world. As we move into the Energy Transition, it is vital that we work together to progress to more sustainable forms of energy generation, whilst acknowledging that hydrocarbon exploration and the associated data still forms a very large part of our energy future”.
Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association, is delighted that NTSA have joined DANR at this early stage. “It’s a pleasure to see a mature agency like NTSA join the DANR program. As the community continues to grow, mutually beneficial relationships between mature and growing agencies will remain a key focus and benefit. Our objective, to ensure that high quality data can be stewarded as a valuable national resource, depends on the expertise that participants bring to the table.”
DANR is accessed through subscription, at minimal cost for NOCs, Regulators and NDRs. Sponsorship is invited from service providers, and a range of sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information visit www.danrhub.org.
About DANR
The Data as a National Resource Knowledge Hub provides resources for National Data Repositories, Regulators and National Oil Companies, including a resource library, training, subscriber showcase, virtual events and more. DANR is powered by the PPDM Association. www.danrhub.org; www.ppdm.org
About NTSA NTSA regulates and influences the oil, gas and carbon storage industries in the UK. It helps drive North Sea energy transition, realising the significant potential of the UK Continental Shelf as a critical energy and carbon abatement resource. The NTSA holds industry to account on halving upstream emissions by 2030. https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/
Updated brand reflects the versatility of PPDM Association core pillars to serve the evolving energy industry.
CALGARY, Alberta, October 26, 2022 – The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association, the global, not-for-profit society within the energy industry for data professionals and data capability, announced today that it has changed its name to the “PPDM Association.” Accompanying this new name is a new logo and tagline: The Global Energy Data Professionals.
Announced shortly after the PPDM Association introduced a new strategic plan and celebrated more than 30 years of service to the energy industry, the new name and brand better reflect the breadth of the organization’s value to the diversifying energy industry.
“This is quite significant,” said Curley Thomas, Chair of the Strategic Committee of the PPDM Association Board of Directors. “Today and into the future, our organization’s identity is expanding beyond ‘petroleum’ and ‘data management.’ Traditional oil companies are pursuing new energies and more environmental responsibility. Similarly, more and more people handle data and perform data analytics who are not strictly ‘data managers,’ but they benefit from solid data practices. ‘Energy’ and ‘data professional’ more fully reflect the value and service we provide.”
Trudy Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, added, “Our organization started as the Public Petroleum Data Model (PPDM) in 1991, evolving to become the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM) in 2008. The name ‘PPDM’ carries decades of value and goodwill built on our strong reputation in the data community. Our new brand celebrates those foundations, while emphasizing that our capabilities that produced that value serve expanding communities and solutions. It makes sense to apply our rigorous and successful methods to growing domains like carbon capture, greenhouse gas tracking, and wind turbine facilities through initiatives such as What is a Facility.”
Board Chair Allan Huber added, “Make no mistake, the PPDM Association will not abandon its foundational petroleum data standards or our traditional customer base, rather we are embracing the future with open arms. Building on the expertise that our volunteers and staff have developed in establishing and maintaining our world-class petroleum data standards enables us to accelerate the creation of robust standards for these new energy domains. Our members and volunteers will continue to leverage these capabilities to diversify our community, deliver new standards, and create development opportunities to support our stakeholders in this transition.”
The PPDM Association provides leadership for data professionals and capabilities through the development and dissemination of best practices and standards, education programs, certification programs, and professional development opportunities. The PPDM Association’s standards are implemented in various technologies across the energy industry, including key parts of the OSDU™ Data Platform. The work of the PPDM Association is largely volunteer-driven, and is grouped into three pillars (Data Community, Data Resources, and Data Professionals), executed by a methodology called the ‘PPDM Way.’ In the Association’s updated strategy, the data capability generated by these proven pillars and methodologies apply to additional domains, such as New Energy, Environment, and Technology.
For additional information, contact: Trudy Curtis CEO, PPDM Association board@ppdm.org
The PPDM Association would like to welcome six new and returning Directors to the Board of Directors, following the October 25, 2022, Annual General Meeting.
We would like to welcome back Ali Sangster (S&P Global), David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Daniel Perna (EPAM Systems), and Jamie Cruise (SLB) who were re-elected for another term. We would also like to extend our congratulations to Melinda East (Focus Forward) and Jesus Rodriguez (Marathon) on their election to a first term with the Board.
Our sincere thank you and appreciation goes out to the Directors who will continue in their terms: Allan Huber (Retired from Shell), Tony Knight (Geological Survey of Queensland), Curley Thomas III (Chevron), Steven Cooper (Informed Solutions), Robert Best (Microsoft), Tarun Chandrasekhar (Syndigo) and Trudy Curtis (PPDM Association). We would especially like to thank Kolleen Kidd and Sue Carr for their hard work and dedicated service as they retire from the Board.
The Data Rules Committee needs your assistance. If you are specialized in Directional surveys or offshore and onshore facilities or Renewable Energy, we could use your help to create data rules. If you are interested, please email us at projects@ppdm.org.
Get involved with the CPDA professional community. Join our CPDA Information Sessions to learn more, and if you are a current CPDA, we welcome you to our CPDA Interactives that are scheduled throughout the year. Visit www.ppdm.org to sign up.
Did you know the CPDA Governance Committee hosts CPDA Information Sessions? Join us on December 6 (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM MDT) to partake in this dynamic event. If you’re thinking about taking the CPDA Exam, come and “Ask a CPDA”.
If you are a current CPDA, we invite you to attend our next CPDA Interactive. Join your peers to discuss work challenges and solutions, PDU maintenance, and all things CPDA. The next event is scheduled for December 13 (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM MDT).
The 2022 Denver Energy Data Symposium is coming up on November 8, 2022, at Occidental Petroleum. The theme this year is “New Energy and the Data Professional.” Some of the things you’ll learn in this event include:
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The Annual General Meeting of the PPDM Association will be held on Tuesday Oct 25th, 2022, at 3:00PM MDT. The meeting will be conducted entirely as a virtual meeting . Recent changes in Alberta Legislation governing not-for-profit societies allow for the AGM to be conducted virtually, allowing our members across the globe to participate. The AGM is open to all members, and voting members are strongly encouraged to attend. Members can register to attend the AGM through the PPDM website.
Immediately following the AGM, a Special Meeting of the membership will be held. In April of 2022, the Board of the PPDM Association rolled out a revised strategy at the Houston Expo. Most of you should have seen the document entitled “Transition: Embracing the Future”. If you haven’t seen it, you can find it link. To effectively implement the expanded strategy, and set a foundation for future growth, the Board recognized the need to update the branding, objects of incorporation, and the bylaws of the society. The outcome of this strategy and rebranding work will be presented in three resolutions at a Special Meeting of the Association on Oct 25th, 2022 immediately following the AGM at 4:00 PM MDT. Formal notice of the meeting including the resolutions and supporting material will be published in early October.
It is imperative that our voting members attend the Special Meeting as a vote of 75% of the membership is required to progress with the implementation of the changes noted above. I would ask you to reserve time in you’re your busy calendars for these important meetings. Please watch for this announcement, and review the materials included. The Board looks forward to your comments and questions, and especially to your participation in this critical event.
“Abandoned” is such a strong word. Critics often use the word when describing oil companies’ failure to take responsibility for cleaning up old well, but when oil companies use the same term, they mean precisely the opposite. They have cleaned up a well and left it in good shape. Both agree that there are millions of wells not plugged and that they require billions of capital, but before we can talk about how to resolve the situation, we must agree on terms.
Truth be told, even among oil producers and regulators there is no complete, formal, or consistent set of terms to cover the range of possibilities. Plugging operations have been undertaken at some level for decades but in evolving ways. The remaining population of millions of unplugged wells imply the scope and variations of situations still facing the industry. We also need some future compatibility since our legacy wellbores will exist (and may adversely affect the public) not just before plugging for also for the centuries as plugged wells fail.
Building off a momentum of private discussions, PPDM is stepping up to fill this terminology gap. If you would like to participate in the formulation of a consistent and complete set of terms, please reach out to projects@ppdm.org to volunteer. After all, we can’t solve problems without discussions, and we can’t discuss without a shared language.
We are seeing increased interest in the CPDA certification, with many companies adding this credential as a ‘preferred certification’ to new positions. If you and your colleagues are interested in learning more about the Certified Petroleum Data Analysis examination, join us on September 20th (5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MT)/September 21st (7:00 AM – 8:00 AM AWST) for the next session. The next one will be hosted on December 6th (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM MT/6:30 PM – 7:30 PM BST). To register, visit our Events page on our website.
The Calgary Energy Data Symposium is only a few days away – there’s still time to join this two-day event on the “Skills and Innovations of Tomorrow." Talks include our keynotes “Energy In Transition” by Steven Piepgrass or Green Impact Partners, and “Storytelling: Turn Your Data Into Compelling Insights That Inspire Action and Boost Your Career” by John Hetherington of We Deliver Your Vision. Register now on our website
The Calgary Symposium has a new venue this year! We are excited to see you at the Calgary Tower Centre’s Amphitheatre. If you registered before, your registration carried over but if you’ve not registered yet, sign up now as space is limited! The Agenda is available on our website, and day one features talks on new innovations with day two focused on the skills of tomorrow.
The CPDA Exam is the only industry-specific certification, developed and governed by industry subject matter experts. Don’t miss this CPDA exam overview where you will review the application process and gain insight into the type of questions you can expect on the CPDA examination. The presentation is given by CPDA certified committee members who can answer your questions. Schedule your CPDA Information Session for September 21st (Asia Pacific) and sign up for the exam! What’s stopping you?
The PDC is advancing the competency framework, which is a critical resource for individuals and companies for identifying professional competencies required for multiple roles in the industry. Our next phase involves writing competencies for emerging roles that will propel our professional discipline by recognizing the complexities of these roles.
The PPDM Education Advisory Committee have published six podcasts over this past year. These podcasts explore many important topics related to industry data management that everyone must hear. If you haven’t listened to these three data wise guys, you can find the link at https://ppdm.org/ppdm/PPDM/resources/Podcasts/PPDM/Podcasts.aspx.
Calgary, AB, Canada, August 4, 2022 –In accordance with the PPDM Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals.
Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office prior to Friday, September 2, 2022. In 2018, the PPDM Association Board of Directors formed a Nominations Committee to support the nomination process. The committee will speak to every nominee and provide an assessment to those who will be voting at the AGM later in 2022.
In order to submit your candidacy for the PPDM Association Board of Directors, please follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPDMBOD2022. Nominations must include the full name and contact information of the nominee, along with a 100-200 word biography and a high resolution portrait photograph (in business dress please).We value the dedication and commitment of our members who choose to participate in our nomination and election process as a Board of Directors Candidate. Thank you for your time and consideration; this important role is crucial to the direction and development of the PPDM Association.
What is a Facility is a faceted taxonomy created by the PPDM Association to deal with the multitude of values describing facilities in the global energy industry. This is an evolving product, responding to changes in corporate data management needs and practices plus external reporting. Regulatory and ESG reporting require data arranged for a facility. A common language and data standard is vital for consistent reporting, analysis, decision-making, and interpretation for operators and external stakeholders.
A facility is the collection of commonly owned or operated equipment at any life cycle stage that is located within a specific geographic boundary or surface site for the purpose of production, processing, transmission, storage, or distribution of products prior to the point of custody transfer.
PPDM Association Members can access the new What is a Facility (Phase 1) booklet now on our website.
Antonie du Toit will be delivering a great talk on the CPDA Certification at the Perth Data Management Workshop on August 18th. Don’t miss this spicy tongue-in-cheek look at personality types and traits and how they line up with data management careers.
PPDM is responding to member interest in a potential new work group called "What is Seismic?" If you are interested in discussing how such a project might help data professionals and improve data capability, contact us at projects@ppdm.org.
The Agenda for the 2022 Perth Energy Data Workshop is now available, featuring talks on a variety of topics from geoscience data transformation to new energy data. Check out the agenda now and register to save your seat.
Many of our wonderful PPDM volunteers are heading into summer and rounding off some solid work on both data and professional resources. Now we are thinking about what is next for our members. Based on member interest and support, these projects provide opportunities to build on the first release of "What is a Facility," develop "What is Seismic," consider various aspects of orphaned wells and other assets, and examine how financial data and information are managed. Ongoing work on reference lists, data rules and data objects will continue and be supplemented in more learning materials. Member feedback has suggested that stronger development programs for the CPDA certification program be made available, and work will continue to enable this need.
2022 Perth Data Management Workshop is approaching on August 18, 2022, including a special half day field trip to Pawsey on August 17, 2022. The agenda will be released shortly.Sign up now.
The CPDA Governance committee offers CPDA Information Sessions every quarter, and we also offer private corporate sessions. Contact certification@ppdm.org. For more information or view a recorded session visit the Professional Development tab on our website.
The reference values work group has recently approved a new feature to the PPDM website. Members may now request via a fillable form to the work group to consider and publish a new reference list. Members may now also request that additional values be considered to an already published list via fillable form. Check it out! We would love some feedback. The reference values group is also looking for SME’s to help with Records Management reference lists.
A few weeks ago, in response to what we've heard from you, our community, the PPDM Board of Directors announced the Association's new Strategic Plan. If you have not yet read the Plan, you can download it now. As we bring the power of PPDM into new ventures, we are building on more than 30 years of experience and successful processes, including 'The PPDM Way.' PPDM Leadership Teams, committees and workgroups started us on this path several years ago. PPDM events cover many of the topics covered by the Plan, and workgroups in the Data Resources pillar have been developing products that support facilities and midstream activities. The What is a Facility committee endeavors to build materials to support better data capability through the life cycle. Learning opportunities cover topics such as Machine Learning and continue to expand as we support our Data community through this transition. If you or your organization would be interested in helping provide the knowledge and expertise in any of our programs, please contact info@ppdm.org.
"Digitalization, Digitization, Datafication, Digital Engineering, Data Engineering, Digital Transformation...it just goes on and on and on, and it's constraining the effective deployment of sound data management principals in our companies. It's sorta like having a big bowl into which all these digital ideas and things digital have been toss to create a sort of chopped salad." ~ Matt Becker, Three Data Wise Guys. Join our Three Data Wise Guys + One for the sixth episode of their podcast on "Digitalization is not digitization, nor any of the plethora of terms we hear bandied about!". Listen now or check out our previous podcasts to get caught up - www.ppdm.org/podcasts.
Join the Certification Committee virtually on May 31 at 11:30am Mountain Time for an information session on the Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) credential. Learn about this exam and why you need your CPDA now.
Visit our PPDM website (Professional Development – Resources) to access the Job Market Survey PowerBI and downloadable reports. This comprehensive view of compensation, benefits, future trends, and information related to data professionals who have been casualties to the unpredictable times are sure to intrigue you.
"I think we've broken Excel" ~Jim Crompton, Three Data Wise Guys. Join our Three Data Wise Guys + One for the fifth episode of their podcast on the Role of Data Management: The Way Forward. Listen now or check out our previous podcasts to get caught up - www.ppdm.org/podcasts.
Join the Oklahoma City Leadership Team for the 2022 Oklahoma City Petroleum Data Workshop on June 16, 2022, at the Chesapeake Maple Room. The theme this year is “The Era of Consolidation” and features talks like:
The PPDM Association is doing critical work to meet expanding data needs in an ever-changing energy industry landscape. Our Strategy Document is now available outlining how the PPDM Association is well positioned to lead the entire energy industry in defining data standards, developing data professionals, and accelerating adoption and consistency across the energy value chain. Walking through the Intent, Value and Impact in each area, this document describes our five-year strategic plan that guides the framework underpinning the PPDM Association’s three Pillars. ~ Curley Thomas, Chair, Strategy Committee, PPDM Association Board of Directors.Read it here now.
The Houston Expo is nearly here! Join our speakers, including our keynote presentations by Ellen Neilsen (Chevron) and Arun Narayanan (AngloAmerican). Download the agenda or register now on our website.
Join the Dallas/Fort Worth Leadership Team for our May 3rd Workshop on "Data in Mergers and Acquisitions." The agenda is now available including great talks by Scott Cooper (Pioneer) and Abel Tan and Jonathan Tan (PetroGrid). Learn more.
Join the Professional Development Committee on April 27 at the Houston Expo for a walk-through of the newly published competency framework. One of our dream teams, Pat Meroney, Katalyst (Lead on the project) and Cindy Cummings, Repsol, will share highlights of the publication, how this information will be useful to you and your team, and how to utilize the PDC Competency Mapping Tool. You will have an opportunity to plot your progress using the mapping tool (privately) and engage in a Q&A session. We hope to see you there.
The Data Objects committee is focused on providing a clear understanding of Data Objects. The Data Objects Committee is developing data object designs for the faceted taxonomies described in What is a Well and What is a Completion. Some of the key components of the data object structure are: Conceptual Clarity, Attributes, Rules, Relationships, Identity and Versioning. The team is currently working on the Data Object of Directional Surveys, with many more data objects in the planning phase. If you would like to be a part of the Data Object team, please contact us at projects@ppdm.org.
"The silo way grew up, it’s hard to throw it away because it's a very natural and effective way to begin the process of managing data." – Jim Crompton, Three Data Wise Guys Plus One. Listen now to Episode 4 of the popular podcast on 'The Unfashionable Truths' or check out the last three podcasts available on our website.
On behalf of the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association's Board of Directors, and the Chair of the Board's Strategy Committee, I want to bring you a brief progress update on the strategy work we announced to you in November of 2021. Please visit the full update on our Data Examiner Page.
Join our Three Data Wise Guys Plus One for Podcast #3. In this next episode, the Wise Guys will discuss the role of digital technology. Listen now , or catch up on previous episodes on our website.
A competency framework details performance metrics for specific roles within an organization. Each performance metric defines a benchmark or standard against which employees are assessed. Any individual metric may apply in multiple specific roles. The result is a comprehensive assessment structure which provides a common understanding of the expected performance standards for all roles within the organization.
The PPDM Association Competency Framework was developed by a group of volunteer Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) serving on the Job Families Workstream of the Professional Development Committee. This group of dedicated volunteers met biweekly over the course of two years to develop the content contained within the framework. In some instances, additional SMEs were consulted for verification. The PPDM Association’s Professional Development Committee is excited to announce that the Competency Framework is now available for PPDM Association Corporate Members to view on our website. Thank you to the PPDM Association Professional Development Committee for their countless hours creating this valuable resource.
The agenda is now available for the 2022 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo. This two-day event is filled with presentations on our theme "Embracing Change." We have multiple stages of presentations on a variety of topics including Seismic, Data Governance, Data Quality, LNG, and more. Download the agenda or visit our webpage to reserve your spot now.
There's still time to register for the Denver Symposium on March 2, 2022, on the theme "Navigating Change: How to Survive and Thrive." The agenda is now available and includes a hands-on workshop giving you tools and skills to navigate change. Register Now: www.ppdm.org/DPDS21.
As you heard on December 16, 2021, the PPDM Association Board of Directors has been engaged in a comprehensive strategy review and development of a new five-year plan. This plan will ensure that PPDM Association standards and professional development programs, supported by baseline data practices, are in place to support interoperability. Better data, stewarded by qualified data professionals, offers competitive advantages that include increased professional productivity, decreased operating costs, reduced risk, improved social responsibility, and better use of capital. Outcomes include consistent data definitions, standards and training which support better analytics and better data to make more informed business decisions in energy. Stay tuned for more information about how changes in our industry will impact the PPDM Association!
Many of you will have seen the PPDM Data Objects start to emerge (https://objects.ppdm.org), including our two new Data Objects. These technology neutral definitions will help to inform design decisions for data in any technology. The committee continues to define data objects and anticipates more to be added by mid year, and are currently developing descriptions for the components defined in "What is a Well." If you are interested in helping, contact us at projects@ppdm.org.
The PPDM Association, supported by Dancy Energy, is delighted to announce the launch of the new Data as a National Resource (DANR) Hub. The hub is designed to support National Data Repositories, Regulators and National Oil Companies looking for ways to leverage, maintain and improve their data. The new global community includes a virtual hub, resources and information, virtual and potentially in-person events, professional development, a showcase, and more. Designed to bring together regulators and government representatives with potential operators and service companies, the hub will provide 24/7 resources to support data in these organizations, including topics such as the setting up of a national data store, monetizing data with licensing rounds, and beyond. Early announcements of licensing round opportunities will be delivered through the hub.
Technical data is increasingly important as we move through from hydrocarbons to more sustainable forms of energy, and the Hub will encompass and embrace the transition, supporting all users in representing their requirements and solutions to subscribers.
The initiative is powered by the PPDM Association and will be led by a volunteer Leadership Team comprising representatives from the community to see it grow moving forward. Membership of the PPDM Association is not a requirement, although PPDM Association members will receive a discount on subscriptions, sponsorship and advertising opportunities presented by the Hub.
Interested individuals are encouraged to attend our launch event on February 23. For more information and to subscribe, sponsor or otherwise engage with DANR, please contact: danrhub@ppdm.org or visit www.danrhub.org.
Join our Three Data Wise Guys Plus One for Podcast #2 (Modern Myths). In this next must-hear episode, the wise guys tackle modern myths related to data and data management in the industry. Listen now here. If you missed Podcast 1 (Why Data Management is Still Important series introduction), it’s not too late and you can find it here.
Students, we need to hear from you! We want to learn how we can support you better. Please fill out our student survey by February 18 for a chance to win a free online class! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Students2022
The Rules Committee is pleased to announce that our Rules Library increased by 250+ new rules in December. The work group continues to accept rules from members and has planned for 1000+ to be added by mid year If you’d like to be part of this Committee or donate your rules, please contact projects@ppdm.org.
The Professional Data Management Certification Committee (PDMCC) is currently recruiting CPDA-certified new volunteers to join this dynamic committee. If you would like to give back and help grow our CPDA community, earn PDUs, and enjoy the banter of a creative and fun group, this is the committee for you. Contact volunteer@ppdm.org for more information.
The PPDM Association Education Advisory Committee (PEAC) is launching a new podcast, Three Data Wise Guys + One. The first episode in this five-part series delivers hard-hitting conversations on Why Data Management Still Matters and has our wise guys sparring over what this means for the organization, what kind of data we’re talking about, and the dreaded silos. During a time when companies are reducing data professional teams and opting for the next shiny new platforms to replace people, data issues continue to plague our business. As George Santayana quoted, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Join the three data wise guys in this must-hear series to learn more about modern myths, the role of digital technology, and the unfashionable truths. Visit the link to listen to the first podcast, now available
Join the Dallas/Fort Worth Leadership Team for our 2022 Dallas/Fort Worth Petroleum Data Workshop, featuring presentations on the theme "Data in Mergers and Acquisitions". Talks include "The Era of Consolidation and What is Means for Data Managers" by Scott Cooper, Pioneer Natural Resources, and more. Learn more and register now on our website.
The Data Objects Steering committee is focused on designing and implementing data objects within the PPDM Web. Rules committee is in the process of reviewing 400+ rules that are not yet published, we are looking for SME to help with this process. The reference values committee is focussed on reviewing and updating 20+ reference lists from the OSDU platform. SMEs are needed for seismic specific values. Volunteers for the Technical Standard "What is a Facility" are still looking for volunteers to help with this initiative.
The Professional Development Committee is counting on you. Complete the anonymous survey and be counted! Don’t miss your chance to access the final report and interactive results dashboard. Click here for access.
Save the date for these great 2022 upcoming events:
Learn more at www.ppdm.org/events
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to welcome six new or returning Directors to the Board of Directors, following the October 28, 2021, Annual General Meeting.
We would like to welcome back Robert Best (EPAM), Tarun Chandraskehar (Syndigo), Allan Huber (Retired, formerly Shell) and Curley Thomas (Chevron) who were re-elected for another term. We would also like to extend our congratulations to Tony Knight (Geological Survey of Queensland) and Steve Cooper (Quorum) on their election to a first term with the Board.
I would like to extend my personal thanks to all those who stood for election at the AGM, and my congratulations to those candidates who were elected by the voting membership. I look forward to working with each of you to continue to advance the strategic direction and sustainability of the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association. Allan Huber, Chair of the PPDM Association Board of Directors.
Our sincere thank you and appreciation goes out to the Directors who will continue in their terms: Ali Sangster (IHS Markit), Daniel Perna (EPAM), David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Jamie Cruise (Schlumberger), Kolleen Kidd (Retired) and Sue Carr (Katalyst Data Management). We would especially like to thank Jim Soos (Infosys) for his hard work and dedicated service as he retires from the Board.
The PPDM Association announces the launch of our new Marketplace, a new feature resource connecting our community of vendors with producers. You can check out our Marketplace under the Resources section, and organizations interested in being highlighted in our Marketplace are encouraged to reach out to communciations@ppdm.org for more information.
PPDM Gold Compliance in the last few weeks. Check here to learn more about the compliance program and to see details about each compliance measure.
The reference values committee is currently focused on 13 Reservoir Preparation object reference lists. In collaboration with the OSDUTM Forum, the group is also reviewing and updating about 20 reference lists from the OSDUTM Platform. Including Seismic value lists. SME's are needed!
Subject matter experts who can participate and commit to a few hours each week are needed for the creation of the Technical Standard "What is a Facility".
The recording of our CPDA Information Session will be available soon! Get answers to your questions about the CPDA Certification now in our video, or email certification@ppdm.org for more information.
Big news! Our What is a Well online class has been updated with exciting new interactive features. As requested by our members, the class has been extended to cover the Global Well Identification best practices and more. What is a Well is essential for anyone using or managing well data, whether you are technical or non-technical staff. Check it out now.
The Midland Mini-Workshop is coming! This half day event includes a field trip around the Petroleum Museum, presentations and more. View the agenda and register on our website now.
We recently launched several new teams who are recruiting more volunteers including:
Contact projects@ppdm.org for more information.
Join the Houston Leadership Team at the 2021 Houston Expo, October 25-26, 2021. The theme this year is "Adapting, Surviving and Thriving with Data" and will still feature 5 stages of presentations and discussions. The agenda is available, save your spot now on our website.
The PPDM Association’s bi-annual Job Market survey is now open. This anonymous survey, covering topics from job roles, experience, benefits, compensation and more, is your opportunity to contribute to our industry. Participants will have access to a dashboard of results to see where they fit in with the rest of industry. This critical body of research is designed to capture important global data to help establish and support our professional discipline. Your participation is key to securing our future as recognized professionals, and enable us to provide current information to future generations of petroleum data managers. Contribute to something big and take the Survey. Thank you for participating and we encourage you to pass this Survey along to your energy data management colleagues.
Please note that due to current conditions, and the health and safety of our community being of utmost importance, the PPDM Association has postponed the 2021 Calgary Symposium to January 18-19, 2022, and the Dallas Fort Worth Luncheon to December 2, 2021. Thank you for your patience with our team during these challenging teams. We look forward to seeing everyone in person soon.
The PPDM Association is recruiting volunteer members within IPDS for the Data Objects Steering committee which will collaborate with the Reference Values Work Group and the Data Rules Committee. Areas of knowledge are needed from many technical and business domains. The main function of the volunteers in the steering committee will be to define data objects leveraging existing PPDM Standards and coordinate data objects publication. For more information, please contact projects@ppdm.org or visit our Volunteer Position.
Registration is open for the 2021 Calgary Symposium, September 21-22, 2021. This two-day event features talks on new innovations and the skills of tomorrow, including our keynote presentations “Energy in Transition” by Steve Piepgrass and “’I Don’t Know Why We Are Here?’ and Other Secret or Not-So-Secret Messages Your Teams Send During a Transformation, What They Really Mean and How to Break Through to Your Teams by Cory Bergh (Former Vice President, Technology & Innovation at NAL Resources). Register now at www.ppdm.org/cdms21
The What is a Facility work group is looking for new volunteer members, specifically those who currently or have previously worked in Operating companies, to share their knowledge and expertise to contribute in the writing of this Technical Standard. Contact projects@ppdm.org for more information.
