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AF hierarchy best practice in Upstream O&G

César_CF_PLU

Good afternoon guys,

 

Just wondering if you are aware of some standards or best practices already defined regarding the most efficient way to structure an upstream asset hierarchy in AF. I mean, we could organize an AF tree by following a "choke model" (4 groups of reservoir, wells, facilities, delivery), or simply following a field's "natural" organisation (field - north/south region - cluster a/b/c - wells/pumps/vessels/etc - pressure/temperature/etc), or even alphabetically (then a naming convention would be a key issue to resolve first)...so just wondering if some arrangement type has already been identified as optimal for our business. Considering the amount of re-work that would be involved in modifying it, it seems no trivial decision...or is it?

 

Thanks and regards.

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  • Thank you guys for your quick replies.

     

    Absolutely, no size fits all, won't argue with that. I was just wondering if history has taught us some PI AF lessons that could be generally applicable . Something in the lines of "if your objective is this, be mindful of structuring your AF tree at least like that..." or "while it won't fit any specific needs, this is a generally applicable upstream hierarchy...". Having/testing several trees is a valid approach, and probably the right one for smaller assets, but developing and maintaining them for complex assets could imply a huge amount of work...just guessing here.

     

    On the other hand, (real-time) production optimization is a pretty generic objective when in comes to digitizing an upstream asset, so it could be in that regard that I was wondering if something with more pros than cons had been identified already; or more generally speaking, if some lessons on how to actually build the tree (an upstream-specific naming convention?) had been gathered and documented somewhere.

     

    Thanks and regards.

  • in reply to César_CF_PLU

    César, maybe the AF Kits could be a start. There is one for Drilling & Completion and another for Well Downtime Tracking.

     

    Asset Based PI Example Kits

     

    There is also an Upstream User Group, I am not sure if you're a member already. This is the kind of information that is shared within those groups.

     

    Oil and Gas Upstream

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  • in reply to César_CF_PLU

    César, maybe the AF Kits could be a start. There is one for Drilling & Completion and another for Well Downtime Tracking.

     

    Asset Based PI Example Kits

     

    There is also an Upstream User Group, I am not sure if you're a member already. This is the kind of information that is shared within those groups.

     

    Oil and Gas Upstream

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