The Oklahoma City Workshop is coming up September 9 and there is still space for you to join! The theme of this event is "Beyond the Well" and features talks by Mike Stice, John Satterfield, Ian Yingling and more! Check out the agenda and register now.
If you are passionate about community outreach, writing competencies, designing surveys, analyzing data, and growing resources for our professional discipline, this is the committee for you. Please email volunteer@ppdm.org to learn more and get involved.
Register now for the CPDA Information Session on October 6, 2021. The Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) designation is validation of your skills, knowledge, and experience. Learn more about how earning your CPDA can impact your career.
The Denver Symposium has moved to November 16, 2021. The agenda and location will remain the same, with the hands-on Navigating Change Workshop, but on the new date. Please visit our event page for the full agenda and more information. Register now!
Tune in to our second in the EXPOSED podcast series as John Thibeaux and Curley Thomas from Chevron join Andy Garrett from the Houston Leadership Team to discuss their talk at the upcoming Houston Expo – October 25-26, 2021. Check it out in our Video Gallery or learn more about the Houston Expo on our event page – www.ppdm.org/hexpo21.
In conformance with PPDM Association Bylaws and applicable legislation, this message is being sent to all PPDM Association Voting and Associate members in good standing. If you receive this message, you are registered in our system as a member in one of these two membership classes, as defined in our bylaws.
Calgary, AB, Canada, August 12, 2021 – In accordance with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals.
Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office prior to Wednesday, September 22, 2021. In 2018, the PPDM Association Board of Directors formed a Nominations Committee to support the nomination process. The committee will speak to every nominee and provide an assessment to those who will be voting at the AGM later in 2021.
An outline of the responsibilities and expectations of PPDM Association Board membership has been prepared for the information of potential candidates. Please review and consider these items if you are contemplating standing for election.
In order to submit your candidacy for the PPDM Association Board of Directors, please follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BoD2122. Nominations must include the full name and contact information of the nominee, along with a 100-200 word biography and a high resolution portrait photograph (in business dress please).
We value the dedication and commitment of our members who choose to participate in our nomination and election process as a Board of Directors Candidate. Thank you for your time and consideration; this important role is crucial to the direction and development of the PPDM Association.
The PPDM Association’s "What is a Facility" initiative has been featured in the Daily Oil Bulletin! Check out the article here https://www.dailyoilbulletin.com/article/2021/8/11/ppdm-launching-what-is-a-facility-initiative/
There’s still time to register for the Perth Data Management Workshop, August 11 & 12, including a full day of presentations and activities, and an optional one-day field trip to the Lake Clifton Thrombolites. The full agenda is available on our website, including a variety of presentations and our keynote presentation “The Energy Transition – Challenges and Opportunities for the Oil and Gas Industry and its Professionals” by Dr. Peter Moore. Sign up now to save your spot!
The new Compensation (Job Market) Survey has been expanded to provide you with more information related to the state of our industry employment and unemployment landscape. We will also explore relevant competencies for future employment opportunities for energy data professionals. The committee will launch the new survey in September of 2021.
We are recruiting members to participate in the “What is a Well” Evergreen. The technical publication of “What is a Well” is being updated and we could use your participation. Please send an email to projects@ppdm.org if you like to participate or sign up to join our Kick Off Meeting on our new date of September 29.
The Denver Petroleum Data Symposium is coming on August 31, 2021, on the theme “Navigating Change: How to Survive and Thrive.” The half day event includes a great hands-on workshop on Change Management, a talk by Krisha Tracy from Google, a networking happy hour, and more. Register now!
The agenda for the Oklahoma City Petroleum Data Workshop on September 9, 2021, is coming soon! Talks on the agenda include presentations by Brad Sheriff, John Satterfield, Ian Yingling, Jack Pashin, and more, on our theme “Beyond the Well.” Register now for this half day workshop.
On June 10 the Calgary Leadership Team has coordinated a virtual celebration for the Association’s 30th Anniversary. Learn more about how the PPDM Association started, hear from our volunteers around the world, and spend some time meeting with We hope that you’ll join us to celebrate this milestone.
The moment you’ve been waiting for is here – you can now book your CPDA Exam on a date that works for you! This new program will be coming in the next couple of weeks/is available now. Check out our certification page for more information on the new CPDA On-Demand Exams!
Members of the PDC have been working hard to develop resources to aid individuals, managers and HR professionals in understanding and managing careers and career paths under the petroleum data management umbrella. This month we’ve refreshed out web pages to better reflect the work of the professional development committees and make some committee outputs available to you as a resource. Visit our website to access six job role descriptions that can help you better define positions across your company.
The Reference Values Committee is part of the global PPDM Association program to develop practical resources (IPDS) for data systems – you can learn more and visit the lists that already are available on our website. The Reference Values Committee is currently looking for members who can:
On April 20 we held our Train For Your Future Town Hall to discuss development of new learning opportunities. Thank you to everyone who attended and shared their feedback. A report on the feedback we collected will be available soon, but the survey is still open for your voice to be heard, which you can access here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Train4Future. It is our mission to provide you with data learnings to support you through M&As, increase efficiencies, and preserve data quality. If you are passionate about this, please contact our PEAC Committee through professionaldevelopment@ppdm.org.
Have you been considering taking the CPDA Exam but the timing hasn’t worked out? We are launching On Demand exam scheduling in mid-May 2021. This gives you the power to pick your exam date to match your lifestyle. Visit our certification page for more information!
The PPDM Association has many events between August and October, and we are calling for speakers:
As we prepare for our 30th Anniversary Celebration, we are looking for interesting and fun artifacts from our history. If you have an artifact to share, please email it to communications@ppdm.org.
As our professional development team focuses on developing new learning opportunities, we need to hear from you to get it right. What do you need to learn? What skills do you wish to develop in order to best manage the demands of the industry today? It is our mission to provide you with data learnings to support you through M&As, increase efficiencies, and preserve data quality. Be a Part of the Conversation - We are hosting a Town Hall on April 20, 2021, to have a conversation with our community on current and future training needs so that we can match them. Please visit our website to register to attend the town hall. If you are unable to attend this Town Hall, please complete our short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Train4Future
The PPDM Association announces that the Reference Values Lists (RVL) Application Upgrade is now completed and available on our website. The application will contain more than 160 lists by the end of this week from a variety of sources, including several developed for the OSDU. This resource will be continually updated with new Reference Value Lists, so if you have lists you’d like to donate so they can be included, please contact our IPDS team at projects@ppdm.org. The PPDM Data Model Documentation Application Upgrade is also now available and links to the Reference Value Lists. We would like to thank the volunteers from this team for all their dedication and hard work. Please plan to attend the 27 Data Byte to hear the RVL team discuss development of this critical resource and demonstrate the process using polling questions. Register now to attend!
Breaking News! We are advancing our PowerBI dashboard to make the 2019 survey results more easily accessible to you and providing a new view with additional filter capabilities. The 2021 Compensation Survey will look familiar, but we will dive into questions related to our shifting industry, and jobs. We will also provide real-time updated results that you can track weekly.
On April 13, 2021, the Houston Leadership Team has organized a three-hour virtual event – the H1 PPDM Remote Rendezvous - over the lunch hour with a variety of presentations and a panel of our Board of Directors. Presentations include “Transition in Remote Operations: the Benefit and Challenges of Developing an Integrated Operations Center” with Chelsea Skidmore, “2020 is the Black Swan” with Siti Zubaidah Abu Bakar, “10 Things I hated about Subsurface Data Management – Until OSDU” with Jane McConnell, and our Keynote “TBD” by Greg Leville who retired from ConocoPhillips. Register now to save your spot!
The Open Group, the vendor-neutral technology standards consortium, is hosting its upcoming OSDU™ event virtually on March 24, 2021, to learn about the release of the new Open Source Data Platform, code named Mercury. The PPDM Association and our volunteers have been working hard with the Open Group OSDU™ Forum teams towards this release and we encourage you to register for this launch to learn more. For those who have not yet read about the collaboration between the two organizations, you can download our Whitepaper now.
Tailored for the energy industry, the event will announce the launch of a new Open Source Data Platform, developed by The Open Group OSDU™ Forum, which is set to stimulate innovation, industrialize data management, and reduce time to market for new solutions. The event will bring together vendors and end-user organizations from across the globe to explore how best to embrace transformational technologies in order to revolutionise their digital strategies, accelerate innovation and ultimately reduce costs in the energy sector. The Open Group invites interested individuals to attend highlighted sessions hosted by a range of high-calibre industry experts. There are two 2-hour events, the first scheduled to start 9am CET, for attendees from Europe/Africa/CIS/ME/APAC, and the second at 8am CDT for those in North and South America. You can learn more and register here: https://meet.opengroup.org/event/virtual-OSDU-2021-March
Megan Hunter has joined the PPDM Association team in February 2021, in the Professional Development Area. As Program Coordinator, Megan will be working in the Certification and Training areas. Megan brings her energy and enthusiasm from previous roles with Peak+Prairie Co. Health Promotion, Alberta Blue Cross, ASEBP and City of Edmonton. Megan is currently completing a Master of Science in Health Promotion & Sociobehavioural Studies, along with a Bachelors of Kinesiology, Active Living, Health and Wellbeing from the University of Alberta. Trudy Curtis says: ”We are thrilled to welcome Megan as we build out new products and programs to support our community of data professionals in an era of digital transformation.”
The PPDM Association would like to announce that Linda Bragg has joined our team as Project Manager and Technical Lead. Linda will be leading the International Petroleum Data Standards (IPDS) area of the PPDM Association. Linda brings with her a wealth of Oil and Gas experience working with CNRL and AKITA Drilling in various disciplines. Linda is working on her Business Administration and Management, General, Diploma from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Please join us in welcoming Linda to the PPDM Association community. Trudy Curtis says: “Linda’s rich background in the petroleum industry will support the work being done by committed volunteers in the creation of International Petroleum Data Standards and Best Practices. We are very pleased to welcome Linda to the PPDM team”.
It is your last chance to register for the two-half day virtual February Forum, February 24-25, 2021, featuring our first ever virtual mini hackathon, presentations, and some time to network and meet our Exhibitors! Presentations include “Automating Wireline Perforation and Frac Plug Set Depths into Wellsite Reporting System using a time synchronous digital platform and IIOT” by Chad Van Buskirk, “You want me to integrate what?” by Jim Crompton, and “From Sensor to Automated Reporting, Performance Analytics & Payment” by David Shackleton and John Hanson. Register Now at https://ppdm.org/FebForum21
The PPDM Association has been reviewing the upcoming Houston Expo (April 13-14) and with the many travel restrictions, vaccination delays, etc, and the safety of our community being of the highest importance, the decision has been made to postpone this event to the fall. We do have new dates with the hotel, October 25 & 26, 2021. Sponsors, Exhibitors and registrants will be notified about the new date, and are invited to contact events@ppdm.org if they have any questions. We thank you for your patience with us, we truly had hoped to bring the data management community together in Houston this April but are looking forward to seeing everyone in person this October.
Are you interested in getting involved with the PPDM Association and our global activities? We have volunteer opportunities available in all three areas of the Association including our Professional Development Committee and several Regional Leadership Teams. Learn more in our Volunteer Opportunities handout or contact projects@ppdm.org.
The Agenda for the February Forum is now available! This two half-day event is taking place February 24 and 25th on the theme “Using Data to Optimize Efficiency with the Internet of Things” and includes presentations, time with our virtual exhibitors and even a mini-hackathon to participate in. Learn more on our website and download your agenda today – www.ppdm.org/FebForum21.
The Agenda for the February Forum will be released soon, keep an eye on our website!
Was one of your New Years Resolution to enhance your resume? Have you considered earning your CPDA in 2021? The deadline to submit your application for the March 3, 2021, Exam is coming up on January 20, so be sure your application is in now!
The Professional Development Committee (PDC) has been working with external training providers to advance training options for our petroleum data management community. We are also working with Basecorp to make all PPDM courses available through our new online training platform. Online training is the best way to keep your skills current and relevant in today’s ever-changing environment. We are looking for partners to support us as we move our Online Training to a more sophisticated and useful online learning tool. If your organization is interested in supporting data professionals and their career growth, please contact training@ppdm.org
For those interested in accessing the current online training, you can get it at a 50% discount now using the promotional code: 50OnlineSale2021.
Other initiatives of the PDC include advancement of the competency framework, developing critical surveys to keep you informed about our professional discipline and keeping our community engaged through various outreach projects. If you are interested in joining this dynamic team as a volunteer, we are currently recruiting. Please email volunteer@ppdm.org to learn more.
The PPDM Association would like to thank Ingrid Kristel, Senior Project Manager and lead for the International Petroleum Data Standards (IPDS) area, for over seven years of service to the PPDM Association and its members. On Friday, Ingrid will leave PPDM for new adventures. Through the years, Ingrid has been an important member of the PPDM Association Team as she worked tirelessly with members on programs that make a huge impact on how petroleum data is managed, and how data professionals are certified. Ingrid’s energy, wisdom, and ability to organize and multi-task on many ongoing projects and programs have been invaluable and will be deeply missed. We wish her happiness on her next adventures, and thank her deeply for her time spent with us. We hope you will join us in thanking Ingrid for her contribution to the Association and the data management community.
For IPDS questions and concerns, please contact projects@ppdm.org. Questions regarding Certification can be sent to certification@ppdm.org for our Registrar and new oncoming program coordinator.
As the holidays approach, we would like to extend our sincere appreciation for every member of the community, whether you purchased a membership, volunteered on a team, attended an event, or even simply subscribed to our newsletter or visited our website.
Here at the PPDM Association, it has been a year of tremendous experiences. We wanted to take this time to thank our volunteers in all three areas of the PPDM Association, our Community, International Petroleum Data Standards (IPDS) and Professional Development. It is through these amazing and dedicated individuals we continue to grow.
We would also like to acknowledge our Board of Directors, without whom we could not have navigated this challenging year. Their guidance, support and direction has been invaluable to the Association.
We wish every one of you happy and healthy holidays. We look forward to seeing you in 2021.
The PD Catalogue is proving to be a valuable resource for our membership as we round the corner of the end of 2020. With so many working from home, there seems to be more time for, and interest in online learning. Thanks to our PD Catalogue workstream volunteers for growing this valuable resource to accommodate this demand.
February 24-25, 2021, will be our two-day February Data Management Forum, focused on a theme of “Using Data to Optimize Efficiency with the Internet of Things” Organized by the Dallas/Fort Worth Leadership Team, this event will feature virtual tours along with other interactive elements. If you or your organization is interested in putting forward an abstract or would like to sponsor, please check out our event page. We’d also like to thank everyone who attended our virtual events in 2020, we are looking forward to 2021.
The IPDS groups have been busy with its many initiatives and building for the future of the interactive PPDM applications over the last month. If you would like to discuss any of the existing work or have thoughts on where you would like to see more focus in the future, we would appreciate hearing from you – projects@ppdm.org.
We need you! Each month in the Data Examiner we are profiling great photos taken by our community! We want to see your snapshots and profile them in the Data Examiner and our website, www.ppdm.org. We also want people to get on and vote for their favourite photos. Upload your photo now or vote for your favourites at photocontest.ppdm.org.
In July 2020, the PPDM Association launched our new Data Examiner – a newsletter filled with Guest Editorials, updates on the PPDM Association, our Volunteer of the Month, the Photo Contest and more! Many of these articles and stories are available here on the website, and our Data Examiner Page. If you have a Guest Editorial or Article you’d like to share with the global data management community, or any feedback on the Examiner, please send it to our Editorial Team at communications@ppdm.org. If you haven’t seen your copy of your Data Examiner, be sure to check your junk mail and your Communications Preferences under your Account at the top of this screen!.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to welcome six new or returning Directors to the Board of Directors, following the October 27, 2020, Annual General Meeting.
We would like to welcome back David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Jamie Cruise (Schlumberger) and Ali Sangster (IHS Markit) who were re-elected for another term. We would also like to extend our congratulations to Sue Carr (Katalyst Data Management), Kolleen Kidd (retired), and Daniel Perna (EPAM) on their election to a first term with the Board.
“I would like to extend my personal thanks to all those who stood for election at yesterday’s AGM, and my congratulations to those candidates who were elected by the voting membership. I’m sure I speak for all of the current Directors when I say that I look forward to working with each of you to continue to advance the sustainability and strategic direction of the PPDM Association.” Allan Huber, Chair of the PPDM Association Board of Directors.
Our sincere thank you and appreciation goes out to the Directors who will continue in their terms: Allan Huber (Shell-Retired), Robert Best (EPAM Systems), Tarun Chandrasekhar (Riversand), James Soos (Infosys) and Curley Thomas (Chevron). We would especially like to thank Kevin Brunel (Brunel Analytics), Emile Coetzer (Chevron), Paloma Urbano (Conoco Phillips), and Peter MacDougall (retired) for their hard work and dedicated service as they retire from the Board.
Join the Denver Leadership team on November 17 for our November Data Management Forum, featuring a half day of talks on the theme ‘Adapting Data Management to a New Cost Focused Reality.” Presentations include “The Role of PPDM in the Digital Transformation” and “The Art of Data Possible.” Register now to save your spot – www.ppdm.org/NovForum20.
Over the last month the various Committees and Work Groups that make up the IPDS stream have been busy moving things forward. Here are a few highlights for you.
The Professional Development Committee was very happy to present at the September DM Forum in September. Heidi-Lynne Balasch and Susan Hopkin walked the virtual group through an update on the work of the PDC and enjoyed a great response to the Mentimeter. Thank you to all who attended and provided their feedback.
We also extend our thanks to our Corporate member companies who reviewed the draft job descriptions and provided feedback throughout the month.
As you know, there’s always a lot of activity going on at the PPDM Association, and we want to make sure that you don’t miss out on great communications including our Data Examiner, event invitations, announcements and more! If you haven’t seen an email from us in a while, please be sure to check your Junk Folder, update your communications preferences in your ‘My Account’ at the top right of your screen to subscribe to communications, and add communications@ppdm.org and events@ppdm.org to your email safe list. If you need any help making sure that you are up to date on what’s going on at the PPDM Association, please contact communications@ppdm.org.
The goal of this series is to inspire community collaboration where professionals working in petrotechnical data management or related fields have access to experienced advisors. Join PPDM for the first in this virtual series on October 14, 2020, featuring a deep dive into the PPDM Association programs. Learn more on our event page.
The Reference Value Listing of easily discoverable resources is growing. This work group is now underway bringing together the comprehensive listing, whether they are developed by the PPDM Association or another authority. If you are interested in participating in this work at either a full listing criteria review level or as a subject matter expert, please contact projects@ppdm.org.
The PDC has been working hard throughout the summer. Here are the highlights: The Job Families group are collaborating with member companies to review six Job Descriptions. A big thank you to those who are contributing. The PD Catalogue team have also been busy recruiting new training providers - visit our website to learn more. Outreach presented a very active session at the Australia DM Workshop and are already planning for their next presentation (PPDM September Forum). The Surveys group are leaning into a second survey for our membership, which you will have access to early in the new year. We can always use new recruits, so if you’re interested in participating, please email volunteer@ppdm.org.
There is still time to register for the first Data Management Forum, September 29-October 1, 2020. This three-morning event has a different theme for each day: OSDU, Master Data Management and the Cloud. Registration starts at only $25/day for all this fantastic content. Thank you to our Calgary Leadership Team for all their hard working making this event happen, and to our sponsors: geoLOGIC systems, Infosys, WellDrive, Snowflake, IHS Markit, Viqtor Davis, Katalyst Data Management and Osprey Data.
In July 2020, the PPDM Association announced the launch of our Data Management Forums for late 2020. These three half-day forum events feature presentations on a variety of themes including the Cloud, Master Data Management, Cost Savings and more. Hosted on our virtual platform, and made possible by our sponsors, the agendas for these workshops will be available shortly. Thank you as well to our Leadership Teams in Calgary, Midland and Denver for all their hard work pulling these Forums together.
For more than 30 years, PPDM has been collaborating with its members to develop and maintain Reference Values for the PPDM Data Model. In Q2 2020, we created a master library of easily discoverable Reference Values.
The working group, chaired by Phil Cremer, plans a comprehensive resource that will help members find reference values, whether they are developed by the PPDM Association or another authority.
You can access Reference Lists here. Opportunities to contribute to this work are located on the website. If you would like to be a member of the working group, please contact us at projects@ppdm.org.
The PDC is actively seeking new external training provider courses to be added to our professional Development (PD) Catalogue. New course options will begin to be available in August 2020. Keep your eye on the PPDM Website to review new classes.
The PPDM Association is delighted to announce the appointment of Matt Becker as the new Chair of the PPDM Education Advisory Committee (PEAC). The PEAC is a new committee launching in the Spring of 2020 to help guide and develop training opportunities for our professional discipline. The PEAC will advise on the role of existing courses for professional development, identify and define new courses or curricula, methods to test and measure knowledge and work with other committees and work groups to recommend a full suite of credentials/certification programs. The committee will also collaborate with external training providers and engage in other activity related to the advancement of our discipline.
We are excited to have Matt lead up this key PPDM initiative over the coming months. A bit about Matt: Matt serves as the Managing Director of Sullexis’ Enterprise Data Management practice. He has spent 20+ years implementing strategies that drive client performance through technology adaptation in areas ranging from big data, enterprise data management to business intelligence and analytics. Matt enjoys delivering the value gained by implementing solid information management principles, thereby reducing inefficiencies and gaining insight into overall operational performance.
If you are interested in volunteering for this committee (2-year commitment), please contact volunteer@ppdm.org.
The PPDM Association is pleased to announce Phil Cremer as the new chair of the PPDM Reference Values Project. Conducted as part of the PPDM Body of Knowledge program, the reference values project aims to help data professionals identify and use useful lists of values. Many of these lists have been created or identified by PPDM work groups over time; they are being compiled and published here. “Industry leadership for PPDM projects is critical, and we are delighted that Phil is prepared to offer his time and expertise to this work”, said Trudy Curtis (CEO).
Phil Cremer has many years of experience with operating companies and as a consultant. Phil’s long experience with PPDM standards, seismic data, data management and data systems development position him as an effective and knowledgeable leader for this project. Phil sees this work as critical and is looking forward to moving this work forward. “Without standards, industry reference lists soon become the Tower of Babble where everything has to be translated. Many times, out of necessity, data professionals have to come up with something out of nothing to match their needs. Hopefully, these reference lists can be a start to industry standardization.”
PPDM Association members responded to critical business challenges in the Facilities data space by conducting a ‘What is a Facility’ feasibility study.
Work done by the What is a Facility Feasibility study team sets a strong foundation for an ongoing workgroup (if approved and resourced by members). Initial work done includes a facet framework and baseline definitions, regulatory analysis and comparisons, reference material, and methodology. The submitted package is currently under review by the PPDM Association internal resources and board of directors.
If you would like to be one of the first PPDM Association members to have an opportunity to discuss ‘What is a Facility’ with us, please contact projects@ppdm.org.
The Professional Development Committee (PDC) has developed six baseline job descriptions, which can be used as foundational material to develop or augment existing job descriptions of similar roles and responsibilities. Recognizing that one size does not fit all, the PDC has drafted six widely-recognized roles: Data Analyst, Data Manager, Chief Data Manager, Data Steward, Petrotechnical Business Analyst, and Petrotechnical Data Scientist.
These have been distributed to all PPDM Association Leadership Teams for the first level of review.
We look forward to interviewing member companies for the second level of feedback on these roles prior to publication. Thanks to all who have contributed to this major body of work.
We are very pleased to announce that the 3rd release of Well Status & Classification is complete. In this version of the work you will find examples, clarifications, and illustrations to support user understanding. As with all PPDM Standards and Best Practices, we look forward to hearing your feedback and comments; please reach out to us at projects@ppdm.org.
We would also like to acknowledge the very dedicated group of volunteers who spent countless hours expanding and refining the facets, values, and definitions and our sponsor, Chevron, for supporting and initiating this work throughout.
Be sure to put in your calendar the Australia Virtual Data Management Workshop is coming up August 26 & 27, 2020. This two morning workshop will feature presentations, interactive discussions, networking time and more, on the theme “Navigating the Future of E&P Data Management Beyond 2020.” The Agenda will be out mid-July, and you can save your spot now on our website. Training opportunities on August 25 is also in progress. Thank you to our sponsors including geoLOGIC systems and Sword Venture for making this event possible.
In recognition of the challenging times in the industry, PPDM will offer any organization wishing to post industry/data related jobs on our Career Page complimentary access. To have your organization’s open position posted, please send the information to info@ppdm.org.
The Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) website has a new look. This fresh and easy to navigate site holds information for potential and current CPDAs, highlighting helpful tools such as ‘Who Should Certify,’ ‘CPDA Library’ and more. Check it out now – https://ppdm.org/certification.
We want to hear from you! PPDM and our External Training Providers have a variety of training courses available, but we want your feedback to ensure that you are getting the training you want and need, especially in these challenging times. If you have specific training needs, now is a great time to be heard. Take this two-minute Survey to tell us more. .
With industry focused on digital transformation, the PPDM association has never been more critical than it is today. Integrated digital data platforms like the OSDU Platform depend on the collaborative efforts of the PPDM association and its members. Together, we will enable the digital transformation of the industry and the effective deployment of the OSDU Platform, and true interoperability will be delivered. Read more in a Message to the Members of the PPDM Association from the Board of Directors.
The PPDM Association hopes everyone in our community is safe and healthy during these challenging times. With so many people isolated, we are utilizing virtual opportunities to connect everyone in our industry not only across organizations, but also around the world. PPDM has moved many of our events to virtual platforms, bringing together regional and global attendees, including our recent Virtual Expo. Working with our sponsors and Leadership Teams, many of the events, including several upcoming luncheons, will be free or very low cost for our members to attend – please visit our Events List to see what events might interest you. Programs such as our CPDA Certification are already offered in a virtual environments, so continue to be accessible no matter where you are working (and our virtual events are still eligible for CPDA Professional Development Units). We look forward to keeping connected with you.
Join the Oklahoma City Leadership Team as they host their first Virtual Workshop on June 9, 2020. This half day virtual workshop features eight speakers along our theme of ‘Driving Digital Transformation Through Traditional Data Management,” and include topics on cost savings and improving operations. Thanks to our tremendous sponsors, including our Platinum Sponsor geoLOGIC systems (www.geologic.com), and Workshop Plus sponsors WellDrive (www.welldrive.com) and IHS Markit (www.ihsmarkit.com), we have been able to reduce the cost for this event to start at only $25 for members! Register now to save your spot.
We would like to sent out a big 'Thank You' to those who visited and provided feedback on the compensation survey at the Professional Development Booth during the Virtual Expo. PPDM Members, you can explore the compensation survey interactive analysis here
PPDM's Certification Committee needs YOU! We are looking for volunteers to help this great committee continue to grow our CPDA program. Contact certification@ppdm.org for more information on how you can make a difference!
Thank you to everyone who attended our first ever Virtual Expo! On March 12, 2020, we committed to transforming the April Expo to a virtual experience, while simultaneously rebooking the physical event for the end of September (New dates: September 29-30, 2020). PPDM was fortunate to have a strong, five-track agenda in place, thanks to the Houston Leadership Team. The event saw 326 registrations, from nine countries and a variety of companies, along with two days of great presentations, networking and visits to our Exhibitors. Going forward, our plans for a physical conference on September 29-30 are in progress. We look forward to seeing everyone in person at the end of September for what is certain to be a great Expo!
As many of you will have heard, we have investigated options for moving forward with the 2020 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo in light of the current pandemic COVID-19 crisis. For March 31-April 1, 2020, the Houston Expo will still take place as a virtual event. Virtual conferencing offers us the opportunity to move our entire event to an online environment. Our conversations with several of you so far indicate that you are very supportive of this opportunity. Through this environment, you will have an opportunity to participate in the conference talks, see our exhibitors, and recognize our sponsors (who make it possible for you to attend at an incredibly low price).
As a virtual conference, we can offer participation opportunities to many international members, who otherwise may struggle for approval or funding to travel. We have already heard from some who are hoping we will move forward this way. More information will be available soon on the event page for how our attendees can attend the conference, so stay tuned.
We now have the new dates for the physical event – September 29-30, 2020. Registration is now open. Note, anyone previously registered will be transferred to this event automatically..
If you are planning to sit the May 13, 2020, Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) Exam and have not yet submitted your application, you will have a bit more time. The deadline to submit your exam has been extended to April 3, 2020. More information is available on our Certification website or contact our registrar.
The PPDM Q1 luncheon was held in the Devon Energy Conference Center on Tuesday, February 18th. Cynthia Hazard, Senior Manager for EPAM Systems, captivated a crowd of nearly 80 as she presented a talk entitled “Just Because You Build It, Doesn’t Mean They’ll Come.” She discussed adoption challenges organizations are facing around digital and technology implementations. She reviewed why it’s important to have a ‘people’ strategy along with a digital strategy and provided examples of implementations that had positive results and those that didn’t and why. Cynthia concluded by providing steps to implement key change management principles on any project to drive user adoption and value realization.
Cynthia has spent more than 20 years partnering with executives and senior leaders to drive strategy, innovation, business process improvements, and transformation. She is an effective coach and mentor to client teams and colleagues, and a subject matter expert in organizational change management, strategic communications, process improvement, and human capital engagement.
Many thanks to Devon Energy for a beautiful venue and a delicious meal. Watch for details on our upcoming OKC Petroleum Data Workshop which will be held May 12th at Gulfport Energy. Our theme this year is “Reducing Costs and Increasing Revenue with Data Maturity”. We are accepting abstracts for this event with a submittal deadline of March 10th and you may use our abstract submission form.
Sam Cook with Esri packed the house at our Denver Q1 Data Management Luncheon held at BPX Energy. Sam presented a talk entitled “An Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence: Context, Content, and Value.” Spatial analysis provides individuals and organizations a scientific approach to uncovering the relationships between places, objects, people, and activities relevant to their goals. With the emergence of effective and scalable artificial intelligence (AI), spatial machine learning has emerged as an incredibly valuable mechanism to automate and enhance existing workflows. This session discussed the key components of geospatial AI, the case for its distinction, and the value it provides.
Sam Cook is a geospatial analytics professional with a background in defense and intelligence. His current role emphasizes the development, deployment, and evangelizing of a spatial machine learning and artificial intelligence body of knowledge to help Esri’s clients achieve greater success.
EnergyIQ whetted everyone’s appetite with a wonderful spread made up of Chicken Milanese, Pesto Pasta, Caesar Salad, Bread Sticks, and Homemade Desserts. Not a soul went away hungry!
Thanks so much to our event sponsors, BPX Energy and EnergyIQ as well as our Luncheon Series Sponsors, Stonebridge Consulting and WellDrive, and our Platinum Sponsor, geoLOGIC stystems. Without the support of companies like these, our events would not be possible!
The PPDM Q1 2020 Petroleum Data Luncheon was bursting at the seams when Jon Snyder with OspreyData delivered a compelling talk entitled “Real Time Data In Oil and Gas, How to Prepare for It”. Occidental Petroleum hosted the 94 attendees in their awesome conference facility and EnergyIQ satisfied everyone’s appetites with a delicious barbeque spread. During Jon’s talk, he delved into issues and challenges producers have with real time data in Oil and Gas. He focused in on how organizations need to prepare for building a strong data backbone by examining the collection and storage of this critical data. Jon discussed steps and metrics that should be considered when evaluating the quality of the real time data a producer has. Jon ended by introducing exciting opportunities that can be developed with advanced analytics and machine learning from real time data.
Jon is a Petroleum and Reservoir Engineer with over 10 years of experience with large and small producers such as Encana, Venoco and Burlington Resources. Jon turned his interest and affinity for analytics and is now using his extensive field expertise to help develop Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning solutions for OspreyData as Director of Client Engagement.
Don’t miss our upcoming Petroleum Data Expo which will take place at the Westin Memorial City on March 31-April 1. This year’s theme is “Using Digital Transformation to Transform your Future” with over 70 speakers and panelists presenting materials in five different tracks. There will be over 20 exhibitors as well so be sure to register for this amazing event by going to www.ppdm.org/hexpo20. If you register by March 3rd, the member rate is $219 and non-member rate is $399 for two full days of excitement and great content. Individual membership is available for only $100 so if you aren’t a member, you can become one and attend the Expo for only $319. Hope to see you there!!
In our continued drive to understand how we can best serve our industry, we are testing the need to expand our Professional Development portfolio to Facilities Data. Below is a survey link which we would appreciate if you could take a 10 minutes to fill out and share in your network, it's only a few minutes from your day to give back your industry. Thank you in advance. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPDM_Facilities_Training
Over the 2019 holidays, the petroleum data management community lost a valuable and well-respected member. Mark Priest, a Practice Partner with Wipro in Houston, participated in many PPDM work groups and committees, providing insight, expertise and a good sense of humour. Mark began his E&P Data Management career in 1988 at Maxus Energy in Amarillo, Texas where he helped Geoscientists and Engineers convert from paper to PC's and workstations. He served as project manger for E&P Data Management projects for Triton Energy and Burlington Resources before joining Schlumberger-GeoQuest in 1997. While with Schlumberger, he worked in numerous Data Management roles in Texas, Nigeria, and Angola. Margaret Barron, Chief of Professional Development and PPDM, shared some memories of Mark "Mark was a true visionary and one of the kindest people you'll ever meet. He made time for people. As a mentor, collaborator, educator and friend, Mark always went above and beyond to bring joy and positivity to the table. He joined PPDM as a volunteer in 2010 and we'll never forget that first group meeting in Houston when Mark turned up in a Hawaiian shirt! He set the tone for the rest of the day, which will go down in history as the most productive and fun committee meeting ever. Mark was loved and will be missed by so many, leaving the world void of one less extraordinary person.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association announces that the government of Indonesia is formally referencing the PPDM Association’s Data Model 3.9 as an industry open standard endorsed by the new Ministerial decree. In August 2019, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources promulgated Regulation No. 7 of 2019 concerning Management and Utilization of Oil and Gas Data and followed by regulation No.013 K/03/SJD/2019 issued in October 2019 by the Secretary General of Ministry of Energy and Minerals. The regulation is expected to make it easier for investors to access Indonesian oil and gas data and encourage the discovery of new oil and gas reserves. Read more in our Press Release.
Interested in reading about what happened at the National Data Repository (NDR) 2019 conference? Read our volunteer Vimbai Catherine Kurewa’s conference summary to learn more.
PPDM’s Professional Development Committee (PDC) is pleased to release the preliminary results from the Compensation Survey collected from the data management community in Q2. The results include interesting demographic and compensation information, with future iterations providing more detailed results. Full preliminary results are available to members, and while guests can also log in to see some of the results. This survey is planned to run every two years, and the PDC is looking for new members to continue the work on this and other projects. For more information, contact professionaldevelopment@ppdm.org.
The 2020 Dallas/Fort Worth Petroleum Data Workshop will take place on February 25, 2020, at Microsoft’s Las Colinas Campus, featuring the theme “Driving Digital Transformation Through Traditional Data Management.” This one day event features a variety of presentations and panel discussions, along with tours of the Microsoft Technology Center, and networking opportunities. Prices start at only $100 USD, but register early to save! Sponsor opportunities are still available.
Join the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association at our 2020 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo March 31-April 1, 2020, at the Westin Houston Memorial City. This popular annual event has something for everyone with five stages of presentations, exhibitors, networking breaks and amazing plenary presentations. Our keynote speaker this year is Kentaro Kawamori from Rice Investment Group presenting “Using Digital Transformation to Transform Your Future.” Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities are available and selling quickly – contact events@ppdm.org for more information. Registration is open now with prices starting at only $219 for members for two full days.
PPDM’s Well Status & Classification Group will be running an intensive workshop December 2-4 to work through the recommendations received from industry to up the work done in v.2 and add in some Regulatory Facets and their related values. All of the Facets will be tackled in 2 hour sprints over these 3 days so you anyone interested can participate in any (or all) as they choose. These meetings will be generously hosted by Chevron in Houston but we will be providing remote coordinates for each session so you can participate from anywhere. Interested volunteers can sign up for any of the facets that include: Trajectory Type, Well Role, Well Status, Regulatory Life Cycle, Fluid Type, Wellbore Status, Regulatory Reporting, Lahee Class, Outcome, Business Life Cycle, Business Interest/Business Intention & Fluid Direction, and Operatorships/Well Structure/Well Reporting Class. If you or someone you know are interested in participating in one of these two hour sprints, please contact projects@ppdm.org before November 29, 2019.
Foundations, Volume 6, Issue 2 is now available free on our website. With a variety of topics from the Internet of Things to Data Warehousing and Data Quality, this edition has plenty of interesting articles. To contribute an article or advertise in Foundations, please contact us at foundations@ppdm.org.
In October 2018, the new PPDM Best Practice “What Is A Completion’ was released at the Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM. The members-only review period is drawing to a close, and PPDM is looking for members to provide their feedback and suggestions for this exciting piece of work. If you are a member of PPDM and have some comments to share on ‘What Is A Completion’ please visit here and fill out the survey.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to welcome six new and returning Directors to our Board of Directors, following the October 22, 2019, Annual General Meeting as a part of this weeks 2019 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM.
We would like to welcome back Allan Huber (Shell), Trevor Hicks (Stonebridge Consulting) and Robert Best (EPAM Systems) who were re-elected. We would also like to welcome Tarun Chandrasekhar (Riversand), James Soos (Infosys) and Curley Thomas (Chevron) to their first term with the Board of Directors.
“On behalf of the Board of Director’s, I would like to extend a hearty welcome to the newly elected and returning Directors. I would also like to express the Board’s gratitude to the departing Directors, for their guidance and hard work over the past term. Their wise counsel and passion for the ongoing success of the PPDM Association will be deeply missed,” said Allan Huber, Chairman of the PPDM Association Board of Directors.
Our sincere thanks goes out to our current Board of Directors members, David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Emile Coetzer (Chevron), Jamie Cruise (Schlumberger), Kevin Brunel (Brunel Analytics), Paloma Urbano (ConocoPhillips), and Peter MacDougall (IHS Markit). We would like to thank Ali Sangster (IHS Markit), Jeremy Eade (BP Lower 48) and Lesley Evans (Chesapeake Energy) as they step down from the Board, for their hard work these past years.
We look forward to the continued evolution and growth of the PPDM Association under the new Board of Directors.
A record breaking 135 members of the Houston area data management community came together at EnerVest’s offices in downtown Houston on Tuesday, October 8, to hear about Schlumberger’s contribution to the Open Subsurface Data Universe, OSDU. Raj Kannan, DELFI Data Ecosystem Manager for Schlumberger was the presenter and explained that Schlumberger believes that a step change in performance in Upstream Oil & Gas requires taking an integrated approach; breaking down barriers:
To achieve the above, Schlumberger believes an integrated approach to data is necessary and that industry adoption is far more important than competing in this space.
On August 8th, Schlumberger announced that it would Open Source the data ecosystem developed for DELFI and contribute to OSDU. This talk introduced the philosophy and capabilities of the data ecosystem, describe the scope of the contribution and subsequent impact on OSDU ambition and process.
Many thanks to EnerVest and Enverus (formerly DrillingInfo), our event sponsors for providing a great venue and a delicious lunch.
Our next Houston event will be our Q1 luncheon on January 14th followed by a 2-day Machine Learning Workshop on January 21-22 at the offices of Petro.ai. Our annual Houston Petroleum Data Expo will take place on March 31-April 1 at the Westin Memorial City. If you are not receiving our invites and would like to receive them in the future, please contact events@ppdm.org and we will add you to our distribution list.
Are you an employer looking for a great candidate for your data management related job? Are you looking for a new position? Did you know PPDM has a Careers Page. This page is free for our Corporate Members to post their jobs, and also includes volunteer positions available. Contact info@ppdm.org to get your job posted now.
Curious about some of the achievements PPDM and our community have achieved over the last fiscal? View our Infographic to learn more!
The PPDM Association would like to extend our sincere congratulations to one of our long time volunteers, Jim Crompton, on winning the ‘Management and Information Award’ at the 2019 SPE International Awards, which were presented at the Annual Banquet at SPE’s ATCE. Jim is currently a volunteer on the Foundations Editorial Team and the Board of Directors Nominations Committee, along with several previous volunteer roles including sitting on the Denver Regional Leadership Team. Congratulations to Jim on this award.
Have you been considering taking the Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) Exam? The 2020 Dates have been announced. This is a good time to start building them into your 2020 professional goals. Learn more at www.ppdm.org/certification.
The 2018-2019 fiscal has seen continued growth in the area of Professional Development at PPDM. Our public and private trainings, taught by PPDM’s CEO Trudy Curtis, were held in 8 different cities with more than 400 attendees, not including those who enjoyed the brand new ‘What Is A Completion’ training at the 2019 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo as a part of their registration. This was also the first year that we offered a Machine Learning Workshop with Lewis Matthews and the West Texas Data Science Institute team, which was delivered in three cities.
PPDM’s Certification program continued to grow momentum in the 18-19 fiscal, with 20 new CPDAs earning their credential, from regions including Norway, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, South Africa, Australia and Indonesia. As demand increased additional sitting options were put in place and the CPDA Credential Maintenance program was enhanced to support this community.
The Professional Development Committee (PDC) also achieved several milestones this fiscal. The Job Families Grid and the 7 sample high-level Role Descriptions have been well-received. The Compensation Survey was also launched and completed by more than 500 community members from around the world, providing valuable information for the Professional Development Committee. They also launched the new Professional Development Catalogue – www.ppdm.org/training – with information on the many classes available at both PPDM, with a growing selection from external training providers.
Thank you to our many volunteers in both the PDC and Certification Committee for all their countless hours making these important programs possible.
Have you earned your Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) or looking to learn more about the credential maintenance portion of the CPDA program? We have a new video on the CPDA Credential Maintenance and Professional Development Units. This 42 minute recording of a live webinar with PPDM’s Ingrid Kristel, Senior Project Manager, walks through what happens after you earn your credential, what PDUs are and how to keep on top of them. Visit the Credential Maintenance page for more information!
The International Petroleum Data Standards (IPDS) segment of the PPDM Association saw some fantastic milestones achieved in the 2018-2019 fiscal. The first milestone was the change from ‘Best Practices & Standards’ to the new terminology of ‘International Petroleum Data Standards’ or IPDS that more clearly describes the depth and breadth of work that is begin done in collaboration with our membership stakeholders. We look forward to seeing this term grow in usage along with our programs.
After years of subject matter expert volunteer’s hard work, the release of ‘What Is A Completion’ was announced at the 2018 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM. The aim of What Is A Completion is to develop a best practice that is globally applicable, and that can both support and be independent of any specific organization type or individual job function. The What Is A Completion material was constructed to help you translate the vocabulary that is used by different disciplines into a common vocabulary. Start with the illustrations and discover what words and definitions each user group associates with that illustration; map these into What Is A Completion. As you do this, your user groups will develop an understanding and appreciation of the different needs that others have; this facilitates better cooperation and collaboration. This toolkit is available on the PPDM website for members only now with hundred of downloads already and thousands of paper copies distributed at PPDM events. After October 2019, the member review period will be completed and this work will be widely available. Thank you to that amazing group of volunteers for all their hard work in creating this valuable disambiguation toolkit.
We also had the pleasure of launching and revitalizing several areas of work with our dedicated volunteers around Data Rules (updated library application, faceted classification, framework and compliance measures to support our journey to Business Rule Collections), 3.10 Data Modelling (adding in Coordinate Reference Systems, Units of Measure, Hydraulic Fracturing / Water Management and also managing any changes that have been submitted since our last release) and Well Status & Classification (with a focus from the Regulatory lens.) Our volunteers have put tremendous effort into these different areas of work with upgrades, updates and improvements. We look forward to the outcomes as these different pieces are driven forward by membership.
In 2018-2019 we also launched the Standards Support community, available for any member to access. Feel free to log in and check it out under the ‘IPDS’ tab. We look forward to continued growth, milestones and achievements in the areas of IPDS over the next fiscal – but we need you to make them happen! These projects are only possible through funding and volunteers – contact projects@ppdm.org for more information.
Calgary, AB, Canada, August 7, 2019 – In accordance with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals.
Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office prior to Friday, September 13, 2019. In 2018, the PPDM Association Board of Directors formed a Nominations Committee to support the nomination process. The committee will speak to every nominee and provide an assessment to those who will be voting at the AGM later in 2019.
In order to submit your candidacy for the PPDM Association Board of Directors, please follow this link. Nominations must include the full name and contact information of the nominee, along with a 100-200 word biography and a high resolution portrait photograph (in business dress please).
PPDM Luncheon events are an essential part of the PPDM Association’s mandate to keep the data management community strong, and are hosted around the world. With luncheon events happening in 12 regions globally, attendees are able to come together to network, expand their knowledge and grow their expertise. In 2018 we had more than 1,400 attendees at the luncheons, of which nearly 40% were operators.
Our luncheons are only possible through sponsors, and we have four ways that your organization can support the data management community while gaining valuable exposure to this growing niche group. The newest sponsorship option, the USA Luncheon Series Sponsorship, enables your organization to be highlighted at all USA luncheon events in one agreement, getting you a host of benefits with less time and effort for your team.
2020 dates for PPDM events are going to be coming soon, so now is the time to connect in. Our Sponsorship Kit with more information on the different types of sponsorships is available and our Events team welcomes the chance to work with your organization.
As our fiscal year end comes to a close, the PPDM Association is delighted to have seen continued growth in our global community. Since August 2018, PPDM has brought together nearly 2,500 attendees at 37 PPDM events in 14 cities around the world. More than 75 volunteers on 9 Leadership Teams alone made these events both possible and relevant for attendees. We also broke attendance records at our Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo, along with luncheons in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Brisbane and the United Kingdom. We would like to thank our amazing volunteers, sponsors, speakers and supporters for another great year – we look forward to continued growth around the world.
August is a busy month for PPDM in Australia, with multiple events and training in different regions. The fun starts in Perth on August 12 and 13 with four different half day training classes, taught by PPDM’s CEO, Trudy Curtis. Following that on August 14 & 15, be sure to attend our largest regional event – the Perth Data Management Workshop & Field Trip, which includes a day and a half of presentations, discussions and activities, along with an option field trip the morning of August 14. Adelaide is our next stop, with our luncheon featuring CEO Trudy Curtis discussing “The Future of Data and Data Disciplines’ and an afternoon of training on both ‘What Is A Well’ and ‘What is A Completion’. Brisbane is next on August 21, with our first regional Mini-Workshop led by the Australia East Leadership Team, with five different presentations. The next day, August 22, we have our Brisbane Training class ‘Introduction to Master Data Management,’ followed by a luncheon presentation to PESA. With so many ways to connect in with PPDM, we look forward to seeing you at one of these great events. Register now to save your spot.
PPDM’s Denver Leadership Team is currently accepting abstracts to speak at the November 13th Denver Petroleum Data Symposium. The theme for this one day Symposium is ‘Does Your Data Fuel Value?’ and more information is available in our Call For Abstracts. Thank you to our sponsors geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting, Schlumberger and IHS Markit for sponsoring this popular event, sponsor opportunities are still available. Learn more at www.ppdm.org/denverpds19.
The agenda is now available and registration is open to attend the 2019 Perth Data Management Workshop & Field Trip. This year’s Workshop features an optional Field trip to the Pawsey Supercomputer Centre, along with a day and a half of presentations, discussions and activities. The agenda features talks on a variety of topics including strategy, professional development and technical topics. Register now to save your spot at this popular event. Sponsorship opportunities are also available – please visit our website for more information – www.ppdm.org/perthdmw19 or check out our infographic.
Are you interested in sharing your insights, knowledge and experience at PPDM’s Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM taking place October 21-23, 2019? The deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to June 28, 2019. Learn more on the Calgary Symposium website – www.ppdm.org/calgarydms19.
Have you seen the post from our volunteer Jennifer Jordan, CPDA about why you should connect in with the PPDM Association? You can see it now in our Video Gallery.
PPDM's Professional Development Committee (PDC) invites you to participate in our unprecedented petroleum data management job-specific Compensation Survey. This critical body of research is the first of two surveys, designed to capture important global data to help establish and support our professional discipline. Your participation is key to securing our future as recognized professionals, and enable us to provide current information to future generations of petroleum data managers. Contribute to something big and take the Survey. Thank you for participating and we encourage you to pass this Survey along to your petroleum data management colleagues.
A crowd of more than 60 data enthusiasts gathered at BP in Denver on April 30th to listen while Marty Davis, E&P Data Manager for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in Houston, presented a compelling talk entitled “Who owns Your Data? The Challenge of Maintaining Entitlement.” Marty explained that in our efforts to build systems to efficiently store, govern, blend and QC the data that we manage so that it is easily accessible to our customers, we often overlook, or at best, minimize the importance of tracking entitlement. His talk covered the challenges of tracking the source of the various types of data that we manage and some of the potential legal consequences if we don’t. EnergyIQ furnished a Mexican buffet which included street tacos, black beans and rice which was amazing and very much appreciated by the attendees. Our next luncheon will be held on August 1, so watch for the invite to this event. Many thanks to geoLOGIC Systems, our Platinum Sponsor, and Stonebridge Consulting, our Gold Sponsor, along with thanks to our event sponsors who were BP and EnergyIQ for the Q2 luncheon.
The new Data Modelling Committee has been assembled, launched and is now breaking into streams to tackle the various parts of the Public Petroleum Data Model that need to be updated. If you have any changes that you or your organization have collected to be made to the data model, be sure to send them to ppdm310@ppdm.org before May 31 so that they can be entered into the queue for review.
There’s still time to register for the 2019 Oklahoma City Petroleum Data Workshop. The great agenda is now available for this one day workshop taking place May 14, 2019 at Chesapeake Energy. This workshop features presentations on a variety of topics under the theme ‘Business Transformation In The Digital Revolution,’ networking opportunities and more. You can register now at www.ppdm.org/events. Don’t forget to sign up for the new ‘What Is A Completion’ training the day after, May 15. Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible, including: geoLOGIC systems, INT, Stonebridge Consulting, Blueprint, IHS Markit, Drillinginfo and Reservoir Data.
The 2019 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo broke records set last year by the Expo with nearly 400 attendees registered. More than 75 speakers on six stages presented on topics ranging from Blockchain and Rules to Wikis and the people behind the processes, there was something for everyone to learn. We’d like to extend a tremendous thank you to our Houston Leadership Team and the many volunteers who made this event possible. Also we’d like to thank the many sponsors and exhibitors for making this event affordable to attend. We look forward to seeing you next year – March 31-April 1, 2020!
The 2019 Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo is nearly upon us – and we have record breaking attendance! This is the last year of Recession Pricing, making it easy for your whole team to come down. With six stages and 70 speakers over two days, there is plenty to learn and enjoy. PPDM is excited to have Stephen Brozovich from Amazon as our Keynote Speaker, among many other great speakers from around the world. The agenda and more information is available on our website www.ppdm.org/hexpo19! Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible.
Have you registered yet to attend the 2019 Professional Petroleum Data Expo? This is the last year of Recession Pricing, making it easy for your whole team to come down. With six stages and 70 speakers over two days, there is plenty to learn and enjoy. The agenda and more information is available on our website www.ppdm.org/hexpo19. Early bird rates will be ending on March 12, so register now to save! Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible.
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Nearly 90 members of the Houston data management community gathered at Anadarko Petroleum on January 15th to hear Marty Davis, Geoscience Applications Manager at Anadarko Petroleum, present a talk entitled “Who Owns Your Data? The Challenge of Maintaining Entitlement.” Marty relayed that when building systems to efficiently store, govern, blend and QC the data that we manage in order to make it easily accessible to our customers, we cannot overlook the importance of tracking entitlement. He discussed the challenges of tracking the source of the various types of data and some of the potential legal consequences if we don’t. EnergyIQ furnished a lasagna buffet that was quite tasty so special thanks to Anadarko, EnergyIQ, and Marty Davis for making this event very successful.
Our next Houston event will be our annual Petroleum Data Expo on April 9-10 at the Weston Memorial City with a theme of “Digital Transformation – Is Your Data Strategy an Enabler or Disabler?” Last year, the format was changed where we run multiple stages simultaneously. This year will feature six stages with nearly 70 speakers presenting over the two days. Stephen Brozovich with Amazon Web Services has been named our keynote speaker talking about Amazon’s Culture of Innovation where he discusses two types of organizations in this world: ones that wait to be disrupted and ones that disrupt themselves and describes how to be the latter, companies have to embrace and unlock innovation. Registration is now open starting at $79 so go to our website at www.ppdm.org/hexpo19 and click on events to register for this amazing event.
Work is now underway to evaluate and assemble the enhancements to all the amazing feedback that we have received from our PPDM Community. As this group works through each of the facets, we will share their work with a second-tier review group for validation and additional feedback before we finalize. Would you be interested in participating in this review work? Please contact projects@ppdm.org.
In 2019, the PPDM Association plans to publish a new version (3.10) of the Public Petroleum Data Model. This version will bring new capability to the data model, including: • Improved support for Well Completions and Hydraulic Fracturing operations • Water Management support • Coordinate Reference System integration with the EPSG dataset • Units of Measure harmonization with new standards and improved data management capability • Change management requests sent by members for consideration in PPDM 3.10. There are approximately 80 requests. Are you interested in participating in the Modeling Committee? You can find the Volunteer Posting on our website or contact projects@ppdm.org for more information.
PPDM would like to take today to celebrate our volunteers around the globe who make our programs, standards, events and more possible. It is through our wonderful volunteer’s hard work that we are able to do so much. Thank you!
Over thirty of the DFW data management community gathered at The Strickland Group on Wednesday, November 28th, to listen to Lewis Matthews talk about the machine learning spacing-completion struggles framed as a classic portfolio optimization problem and the inevitable interplay between machine learning and blockchain technology in oil and gas which ultimately leads us to touch many domains outside of pure data science. A delicious lunch featuring Chicken Condon Bleu was provided by Well Drive. There were lots of new faces and a great lunch and learn was enjoyed by all.
Our next event in the DFW area will be our first Petroleum Data Workshop which will be held on March 5th followed by a day of training on March 6th, both events to be held on the Microsoft campus in Irving, TX. The workshop will be an all-day affair with talks and activities following the theme of “Fueling Analytics with High Quality Data”. We are accepting abstracts at this time with an abstract submittal deadline of December 21st. Abstracts may be submitted through the PPDM website at www.ppdm.org or email events@ppdm.org. Mark your calendars for this exciting event.
Nearly 100 Houstonians gathered in Equinor’s auditorium on Thursday, November 15, to listen to Rebecca Hofmann talk about “The Blockchain Movement”. Rebecca is currently starting up the OOC blockchain program where the oil and gas industry can come together to learn, lead and leverage blockchain technology to transform how we work externally with each other. She currently works for Equinor’s Operations Technology Excellence group and is responsible for ensuring the development and improvement of processes over governance, requirements and compliance to support domestic US offshore and onshore operations. She also leads the Blockchain digitalization strategy for Equinor United States and is the founder and visionary behind the US Oil and Gas Blockchain Forum for Operators. Stonebridge Consulting provided a Mexican buffet where attendees enjoyed enchiladas, black beans and rice. PPDM will kick off 2019 with another luncheon on January 15th at Anadarko Petroleum where Marty Davis will speak. Don’t forget to block April 9-10, 2019 off on your calendar to attend our Houston Petroleum Data Expo where the theme will be “Digital Transformation – Is Your Data Strategy and Enabler or Disabler?”
Following years of hard work by the What Is A Completion Work Group, PPDM is proud to announce the release of What Is A Completion to our members. Using the methodology developed in launching What Is A Well, What is A Completion was developed by industry to disambiguate the term ’completion’ and provide supporting materials that can be deployed to help achieve better clarity and communication at all levels and stages of the life cycle.
“PPDM is proud to release the latest in our disambiguation toolkits. We sincerely appreciate the hard work of the Work Group in pulling this together – it is through their efforts that we have created this toolkit for all members of industry,” said Ingrid Kristel, Senior Project Manager, PPDM Association.
PPDM Members can visit our Technical Publications Page to get their digital copy now (Members Preview until October 2019).
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to welcome six new and returning Directors to our Board of Directors, following the October 23, 2018, Annual General Meeting as a part of the Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM.
We would like to welcome back David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Peter MacDougall (IHS Markit), Paloma Urbano (ConocoPhillips) who were re-elected. We would also like to welcome Kevin Brunel (Devon Energy), Emile Coetzer (Chevron Canada) and Jamie Cruise (Target Energy Solutions) to their first term with the Board of Directors.
Our sincere thanks goes out to our current Board of Directors members, Allan Huber (Shell Canada), Ali Sangster (Drillinginfo), Jeremy Eade (BP Lower 48), Lesley Evans (Chesapeake Energy), Robert Best (Infosys) and Trevor Hicks (Stonebridge Consulting). We would like to thank Amii Bean, Christine Miesner and Shashank Panchangam as they step down from the Board, for their hard work these past years.
We look forward to the continued growth of the PPDM Association under the new Board of Directors.
Join the PPDM Association at our Denver Petroleum Data Symposium on November 7, 2018 at Anadarko Petroleum. The Agenda is now available on the website and includes talks on a variety of subjects, networking happy hours, and a panel discussion. Cost is only $75 for members for the full day. Thank you to our Sponsors & Exhibitors for making this event possible. More information is available on our website.
Are you planning your schedules and budgets for 2019? Be sure to include PPDM’s major events so that you don’t miss out on valuable opportunities to connect with the data management community. More information is in our 2019 Major Events list.
Learn about the PPDM Association and some of our achievements over the last year in our 2017/2018 Annual Report.
Are you interested in attending the 2018 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM? This year has a great agenda, field trip option available, and specially discounted rates making it easier to attend! With less than a month until the fun starts, Register now to save your spot. Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities still available. Learn more and see the agenda at www.ppdm.org/calgarydms18.
More than fifty members of the Dallas/Fort Worth data management community gathered in the offices of Pioneer Natural Resources on September 12th to hear Tom O’Stasik talk about how to gain insight from documents and data by leveraging Artificial Intelligence. Pioneer’s venue was amazing and OSIsosft, LLC provided an awesome Mexican buffet that everyone enjoyed before hearing Tom’s talk which nicely explained what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is and included three case studies which demonstrated the improvements and savings reaped when AI was implemented and utilized. A drawing was held at the conclusion of the event where Jordan Bevers with Flowserve Corporation won a free one year’s individual membership to PPDM and Kevin Boudreaux with EnerVest won an online class. Our next luncheon in the DFW area will be held on November 13th at The Strickland Group’s offices in Fort Worth with food and beverages provided by Well Drive, featuring Lewis Matthews with CrownQuest Operating as our speaker. Watch for details on our website at www.ppdm.org
Please join us on October 25-26, 2018, for a two day Machine Learning Workshop with Lewis Matthews and his team from West Texas Data Science Institute. This class will focus on how to apply machine learning techniques to petrophysical and geological problems where students will walk away from the class with actual code and real data to start playing around with work-related problems. If you aren’t familiar with programming this is a great opportunity to learn and if you aren’t familiar with machine learning then you are about to discover it isn’t rocket science (when it works). There are limited spots available for this Workshop - book early to save your place at www.ppdm.org/events
Are you interested in attending the 2018 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM? This year has a great agenda, field trip option available, and specially discounted rates making it easier to attend! With prices starting at only $99, register before September 21 to save. Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities still available. Learn more and see the agenda at www.ppdm.org/calgarydms18.
In conformance with PPDM Bylaws and applicable legislation, this message is being sent to all PPDM Voting and Associate members in good standing. If you receive this message, you are registered in our system as a member in one of these two membership classes, as defined in our bylaws. NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Calgary, AB, Canada, August 24, 2018 – In accordance with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals. Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office prior to Friday, September 14, 2018. For 2018, the PPDM Association Board of Directors has formed a Nominations Committee to support the nomination process. The committee will speak to every nominee and provide an assessment to those who will be voting at the AGM later in 2018. The committee will not endorse or reject any eligible nominee. RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS: An outline of the responsibilities and expectations of PPDM Association Board membership has been prepared for the information of potential candidates. Please review and consider these items if you are contemplating standing for election. HOW TO PROCEED: In order to submit your candidacy for the PPDM Board of Directors, please follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WDSTS9T. Nominations must include the full name and contact information of the nominee, along with a 100-200 word biography and a high resolution portrait photograph (in business dress please). We value the dedication and commitment of our members who choose to participate in our nomination and election process as a Board of Directors Candidate. Thank you for your time and consideration; this important role is crucial to the direction and development of the PPDM Association.
More than sixty members of the Denver data management community gathered at BP Lower 48’s new offices to hear Tom O’Stasik with Business Imaging Systems (BIS) talk about how to gain insight from documents and data by leveraging Artificial Intelligence. BP’s venue was amazing, a glass building sitting on the banks of the Platte River in the River North Art District. EnergyIQ provided an awesome taco bar along with dessert that everyone enjoyed before hearing Tom’s talk, which nicely explained what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is and included three case studies which demonstrated the improvements and savings reaped when AI was implemented and utilized. A drawing was held at the conclusion of the event where Greg Grotke with Renovos won a one year PPDM membership and Leanna Gallagher with Katalyst Data Management won an online class. Our next event in Denver, our annual Petroleum Data Symposium, will be held on November 7th at Anadarko Petroleum and will include a full day of talks including an analytics panel followed by a happy hour. Watch for details on our website at www.ppdm.org.
Join the growing number of CPDAs around the world as they demonstrate their skills and expertise in petroleum data management. The dates for the 2019 Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDATM) Exams are now available on our Certification page. Upcoming Exams are: - November 14 (October 3 Application Deadline) - February 27 (January 26 Application Deadline) - May 22 (April 10 Application Deadline) - August 28 (July 17 Application Deadline) - November 13 (October 2 Application Deadline) Visit www.ppdm.org/certification for more information on how to apply.
The 2018 Perth Data Management Workshop & Field Trip is an event featuring plenary presentations, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities. Taking place August 8 and 9, 2018, at the Perth Town Hall, this annual event is attended by a variety of organizations and attendees from Analysts to CEOs. The Field Trip and Introduction to Master Data Management Training class are already full but there is still room to attend the Workshop on August 9. Already breaking attendance records set last year, this Perth Workshop is not to be missed. Learn more and register now at www.ppdm.org/perthdmw18. Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible.
Calling all PPDM Members – we are looking for volunteers to review Well Status & Classification V3 and provide feedback before this piece of work is finalized and published. If you are interested, please contact projects@ppdm.org to get on the list. Please note, this is for PPDM members only.
Are you interested in furthering petroleum data management as a profession? PPDM has several volunteer opportunities available to get engaged with either the Professional Development or Petroleum Data Management Certification Committees. Contact us at volunteer@ppdm.org to learn more about how you can make a difference. Thank you to our many volunteers who make so many programs possible.
You’ve likely received several emails from companies notifying you of update to privacy policies because of changes to EU data protection laws – specifically the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To keep compliant and continue to safeguard your information, PPDM has also updated our privacy policy. You can read our Privacy Policy here, but some highlights include:
> Give you more clear and detailed information about your personal data rights. > How PPDM protects your data > Who else may have access to your information through us > How consent is handled within PPDM
The updated Privacy Policy automatically comes into effect for all PPDM users on May 25, 2018. So, your continued use of the PPDM sites from that date will be subject to it. At any time you can update your personal information, including communication preferences (subscribe/unsubscribe), by logging into your profile.
Monday May 21 is the last day for members to submit comments on the ‘What Is A Completion’ toolkit. As you know, our ‘What Is A Completion’ Work Group has been hard at work disambiguating the term ‘Completion’ over the past year. This team has hit a significant milestone in completing the toolkit and is currently seeking member reviewers to provide feedback and respond to a survey. All contributions, feedback, and suggestions are appreciated as this toolkit will be for a broad audience (note, any reviewer must be a PPDM member due to intellectual property concerns). Once we have everyone’s feedback, the Work Group will review and update the toolkit as appropriate prior to finalizing, with an estimated release mid-2018.
Excitement for this piece of work is building and appreciate the hard work of the ‘What Is A Completion’ Work Group and our volunteer member reviewers. Learn how you can become a sponsor of this group now in our Sponsorship Kit. For more information, please contact projects@ppdm.org.
Join PPDM's Certified Instructor Pat Rhynes for a two and a half day special edition of Business Life Cycle of the Well, Levels 1 and 2 – May 29, 30 and 31 at geoLOGIC systems. This course will start with Business Life Cycle of the Well 1.1: Introduction (Level 1), followed by Level 2, which takes a more in depth look at asset life cycle stages planning, drilling, completing, producing and disposing. You will also review key objectives, business processes and activity, groups involved in each stage and decisions and data categories for each activity. More information on the class is available in the attached sample, or on our website.
The Dallas/Fort Worth Data Management Community convened at XTO Energy on April 26, 2018 and enjoyed a presentation by Steve Cobb with CB Technologies entitled “The Refinery of the Future: A Real-Time Use Case”. His talk described how recent evolutions in the technology industry are allowing the Oil and Gas Industry to alter the way they tackle current business problems. Edge computing, IIoT, Digital Twin, field augmented reality and remote virtual reality have become the foundation for a new wave of Digital Transformation initiatives. They seek to capture the tribal knowledge of experienced professionals as they leave the workforce, allowing companies to work smarter and enable companies to capture and use the vast amounts of data that they possess today for better decision making. Seizing this business inflection point and the opportunities it offers, CBT has teamed with multiple technology partners to integrate the latest information sciences into “The Refinery of the Future” at Texmark Chemical, providing use cases supported by real operational needs. We will discuss five solutions for a chemical plant: Predictive Maintenance, Video Analytics, Worker Safety, Connected Worker, Asset Maintenance & Integrity. Many thanks to Stonebridge Consulting for providing a delicious lunch and XTO Energy for a fabulous venue. Drawing winners, Andrew Belschner of XTO Energy and Brooke Granger with Jetta Operating, each won a free one-year membership to PPDM. Our next luncheon is planned for September 12th at Pioneer Natural Resources.
The CPDA designation is a globally recognized achievement, unique to the petroleum data management industry. Certification demonstrates to employers, clients, and colleagues that a CPDA professional possesses data management knowledge, experience, and skills to navigate the unique challenges of data management specific to the exploration & production industry.
We are holding a CPDA Information Session virtually May 3, 2018 at 1:15pm Denver, USA, local time, for those interested in learning more about the CPDA Program and how they can take the next steps to earn this credential. We will walk through the application process, provide tips to study for the exam, and present information concerning taking the exam and becoming certified. You can also visit our Certification page at www.ppdm.org/certification. Details on how to join the GoToMeeting will be distributed upon receipt of registration. This session is free, so that we can track interest, please ensure that all attendees register. Register now to attend on our website.
The PPDM Association is delighted by the tremendous turn out at our first Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo, which took place at the Westin Houston Memorial City on April 17 & 18. Nearly 300 folks joined our speakers, sponsors and exhibitors for two days of presentations, interactive discussions, networking luncheons, cocktail reception and more. Presentations ranged from very technical to very interactive, with something for everyone in attendance. Highlights included our Keynote Speaker, Jim Claunch, the Well Status & Classification Training with Trudy Curtis, Bollywood dancing with Abhijeet Narvekar and more. This new style created a lot of energy and excitement, and the team is excited already for the 2019 Houston Expo. Thank you to all our sponsors and exhibitors for making this event possible. Presentations from this event will be available on May 1st on our Past Events page.
Foundations, the Journal of the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association, Volume 5 Issue 1 is now available! Including great articles on Green Data Management, and several articles on the Professional Development topic. Foundations is free to access, simply visit the page and login to view your copy now! Hard copies will be available at PPDM events including the upcoming Houston Expo.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association announces that Katalyst Data Management has achieved Gold Compliance with their iGlass subsurface data management solution. The official Compliance Score is: KATALYST, PPDM3.8_300_159_iGlass5.8.X_159_Gold_100%. Read more in the Press Release
The Early Bird Deadline to attend the upcoming Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo is coming up on March 16! With five stages of presentations, more than 50 speakers, and a variety of themes, attendees will be able to create their own experience tailored to their goals. The agenda and additional information about this event are available on our Houston Expo Page. Thanks to our wonderful Sponsors and Exhibitors, registration starts at $79 USD for this must-attend event.
We are holding a CPDA Information Session virtually March 27, 2018, at 10am Perth local time, for those interested in learning more about the CPDA Program and how they can take the next steps to earn this credential. We will walk through the application process, provide tips to study for the exam, and present information concerning taking the exam and becoming certified. You can also visit our Certification page at www.ppdm.org/certification.
This information session will be taking place at 10:00am in Perth, Australia via our GoToMeeting conferencing system. Details will be distributed to you upon your registration. This session is free, so that we can track interest, please ensure that all attendees register. Register now to attend on our website.
As you know, our ‘What Is A Completion’ Work Group has been hard at work disambiguating the term ‘Completion’ over the past year. This team has hit a significant milestone in completing the toolkit and is currently seeking member reviewers to provide feedback and respond to a survey. All contributions, feedback, and suggestions are appreciated as this toolkit will be for a broad audience (note, any reviewer must be a PPDM member due to intellectual property concerns). Once we have everyone’s feedback, the Work Group will review and update the toolkit as appropriate prior to finalizing, with an estimated release mid-2018.
You’ve spoken and we’ve listened – we have had several members have questions about our standards and inquired about a forum to post their questions and get feedback from others who have been through it. This feedback has led us to create the “Standards Support Community” available under the “Standards” toolbar above. This Support Community has been designed for our members to post their issues and provide advice to each other on any of the PPDM standards, including the Data Model. We look forward to this opportunity to connect more with our members and provide you more support.
PPDM is collecting information about how industry feels about standards – do you use them? Want to use them, but find it too hard? Feel confused or frustrated? Tell us what you think, we need your input. Please visit our Survey to give your feedback – we appreciate it!
January and February are busy months for PPDM Association Training, with hundreds of seats filled in PPDM training around the globe.
Training started off January 22-23 in the Woodlands, Texas, with thanks to Anadarko for hosting. Senior Instructor Pat Rhynes led four sessions including “What Is A Well” and “Well Status & Classification,” “Business Life Cycle of the Well,” “PPDM 3.9: Well Data,” and “PPDM 3.9: Well Test and Production.
Next, Pat Rhynes was down in Houston for the January 24-26 training sessions at Marathon. Featuring the classes “What Is A Well” and “Well Status & Classification,” “Business Life Cycle of the Well,” “Introduction to Master Data Management,” “PPDM Data Management and Reference Lists,” and “PPDM 3.9: Data Model Overview.” Combined, the Woodlands and Houston training saw a record 109 training seats in one week.
Meanwhile, across the globe in Indonesia, PPDM’s CEO and Instructor, Trudy Curtis, spent a week at SKK Migas training hundreds of seats on both introductory and technical classes. The next week, two hours away, Trudy trained another couple hundred seats at Pertamina, also introductory and technical in nature.
Pat Rhynes will be back in Houston February 6-8 for the three-Day Business Life Cycle of the Well Level 2 course at EnergyIQ. For more information on this course and to register now, please visit http://www.energyiq.info/energyiq-ppdm-business-lifecycle-well-training-february-6th-8th-houston-tx/.
For more information on how your organization can benefits from PPDM Training, please visit www.ppdm.org/training.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is excited to announce that the agenda for the upcoming Houston Professional Petroleum Data Expo is now available. With five stages of presentations, more than 50 speakers, and a variety of themes, attendees will be able to create their own experience tailored to their goals. Registration starts at $79 USD for this must-attend event. Learn more on our Houston Expo page.
Have a keen eye for a good picture? Imagine your favourite photo on the front page of Foundations, The Journal of The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association – distributed globally in both print and digital formats to thousands of people in the data management community. Submit your favourite shots to our Photo Contest at photocontest.ppdm.org, and be sure to vote for your favourites!
Join the growing number of Certified Petroleum Data Analysts (CPDAs) around the world as they demonstrate their skills and expertise in petroleum data management. The deadline to take the March 7, 2018, CPDA Exam is coming up on January 24, 2018. Please visit the Certification page to learn more about the program and to apply now.
On January 10th, Devon Energy hosted the PPDM Q1 Data Management Luncheon in Oklahoma City. Members of the data management community gathered to hear Matt Harper, Director of Information Security and Infrastructure at Devon Energy, and Donovan Farrow, CEO and Founder of Alias Forensics, talk about “Securing the Digital Oilfield”. The event was packed to capacity and took place at Devon’s Conference Center. Many thanks to Matt and Donovan for their excellent presentations and to Daniel Perna, Devon Energy and Chair of the OKC Leadership Team, for taking care of the many logistics involved in planning a meeting of this size. Congratulations to our drawing winners, Donovan Farrow for a one-year membership to PPDM and Blake Crawford, with Continental Resources, for a free online class.
A mandate of the PPDM Regulatory Data Standards (RDS) Committee is the disambiguation of terms and phrases, to help all users of petroleum data to be more efficient. The RDS identified Completions as a problematic term and championed a Charter to begin this work using the methodology from ‘What Is A Well’. The ‘What Is A Completion’ Work Group kicked off in September 2016 with the deliverable of creating a baseline to disambiguate between the different possible definitions and elements for a completion, for communication, comparison or translation purposes. The Work Group created resources that address these facets’ relationship to the life cycle, how the facets relate to each other, and instance management. Effort is needed to finalize the work for presentation to reviewers for feedback, and complete the final deliverables. Learn how you can become a sponsor of this group now in our Sponsorship Kit
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to extend a sincere thank you to all our volunteers for your hard work over the past year. PPDM is fortunate to have more than 190 volunteers on 22 different teams, helping to build community, develop standards and best practices, and grow professional development opportunities. Through your combined efforts, we have achieved tremendous results together, and we could not have done it without all of you. Thank you!
We do currently need more volunteers on our Professional Development Certification Committee (PDMCC), Calgary Leadership Team and in our Professional Development Committee’s Career Path Work Stream. If you are interested in joining one of our volunteer teams, please contact volunteer@ppdm.org.
Learn about The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association and the many projects, events, and activities that happened over our 2016/2017 fiscal year in our Annual Report!
Thank you to everyone who attended our 2017 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM. We hope that it was a valuable experience for everyone, and were delighted to hear positive feedback on this event. Highlight presentations included Gartner’s Keynote Presentation “Data Moves Beyond Hope & Hype,” the “Executive Panel Q&A: Disruptive Technologies, Data Management and Operational Strategies,” “Marathon Oil’s Master Data Management Journey – One Year After Go-Live” and “Leveraging Information/Data Governance Within Disparate Environments.” For those who were unable to attend, members can access presentations on our Past Events Page at any time. We’d like to extend our sincere appreciation to the members of the Calgary Leadership Team who worked hard to bring together this exciting and popular agenda.
Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors for making this event possible: geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting, EnergyIQ, Gartner, CBN Commercial Services, Noah Consulting, Katalyst Data Management, RS Energy and the Calgary Geoscience Data Managers Society. We couldn’t have done it without you!
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to welcome six new and returning Directors to our Board of Directors, following the October 24, 2017, Annual General Meeting as a part of the Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM.
We would like to welcome back Allan Huber (Shell), Jeremy Eade (BP), Lesley Evans (Chesapeake Energy), Robert Best (Infosys) and Trevor Hicks (Stonebridge Consulting) who were re-elected. We would also like to welcome Ali Sangster with DrillingInfo to her first term with the Board of Directors.
Our sincere thanks goes out to our current Board of Directors members, Amii Bean (Individual Member), David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Christine Meisner (Devon Energy), Paloma Urbano (ConocoPhillips), Peter MacDougall (IHS Markit) and Shashank Panchangam (Landmark-Halliburton). We would like to thank Brian Boulmay as he steps down from the Board, for all his hard work these past years.
This edition’s features include: - “A (Not So) Brief History” by Jim Crompton - “Data Management: Job vs. Profession?” by Yogi Schulz - “Analytics as an Extension of Data Modelling” by Mishtu Banerjee - “CPDA Certification” by Terence Broughton - “Hands On With the Board of Directors” by Shashank Panchangam - And more! This edition is now available free to members and guests on our website: www.ppdm.org/publications. To access the complete “A (Not So) Brief History”, please visit our White Papers Page.
The PPDM Association is pleased to announce that Irene Dawe will be the new Co-Chair for the Regulatory Data Standards (RDS) Committee. Under the leadership of both John Broderick (Co-Chair from the US Bureau of Land Management) and Irene, the RDS will continue to focus on how PPDM data standards can be deployed and expanded to fully support the needs of regulators to create a standards based information foundation. The RDS has also become a forum for Committee members to collaborate on initiatives, meet with other associations, and educate each other on shared challenges and successes. Irene joined the RDS a few months ago and has agreed to take the Co-Chair spot that was left vacant following the passing of Art Boykiw. Irene, the Chief Data Officer & Director - Strategic Data Services at the Alberta Energy Regulator, brings energy and passion to this Committee. Irene has more than 25 years experience in Energy, Telecommunications, the Canadian Armed Forces, and more. Please join us in welcoming Irene to the Co-Chair position.
Linn Energy provided the venue for the PPDM Q3 Oklahoma City Data Management Luncheon in their amazing new facility and Business Imaging Systems (BIS) provided a delicious pizza bar. Josh Miller, Solutions Architect for BIS, walked seventy-six attendees through some of the challenges that oil and gas companies are facing with new acquisitions and the sparse data the divesting companies are providing. Information such as payment obligations or expiration dates may be provided, however, there is still a considerable amount of missing or hidden data. Energy professionals are utilizing technology and natural language processing to identify provisions hidden in their data. What once was a very manual process, is now being streamlined with automated efficiencies being put in place. Jenna Dickenson and Jacob Dressen, both with BIS, then provided some details on how BIS is assisting clients in overcoming these challenges through the use of Grooper, a transactional information processing platform designed using next generation capture technologies. The luncheon was wrapped up with a drawing where three lucky individuals won a free online class of their choice. Winners were (from left to right) Tricia Ruud, Warwick Energy and OKC Leadership Team member, Drew Hopkins, Land Information Services, and John Bostwick, Continental Resources. The next OKC luncheon will be held on November 15th on the campus of Chesapeake Energy with Cathy Tompkins, CIO for Chesapeake, as the speaker.
Dean Gale Sullenberger and Dr. Tim Coburn with the University of Tulsa hosted the PPDM Q3 luncheon on Thursday, September 21st, and Stonebridge Consulting provided an amazing turkey spread for attendees. TU faculty, students and Tulsa data management professionals were treated to an informative talk given by Dr. Tim Coburn on “Some Evolving Data Issues Associated with Assessing Unconventional Resources, with Examples from the Bakken Shale Play”. Dr. Coburn explained the challenges of calculating the “estimated ultimate recovery” (EUR) for horizontal wells as well as outlined other issues which come into play such as obtaining agreement about the geological evidence, lack of currency and completeness of data, insufficient granularity of data and many more. A lively question and answer period followed Dr. Coburn’s discussion. The luncheon was wrapped up with a drawing where two TU students, Zhenyu Guo and Ade Ayewole, were the winners of a PPDM online class of their choice.
Justin Gorton, Geoscience Manager for Petroleum and Gas at the Geological Survey of Queensland, addressed the 3Q Australia-East PPDM Data Management Luncheon on Friday, 15-Sep at the offices of the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines in Brisbane. His topic was the “Draft release of the new Petroleum and Gas Reporting Guideline - Improving the value of industry data in Queensland”. In his presentation, he emphasized that this is a draft release, now open for feedback before being released in December. The changes are based not only on regulatory needs but on the idea that collecting and managing petroleum and gas data assists Queensland in becoming a competitive destination for energy investment, in comparison with other Australian states or even international options. Justin briefly reviewed the state level legislative act which gives the state agency the authority to collect data, and then discussed the next level down of guidelines which deal with standardization across commodity types, and how they support the process of online submission which began in 2016. The new guidelines are designed to improve digital reporting requirements, and had been previously focused on well data. Justin noted that some legislative changes will be needed to accommodate the new guidelines. There was a brief discussion of three types of data being collected through submissions; Geoscience – spatially based, Operations – time based, and Engineering – measurement based, and it was explained that the designation of Scientific and Technical Survey is an area for potential fields, soil geochemistry, seeps, remote sensing, or basin surveys not associated with a particular well. Justin gave a brief explanation of one way to calculate the value of information, which was particularly interesting for those who might have attended a recent SPE presentation on the same topic, but with a much more rigorous approach based on decision trees: http://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-wa-august-lecture/. It was acknowledged that the current Queensland Petroleum Exploration Data (QPED) extract contains perhaps 50% of the data a potential investor would want about a geographic area. The current data is checked against the quality facets of completeness, consistency and accuracy, and it is proposed that in the future Big Data and Machine Learning approaches might be applied to the data, to for instance answer QSHE questions about the use of a particular accelerator in hydraulic fracturing sands. A mention was made of the Council Of Australian Governments Gas Supply Strategy being supported by the new reporting guidelines as well (http://www.coagenergycouncil.gov.au/publications/coag-energy-council-gas-supply-strategy-december-2015).
Under the new guidelines, production data will be reported cumulatively and monthly by well instead of tenure to align with similar reporting in South Australia, while testing data is reported in cumulative daily volumes. Detailed core analysis reports will also be provided in their native format. Key information will be extracted to submit in templates to streamline the capture and quality control process. Data will be QC’d at two levels, to determine that submitted files are loadable and not corrupt, and then that headers for file formats including LAS, LIS and SEGx are complete and accurate. The new digitally accessible submission template for well data uses PPDM column names with enumerated classes, enforced value ranges and units.
During the discussion period, a representative from a local operating company asked if there could be a system for companies to provide remediated legacy data to the agency in geographic areas where it was no longer considered a competitive advantage, but where the data would potentially be of higher quality than that previously submitted. Other feedback from the group included requests for guidelines to consider sampling data, digital well test data, and coal seismic.
PPDM conducted their Q3 Data Management Luncheon in Midland on September 7th. The Petroleum Professional Development Center (PPDC) provided a wonderful venue and WellDrive, LLC catered a good ole Texas meal with chicken fried steak topping the menu. Craig Covey, Data Analyst, with Concho Resources delivered a compelling talk describing two of the oil and gas industry’s buzz words, Big Data and Machine Learning, which was very well received. Craig described in detail what Big Data is, where it comes from, and how Concho handles it using Hadoop. He also talked about Machine Learning and how it is commonly used by our industry. A copy of his slide deck can be found on our website under Past Events. A raffle drawing at the end reaped three winners. RJ Jenkins with SM Energy won a free individual membership to PPDM while Heather Sanders with Midland College and Brent Foster with Concho each won their choice of an online class. Thanks to all who turned out for this great event!! .
On Tuesday, August 22nd, the Dallas/Fort Worth Energy Community was treated to an eloquent and factual talk by Dr. Richard Strickland, President of The Strickland Group. The talk was centered around the Deep Water Horizon Blowout and what really happened. Members of the audience were riveted to their seats for over an hour while Dr. Strickland presented materials from the Chief Counsel’s Report, the BP Accident Investigation Report, and the Det Norske Veritas Report outlining the failures that took the lives of 11 people. His presentation, as well as each of these reports, can be found at www.tsg.net/Macondo as Dr. Strickland was involved in litigation support for the case. Following the luncheon, Bill Barna with Microsoft commented to Pam Koscinski, PPDM US Representative, “PPDM did a wonderful job today on the luncheon at XTO Energy. Dr. Richard Strickland was an exceptional speaker and I learned a great deal more about the Macondo accident. You and your team did a great job. Thank you.” .
The luncheon was concluded with a drawing where Joseph Niemann, IT Director for Jetta Operating, and Sandra Bembenek, CFO for The Strickland Group, were awarded complimentary one year Individual Memberships to PPDM.
The next DFW luncheon will be held at Pioneer Natural Resources on November 14, 2017.
Calgary, AB, Canada, August 21, 2017 – In accordance with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals.
Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office prior to SEPTEMBER 15, 2017.
You are eligible to stand for election to the Board if you are employed by a company that is a voting member of the PPDM Association in good standing, if you are an individual PPDM Association member in good standing or if you are an honorary member of the PPDM Association. We also ask that candidates have a minimum of three years of experience with the PPDM Association. (Special note: If you want to stand for election to the Board as an individual member, you do so as an individual. Your corporate affiliation will not be part of your nomination)
In order to submit your candidacy for the PPDM Board of Directors, please follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPDMBOD2017. Nominations must include the full name and contact information of the nominee, along with a 100-200 word biography and a high resolution portrait photograph (in business dress please).
We value the dedication and commitment of our members who choose to participate in our nomination and election process as a Board Candidate. Thank you for your time and consideration; this important role is crucial to the direction and development of the PPDM Association.
Registration is now open for the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Public Training in the Woodlands (October 2-3) and Houston (October 4-6).
The Training in the Woodlands will take place at the Anadarko Conference Center and will feature the popular classes: What Is A Well/Well Status & Classification, Business Life Cycle of the Well, PPDM 3.9: Well Data and PPDM3.9 Well Test and Production. Visit the Woodlands Training Event Page to learn more about these classes and to register now!
The Houston Training will take place at Marathon Oil Corporation and will feature: What Is A Well/Well Status & Classification, Business Life Cycle of the Well, Introduction to Master Data Management, PPDM Data Management and Reference Lists and PPDM3.9 Data Model Overview. Visit the Houston Training Event Page to learn more about these classes and to register now!
Classes start at $250/class for members, and discounts are available for multi-class and groups of 5 or more. Please contact training@ppdm.org if you qualify for one of these rates in advance of registering. .
The Denver Q3 Data Management Luncheon was held on Tuesday, August 8th, at SM Energy with Stonebridge Consulting providing a delicious meal. The data management community was treated to a lively panel discussion with questions focusing on Innovation in Data Management. Mike Skeffington with EnergyIQ moderated the panel consisting of: Jim Crompton (Noah Consulting) Amy Giles Bhikha (Stonebridge Consulting) Brian O’Shea (Bonanza Creek Energy) Raj Sehgal (IHS Markit) Chris Skinner (USGS Energy Resources Program)
The panelists did a superb job of shedding light on these issues and feed-back from the audience was very positive requesting more events of this nature. The Denver Data Management Workshop to be held on October 18th in Denver will include two panel discussions: one on Data Analytics and the other on How Do We Manage Data Through the E&P Life Cycle.
Winding up the event, two drawings were held where Jenny Jensen with SM Energy walked away with a book co-authored by Jim Crompton titled “The Future Belongs to the Digital Engineer: Transforming the Industry” and Julie Vallero with Laramie Energy was the recipient of a one-year’s individual membership to PPDM.
NEW VENUE! Please join us for the 2017 Perth Data Management Workshop on August 10, 2017. NEW VENUE - Thanks to our amazing sponsors, we have been able to move to a new venue - the Cliftons Perth - which will allow for more registrations. Spots are limited, so please register ASAP at www.ppdm.org/perthdmw17.
You are invited to join the PPDM Association and the Calgary Leadership Team at this year’s 2017 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM. This year’s event, taking place October 23-25, 2017 at the Telus Spark Science Centre, will feature keynote speaker Rich McAvey of Gartner, along with a more interactive presentations and activities. Registration is open, and sponsor and exhibitor opportunities are still available for what is certain to be an exciting event. The early bird member rate of $300 is currently in effect, and includes meals, receptions and more. Please visit www.ppdm.org/calgarydms17 for more information (and be sure to update your profile’s communications preferences to receive our event invitations and updates!).
Due to overwhelming demand, the 2017 Perth Data Management Workshop is now sold out. Virtual registration tickets are still available for those wishing to be a part of the action. This popular workshop will be at the Curtin University Graduate School of Business on August 10, 2017, with a field trip to the Perth Core Library taking place the day before. The theme of the workshop is Traditional vs Emerging E&P Data Management. As the first Workshop led by the Australia West Leadership Team, this event features an interesting agenda filled with presentations, an interactive activity and networking opportunities. Individuals who wish to be added to the Wait List for this Workshop can email events@ppdm.org. To learn more, and register virtually now, please visit www.ppdm.org/perthdmw17.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is excited about the upcoming Perth Data Management Workshop, being held at the Curtin University Graduate School of Business on August 10, 2017. The Theme of the workshop is Traditional vs Emerging E&P Data Management. This year’s Workshop will be the first led by the Australia West Leadership Team, and has an interesting agenda filled with presentations, an interactive activity and networking opportunities. The Leadership Team has also organized a Field Trip to the Perth Core Sheds, which we know will fill up fast. Members are able to attend at the Early Bird rate for only $85 USD. Space is limited, so to learn more and register now visit www.ppdm.org/perthdmw17.
A record number of participants attended the Perth Autumn Data Management Luncheon hosted by Inpex on May 12, 2017, and featuring Katalyst Data Management’s Guy Holmes presenting on Global Technology Trends and their (Potential) Impact in the Oil Industry. Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to learn about IoT, Hadoop, BlockChain and Watson, and to network high above the magnificent Swan River. Attendees were also updated on what’s new at PPDM and introduced to the Australia West Leadership Team and their vision for PPDM in the region. Lunch was generously provided by Paragon Information Management Services. It was a pleasure to see new and familiar faces at this luncheon, and we look forward to seeing everyone on August 10, 2017 for the Perth Data Management Workshop (Abstract Deadline is coming up on May 19!).
The Calgary community came together for the Spring Data Management Luncheon on April 26, 2017. Noah Consulting provided the venue and CWD Inc provided a tasty lunch while attendees enjoyed Dr. Prashanth Southekal’s presentation “Effective Data Engineering for Data Science (Analytics).” The presentation highlighted key elements of Data Engineering and why it is the foundation for Data Science. The presentation is available now on www.ppdm.org under Past Events. The next Calgary luncheon will be in September 2017 (we are currently looking for sponsors and speakers), followed by the 2017 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM October 23-25, 2017.
The 2017 Oklahoma City Data Management Workshop was held on May 2, 2017 at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman, OK. Attended by more than 80 people from Oklahoma City and beyond, this Workshop featured a day of plenary presentations and networking breaks followed by tours of the museum...
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We are pleased to announce that Margaret Barron has rejoined the Association as Chief, Professional Development. Margaret, who holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Education Studies and is a familiar face in PPDM circles, brings 25 years of combined academic and petroleum education experience to the Association. She managed cooperative education for the Faculty of Human Kinetics at Memorial University of Newfoundland for ten years, and went on to help establish the University of Alberta’s Calgary Centre as Director, Executive Education. Her work in petroleum has included leading curriculum development for the Centre for Energy Asset Management Studies (CEAMS) and navigating PPDM’s international Petroleum Education Task Force (PETF) in creating four discipline-specific competency frameworks. Margaret recently spent two years in the Middle East overseeing Professional Program Certification and Accreditation under the State of Qatar’s College of Technology Project. Her current work with PPDM involves leading Professional Development and overseeing Volunteer Management and Training. Welcome back Margaret!
PPDM has added another valued and seasoned Web Developer, Brad Hazel, to our professional staff. Brad, who holds a Bachelor of Computer Information Systems (BCIS), brings with him a wealth of experience in programming, website design/administration, and leadership. Through his 12 years in the programming industry, he has excelled at translating business needs into technical solutions. Previously, Brad had developed several systems including a custom CRM, new software development, custom reporting, custom API integrations, working with ERPs and updates to the company internet. His role with the PPDM Association includes working with our current web developer to keep the PPDM Website, applications, and networks running smoothly. Brad’s expertise and “think out side the box” mentality will ensure the PPDM Association will continue to provide a high degree of value to our membership users. We are excited to have Brad on board. Welcome Brad!
Were you unable to attend the 2017 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow? We have you covered! The Event Summary is now available to read about all the presentations and activities. Members can also access presentations on our Past Events Page at any time. Thank you to our Sponsors, Exhibitors and Attendees for this year’s great event!
There is only one week left until the 2017 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow – taking place February 28 to March 1, 2017 at the Houston Marriott Westchase.
This message is for our experts on well data. If that’s you, please read on! As you know, PPDM has done some useful semantic work, including “What is a Well” and “What is Well Status”. Right now, PPDM members are working on “What is a Completion?”. Once this is done, PPDM will begin to work on other well milestone dates that are confusing or ambiguous.
To help us prioritize and scope out this work, we need your help. The PPDM Regulatory Data Standards Committee has developed a short questionnaire that lists several date milestones. It’s online here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WellMilestone. If you have a few minutes, we would very much appreciate you helping us out by reviewing the list for us. Your responses are confidential, and we promise not to harass you more (unless you agree that we can ask questions).
The latest edition of Foundations – Volume 4 Issue 1 – is now available! This edition's features include:
Members of the PPDM data management community gathered on February 7th at QEP Resources in Denver and attendees were provided a delicious Italian Buffet by Katalyst Data Management. Ken Cavner, CEO of Origin Energytech Services, gave an interesting talk on PPDM and Data Warehousing in the Cloud. Teresa Sehgal was the drawing winner, taking home a free PPDM membership for one year.
The next luncheon in Denver will take place on May 11th at the USGS offices at the Denver Federal Center.
Interested in learning about the Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) program? The PPDM Association is holding two free Information Sessions in the Houston and Woodlands on March 2, 2017 to provide information on the program, what’s involved and why it’s time for you to earn your CPDA. These popular Information Sessions will fill up fast, so register quickly. Visit our events page to learn more and save your seat now.
We all know that doing something with a friend/colleague is always more fun, and that’s why we invite you to recruit a friend to volunteer with PPDM. Any current volunteer who successfully recruits a new volunteer to a PPDM Committee, Work Group, or Leadership Team by February 17 will have the chance to enter into a draw for a UE Boom 2 Speaker. We have multiple immediate opportunities available, including various roles on our Professional Development and Certification Committees. Please email volunteer@ppdm.org for more information on how you, and a friend, can make a difference.
PPDM’s CEO Trudy Curtis recently presented at the CGG Data Management Services User Meeting to provide an introduction to the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association. CGG has kindly donated the video to PPDM and it is now available for anyone interested to watch and learn more about the vision, mission, goals, products and services of the PPDM Association. This video is ideal for anyone who is new to the industry, curious about what the PPDM Association does, and even those who think they know PPDM already. Please visit our About Us page to view the video now.
The Strickland Group hosted the Q1 Data Management Luncheon in Fort Worth on January 26 where attendees listened to presentations by Amy Seeling with Jetta Operating and Brad Nickle with The Strickland Group. Amy is our very first Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) in the DFW area and she walked the group through the process of becoming a CPDA. Brad Strickland presented an informative talk on Intelligent Metadata and it was amazing to learn about the significant strides which have been made in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) arena. Thanks, also, to Business Intuition for providing a delicious hot lunch.
Two of our attendees went home with a free online class of their choice when their numbers were drawn, Adam Ruthford with RigData and Derek Garland with WellDrive.
Our next DFW luncheon will take place on April 25th at the Schlumberger offices in Frisco.
The attendees at the January 12 Oklahoma City Data Management Luncheon enjoyed the chance to be trained on the Social Media website LinkedIn by Kari Mirabal of JuMar Services. Ms. Mirabal took the time to review the LinkedIn Top 10 Profile “Must-Haves,” including helpful examples and tips. Our Sponsors, Continental Resources, Oseberg and Land Information Services made this exciting luncheon possible – thank you to them.
Amy Johnston (Chesapeake Energy) and Joan Sullivan (Continental Resources) won free online classes, while Lucas McGuire (Endatus) received a free individual membership. Kari Mirabal of JuMar Services also donated a free LinkedIn Assessment, which Robin Warnecke of Oseberg was fortunate enough to win.
The next Oklahoma City Data Management Luncheon will be on September 19, and we hope to see you at the 2017 Oklahoma City Data Management Workshop on May 11, 2017.
Today, the PPDM Data Model is widely used throughout the oil and gas industry. PPDM 3.9 is a vendor neutral, industry developed standard that contains nearly 60 different subject areas, each developed by a team of subject matter experts. The model is robust and complete, but it’s size and complexity can be overwhelming to some. Interested members approach us with suggestions about how the model can be made more understandable and consumable. Using member input, we have developed a few things that we think will help.
Roadmaps: A simple, high level representation of the data model that focusses on the core subject areas. This booklet is available to anyone, and is a helpful resource when you are trying to understand the coverage of the data model and plan your project.
NEW!! Key Subject Area Relationships: This booklet focusses on the major subject area relationships in the data model. It gives you a simple, high level idea of which subject areas you are likely to need for your implementation. For example, if the scope of your project is Production Volumes, you can look at the diagram for production volumes to see which other subjects you may also need to consider.
NEW!! Well Implementation by Life Cycle Phase: This booklet is based on the five high-level life cycle stages of a well (Planning, Drilling, Completing, Producing, Disposing) and the major subject areas that you might need to manage important information at each stage. At each level, a very short example of the kinds of information you will need to capture is included.
Check out these and other resources on here.
The final luncheons of the year kicked off with the Oklahoma City Q4 Data Management Luncheon on November 8, presenting Jerrod Stutzman from Devon Energy on “Geospatial Awareness: Increasing the Value of your Data.” Thank you to Devon Energy for sponsoring this luncheon. We know the attendees enjoyed this interesting presentation.
Across the globe, the Perth Data Management Luncheon was also held on November 8, 2017, featuring Christopher Hudson of Inpex on “GDA2020 – What does it mean from the Operators Perspective.” This luncheon was made possible by Inpex and GeoCom Services Australia, and event summary is available for members under the “Past Events” Tab.
December 6 was the Houston Q4 Data Management luncheon. Madelyn Bell (Data Gal LLC) and Cora Poche (Shell) had a look back in their presentation “So the Price of Oil is Down – 18 Months Later”. Thank you to SigmaFlow and Wood Mackenzie for making this luncheon possible for the attendees. Congratulations to Vinay Murli (Katalyst Data Management), Amber Charboneau (Noah Consulting) and Bernard Ajiboye (Wood Mackenzie) on winning the free online classes and an individual membership.
On December 13, 2016 in Denver, attendees were treated to a presentation by Ray Obuch of the US Geological Survey presenting “Metadata Management Implementation in a Large Federal Organization.” DrillingInfo and Noble Energy treated this group to the final luncheon of the year. Sam Heller from USGS was also lucky enough to take home a complimentary Online Class.
Thanks to everyone who attended luncheons in 2016, we look forward to seeing you in 2017. To find out when events near you are running, visit www.ppdm.org/events.
Join the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association for the 2017 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow – February 28 to March 1, 2017 at the Houston Marriott Westchase.
We are currently accepting Abstracts for speaking slots, Sponsors and Exhibitors. Abstracts are due December 5, 2016, and interested parties can fill out our Abstract Submission Form (link). Sponsors and Exhibitors have until January 23, 2017 to finalize their spot, though the sooner you are a sponsor/exhibitor, the more exposure you’ll receive. We also have two special Sponsorships available for Gifting and the Tradeshow Reception.
Registration is also now open for In-Person or Virtual Attendance. For more information, please visit the event page – www.ppdm.org/houstondms2017. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to extend our sincere appreciation and congratulations to the winners of the PPDM 25th Anniversary Pioneer Award for Dedication. The winners of this special award were announced on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, as a part of the 2016 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM.
We applaud these individuals for their tremendous commitment and dedication to PPDM, and extend a heartfelt thank you for helping the PPDM Association get to the point where we are now.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association would like to Welcome six new Directors to our Board of Directors, following the October 25, 2016, Annual General Meeting as a part of the Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM.
We would like to welcome back David Hood with geoLOGIC systems, Peter MacDougall with IHS Markit, Christine Miesner with Devon Energy and Paloma Urbano with ConocoPhillips who were re-elected. We would also like to welcome Amii Bean, an individual member, and Shashank Panchangam with Landmark-Halliburton to their first terms with the Board of Directors.
Our sincere thanks goes out to our current Board of Directors members, Allan Huber with Shell Canada, Brian Boulmay with BP, Jeremy Eade with BP, Lesley Evans with Chesapeake Energy, Trevor Hicks with Stonebridge Consulting and Robert Best with Noah Consulting. We would like to thank Joseph Seila with Concho as he steps down from the Board, for all his hard work these past years.
You can learn more in our Press Release. We look forward to the continued growth of the PPDM Association under the new Board of Directors.
Extra Extra! Read All About It! Foundations, the Journal of the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association, Volume 3, Issue 3, is now available on the www.ppdm.org/publications page. This edition's features include:
The Candidate Profiles for the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Board of Directors are now available. Please visit our Board of Directors page under “About Us” to learn more about the candidates who are seeking election. This year’s Annual General Meeting will be a part of the 2016 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM, and will take place at 3:55pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at the Telus Spark Science Center. Remember to ensure that your Corporate Membership has been renewed for the 2016-2017 year – please contact accounts@ppdm.org for more information on Corporate Memberships.
This year’s Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM will also host celebrations in honour of the PPDM Association’s 25th Anniversary. With two days of plenary and break out sessions, two networking receptions, the Annual General Meeting and special anniversary elements, this year’s Symposium is going to be exciting. Thanks to our sponsors, geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting, EnergyIQ, Noah Consulting, Nimble Storage, Expert Systems, Informatica and McAra Printing, we have also dramatically discounted the registration rates. Learn more about this event on our event page – www.ppdm.org/calgarydms2016.
August and September have seen the Brisbane, Dallas and Houston communities come together for luncheons.
The Brisbane Luncheon on August 9, 2016, featured Stephen Tyson, Chair of Subsurface Modelling at the School of Earth Sciences and Centre for Coal Seam Gas at the University of Queensland present a talk entitled “Forensic Reservoir Data Analysis – Lessons from the Golf Course.” Thank you to The Department of Natural Resources and Mines and Schlumberger for making this luncheon possible for the Brisbane community.
The Dallas/Fort Worth community came together August 23rd for a talk by Scott Cooper, Data and Analytics Manager with Pioneer Natural Resources who presented a talk entitled “The First Steps in a Data Management Journey.” In addition to a delicious lunch and interesting presentation, Jordan Easley of Range Resources won a complimentary individual membership to the PPDM Association. Thank you to Pioneer Natural Resources for making this lunch possible.
“Maximizing the Benefits of WITSML Data in the Well Lifecycle” was the presentation by Greg Lee Chee, Murphy Oil, and Curley Thomas, Noah Consulting, at the Houston Luncheon on September 20, 2016. This luncheon was at a new location, Houston Community College, which was a beautiful location. Riley Niles with Digital Intelligence Systems and Kim Dolfi with Repsol E&P USA both won free PPDM online classes for attending. Our sponsors, the Houston Community College and Noah Consulting, made this luncheon possible for attendees.
Upcoming luncheons include:
Membership in the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association comes with a host of benefits:
Join the PPDM Association at our 2016 Denver Data Management Workshop, on September 29 at the US Geological Survey located in the Denver Federal Center. Speakers include Jim Crompton (Noah Consulting), Adam Chrisman (QEP Resources), Greg Gunther (US Geological Survey Energy Resources Program), Chris Eisinger (COGCC) and more! TO register, please visit our event page. Members pay only $50 for this full day workshop, which will include tours of the Federal Laboratories. This year will also include a small tradeshow to find out what’s new in the industry. Register early to save your spot!
Calgary, AB, Canada, August 25, 2016 – In accordance with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Bylaws, nominations are now open for the PPDM Association Board of Directors. The Board is looking for experienced executive thinkers who will provide strategic leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals. Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office prior to SEPTEMBER 26, 2016.
In order to submit your candidacy for the PPDM Board of Directors, please follow this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPDM_BOD2016. Please ensure that you also send your high resolution photograph when submitting your candidacy, per the instructions in the survey. We value the dedication and commitment of our members who choose to participate in our nomination and election process as a Board Candidate. Thank you for your time and consideration; this important role is crucial to the direction and development of the PPDM Association.
On 4-Aug, PPDM ran the Perth Data Management Symposium, in a new format and in a new location for the Australia-West petroleum data community. Acknowledging the downturn and restrictions in travel and budget, we limited the Symposium to one day, reduced attendance costs, and used the Curtin University Graduate School of Business facility in the city as a low cost venue. We were rewarded with attendance at over 80% of last year, an admirable recognition of the importance of data management in a downturn. Special thanks to all of our sponsors and to Curtin University for supplying the venue and student help with logistics. Read more in this Perth DMS Recap document.
PPDM has grown considerably over the past 25 years and accomplished a lot to advance the data management community, best practices and standards, education/training, professional development opportunities, to name a few. These initiatives have been successful thanks to the hard work and dedication of our many volunteers. As we move towards professionalizing data management within the petroleum industry, we also endeavor to support our volunteers in a more robust way.
This 5 to 10-minute survey has been created to help us develop our volunteer management plan to serve you better and enhance our global volunteer experiences. We encourage you to participate and have your say related to volunteer activity. Thank you to all of our current and past volunteers for all of the work you've contributed to the PPDM.
You can access the survey here >
For individuals passionate about improving the global data management community - nominations will soon be open for the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for the overall strategic management of the PPDM Association. It is expected to provide leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals.
To learn more about the Board of Directors including eligibility, visit our Board of Directors Page, and keep an eye out for the Call for Nominations. Thank you to the hard working Board Members who are currently serving and have served in the past. We hope to see you at our Annual General Meeting during the Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM - October 24-26, 2016.
PPDM looks forward to bringing the Asia-Pacific Community together at the 2016 Perth Data Management Symposium on August 4, 2016. This year’s one-day Symposium features deeply discounted rates of only $85 USD for members (early-bird), making it easier for attendees to join and find out what is new in the industry.
There is a limited number of spots available, so register early to save yours! More information on this event is available at www.ppdm.org/perthdms2016.
Mr. Kozman has also agreed to include questions or comments from PPDM members in the dialogue – please email events@ppdm.org if you have any you’d like to include.
The PPDM Association Board of Directors has approved two new charters - Regulatory Data Standards (RDS) Committee and the ‘What is a Completion?’ Work Group. PPDM will be looking for any assistance member organizations can commit to with regards to business analyses, marketing, communications and logistics expertise.
Regulatory Data Standards Committee – We will continue working to fill the committee seats. As you may know we are looking for an international balance of Senior Executives: 6 Regulators, 4 Operating Companies and 2 standards focused Data Vendors. We have already begun gathering interest in participation and will extend invitations where gaps exist in the structure we have laid out above. If you and your organization are interested in participating, we welcome hearing from you.
‘What is a Completion?’ Work Group– What a wonderful place to be for our first tactical work group under the RDS Committee - Initial funding is already in place and we have started to assemble a fine group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to tackle this question. We do need a few more SMEs from the Regulatory and Operator perspective to round out this group.
If you would like to participate in any of these opportunities, please contact projects@ppdm.org.
I am sure that you are all celebrating alongside us now as we mark this milestone and we look forward to bringing together the committees and work groups to begin work in May / June 2016.
We would like to thank our Sponsors for not only making this event possible, but for also helping us to bring down our prices dramatically during these challenging times. Thank you to: geoLOGIC systems (Titanium), Stonebridge Consulting (Platinum), EnergyIQ (Platinum), Noah Consulting (Gold), Microsoft (Gold), DDC Ltd (Silver), Seven Lakes Technologies (Bronze), PDS Energy Information (Bronze), SigmaFlow (Bronze) and Informatica (Bronze). We would also like to thank PDS Energy Information for donating tickets for some of our attendees to join the Symposium. In addition, thank you to the members of the Houston Leadership Team for all their hard work on this event.
The presentations are now available for members on our website – www.ppdm.org – under the Events Tab – Past Events.
We hope to see you at our upcoming luncheons and at the 2016 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM (October 25 & 26, 2016). We also hope that you’ll join our LinkedIn Group and like our Facebook page to keep up to date on what’s happening in the industry.
The Asia-Pacific Representative for PPDM attended the British Chamber of Commerce Energy Debate 2016 in Singapore, entitled "Energy Challenges in a Changing World". The event was moderated by Dr. Philip Andrews-Speed, a Principal Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute at National University of Singapore, and featured Christoph Frei, the Secretary General of the World Energy Council, and Lord Oxburgh, a former Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading.
The session opened with an observation that the energy industry can probably be characterized in the same way that the military characterizes many parts of a battlefield, with the acronym VUCA; Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. In this environment, access to real time intelligence and data about hydrocarbons and other energy resources becomes even more critical. The panel then discussed new technologies that each panelist thought might have an impact on the energy mix in a post-COP21 Paris climate change conference world. The discussion on alternate energy sources is of interest to technical data managers finding their jobs threatened by the current pricing downturn. For those of us now gaining experience with facilities, equipment and engineering data, growth in alternate energy fields may give us an opportunity to apply our data management knowledge in some of the same geographic areas or even for some of the same companies, but in the service of developing other energy sources. The panel mentioned many of the “usual suspects” in a future energy mix such as solar and wind, but they also mentioned some that present unique opportunities for oil and gas data managers looking to broaden their career experience, including:
Of special interest to data managers, Mr. Frei noted at one point that the new Smart Grid electric technology was more about access to customer data than it was about technology, meaning that data management and data privacy concerns will be at the forefront. The panel also noted that China, India and Africa are looking to use data technology to leapfrog other areas in meeting energy demand that is growing at 1.5 times their population growth rates. A good example was telecommunication companies who found that cell phone usage in rural India was limited not by the cost of data plans, but by the lack of reliable facilities to recharge the phone’s batteries. The companies ran analytics on demographic, climate and infrastructure data to determine the best place to become not only suppliers of bandwidth, but of small scale solar power supplies to enable recharging of phones, boosting their core sales.
The panelists also noted that one of the challenges in the energy industry is that “geology is idiosyncratic” and refuses to follow political boundaries, meaning that open standards for sharing data between administrative functions will also become more important. One panelist noted that it is also likely that new business models will be seen in the energy market based on the use of analytics from equipment; his prediction was that energy for home appliances may be sold by the energy unit (i.e. you would lease XX cu. ft. of refrigeration space from your local utility, instead of buying a refrigerator, and they would provide the equipment) in much the same way that GE in the aerospace market went from selling engines to selling thrust. As noted by GE, this requires a robust and reliable performance data history from multiple sensors on remote equipment (http://www.fastcompany.com/3031272/can-jeff-immelt-really-make-the-world-1-better). GE currently has an oil and gas vertical market that delivers these kind of predictive analytics for offshore oil and gas power generation equipment. One of the examples given of how data could be used to support alternative energy development was North Sea rigs that use produced gas to generate power and then use the existing infrastructure from offshore wind farms to deliver excess energy to onshore markets. One of the aspirations of the panel was that Singapore could use open format and publically available data sets to become an incubator for new technologies applied to energy development and delivery in the same way that they became a hub for new water technologies.
Have you registered yet for the 2016 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow - April 11-12, 2016, at the Westin Houston Memorial City? Agenda The Agenda for the two day Symposium is now available on our website – www.ppdm.org/houstondms2016. Registration Be sure to register for the Symposium before the late registration starts on March 28! If you are not a member, you may want to consider purchasing an individual (membership is only $100 right now!) to save even more. If you are not able to attend the full Symposium, we do have one-day rates available, or you can purchase tickets to the Cocktail Reception to still have a chance to network with your colleagues in the industry. Hotel Room Block If you are planning to stay at the hotel for the Houston Symposium, be sure to book your room before March 21, 2016 to secure the discounted room block rate. Student Contest Are you or do you know a student interested in attending the Houston Symposium? We have a student contest running now for a free delegate pass! Thank you Thank you to our Sponsors including geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting and EnergyIQ, for making it possible to deeply discount our registration rates. Without generous Sponsors like these, this event wouldn’t be possible.
For more information, please feel free to contact us at events@ppdm.org.
The Early Bird Deadline is approaching for the 2016 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow - April 11-12, 2016, at the Westin Houston Memorial City for two great days of sessions. Agenda The Agenda for the two day Symposium is now available on our website – www.ppdm.org/houstondms2016. Early Bird Registration The Early Bird Registration deadline is Friday, March 11, 2016. Be sure to register before this deadline to save now! If you are not a member, you may want to consider purchasing an individual (membership is only $100 right now!) to save even more. If you are not able to attend the full Symposium, we do have one-day rates available, or you can purchase tickets to the Cocktail Reception to still have a chance to network with your colleagues in the industry. Hotel Room Block If you are planning to stay at the hotel for the Houston Symposium, be sure to book your room before March 21, 2016 to secure the discounted room block rate. Student Contest Are you or do you know a student interested in attending the Houston Symposium? We have a student contest running now for a free delegate pass! Thank you Thank you to our Sponsors including geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting and EnergyIQ, for making it possible to deeply discount our registration rates. Without generous Sponsors like these, this event wouldn’t be possible.
On March 1, 2016, the data management community came together for the 2016 Oklahoma City Data Management Workshop at the Vast Restaurant in the Devon Energy Centre. Sponsored by geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting, EnergyIQ, Noah Consulting, SigmaFlow and Land Information Services, this one day workshop featured several presentations and updates, a cocktail networking hour and, new this year, a tradeshow. Presentations included: The Process of Becoming a Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (Daniel Perna & Ty Myers), Spatial Representation – The Fruit of Effective Data Management (Daniel Wortham), E&P Information and Success (Bell Tesarek), Making Others Care: Strategies to Promote Data Integrity Within Your Organization (Alison Jacobs) and Well Logs: Do you know what you have? Do you have what you paid for? (Robert Best & Jenifer Wick). Attendees also enjoyed the opportunity to interact with our roaming Professor Caprock Telepresence Robot, operated by Asia Pacific Representative Jess Kozman from Singapore and Web Developer Jasleen Virdi from Canada. Three attendees also enjoyed a special bonus, Kellie Lwelling (Oklahoma Corporation Commission) won a free individual membership and Joshua Miles (ConocoPhillips) and Samuel Oyeleye (Stonebridge Consulting) took home free online classes. It was wonderful to see so many community members coming together to share knowledge and experiences.
Keep up to date with the February 2016 PPDM Newsletter!
Our Oklahoma City Data Management Workshop is coming up on March 1, 2016 at the Vast Restaurant. This one day workshop will feature plenary presentations, and new this year, a tradeshow so that our attendees can find out what is the latest and greatest in industry. This workshop is a great way to keep connected with colleagues and continue to build our data management community. We have discounted our prices to support our members and make it more affordable to attend. Thank you to our Sponsors for making this event possible: geoLOGIC systems, Stonebridge Consulting, EnergyIQ, Noah Consulting, SigmaFlow and Land Information Services. We are also excited to welcome our 10 exhibitors: Stonebridge Consulting, EnergyIQ, SigmaFlow, Land Information Services, OCGS, OERB, IHS, GWPC/IOGCC, Wipro and WellDrive. More information, and how to register, is available on our OKC DMW event page >
2016 kicked off to a great start with two PPDM Association Data Management Luncheons in Oklahoma City and Dallas. Oklahoma City attendees enjoyed Jim Marlatt, Geologist and Oil & Gas Specialist at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, presenting his talk “The OCC and Seismicity”, on January 12, 2016. In Dallas, Alison Jacobs, Production Workflows Engineer for Schlumberger Software Integrated Solutions (SIS) presented on “Making Others Care: Strategies to Promote Data Integrity Within Your Organization” at the Brookhaven College Geotechnology Institute on January 19, 2016.
Winners this month for free online classes at these luncheons were: Stephanie Wilkin (Noah Consulting), Sarah Massucci (American Energy Partners), Edward Takamura (Continental Resources), and Richard Crounse (EnergyIQ).
Thank you to our Sponsors, Stonebridge Consulting (Dallas Data Management Luncheon), Sandridge and Noah Consulting (OKC Data Management Luncheon), for making these events possible for our community.
Are you considering becoming a Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA)? There is less than one month remaining to apply to take the March 16, 2016, Examination - the deadline to submit your completed application is Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
As a part of our January Sale, you can also save $50 off the Administration Fee if you apply before the end of this month!
To submit your registration, please visit our website (www.ppdm.org/certification) to review the materials and then click the "Register Now" button. This will take you to the application form to fill out which will include information about your education and work experience. All information, including the reference checks, must be submitted prior to the February 3 deadline. Be sure to mention the January Sale to save.
The Certification exam has been constructed upon the competencies expected of a petroleum data analyst with 3-5 years of combined education and experience. Certification as a Petroleum Data Analyst demonstrates to employers, clients and colleagues your established level of expertise in the petroleum data management domain, and your unique skill set to bring success to data management projects.
Apply Now at www.ppdm.org/certification.
December 10th saw the PPDM Association’s last Data Management Luncheon of the year in Houston, Texas. Attendees were treated to Cindy Cummings with Repsol USA presenting on “Data Management in a PPDM Compliant Database.” Jose Garcia from Katalyst Data Management, Juan Alvarado from Repsol E&P and Mason Powers from MarkLogic were the lucky winners of free online PPDM classes. PPDM would like to thank the hosts for the luncheon, energyIQ and Repsol, along with our Titanium Sponsor geoLOGIC and Platinum Sponsors EnergyIQ and Stonebridge Consulting.
The PPDM Association’s December Newsletter is now available! To get your copy now, sign up below to join our mailing list! Download PPDM December Newsletter >
The Denver Data Management community came together on December 8, 2015, for the Denver Q4 Data Management Luncheon, sponsored by USGS and Informatica. Attendees were treated to presentations from USGS, PPDM and Informatica, follow by a tour of the USGS Bureau of Reclamation’s Hydraulic Laboratory. The lab features 65,000 ft2 of indoor floor space with up to 33 feet of vertical clearance, and a 240,000 gallon water reservoir located beneath the lab floor. Water is moved through the lab and the various models using a network of piping and a variety of pumps, including four 100-150 hp pumps, a high-head pump (650 ft), a high-flow (25 ft3/s) pump, and multiple smaller (10-30 hp) pumps. Hydraulic data is collected using a variety of meters and instrumentation, including venturi meters, acoustic-doppler velocimeters, water-level sensors, and pressure transducers, in combination with state-of-the-art data acquisition and analysis equipment. Permanent facilities such as a 44,000 lb weight-based calibration tank, a low-ambient pressure chamber (0.1 atm), a 3-ft-wide adjustable-slope (-2% to 8%) flume, a 4-ft-wide glass-walled flume and a 330-ft-long canal automation and training model further enhance the lab’s physical modeling and testing capabilities. The lab also utilizes complex numerical modeling and computational fluid dynamics simulations as well as field measurements as part of its hydraulic evaluation and testing program. The tour was very well received. Attendees enjoyed a lunch and two lucky winners came away with an extra special way to end the year. Chris Bevilacqua of QEP Resources and Kristi Stumm of Bonanza Creek Energy each won a free online class through the PPDM Association. We look forward to seeing everyone in Denver at the Q1 luncheon planned for February 9, 2016.
Be sure to mark April 11-12, 2016 in your calendar, and plan to join us at the Westin Houston Memorial City for two great days of sessions. We wanted to alert you about some upcoming opportunities:
This event is a great opportunity to showcase your brand to the data management community. Benefits of sponsorship include branding on presentations and communications, 10 minute presentations to attendees, post-conference attendee lists and more. We anticipate between 125-150 attendees at this year’s Symposium, coming from a variety of operators, consultants, vendors and regulatory organizations. Past attendees have ranged from CEO’s to Data Analysts. You can find a copy of our 2016 Sponsorship Kit on the event webpage – www.ppdm.org/houstondms2016 - which includes the various Sponsorship Levels for the Houston DMS on Page 6. The deadline to be a sponsor is March 7, 2016.
Exhibitor opportunities will be available at this year’s show in a similar format to previous years. The Tradeshow Exhibitor Map is still in development, and will be posted to the website as soon as it is ready. Interested Exhibitors can contact us to be alerted when the map is available. Information on the pricing and benefits is in the Sponsorship Kit. Spots are on a first come, first served basis, and are subject to change should it be required. The deadline to be an exhibitor is March 7, 2016.
We are currently accepting abstracts for speakers at the Symposium. The event will feature two days of plenary presentations, interactive discussions and breakout sessions. More information on how you can apply to present at the Houston Symposium is available on the event webpage. A draft agenda will be published as soon as it is available. The deadline to become a speaker is January 14, 2016.
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The PPDM Association’s November Newsletter is now available! To get your copy now, sign up below to join our mailing list! Read more >
If you are near Texas A&M today, be sure to stop by the PPDM booth, manned by our wonderful volunteers from Integrashare, Ellen and Gus. Read More >
The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association is pleased to announce that EnergyIQ has joined the organisation as a Platinum Events Sponsor.
“EnergyIQ has been a long-time sponsor of PPDM Events and activities, and we are pleased to welcome them to the Platinum Events Sponsor family,” said Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association. “We have enjoyed working with EnergyIQ for many years and are excited to continue to build our momentum in developing the data management community.”
EnergyIQ delivers E&P Data Management Solutions that enable companies to exploit complex plays with less risk. The company’s Trusted Data Manager (TDM) application suite is PPDM Gold compliant, and gives exploration teams easy access to a trusted repository of comprehensive subsurface data through sophisticated Web-based tools. With TDM, EnergyIQ customers gain an immediate competitive advantage by valuing, acquiring, and producing assets with greater certainty, speed, and collaboration. Learn more about EnergyIQ here .
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is proud to welcome new and returning directors to the PPDM Board of Directors following the AGM on October 20, 2015.
The elections at the 2015 AGM saw Trevor Hicks, Robert Best and Allan Huber re-elected, and new Board members Lesley Evans, Brian Boulmay and Jeremy Eade join the Board of Directors.
Current Board Members include Peter MacDougall (IHS Energy), David Hood (geoLOGIC systems), Joseph Seila (Concho), Christine Miesner (Devon), Paloma Urbano (ConocoPhillips) and Trudy Curtis (PPDM Association).
We would also like to thank Adam Hutchinson, Janet Hicks, Paul Haines and Rusty Foreman for all their hard work this past year. We look forward to working with the new and returning Board members to continue the hard work that PPDM is doing in building the Data Management Community, Body of Knowledge and Professional Development opportunities.
In an information centric economy, good analytics depend on data sources that are integrated, accessible, trusted and unambiguous. They cannot be hampered or misled by regional data constraints or local dialects. Industry standards are a solid foundation upon which regulators, operators, and other key stakeholders can establish technology solutions that are fit for purpose and robust. The legacy of legislative and technical architecture in most regulatory agencies was developed specifically to fit the social, economic and environmental needs of their constituency; in many cases, rules of primacy may determine where this authority resides. The cost and effort required for each agency to independently develop the systems and administrative infrastructure to manage these processes is expensive, and can add operational risk to regulatory processes as custom systems age.
Operators must address the complexities of managing variable applications and compliance processes for every agency they deal with. Creating policies and procedures to conduct operations in each region, training staff and developing the systems to respond to each regulator is costly and time consuming.
Information architectures based on industry standards support the development of processes and systems that could be shared by regulators. These would allow industry to plan and permit operations more efficiently and with greater certainty of the outcome. This project proposal addresses those elements of the project that relate to the PPDM Association.
Your participation in this project is invited. We will interview you or your team to obtain your thoughts on the plans and views in this document. Please visit our Regulatory Data Standards Workgroup Page for more information and to join now.
The 4Q2015 Edition of Foundations, the Journal of the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association is now available! Articles in this great resource include: > “CPDAs highly recommend certification programs” by the members of the Petroleum Data Management Certification Committee > “Data to Maps: A Simpler Workflow” by Andrew Zolnai > “The Golden Record is Not Enough: A Case for Data Orchestration” by William Cummings > “Broken Windows and Data Management” by Jim Crompton > “Reserve Hierarchies in PPDM 3.9” by Trudy Curtis and Robert Best > "Digital and Raster Working Together" by Gordon Cope and the Foundations Editorial Staff > The winners of this month’s photo contest > And more! Download your copy now at www.ppdm.org/publications (login will be required, free guest accounts are available).
The 2015 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM has come to a close, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our attendees, sponsors and exhibitors for being a part of this event. First, thank you to our Titanium Sponsor, geoLOGIC systems, and our Platinum Sponsor, Stonebridge Consulting, for supporting all our programs. Thank you to our new Platinum Events Sponsor (energyIQ), Silver (Noah Consulting), Bronze (TGS), Media Partner (JuneWarren-Nickles Energy Group) and Print Materials Partner (McAra) for being a part of this event and making it possible for our attendees to enjoy. Thank you as well to our exhibitors for sharing your knowledge and updates. Lastly, thank you to our Speakers and Attendees – we truly appreciate you joining us and hope that it was a valuable couple of days. Presentations from the Symposium will be available on the website soon, but we hope that the memories and knowledge will stay with you. We look forward to seeing you in Houston in April 2016.
The Charter for the Compliance with Teeth Work Group is now available.
Today, members who implement the PPDM data model spend a great deal of time and energy making individual decisions about core best practices for use of the data model. The opinion of many of these companies is that making a series of collective decisions about best practices would help accelerate their uptake of the data model, and ensure that different implementations of the data model can communicate with each other as easily and clearly as possible.
If successful, we expect that these rules will help operators to more easily share one PPDM data repository amongst multiple software application vendors and to exchange data with other PPDM repositories. Success will be measured based on the ability of participating implementations to use the data in a compliant PPDM implementation “out of the box”.
To learn more about this long term Work Group or to participate, please visit our Compliance With Teeth Work Group Page. Please note that participation in this work group is only for Members.
September 15 saw nearly 40 people attend the Denver Q3 Data Management Luncheon, hosted by Noble Energy and EnergyIQ. Attendees were treated to a presentation by Madelyn Bell, President of Data Gal LLC, on “The Price of Oil is Down: Now What?”. David Arbaiza (Warren Resources), Kathy Maher (IHS Energy) and Jeremy Funk (Seven Lakes Technologies) were also the lucky winners of free individual memberships and online classes. We look forward to seeing attendees at the next Denver Data Management Luncheon, Q4, at the beginning of the holiday season - planned for December 8.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing leadership for the professionalization of petroleum data management through the development and dissemination of best practices and standards, education programs, certification programs, and professional development opportunities.
Through the support of our corporate and individual memberships, we are able to continue building our data management community, improve our body of knowledge and grow our professional development programs. Programs such as our Workgroups, CPDA, Online and Classroom training, and popular Luncheon, Workshop and Symposium events are only possible through our member’s continuing support.
There are many benefits to being a part of the PPDM Association. Members have exclusive access to a variety of perks including discounts on training and events. If you have not yet become a member, now is the time to join and help us continue to make our programming available, relevant and beneficial for our community.
For our current Corporate Members, we want to remind you that renewals are due in order to qualify for incentives. Individuals working for Corporate members and students are currently eligible for free individual memberships.
As a not-for-profit association, we rely heavily on membership renewals to fund many of our activities including model maintenance, standards, events and work groups. Help us keep our standards and community strong by becoming a member now.
The 2Q2015 edition of Foundations, the Journal of the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association, is now available! Featuring a variety of articles including Beauty and the iBeast, this edition is packed with interesting articles and updates. Visit ppdm.org to download a digital copy or email foundations@ppdm.org to get a hard copy.
Are you looking to upgrade your skills or get your staff on the same page? Public Classroom Training Dates have just been announced for Calgary (Sept 22-23), Oklahoma City (Oct 6-8) and Houston (Nov 16-18). Classes now posted on the training page.
Are you interested in being a part of our 2015 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow & AGM? We are now accepting Abstracts, Sponsors, Exhibitors and Registrations through our website ppdm.org/calgarydms. It is shaping up to be an exciting conference, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone this fall at our exciting new venue - the Telus Spark.
Congratulations are due to Rusty Foreman, who today has retired from BP and the PPDM Association Board of Directors to pursue new adventures. Over the years, Rusty’s vision and leadership skills were instrumental in his many significant contributions to the recognition and creation of data management as a recognized career in the oil and gas business at BP, with the PPDM Association and in our industry. His expertise and leadership have been instrumental in the development of industry standards with PPDM and Energistics.
The PPDM Association truly appreciates the time Rusty has taken to help PPDM continue to grow and develop internationally. We wish him the best in his future plans!
The PPDM Association is returning to Australia for the upcoming 2015 Brisbane Data Management Workshop and the 2015 Perth Data Management Symposium. The theme for this year’s Australian events is ‘Keep Calm and Manage your Data: aligning data management with a low price environment’.
This year’s Brisbane Data Management Workshop will take place July 30, 2015, at the Sofitel Hotel. The morning will be filled with presentations on topics related to the theme, followed by an interactive field trip. The field trip will be a short excursion specifically tailored for technical data managers, and other IM and IT Staff who work with geo-technical and petro-technical data types. This will provide a great opportunity for data managers who may not have had the opportunity to see the geology that they describe and analyse from the field. The field trip will visit outcrops of Triassic and Jurassic sandstones from the Moreton basic, and is certain to be interesting an informative.
The Perth Data Management Symposium will follow a week later, August 5-6, returning this year to the Parmelia Hilton. This Symposium will include two days of presentations on a variety of topics and skills, and interactive workshops for attendees. The first day will also host a networking Cocktails and Canapés event following the session.
The draft agendas for these exciting events are available on the event websites, and early-bird registration rates are currently in effect. We hope to see you there.
The data management communities in Denver and Calgary were treated to free-to-attend luncheons this week
The Denver Luncheon, held on June 2nd and sponsored by SM Energy and Katalyst Data Management, featured Mike Skeffington from EnergyIQ and Robert Best from Noah Consulting. Two attendees also won free online classes, Kristen Snyder and Samantha Stugar from Stonebridge, and Natalie Cutsforth from Field Squared won a free membership.
The Calgary Luncheon, held June 3 and sponsored by IHS Energy, featured Lou Monahan from Core Laboratories. Attendees enjoyed learning about where the information in a Heavy Oil Sands Report comes from, and the presentation is available on our Past Events page. Aaron Balasch from IHS and Marla Jurek from Nexen CNOOC also won free online classes.
We hope to see everyone at the Q3 luncheons starting up again next quarter!
PPDM is proud to announce a new online eLearning course that is now available for the data management community. Identifying Wells in Saskatchewan in an online course that provides useful information to anyone working with wells in the province. The PPDM Association has worked closely with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Economy (ECON) to provide curriculum that is timely, relevant, and useful for any person or organization completing business activities and regulatory reporting with the Government of Saskatchewan through IRIS (Integrated Resource Information System), its oil and gas business portal.
The Government of Saskatchewan is responsible for attracting investment and encouraging exploration in the province’s natural resource sector, along with regulating industry to ensure conservation, public safety, and environmental sustainability. Key to those efforts is transparent, consistent and accurate data. That’s why Saskatchewan’s Regulator adopted PPDM’s What is a Well (WIAW) terminology and the PPDM’s Canadian Well Identifier System (CWIS) in 2015 when it implemented IRIS.
This course takes users through the global differences and similarities of defining what exactly is a Well and PPDM’s solution to commonly misunderstood terminology. Course users will review the What is a Well? (WIAW) interactive tool, baseline definitions, representative diagrams, and baseline comparisons. In addition, users will be introduced to PPDM data model mapping. The course includes original WIAW content as well as additional details on how WIAW terminology and concepts are applied in Saskatchewan.
The course is currently being offered to PPDM Members at a price of $176 USD (+ applicable taxes/person) and to Non-PPDM Members at $251 USD (+ applicable taxes/person). Online classes are currently being discounted, and Group rates are available. Please contact online_training@ppdm.org for more details and information.
Christine brings more than 20 years of experience in various aspects of data governance, data architecture, database administration and application design and development. With her broad range of experience and expertise, we know that Christine will provide valuable insight on our Board.
Quiet and modest, Pam has been instrumental to the emergence of data management as a profession for decades. Over nearly forty years in our industry, Pam has worked with operators, data vendors, schools, regulators and standards bodies (including PIDX, PIDD and PPDM) to improve our data standards and to establish communities of data management practice throughout the United States.
Pam has been involved with the PPDM Association since the late 1980’s, and has been active in many workgroups including “What is a Well”, and the revision of the US Well identification system. Today’s training and certification programs have benefited from Pam’s experience and wisdom. For several years, Pam served on the PPDM board of directors to help guide the strategic direction of the Association. Today, even though Pam is semi-retired, she consults exclusively for the PPDM Association, and has been instrumental in establishing community networks with regional leadership programs and bringing together thought leaders throughout the United States. Pam’s methods are being deployed globally.
Pam is well known for her mentorship and encouragement of new data managers, and to provide stanch support for young people joining our data management discipline. Pam teaches others how to lead by example. Pam has tremendous technical expertise, and can speak to a subject from the highest level with executives right down to the nuts and bolts with technical folks. “Pam is an integral part of PPDM, and we are fortunate to have such a knowledgeable, experienced and kind individual as a part of our team. Pam has really taken community building in the US market to a whole new level,” says Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association.
The Philip C. Crouse Cornerstone Award is described as “PNEC’s primary award to recognize persons who have made distinguished contributions in the application of technical data and information principles and outstanding contributions to the profession of petroleum data and data information management.”
Pam will be joining previous winners of this prestigious award including PPDM’s CEO Trudy Curtis, Rusty Foreman of BP and the late Jerry Hubbard of Energistics.
Congratulations to Pam on receiving this award.
Enter the Foundations Photo Contest to get your photo published! Submit up to three of your best creative photos each quarter to have a chance to be published in the next edition of Foundations! Winners are selected by open vote at photocontest.ppdm.org.
Winning photos will be featured on the cover of Foundations (First Prize) and inside Foundations (Second Prize). Visit photocontest.ppdm.org to learn more about submitting your entry, including Rules and Regulations. You do not need to be a member of the PPDM Association to submit a photo or vote. Winning photos will be published in Foundation and may be used in other PPDM Materials.
Attendees at the Dallas/Fort Worth Q2 Data Management Luncheon were treated to a talk entitled “Lessons Learned” by Fred Kunzinger from Noah Consulting.
A few lucky winners walked away with more than some great knowledge and time networking with colleagues - Sabrina Lam (Stonebridge) and Arne Gelfert (XTO Energy) took home a free online class, and Jo Dara with OSIsoft LLC was the winner of a free individual membership. PPDM would like to thank XTO Energy for being our food, beverage and venue sponsor for this luncheon.
Are you someone who loves to explore data and wants to do good for the community? Then join Data for Good this May 29th-31st at the University of Calgary (ICT Building - 5th Floor)! Data for Good is thrilled to announce that they will be working with the Calgary Distress Centre for this unique event so bring your data skills and get ready to dive into the valuable operational datasets that will be made available for analytics and visualization.
If you would like to participate then RSVP here and also register on Eventbrite. More details and the schedule of activities are available on Eventbrite.
Note: Each participant should bring their own laptop and software that they will use for data analytics / visualization. If you require access to commercial or other specialized applications please let us know in advance.
For more details and information, please visit their website: http://www.meetup.com/Data-for-Good-Calgary/
Terry Kroh, Cimarex, and Debbie Jacobs, DrillingInfo, were the lucky winners from the PPDM Association’s Tulsa Q2 Data Management Luncheon. Attendees at this quarter's luncheon enjoyed a presentation from Brad Nickle from the Strickland Group on "Using the PPDM Data Model to Access 100% of your Organization's Data!", along with the sponsored lunch and venue by DrillingInfo. Beyond the opportunity to network with their peers and learn more about what’s happening in industry, Kroh won an individual membership to the PPDM Association, and Jacobs took home a free PPDM online class. Tulsa Luncheon Winners: Terry Kroh, Cimarex and Debbie Jacobs, DrillingInfo The PPDM Association looks forward to the next Tulsa Data Management Luncheon, scheduled for August 18, 2015.
Congratulations to the winners of our draws at yesterday's Oklahoma City Data Management Luncheon, sponsored by Devon Energy with the help of Daniel Perna. Cheryl Bigbee (Linn Energy), Wossen Tefera (Devon Energy), and Jason Lawter (Oklahoma Corporation Commission) were the lucky recipients of a free online class. Melanie Crawford of Linn Energy was also the winner of a free individual membership. OKC Winners: Jason Lawter (Oklahoma Corporation Commission), Cheryl Bigbee (Linn Energy), Daniel Perna (Devon Energy), Melanie Crawford (Linn Energy), Wossen Tefera (Devon Energy) Quarterly, PPDM holds luncheons in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Midland, Denver, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Calgary and Perth. Attendees enjoy presentations from industry members, a nice luncheon and the opportunity to network with colleagues. Keep an eye on the Events List to see when the next luncheon is in your area. Thank you as well to our Titanium Sponsors, Devon Energy and geoLOGIC systems, and our Platinum Sponsor Stonebridge for making these events possible.
Interested in sharing your knowledge with the PPDM community? The Brisbane Data Management Workshop (July 30) and Perth Data Management Symposium (August 5-6) are coming up and we are looking for energetic speakers to share their experience. Interested Speakers should visit the event websites to find out how to submit their abstracts.
With the current economic conditions, PPDM has also updated the Sponsorship Opportunities for the Australian events. The Sponsorship Kit is now available on our website for organizations interested in looking to showcase their brand to our attendees.
Keep an eye on ppdm.org for more information.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association was pleased to host the 2015 Houston Data Management Workshop & Field Trip and the 2015 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow at the Westin Houston, Memorial City from March 9 to 11.
The 2015 Houston Data Management Workshop & Field Trip welcomed individuals newer to the industry to enjoy introductory presentations and was followed by a field trip to the Weiss Energy Hall at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The day was well received by attendees including students from the Houston Community College.
More than 140 attendees met at the 2015 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow to listen to informative presentations and panel discussions, visit exhibitors at the Tradeshow, and enjoy networking opportunities. Highlights included Rich McAvey of Gartner’s keynote presentation ‘Why this Economic Downturn is Good for Oil & Gas Analytics”; an International Regulatory Panel with members from the United States, Canada and Mexico, and an interactive ‘Professional Development’ section themed around new college graduates.
Presentations from the Workshop and Symposium are now available on our website.
Mark your calendar and plan on attending the Standards Leadership Council's 2015 North American Public Forum in Houston, Texas. This will be a full day meeting filled with updates on the Standard Leadership Council's projects and interactive discussions on facility management, data management issues and regulatory challenges. The morning will kick off with Grant Hartwright, Practice Lead at Noah Consulting, LLP, as our keynote speaker. He will discuss "Putting the Focus on Facilities Asset Lifecycle".
Date: 19 March 2015
Location: BP WestLake 3 (WL3) 550 Westlake Park Blvd Houston, TX 77079
Seating for this free event is limited, so register today!
Please visit www.standardsleadershipcouncil.org for more details including the agenda.
Our “Foundations” magazine is freely available to anyone interested in data management for oil and gas at publications
This month’s features include: • More than managing • The missing ingredient • All together now • Value added • In the eye of the beholder And the winners of this month’s photo contest
We welcome your comments and feedback.
Does your organization have producing wells in Oklahoma? Do you report production volumes on those wells or have an interest in production data reporting? If the answer is YES, you should plan to attend the Regulatory Panel Discussion covering Oklahoma production data on February 3rd, in Oklahoma City. The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is coordinating this fascinating panel with industry, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to provide attendees with insightful information from different perspectives about reporting standards in Oklahoma. Michael Teague, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, will moderate the panel introducing the topic “How Sound Data Management Affects Oklahoma Production Reporting” and responding to questions. Registration is open and the event is free with lunch provided by our food and beverage sponsor, Noah Consulting. Chesapeake Energy, our venue sponsor, will host this event in their Blue Room auditorium. To register, visit here to register now. Thank you to our Titanium Sponsors geoLOGIC systems and Devon Energy Corporation.
As we rang in the New Year, we lost one of our own. Jerry Hubbard, President and CEO of Energistics, passed away in his home on January 1, 2015. Jerry played a pivotal role in the standards community, within Energistics, as founder and co-chair of the Standards Leadership Council, and as a passionate advocate of standards as practical and useful tools for industry. Jerry will be missed by all of us.
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Attendees at the Tulsa Data Management Luncheon, held on November 11th , were treated to a presentation by Chuck Sloan, GIS Manager for Unit Petroleum. Chuck’s presentation was a very enlightening talk on The Petroleum Users Group (PUG) and how this group has evolved into the professional organization it is today. PUG began as a small user group in 1990 and today is recognized as a global professional organization for GIS and geospatial professionals and users across the petroleum industry. Chuck is one of the chair persons for the regional PUG group in Oklahoma. The PPDM Association would like to thank Samson Resources and Informatica for co-hosting the Tulsa Q4 Data Management Luncheon.
On November 18th the Dallas/Fort Worth Data Management Luncheon featured Amy Seeling of Jetta Operating and Brad Nickle with The Strickland Group. They presented a very informative talk on “How to leverage the structured data found in PPDM and apply it to the unstructured content like documents, spreadsheets, PDF’s”. Amy and Brad talked about a very interesting implementation Jetta Operating had launched using Enterprise Content Management (M-Files) as the basis for organizing their unstructured data. Using ECM, data in PPDM can be utilized by ECM queries to find documents, spreadsheets, and PDF’s. An enthusiastic audience was engaged in great discussion; this was the largest luncheon PPDM has conducted in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The PPDM Association would like to thank The Strickland Group, particularly Brad Nickle their Executive Vice President, for hosting this great luncheon.
Hari Dutt, Engagement Manager for Seven Lakes Technologies, was the speaker at the Midland Data Management Luncheon on November 19th, and presented a very useful talk entitled “Operational Effectiveness using Collaborative and Integrated Workflow Applications”. Hari’s presentation included two case studies. The first study described how a large company, with the help of Seven Lakes, had addressed challenges they faced concerning Well Lifecycle Materials Management. The second study showed how Seven Lakes had helped another company establish a sound Well Lifecycle Data Management system. Success stories of this nature provide luncheon participants great insight into how they can leverage what others companies are doing in the data management arena. The PPDM Association would like to thank Cimarex Energy and Seven Lakes Technologies for co-hosting the Midland Q4 Data Management Luncheon on November 19th.
The next set of luncheons are already being planned in Midland, DFW and Tulsa for early 2015: • Midland - January 20th, 2015 • Dallas/Fort Worth - February 10th, 2015 at the offices of Pioneer Natural Resources in Dallas • Tulsa - February 17th, 2015 More information and registration will be available on the www.ppdm.org website closer to the event dates.
The 2014 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow and AGM was held at the Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, October 21-23, 2014. Over 140 attendees met to listen to informative presentations and panel discussions, visit exhibitors at the Tradeshow and enjoy networking opportunities. Session highlights included Ken Dalton’s presentation ‘A Formula for a Successful Data Governance Program” and the Panel Discussion on Industry Regulatory Relationships. Presentations from the Symposia are now available on our website: http://ppdm.org/event/view/archived/191.
Thank you to all our Sponsors, Exhibitors and Attendees for making 2014’s Calgary Data Management Symposium, Tradeshow and AGM a success.
Save the date in your Calendar for the 2015 Houston Data Management Symposium & Tradeshow at the Westin Houston Memorial City, March 9-11, 2015.
The agenda will feature a mix of presentations, breakout sessions, panel discussions and workshop activities. If you would like to be a part of this exciting event and showcase your expertise, we are currently accepting speaker abstracts (deadline: November 14, 2014), Sponsors and Exhibitors.
For more information, please visit our event page: click here or contact events@ppdm.org.
Good news, the Fall Issue of Foundations, the Journal of the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association is now available online! Filled with informative articles, guest editorials, news stories, and upcoming events, Foundations is a must read for members of the petroleum data management community. Click on the link Publications to see this and past issues.
Making Today's vision Tomorrow's Reality A new format has been brought in for this year’s event, featuring more interactive opportunities with workshop activities and panel discussions. Panel Discussion topics include Industry Regulatory Relationships and Visual Analytics and Big Data. The programme includes workshops on data rules and updates on UWI, Certification and other data management initiatives.
Opportunities for networking are in abundance, with a Winter Carnival Icebreaker on 21st October, followed by a Welcome Reception. Wednesday closes with a tradeshow cocktail reception and Gala Dinner, while the Casino Royale Event completes the event on Thursday evening.
Our PPDM Association Events are specifically designed to facilitate collaborative idea sharing, discussion and networking. You can expect to participate in numerous discussions, workshops and activities. Learn from your colleagues’ experiences, ask questions, build relationships and make key face to face connections. Engage in dynamic sessions and attend information packed presentations.
Published On : October 21, 2014
PIDX and Talisman are inviting you to connect with your local Calgary e-commerce community to learn, network, and help advance e-commerce in oil and gas. The PIDX Standards Forum in Calgary is coming up on October 6, 2014 and there is still time to register. Please click on the link below to register for this event.
The Keynote Speaker will be Dwayne Welcher, Manager Global Supply Chain Functional Excellence, Talisman Energy. The event will take place at the Banker’s Hall Auditorium – Ground Floor (888 – 3rd Street SW, Calgary, Alberta) and the cost for the day is $20 CAD.
Click Here to Register and view the agenda: http://bit.ly/1rA1wsH
A new format has been brought in for this year’s event, featuring more interactive opportunities with workshop activities and panel discussions. Panel Discussion topics include Industry Regulatory Relationships and Visual Analytics and Big Data. The programme includes workshops on data rules and updates on UWI, Certification and other data management initiatives.
For more information please go to http://www.ppdm.org/.
For those interested in water issues the Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum and the National Rural Water Association WaterPro Conference are taking place together at the Washington State Convention Centre from October 5-8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Themed as “Groundwater Sustainability…a critical component of the ecosystem” attendees can attend great talks from Basic Principles of Groundwater Occurrence and Flow to Groundwater Availability, Sustainability & Water Planning. The Conference also includes Oil and Gas Environmental Workshops and sessions on Stray Gas Wellbore Intrusion Analysis.
Registration is now open at www.gwpc.org/events. To see the Preliminary Agenda, please click here.
Since 2010, The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association has been developing an online repository and associated application for defining business and data rules, and invites contributions from industry to further expand the rule sets.
Rusty Foreman of BP says "Standard, comprehensive rules about data are a critical element in the emergence of data management as a professional discipline, and of data as a valuable asset that supports the strategic needs of industry. The PPDM Data Rules Knowledge Base captures common industry rules about what makes data “trusted data”."
PPDM uses subject matter experts (mainly volunteers) to examine the contributions, identify rules not already in the repository, modify the rules to the standard format and add essential metadata. Once in the repository, industry participants can vote for or against rules, and discuss the contents of the rule.
Trudy Curtis CEO of PPDM believes " A complete and public repository of rules can be used to set expectations for creating delivering and using data by all stake holders through the lifecycle of industry assets.Fundamentally, they also provide the core of the knowledge base that should be taught to every data manager, embedded in every software product, and included in every contract for data or services. They are the foundation upon which the discipline is grounded.”
Submissions have already come from operators and major service companies throughout the industry, mainly in the well and seismic subject areas. These will be added to rules previously developed, including the December 2013 contribution from Halliburton, and a significant contribution from EnergyIQ. Every contribution is valued, and as the rules build PPDM expects an overlap in contributions, which will improve description phrasing.
Steve Cooper, President of EnergyIQ is delighted to be involved with this initiative. “Enhancing data quality and maturity over the well lifecycle is a foundational concept within EnergyIQ’s TDM Well Master database solution. We deliver a comprehensive set of data quality rules as part of our TDM Rules Engine that is based upon years of experience gained managing some of the largest and most complex E&P databases in the World. At EnergyIQ, we see great value in sharing these rules across industry so that we can begin to establish meaningful metrics for the quality of data sets which is a key concept in treating data as a critical asset of an organization. Consequently, we are pleased to contribute data quality rules to the PPDM initiative both today and on an ongoing basis.”
PPDM needs more subject matter experts to help with this process, and welcomes submissions. Please offer your help via rules@ppdm.org or call the PPDM office at 1-403-660-7817.
They came, they talked Big Data and professional certification, they covered history from the mastery of fire to the latest ‘Hackathon’, and they referenced everything from clay tablets to petaflop computing.
During a two-week period in August, over 100 professional data managers from the Asia-Pacific petroleum and resource industry met for a day of workshops and two days of symposia in Brisbane and Perth, Australia.
Organized by the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM), the meetings brought together industry experts and practitioners to address technical standards and how data, information and knowledge add value to high-tech and capital intensive oil and gas projects.
The Brisbane workshop featured a presentation on visualization and analytics of business data from a Senior Business Intelligence Architect at Santos, discussions on the fragility of storage media, and an update on the status of digital well data in Australia.
Interactive workshop sessions covered topical themes in petroleum data management, including the mix of personality, training, education and experience needed for successful data management, the most important tools that data managers need, and the future of the profession in two, five, and 10 years.
In Perth, the theme was ‘Making Today's Vision Tomorrow's Reality’ and highlighted collective action and community building. The agenda included technical presentations from operators, vendors, government regulators, consultants and academia, along with a 20/20 (20 minutes of presentation and 20 minutes of audience conversation) session on conservation of data quality, a workshop on data types and metadata, and three sessions around professional certification, job descriptions and testing.
Audience feedback suggested the highlight was a presentation from Resources Innovation through Information Technology (RIIT) about their Open Data Innovation Event (otherwise known as a “Hackathon”), at which developers and coders had 54 hours to prototype solutions to industry problems using open data from the industry and well-defined problem sets. PPDM is actively pursuing a similar event for the petroleum industry.
A downloadable set of data model documentation is now available for download. To find the document on the Publications site click here.
The PPDM data model is used by industry to manage oil and gas information. With about 60 subject areas, this model was designed by industry experts for industry experts. PPDM 3.9 is a rich and robust tool for industry.
A Memorandum of Intent (MOI) to establish a global professional society for Petroleum Data Managers has been agreed by representatives from Common Data Access (CDA), the Expert Community for Information Management (ECIM) and the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM). The aim of the society, which will be not-for-profit, international and independent, is to be the place where professional data managers go for community, body of knowledge and professional development.
Rusty Foreman of BP notes that “the society will be available to all individuals involved or interested in petroleum data management, whether from oil companies, NOCs, service companies, regulators, academia or anywhere else. It promotes the value of data management as a career destination, with professional qualifications and regular certification. An open, transparent society will enable a community to develop, where knowledge is shared and the industry as a whole can benefit from this initiative”.
CDA, ECIM and PPDM all have pre-existing work in this area, including competencies, education, training, certification, accreditation, events, publications, standards and bodies of knowledge. The society aims to bring that experience and breadth of understanding together to create a firm foundation for industry acknowledgement of the need for professionalization and recognition of the business value of good data management.
Work groups have been set up to take this initiative forward, and include several key threads, including budgets, legal, governance, organisational and membership.
Participants will consist of the executive leadership from CDA, ECIM and PPDM, as well as BP, Shell, Maersk and Halliburton.
For more information contact:
Trudy Curtis, CEO, PPDM Association curtist@ppdm.org , Malcolm Fleming, CDA mfleming@cdal.com , Reidar Kalvig, ED rbk@ecim.no
The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM) and its industry partners are pleased to announce that Saskatchewan will be the first jurisdiction to implement the new Canadian Well Identification System (CWIS). Responding to requests from oil companies, industry vendors and regulators (the ERCB was a co-author of the project charter), the CWIS project was undertaken to upgrade the system of well identification in western Canada, which is outdated due to advances in drilling and completions technologies and the demands for information. After widespread consultation and expert volunteer participation, the first draft of a new system was released in mid-2013.
Essentially, the system comprises three related identifiers that recognize every well, every wellbore and every well reporting stream.
1. The Well ID identifies a well. Most information is filed and retrieved according to the well it came from or relates to.
2. The Wellbore ID identifies a wellbore. All downhole measurements and construction, including tests and completions, can be located by depth and time intervals within the wellbore.
3. The Well Reporting ID identifies a well reporting stream for which the regulator requires information.
CWIS meets the modern database needs of operators, regulators, vendors and other stakeholders. It maintains legacy Unique Well Identifiers (UWIs), but also incorporates a standard system of coded identifiers to allow business processes to leverage accurate information in a timely manner. Every data item in every well can be managed from creation to delivery to archive.
The latest CWIS version incorporates refinements gleaned from input on the first draft. We invite you to visit the CWIS orientation site at www.ppdm.org to learn first-hand how the new system works, and the value it brings. Then, let us know what you think. The CWIS team is very keen to make the new system as valuable as possible, and that requires your feedback.
For more information, contact Ingrid Kristel at PPDM. T 403 660-7817 x507 KristelI@ppdm.org
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The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association is pleased to announce the release of PPDM 3.9, a data model standard that is used by industry to manage E&P data.
New and expanded subject areas have been developed via workgroups and through industry consultation. Key changes in the data model include:
What is a Well: Complete support for the well components defined in What is a Well
Well Status: Improved support for mapping complex well status and classification values to the faceted taxonomies defined at http://WellStatus.ppdm.org. The contents of these taxonomies are currently in revision, to participate please visit the website listed above.
Sample Management: An improved sample management subject area allows you to create a sample master that describes all samples of all kinds (rock, drill cuttings, core samples, mud samples, water samples etc). You can describe how the sample was collected and where it came from, including relationships to the relevant well or wellbore, land right, measured section etc). You can describe how and where the sample is stored, and what studies have been conducted using portions of each sample. You can also manage information about the creation of composite samples and details about standard samples (these are samples whose characteristics are known and documented in scientific literature).
Sample Analysis: This subject manages information about the analysis of samples. There are four key sub-subjects in this module.
Products and Substances Expanded and Integrated: The updated substances subject area allows users to include more detailed descriptions about substances, including chemical characteristics of substances, and their behavior or functions.
The PPDM 3.9 documentation is available now to guest, individual and corporate members of the PPDM Association at www.ppdm.org.
The specific classes that will be taught along with their scheduled dates and times are as follows.
Location: Calgary, Alberta CGG Large Training Room (22nd floor) 2200, 715 5th Ave SW Sponsored by: CGG
Session 1: What’s New PPDM 3.9 (*NEW) Mon., May 26th, 1 pm to 5 pm
Session 2: Business Life Cycle of a Well Tues., May 27th, 8 am to 12 pm
Session 3: PPDM Data Model Overview Tues., May 27th, 1 pm to 5 pm
Session 4: Intro to Master Data Management(MDM) Wed., May 28th, 8am to 12pm
Session 5: Meta Model Management and Reference Tables Wed., May 28th,1pm to 5pm
Session 6: What is a Well and Well Status & Classification Thurs., May 29th, 8am to 12pm
Session 7: Well Data Management Thurs., May 29th, 1pm to 5pm
Seats are limited in these classes to ensure there is lots of interaction between each student and the instructor, Pat Rhynes.
We look forward to presenting these classes in Calgary, AB.
The PPDM Association would like to take this opportunity and thank our venue sponsor CGG very much for their support.
If you would like to attend more than once session or would like to discuss payment options please contact us at: training_info@ppdm.org
Published On : May 1, 2014
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Published On : April 1 2014
The final Beta version of PPDM 3.9 is now available on the PPDM website.
This model is open for final member review and comment until April 7, 2014. The new data model includes support for What is a Well, organic geochemistry and sample mastering. A number of member requests for enhancements have been incorporated as well, including improvements to directional surveys and well status tracking.
DDL and data diagrams for PPDM 3.9 Beta is available. Click on this link: https://www.ppdm.org
Data Model documentation is available online here: http://www.docs.ppdm.org/PPDM393
Comments should be sent to PPDM at ppdm39@ppdm.org
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Foundations will be published four times a year. This high-quality publication will offer feature articles, profiles, technical updates industry news, event updates and guest editorials by industry leaders to provide excellent insight into key issues and initiatives in the E&P data management industry. Because of this rich content, Foundations will become a valuable reference for best practices and sharing knowledge in our industry.
The preview issue of Foundations will be published in March 2014, with twelve full-colour pages, and a print run of 1,000. It will be distributed to all attendees of the March Symposium in Houston, and the full digital version will be available on both the PPDM website (www.ppdm.org) and on New Technology Magazine’s website (www.newtechmagazine.com). Going forward, we are targeting a 32-page magazine.
We need your help for this publication to be successful. There are opportunities for you to help us make this a success:
First, I would like to hear your ideas and suggestions for editorial content and whether you would be interested in contributing editorially. Second, we are soliciting your participation in three journal committees (Editorial committee, Subscription committee and Advertising Oversight committee). Third, please consider supporting the publication while building the profile for your company, products and services by advertising in the preview issue. You can do that by contacting Nick Drinkwater of JWN at 403.516.3484 or by email at ndrinkwater@junewarren-nickles.com. For more information on the Journal’s advertising, please click here.
Thank you in advance for your support of this important initiative.
Sincerely, Trudy Curtis, CEO, PPDM Association
curtist@ppdm.org
These sessions are designed to provide insight and information to students, recent graduates, or professionals who are either new to, or considering a career in E&P Data Management.
After the sessions you will be invited to join us for a field trip to the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig where you will have the opportunity to put what you have learned in the sessions into perspective. If you are looking for an opportunity to break into the E&P Data Management world this is your chance!
About Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum and Education Center is located on Galveston Island, Texas, less than an hour from downtown Houston, the world's petroleum capital.
Visitors board the retired jack up drilling rig and view a video about the offshore industry. The museum features three floors of models and interactive displays illustrating the story of offshore oil and gas from seismic technology to exploration and production. Scale models of production platforms, actual drill bits and remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) as well as videos and exhibits explain drilling, geology, seismic, well servicing and production.
STUDENT PRICING Students will have to pay a registration fee of $50.00. Please register with a valid student email address, and don't forget to bring a valid student ID with you. At the end of the day you will be given a $25.00 back in gift cards for your attendance. To Register please click here.
In addition, students are also invited to attend the PPDM 2014 Houston Data Management Symposium on March 25 & 26, 2014 at a discounted rate. Please contact event@ppdm.org for more details.
Students will have to pay a registration fee of $50.00. Please register with a valid student email address, and don't forget to bring a valid student ID with you. At the end of the day you will be given a $25.00 back in gift cards for your attendance.
We, at PPDM, are excited to announce that some of our classes will be taught in Calgary, Alberta on December 9th, December 10th and December 11th at Shell Canada Limited. There will be six sessions in total, all of which are a half-day in duration (maximum of 22 students). The specific classes that will be taught along with their scheduled dates and times are as follows:
This session will provide an introduction to Master Data management, to effective Data management strategies and to the role that the PPDM can play in an enterprise MDM solution. The objectives for this course include the following: • Recognize and discuss effective data management strategies • Review and discuss data governance • Compare and discuss master data management strategies • Recognize and discuss data quality • Compare and discuss data organization and architecture • Describe how to use PPDM Data Model for MDM
This course helps you understand the Meta Model contained within the PPDM Data Model. We will review the value of the Meta Model and how to effectively use the model, as well as provide an overview of both standard and dynamic reference tables. Understanding the Meta Model and how to work with it accelerates a working team’s ability to effectively and appropriately use the Data Model.
This session will walk you through our global differences and understanding of what exactly is a well, and PPDM’s solution to a common understanding. You will review the WIAW inter-active tool, baseline definitions, representative diagrams, and baseline comparisons. In addition you will be introduced to PPDM data model mapping.
This session will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of well status and classification related to petroleum data management and the PPDM. You will explore problem statements associated with well status and classification and the spectrum of names and plot symbols utilized globally. A final component to this lesson is to review the PPDM Association What is a Well project material (facet definitions, values and plot symbols).
This course helps you understand the Well Model contained within the PPDM Data Model. This understanding of the primary table – WELL and header information is key to implementation of a well solution. We review all of the Well Modules, emphasizing the main requirements for each module.
This course covers two specific groups of tables within the Well Module: Well Tests (both formation and production) and Production Volumes. We also cover the concept of Production Tests.
This course navigates through the complexities of seismic data and the nuances associated with storing data within PPDM Data Model. You will review seismic sets, locations, acquisition, processing, interpretation, and transactions.
If you would like to attend more than one session or would like to discuss payment options please contact us at: edu_info@ppdm.org
Thanks so much to Shell Canada Limited for hosting these classes. Without the support of companies like Shell Canada Limited, holding these classes would not be possible. Seats are limited as we limit the enrollment on these classes to ensure there can be lots of interaction between each student and the instructor, Pat Rhynes.
Click on the following link to email your requests for registration, or you can send directly to me, no later than Thursday, December 5th. We look forward to presenting these classes in Calgary.
Cheers,
Leslie Hastman I Learning Development PPDM Association Ph: 587.390.0192 Email: leslieh@ppdm.org www.ppdm.org
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is pleased to announce that the Trusted Data Manager (TDM) from EnergyIQ has met all requirements for PPDM 3.8 Gold Compliance. The TDM provides the platform for E&P companies to establish and maintain an easily accessible Well Master data store based on the industry standard PPDM data model. TDM is a fully web-based application comprised of a tightly integrated set of components for loading, managing, integrating and delivering data according to PPDM best practices. The TDM was built from the ground up with ease of use and integration in mind. Accessed through a web browser interface, the TDM utilizes standards and open technology, including support for Oracle and SQL server, web services, compliant PPDM™ schema, ‘What is a Well?’ and more. The individual components have been designed to work independently with integration in mind so that customers can implement the solution to meet specific business and architecture requirements and adapt the solution as needs evolve over time. “Our solutions have always been compliant with the PPDM data model. Becoming certified is an important part of our strategy to leverage open standards and industry best practices to provide our customers with added assurance that the TDM will meet their needs now and support growth and enhancements into the future”, says Steve Cooper, President of EnergyIQ.
EnergyIQ provides a comprehensive E&P data management solution together with expert services to ensure a successful implementation. The principals of EnergyIQ have 20 plus years of industry experience and have been responsible for managing some of the largest and most complex E&P databases available. The Denver, Colorado based company has been a PPDM member and strong supporter of the PPDM Association since its inception. For more information the company can be reached at www.energyiq.info, or (303) 790-0919 The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is a global, not-for-profit professional society whose membership is comprised of companies, individuals, regulatory agencies and other organizations. Using a collective approach, the PPDM Association works with industry experts to develop data management standards for the petroleum exploration and production industry.
The PPDM Association holds conferences, workshops and education events globally, and is currently developing the petroleum data management certification program. For more information about the PPDM Association, please contact us at info@ppdm.org or visit us online.
Media contact: Cara Henry Email: Cara.henry@ppdm.org Phone: +1-403-668-9470
In conjunction with the 2013 Calgary Data Management Symposium, the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 3:00pm to 5:30pm at the world class Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, in the Olympic Ballroom.
The Annual General Meeting is open to anyone who would like to join, and there is no charge at attend. Free public parking is available on site. Please contact info@ppdm.org for more details.
Select this link for more information on the 2013 Calgary Data Management Symposium.
On behalf of Robert E. Best, Secretary of the Board of Directors, the deadline for nomination submissions to the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association Board of Directors has been extended.
Nominations must include the full name and contact information of the nominee, a portrait photograph, along with a 100 - 200 word biography.
Nominations must be submitted to the PPDM Association office by mail to suite 860, 736 8th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2P 1H4 or by email to board_nominations@ppdm.org prior to October 25, 2013.
The Board is looking for individuals that will provide leadership and governance for the PPDM Association and act in the best interests of all the members of the PPDM Association by promoting the PPDM Association’s goals. Eligibility You are eligible to stand for election to the Board if you are employed by a company that is a voting member of the PPDM Association in good standing, if you are an individual PPDM Association member in good standing, or if you are an honorary member of the PPDM Association. (Special note: If you want to stand for election to the Board as an individual member, you do so as an individual. Your corporate affiliation will not be part of your nomination). Select this link for more information. Responsibilities and Expectations of a PPDM Association Board Member
If you are contemplating standing for election, you are required to review and consider the responsibilities and expectations of PPDM Association Board membership. Select this link for details.
Thank you for your time and consideration; this important role is crucial to the direction and development of the PPDM Association.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM) today launched the API Number 2013, the official, updated version of the API Well Number. The API Number 2013 now incorporates 12 digits. The first ten digits are exactly the same as the old system. Digits 11 and 12, however, are reserved for identifying each wellbore in a consistent, standardized manner. The API Number 2013 has an optional extension to include more information. Positions 13+ allow for completions, plugbacks, and drilling modifications within the stated wellbore.
The revised standard allows for improved financial, environmental, technical and safety performance, while still meeting contractual, social, and regulatory obligations. Senior management benefits from reduced risk in decision making. Geoscientists can spend less time searching for and reconciling data. Engineers can make better drilling and workover decisions. Regulators benefit from standardized reporting methodology. Mergers & acquisitions activity encounters fewer errors. Data managers can improve the quality of databases and data exchange.
The PPDM Association is now working with state and federal regulators to help them implement the system. You can download the standard for free by visiting www.wellidentification.org/usa. PPDM is a global, not-for-profit professional society that provides data management solutions for the petroleum exploration and production industry. Over 100 petroleum companies, government agencies, software application providers, data vendors and service companies form the membership. www.ppdm.org
Download the press release or full article for more information.
Media Contact: Cara Henry: T 403 668-9470, cara.henry@ppdm.org
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is working with industry to develop a brand new Global Data Analyst Certification. We are looking for volunteers to get involved in the Item Writing (developing exam questions) Workshops taking place in October and November,2013.
This is abrand new initiative and we need to work with experts like you, who are working in the field of data management in E & P companies to create this Certificationexam. As mentioned, the PPDM Associationalong with industry is developing a certification program for data analysts inthe petroleum industry. In order to get certified with PPDM, data analysts with 3 - 5 years of experience will have to take a multiple-choice examination thatwill assess their knowledge against industry performancestandards as outlined in the Data Analyst Competency Profile. The developmentof this examination is currently underway.
The PPDM Association is recruiting experienced data analysts and data manager related roles for participation in the item development meetings and Webinars in October and November, 2013. Volunteers should have minimum 3 years of experience in the role related to data management in the petroleum industry. Some experience with managing well and seismic data would be very beneficial.
The scope of certification must meet industry needs, i.e. employer and employee demands.
Volunteers are invited to express interest in one of two activities - Activity A or Activity B.
Activity Awill involve participation in a 3-day face-to-face meeting in Calgary or Houston where volunteers will receive training on item writing and create multiple-choice items with guidance from an exam development consultant. After the meeting, volunteers are expected to invest an additional 5 hours writing exam questions at home. The schedule of meetings is as follows:
Location
Date
Time
Requirements
Houston
October 21-23, 2013
8:30-17:00 EST
8 individuals
Calgary
October 28-30, 2013
Activity Bwill involve participation in a 3-hour webinar on item writing followed by independent work within the next month to create a set number of multiple-choice exam questions. During this time, volunteers will receive guidance and support from an exam consultant and their peers. The estimated time commitment is 25 hours over the period of one month. The dates of Webinars are provided below.
Webinar 1
November 5, 2013
13:00-16:00 EST
6 individuals
Webinar 2
November 6, 2013
Webinar 3
November 7, 2013
Writing questions for future certification examination is an exciting opportunity to contribute one’s knowledge of data management to the advancement of profession of data analysts. Admittedly, it is a creative task that requires item writers to draw on the situations they encountered in practice and build questions around them. If you are up to the challenge, please contact Email: leslieh@ppdm.org to register. The deadline for registration is September 27, 2013.
Downloadable PDF version: PPDM Item Writing Sessions in Oct & Nov 2013
Volunteers Needed for Item Development The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association is working with industry to develop a brand new Global Data Analyst Certification. We are looking for volunteers to get involved in the Item Writing (developing exam questions) Workshops taking place in October and November, 2013.
Why Participate? This is a brand new initiative and we need to work with experts like you, who are working in the field of data management in E & P companies to create this Certification exam. As mentioned, the PPDM Association along with industry is developing a certification program for data analysts in the petroleum industry. In order to get certified with PPDM, data analysts with 3 - 5 years of experience will have to take a multiple-choice examination that will assess their knowledge against industry performance standards as outlined in the Data Analyst Competency Profile. The development of this examination is currently underway.
Who Should Participate? The PPDM Association is recruiting experienced data analysts and data manager related roles for participation in the item development meetings and webinars in October and November, 2013. Volunteers should have minimum 3 years of experience in the role related to data management in the petroleum industry. Some experience with managing well and seismic data would be very beneficial.
Why is Certification important? The scope of certification must meet industry needs, i.e. employer and employee demands. • High training costs or lack of relevant training in organizations creates an interest in hiring certified employees. • Competitive job market motivates employees to pursue certification. How certification can benefit employees: • Professional development • Employee recognition • Increased mobility • Potential for promotion How certification can benefit organizations: • Better hires • Reduced training costs • Professional development plans • Great work efficiency • Better quality of services • Employee engagement
If you are up to the challenge, please contact leslieh@ppdm.org to register. The deadline for registration is September 27, 2013. Download the full information Downloadable PDF.
It’s finally here! Attend the 2014 Houston Data Management Symposium and be part of something different - a conference designed specifically by data managers, and for data managers. Here is your ticket to professional development, networking opportunities and access to millions of dollars worth of knowledge. Now that’s ROI!
Explore the numerous benefits of sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities at the 2014 Houston Data Management Symposium. Please contact Cara Henry at 403-660-7817 ext.504 or by email at henryc@ppdm.org for more information on sponsorship opportunities.
We are now accepting abstracts for 2014 Houston Data Management Symposium and Trade Show. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your company and your role in the E&P Data Management Industry. Please submit abstracts directly to ekartal@ppdm.org by Monday, September 30, 2013.
“50 Shades of Data Management” : Liz Parker, ENI Australia (2013 Perth Data Management Symposium)
“The Evolution of Data Management” : Trudy Curtis, PPDM Association (2012 Calgary Data Management Symposium)
“Data Management Strategy for the Long Haul” : Rusty Foreman, BP (2013 Houston Data Management Symposium)
“The 2012 Calgary Data Management Symposium was the most useful conference I have ever attended. The working standards sessions, the vendor booths, the conference talks, and team building activities were all very well done and spot on. The 2013 conference is already in my travel plan for next year.”
Mark Priest, Manager, Subsurface Integrated Data Section, RasGas, Doha, Qatar
“As a geologist turned GIS technologist, now faced with data management challenges in the oil and gas industry, I attended the PPDM Association’s spring 2012 conference in Houston expecting a mere introduction to PPDM. What I found instead was a group of very knowledgeable and approachable industry experts ready to discuss my own PPDM questions and direct my attention to those questions I had not yet asked. I would highly recommend PPDM as a great forum for anyone in this field, and I’m looking forward to future events and the development of a petroleum data management curriculum by the association.”
Arne Gelfert, Sr. Geoscience Applications Analyst, XTO Energy, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA
“Thank you very much for your hospitality during the 2012 Data Management symposium, it was a great event. I was surprised by the jovial atmosphere and the openness of the participants. Congratulations to the PPDM Association team on a job well done.”
Federico Arboleda, Director of Research at acQuire Technology Solutions Pty Ltd, Canning Bridge, Western Australia
HOUSTON – Explore a refreshing new world of restful comfort at The Westin Houston, Memorial City, a relaxing oasis ideally located in the heart of Memorial City near City Centre, the Energy Corridor District and the Westchase District. As the only hotel connected to the Memorial City Mall, the hotel’s centric location provides easy access to more than 150 retail stores, restaurants and entertainment venues.
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY to reserve your spot!
For more information on registration, sponsorship, speaking opportunities or group pricing please contact either Cara Henry or Ebru Kartal at events@ppdm.org.
The Calgary Q4 Luncheon is coming up this December! Come and join us as we come together for a time of networking and learning. Dean Mikkelsen of Terra ETL will be presenting on the topic of "PPDM and Data From a Worldwide Point of View - Middle East, Europe, USA, Asia, Canada".
This luncheons are terrific opportunities to raise visibility in the industry, so if you are interested in participating as a host please contact events@ppdm.org for more details.
Calgary, AB – August 13, 2013 - At the present time, PPDM 3.8 does not capture enough information on a fault picked in a well. Users can record the depth of the fault but not the other details (strike, dip, throw, etc.)
A new change request is now available that addresses this need. Several columns have been added in STRAT_WELL_SECTION and STRAT_FIELD_SECTION. In addition, a reference table has been added. These are non-destructive additions. They expand the functionality of the data model to capture a description of a fault interpreted in a well.
We ask you to take a moment and review the documentation and diagram, and then proceed to vote on this important change . In order to move quickly in response to this need without impeding the 3.9 release, voting will remain open for 5 days, and will end on August 20, 2013. For more information please contact the PPDM Association.
Media contact: Cara Henry, Tel: (403) 668-9470
The purpose of this survey is to identify competencies required for effective performance of data analysts in the E & P industry. Competencies are a combination of knowledge, skills, and behaviours that drive job performance and differentiate competent from not yet competent employees in an organization.
The data analyst competencies will be used to develop the certification program for data analysts being established in collaboration with Industry by the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association.
This survey collects data on what knowledge and skills are EXPECTED of data analysts or data managers with 3 - 5 years of experience.
The Data Analyst Competency Profile will become the foundation of the Data Analyst Certification Program. It will be used by employers to build professional development tools for their staff. This is the first of several planned certifications. Who Should Do the Survey?
If you are an individual who fits into one of these categories, you should complete the survey:
-Data analysts and data managers with more than 3 years of experience in the E&P industry;
-Managers who supervise the work of data analysts or data managers;
-Individuals providing training or consulting services in data management in the E&P industry.
Please remember that this survey is to collect data on the knowledge and skills that are EXPECTED of data analysts or data managers with 3 - 5 years of experience.
At the end of the survey, you will have an opportunity to enter a draw to win one of ten free registrations to one of the PPDM Association’s online professional development courses.
The survey will take approximately 30 minutes of your time. You will be asked to rate the importance and frequency of behaviours for competent performance of data analysts and indicate how often these behaviors should be demonstrated on the job.
This survey is administered by a third-party that is not affiliated with the PPDM Association or your employer. The results will be reported in the aggregated form to the PPDM Association only. They will not be shared with your employer. Getting Started When you are ready to take the survey, select this link. The survey will now close on August 25, 2013
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association added a new city to their series of quarterly data management meetings yesterday by kicking off Houston Data Management Luncheon. Held at Entrance Software, over 40 data management professionals form the Houston, Texas, and surrounding areas came together to discuss important issues and share their knowledge with their peers.
Steve Jaques, Vice President of Information Systems at Laredo Energy, gave a presentation on “Information Strategy and Well Data Management in a Small E&P Company” where he discussed how well data management has emerged as a top priority in the industry, and how Master Data Management has evolved in response. This presentation is available for download on the PPDM Association website, in the archived events section.
Each year, the PPDM Association conducts annual and quarterly events around the world in all of their major membership communities, with the purpose of building community among data mangers in the E&P industry, creating standards and best practices and promoting data management as a desirable career destination. The PPDM Association currently holds quarterly Data Management Luncheons in Calgary - Alberta, Perth - Australia, and Houston, Oklahoma City, and Denver - USA. These industry-wide events are and will continue to be open to anyone involved with, or interested in learning about E&P data management. For more information please visit the PPDM Association online at www.ppdm.org.
As a result of the state of emergency in Calgary, the PPDM Offices will be closed today. We appreciate your patience as we wait for our emergency workers to get their work done in the city core.
Denver, CO – June 4, 2013 – The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association held its Denver Data Management Workshop yesterday, with the participation of titanium event series sponsor, geoLOGIC systems ltd., silver sponsor Noah Consulting, and hosting sponsor, IHS. Over 30 data management professionals from 24 companies came together for a day of learning and knowledge sharing.
Joseph Seila, Lead of Geoscience Data Services a Devon Energy, started off the day with a talk on Data Quality and PPDM Business Rules. The agenda also featured presentations on How Data Management Affects Regulatory Filings (Jane Stanczyk of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission) and the Revised API Numbering Standard for Well Identification in the USA (Bruce Smith, Vice President at IHS). The technical agenda for this workshop also included talks on:
Trends and Best Practices in Well Life Cycle Data Management, Robert Lovelace of Stonebridge
The E&P Continuum Steve Cooper, Energy IQ
Managing a World of Data in Realtime: A tale of telemetry, NoSQL, and Data Warehousing in the Cloud David Armitage, Cartasite
When Adopting DM ‘My Data’ Becomes ‘our Data’ – is everybody Ready Jim Jameson, Noah Consulting
Data Driven Decisions in Process Improvement Sam Jonson, Noble Energy
Presentations were well received and generated a high level of audience participation and dialogue during the Q&A portions. Presentations for these talks as well as the other conference presentations will be made available in the coming weeks on the PPDM website in the archived eventssection.
Each year, the PPDM Association holds annual and quarterly events around the world in all of their major membership communities, with the purpose of building community among data mangers in the E&P industry, creating standards and best practices and promoting data management as a desirable career destination. Single day Data Management Workshops are currently held in Oklahoma City, Denver, Brisbane on an annual basis, and London / Europe every second year. These industry-wide events are and will continue to be open to anyone involved with, or interested in learning about E&P data management. For more information on PPDM Association events please see the events section of the website.
Select this link to download the PDF version of the press release.
The PPDM 3.9 Alpha DDL has been released. Please visit the PPDM 3.9 page for resources.
We are supporting a CDA study to establish the the need for an independent professional society for data managers in the petroleum industry.
Please select this link to complete the survey as soon as you can - it will take no more than ten minutes of your time.
Thank you very much in advance for your support.
The PPDM Well Facets and Definitions are now available for member industry comment and review on the new Well Classification review website.
Calgary, AB – The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association announced that the review period for Well Status and Classification terms and definitions opens today. An online, interactive website will enable interested parties to review, comment, recommend and vote on the contents of the well status facets. “PPDM is facilitating an industry-wide initiative to collectively create a standardized list of well facets and their associated values and qualifiers”, says Trudy Curtis, CEO at the PPDM Association. “Faceted Well Status definitions allow industry to take the complex well status values that come from regulators or software products and break them up into their logical constituent parts, so that each kind of information can be searched independently. Doing this allows industry to use well status information more effectively and consistently,” Curtis explains.
This review is phase one of a two part initiative to support the development of version 2 of the well status information. Once the first phase is complete, the results will be included in the review and update of an industry standard plot symbology set that will be based on the well status facets. “Phase two,” says Jeffrey Bonus, Project Manager at the PPDM Association, “is tentatively scheduled to launch on July 2 of this year, and will include a review process similar to the one used for Well Status and Classification facets and terms.”
Industry professionals are invited to visit the Well Classification Review website, which is available by selecting the link on the PPDM homepage, or directly at the Well Classification review website. Voting is now underway, and will remain open until June 28, 2013. Registration as a guest or a PPDM member is required for access.
For more information on Well Status and Classification please contact the PPDM Association at info@ppdm.org or visit the PPDM Association online
Select this link to download the press release in .PDF format
Published On : April 30, 2013
The Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association hosted its largest Houston data management conference to date in March of 2013, with over 110 delegates attending the two day event at the Houston Westin Memorial City hotel. The 2013 Houston Data Management Symposium (formerly known as a PPDM User Group Meeting) also added a trade show to this year’s event, which encouraged attendance and sponsorship involvement. This industry-wide event was and will continue to be open to anyone involved with, or interested in learning about E&P data management.
The talks at the 2013 Houston Data Management Symposium were very well received and engaged the audience, creating a great deal of dialogue during the Q&A portions. Joseph Seila of Devon Energy spoke on “Data Governance and Business Rules”, which discussed the OKC G&G Data Management Program (OKC DMP) and the three projects it consists of - Governance, Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Quality Management (DQM). Rusty Foreman, Manager of Subsurface Data Management & Governance at BP, shared an informative update entitled “Data Management Strategy for the Long Haul – An Update” and Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association discussed the “Evolution of Data Management as a Profession” which brought a terrific overview of...
Published On : March 15, 2013
The Standards Leadership Council Meeting in London has wrapped up. Presentations from this meeting are available to the public on the SLC website.
The PPDM 3.8 Documentation is down for maintenance. A .pdf of the documentation is available here: PPDM 3.8 Table Descriptions and a .ppt of the Data Model Diagrams. Thank you for your patience.
In the year 2000, horizontal wells made up just under 10 per cent of the total wells licensed in Canada (excluding experimental wells). In 2012, horizontal well licences excluding experimental wells accounted for nearly 64 per cent of the total.
The advanced technology has been good for the industry, enabling more oil and natural gas to be produced at lower unit costs. But it means the systems used by regulators and industry to track well data have become outdated.
So with the participation of industry and regulators, the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Association has launched the Well Identification Project. The goal is to revise the system for assigning unique well identifiers (UWIs) to wells licensed in Western Canada.
Started in Calgary more than two decades ago, the association is a membership-based, not-for-profit industry group that creates standards for the collection and exchange of petroleum data.
The kickoff meeting for the Well Identification Project working group was held on Wednesday with active participation of oil and gas regulators in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. (Manitoba is also following the process, but its oil and gas division doesn't have the resources to be a full participant.)
Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board wants to have the project completed by June -- the date when the board will be rolled into a single Alberta oil and gas regulator, said Dwayne Popowich, the ERCB's manager of planning and architecture and acting chief information officer.
"The rules and conditions under which the UWIs are assigned right now are based on assumptions that were true 30 or 40 years ago, but aren't true now," Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association, said in an interview.
Wells drilled 30 or 40 years ago were typically vertical with a single wellbore. Today horizontal wells, multilateral wells, deviated wells and sidetracks make the process of tracking well data much more of a challenge.
Since UWI are based on the bottomhole location instead of the surface location, the UWI changes if the well is extended. And that's just one of several reasons why a UWI might change.
A UWI for one well can change a half dozen times, said Glynis Farr, senior reservoir technician with the B.C. Oil & Gas Commission.
Managing these frequent changes to UWIs complicates business processes for industry and has the potential to introduce data errors, said Dave Fisher, a retired Shell Canada Limited geologist and a PPDM member.
"The way we identify wells right now poses many problems in industry because we identify wells at the bottom of the hole," Curtis said. "And if you deepen the well, or if you missteer, or you change your mind during operations about where you're going to go, you change that terminating point. And that changes the UWI.
"In Western Canada, the well identification systems don't allow you to assign some kind of a name or identifier to every wellbore. And the problem with that is if you can't assign it an identifier, you can't attach any information. You basically can't track the fact that it exists," she said.
In the case of multiple wellbore configurations, for example, the current Alberta system allows nine to be identified. If there are more than nine, the rest can't be identified.
"And in addition to you only being able to identify nine, some information gets aggregated to one of the nine wellbores. Like production volumes, for example," said Curtis. "A whole bunch of technical problems arise for oil companies just to figure out what's going on, to do their analysis, etc., because you end up with technical data that may be attached to a wrong wellbore.
"There's an environmental and operational risk because it's not possible to identify all the wellbores that are down there. So when you're drilling, it's possible that you could accidentally come into communication with something else that's down there you just don't know anything about, and the government doesn't know anything about, because they're not identified."
That introduces operational risk and makes it harder to track reservoir depletion, she added, because an operator may not know all the wellbores that are contributing to the depletion of a particular reservoir.
Although an operator might have information on its own wellbores that don't have unique identifiers, other companies, the government, data vendors and service companies may not have that information.
"We're just not doing a real good job yet of managing all that information," said Curtis. "So what we need to do is upgrade the system."
A similar group in the U.S. has just wrapped up a revision of the U.S. well identification system, said Jeffrey Bonus, the PPDM Association's project manager for the well identification project.
The project's goal is to create a revision to the system that can be adopted as consistently as possible by all the western Canadian provinces.
Will this mean a completely new way of identifying wells in Western Canada? It's too early to say, said Curtis. That will be influenced by what comes out of the working group and the ultimate decisions will be made by the four regulators.
"Our goal is not to create a document that sits on a shelf somewhere. Our goal is to create something that is practical and usable and can actually be implemented to improve industry," said Curtis.
Work on the project has already begun, but companies can still become sponsors to help fund the project, and their employees can volunteer on several levels -- ranging from full participation in the work group to just spending a few hours reviewing the final document.
For more information, contact project manager Jeffrey Bonus at jeffreyb@ppdm.org.
The PPDM Association will be holding the Houston Data Management Symposium Conference Week from March 11 to 15, 2013 at the Westin Memorial City hotel.
NEW! For 2013 are a trade show, career fair and a Gala Dinner, along with more opportunities to network and make critical face to face connections.
DATA MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY & CAREER FAIR As a registered conference attendee, you are invited to join the PPDM Association for "Data Management University" Sessions and Career Fair on Monday, March 11th, 2013. If you would like to attend, please visit the "Data Management University & Career Fair" web page for details and online registration.
HOUSTON TRAINING DAYS Join us for two days of PPDM Association Training. Courses are as follows:
March 14, 2013 Morning Session: What is a Well Afternoon Session: Well Status and Classification
March 15, 2013 All Day Session: Meta Model and Reference Tables
Please visit the PPDM Association events web page for more details or to register for these events.
See you in Houston!
Share Your Piece at the 2013 Houston Data Management Symposium , and join each PPDM Association member who has contributed their knowledge and experience over the past 21 years. This is a terrific opportunity to highlight your company and career as a Data Management leader in the E&P Industry.
**NEW FOR 2013 - Abstracts must be submitted via our new online form on or before January 15th to be considered.
In September of 2012, ETL Solutions published a blog post exploring the growth in E&P data management and the resulting increase in data complexity. While discussing the unique requirements of data management in the E&P industry, ETL notes that "In the PPDM context, we have noticed two factors that have been key drivers of change. These are data explosion and data interpretation lineage."
The blog posting concludes with a "PPDM example of complexity driven by change" and highlights the evolution of the PPDM data model.
You can click here to read the full blog.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting”) of the members of PPDM, Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (the “Society”) will be held at the DELTA LODGE AT KANANASKIS 1 Centennial Drive Kananaskis Village, Alberta T0L 2H0
on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) for the following purposes:
The record date for determining the Members entitled to receive notice of the Meeting was fixed at 4 p.m. on October 23, 2012. Only Voting Members whose PPDM Membership is current and in good standing by 4:00 pm on October 23, 2012 are entitled to vote at the Meeting.
Our members have the right to request additions or changes to the data model, and to vote on requests made by other members. These requests are available for member voting.
Every member company is entitled to one vote on each question. We encourage you to meet with your colleagues to discuss each recommendation, and cast a vote appropriate for your organization. Please review each request carefully before voting.
If you review a poll and don’t feel qualified to cast a vote, please check the "No Opinion" box – that helps us to know how many members have reviewed the poll.
Thank you in advance for your participation.
It is with great fondness that we remember Phil Crouse, who headed up 16 very successful PNEC conferences. Phil's passing is a great loss and he will be greatly missed by the data management community around the globe. The PPDM Association sends our heartfelt condolences to Phil's family and friends during this time. If you wish, you can click here to post a tribute to Phil.
The family requests gifts in lieu of flowers be made to Greater Dallas Chapter JDRF Dallas, TX dallas@jdrf.org and The Arc of Greater Tarrant County, www.arcgtc.org.
Standards Executives Convene the Inaugural Standards Leadership Council Forum - All Nine Organizations Present for Historic Event.
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The Change Management process is now underway. Each request is numbered and described in the PPDM 3.9 Change Management forum. You are invited to review these requests and discuss or vote as appropriate.Please note that you must be a PPDM member in good standing in order to vote.
A few requests are still being prepared, and we will continue to add these over the next few weeks. Additional member requests will be considered until June 30, 2012. Please be part of this important process; as a member driven standards organization, your opinion and needs matter to us. Requests for changes must be posted on the Change Management forum. You must be a member in order to make requests for enhancements to the data model.
The change management process will complete on July 31, 2012. After that, the results of the votes will be reviewed and incorporated into the data model. The resulting alpha model will be available for member comment and review shortly after that.
We understand that our members need time to review and consider each new model release, and want to be sure that you have enough opportunity to think about the new version. We plan to make the final version public in October, 2012. Please be sure that you take the time to review and comment on the model as soon as possible.
The PPDM Association extends our heartfelt congratulations to Noah Consulting upon receiving Consulting Magazine’s 2011 Small Jewel Award.
Noah Consulting was selected out of over 150 submissions, and has been named as one of Consulting Magazine’s Seven Small Jewels for 2011. The award serves to recognize growing consulting firms making significant impact on their clients and industry. This year’s award focused on growth through tough economic times. The article found in the March issue of Consulting Magazine, features each of the recipients and their perspective on the contributing factors to their success. Each echoed how company culture and client-focus were their secret.
Noah Consulting is an active member of the PPDM Association and regularly attends and sponsors the Association's events around the world. They are a terrific organization and we are truly thrilled to celebrate their success.
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The concept of the digital oil field (DOF) has advanced tremendously over the last decade, yet significant challenges remain. DOFs gather, exchange and ultimately deliver information in real-time in order to support E&P business decisions. In this regard, a DOF is only as effective as the information management approach used to connect people with business intelligence.
First published in Petroleum Review January 2012, reproduced with the kind permission of the Energy Institute.
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The PPDM Well Identification project would like to interview companies (from all countries) about the practice of Well identification. The interviews will help our project team understand worldwide practices of Well identification and numbering and issues associated with integrating data from multiple sources.
The interviews take approximately one to two hours. The interview asks questions about how your company assigns well identifiers and how you use well identifiers received from other sources, such as operating partners, regulators, service providers, or data providers.
The interviews are to take place between now and Friday February 17th 2012.
If you are a Regulatory, Operator (Large, Medium or Small), Service Provider, or Vendor (Data or Software) and are interested in participating please contact the Project Manager, Jeffrey Bonus at jeffreyb@ppdm.org if you are interested in participating in this important project.
The PPDM Association is excited to continue to increase its involvement with Industry events on a regular basis. Trudy Curtis, CEO / CIO of PPDM Association, was honored to be invited to speak at Energistics’ Western Europe Region Meeting in London, UK. Trudy's “Coming to Convergence” presentation was very well received and Energistics hopes to be present at PPDM Association events over the course of the year.
In early June we held our inaugural User Group Meeting in Denver, and two days later held another User Group Meeting in Oklahoma City, both with terrific results! The feedback we received indicated that the presentations were informative and interesting, and were an excellent investment. The Denver User Group Meeting hosted over twenty delegates from over fifteen companies and the Oklahoma City User Group Meeting welcomed forty delegated with representation from over twenty-five companies. The PPDM Association is also very pleased to present the Australia Event Series in August. The 8th Annual Perth Data Management Symposium will be held on August 23 & 24, 2011, and the 2nd Annual Brisbane Data Management Symposium will be held on August 30th. As some of the annual flagship events for the PPDM Association, we are looking forward to meeting with our members Down Under in August of 2011!
In Calgary, we wrapped up June by teaming up with the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) to co-host a preliminary Alberta Well Identification Meeting. The first of its kind, this round table discussion brought the ERCB, Data Vendors such as geoLOGIC systems ltd. and IHS as well as Oil and Gas Operating companies to the table to discuss the needs and objectives of Data Vendors and Operators, and included presentations by the PPDM Association on the API Revision and What Is A Well Components. The response was terrific, with over 60 in attendance, and on a sunny afternoon no less! The PPDM Association is looking forward to working with the ERCB to hold more meetings in the coming months.
The PPDM Association would like to welcome our newest members! Among the latest companies to join the PPDM Association are:
We are delighted to have you all on board! For more information on membership with the PPDM Association please contact us at info@ppdm.org.
The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM Association) is pleased to announce a newly-formed collaborative partnership with Data Management Association (DAMA) International, a leader in Data Management worldwide. The partnership will further the common mission of both organizations by promoting best practices of data management in the energy and petroleum industry.
DAMA International is a not-for-profit, vendor-independent, global association of technical and business professionals dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of information and data management. The organization has been advancing data management principles for a number of years and has developed highly effective standards; however the greatest obstacle to adoption within the E&P industry to date has been the lack of a partnering entity with domain experience. Ingrid Hunt, VP of Marketing and Development at DAMA International Education and Research Foundation states that "keeping in line with DAMA International's mission and strategic goals to "Elevate, Empower and Enable", this pivotal relationship with PPDM Association enables our stakeholders a closer pulse with the Petroleum line of business, while adding value to the Data Management industry as a whole."
The collaborative partnership between DAMA International and the PPDM Association will allow the PPDM Association to apply these fundamental data management concepts to the E&P industry. David Hood, CEO of geoLOGIC systems ltd. and Chairman of the PPDM Association commented that "We believe that working together with DAMA International will speed the creation of professional petroleum data management education within the upstream oil & gas industry."
Both organizations consider this to be a crucial collaboration and anticipate that the partnership will have a significant impact on the industry. As Richard Curtright, Enterprise Data Architect at Devon Energy explains "At Devon, DAMA and PPDM are our two biggest data management reference points. The idea of them teaming up on data management for our sector is very exciting!"
The PPDM Association has been working with petroleum experts around the world to develop business-driven data management standards for nearly twenty years and DAMA International has been promoting industry-neutral data management practices for thirty years. When asked to comment on the new strategic partnership, Trudy Curtis, CEO of the PPDM Association showed much enthusiasm, stating "we are thrilled to be working with DAMA International as an integral part of our drive to professionalize data management in our industry. Our shared passion for data management standards will allow us to deliver effective solutions to address the data management barriers which continue to plague the E&P industry."
To find out if PPDM Association Standards are right for your organization, please contact the PPDM Association at info@ppdm.org or visit www.ppdm.org. For information regarding the new DAMA - PPDM partnership please contact VP_Industry_Services@dama.org and for more information about DAMA International, its mission and current organization please go to www.dama.org. Regarding media information please contact vp_marketing@dama.org and vp_communcations@dama.org.