19th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, Information and Data Management

CLICK HERE To Register By April 15th & SAVE $150 On Full Conference Registration! Attend In-Depth Technical Presentations Given By Operators Such As ExxonMobil, Noble Energy, Eni, ConocoPhillips, BHP Billiton, Petronas, TOTAL, Shell, and Saudi Aramco The Petroleum Network Education Conferences looks at best practices and real world cases and solutions involving petroleum data and information management across the E&P enterprise. Delegates benefit from this unique global view of the state of data applications plus future technology directions. The 2015 PNEC is a power-packed two and 1/2 days of technical program featuring in-depth technical presentations and full e-Proceedings on topics important to all involved in E&P data and information management, and opportunities to network with your peers plus exhibitors from leading technology companies. Our speakers from around the globe will share real-world issues, best practices, developments, and cross discipline advances that address ever expanding and complex data demands in today’s oil and gas industry. Changes in key technologies require innovative thinking and practical solutions to implement quality data-driven decisions that meet enterprise-wide technical and financial interests when millions of invested dollars are at risk. The conference is acclaimed for handling the discussion with balance. PNEC facilitates the professional discussions needed in today’s complex data systems integration and management. This is the program as of April 7, 2015. With the oil price environment, changes might occur which will be continuously posted on the website. CLICK HERE to view up-to-date conference program.   Book Your Hotel Room And SAVE! The 19th Annual International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, Information and Data Management has negotiated special rates for the event. Please do not contact the hotels directly. Discounted rates are available only through PCS. Online Housing Reservations - CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to download the Hotel Reservations Request Form. Only 1 room per form. If multiple rooms are required, please make copies of the hotel reservation form. Send the completed form to: Phone: +1-888.763.7236 or +1-310.906.3847 Fax: +1-310.235.2648 Email: reservations@preferred1.com Mail: PNEC Conference 2015 c/o Preferred Convention Services 1970 E. Grand Ave., Suite 150 El Segundo, CA 90245 HOTEL ROOM BLOCK REQUEST FORM: If you would like to hold a block of five or more rooms, CLICK HERE to download the Hotel Room Block Request Form. A confirmation will be emailed to the contact person listed within 24 hours of receipt of the request. For hotel reservation questions, please call +1-888-763-7236 (toll free) or +1-310-906-3847 (direct) Opening Plenary Session Tuesday, May 19, 2015 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome & Introduction Mark Peters, Vice President of PennWell Corporation and Group Publisher Mark F. Peters is a Vice President of PennWell Corporation and Group Publisher of Offshore and Oil & Gas Financial Journal. He has over 30 years of industry-related experience having been a publisher of a refining, petrochemical, gas processing publication and a pipeline and gas industry publication. He is a frequent speaker addressing oil, gas, refining and offshore issues and trends at seminars, conferences and users groups. His extensive travel schedule includes attendance at major upstream and downstream meetings around the world. He holds a BA degree in psychology from Brown University. Advisory Board Chair's Opening Remarks Cora Poche, Team Lead, Data Management and Geomatics Americas, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. Cora Poche’s career in Shell spans over 30 years. She started her career working in various teams in Exploration, where she gained experience and knowledge in exploration geology and geophysics. After holding various positions within Shell, she later moved to Technical Data Management where she used her experience and knowledge to provide customer-focused solutions. Cora has extensive experience in leading Americas DM teams in Subsurface Well Data Management, Seismic Data Management, and Subsurface Support. In 2014, Cora moved to Shell International E&P Inc. and is currently leading a team of specialists in WRFM Data Management, Rock and Fluids Properties Data Management, Petrophysics Data Management, Wells Data Management, Seismic Data Management and Geomatics. Cora has been an active member of PNEC for 15+ years and is currently Advisory Board Chair. She has served on the conference advisory board for 11+ years, chaired industry data management panel discussions, and has presented numerous papers on seismic and well data management. Cora is a recipient of the prestigious “Stewart McAdoo Pillar” award in 2006 for significant data management contributions. Keynote Presentation The Oil Industry in a Roiling Market: An Update Bob Tippee, Editor-in-Chief, Oil & Gas Journal This presentation will address why oil prices collapsed, how the oil and gas industry is responding, and where the market is now in its transformative correction.  Bob Tippee is Editor of Oil & Gas Journal, a weekly trade magazine, and its web site, Oil & Gas Journal Online. Since joining the Journal in 1977, he has written on all aspects of the international petroleum industry, with special interest in economics, energy policy, geophysics, and the Middle East. His work for the magazine has won awards from American Business Media, New York Society of Business Press Editors, Association of Petroleum Writers, International Association for Energy Economics, International Association of Energy Advocates, and Houston Society for Technical Communications. He also has won the Cicero Speechwriting Award and is the 2010 recipient of American Business Media’s Crain Award. Tippee became the Journal’s chief editor in January 1999. He also was Editor-in-Chief of the 1997 through 2001 editions of the Journal’s annual affiliate, International Petroleum Encyclopedia. Tippee is the director of two PennWell Petroleum Group conferences and has written or cowritten several books on the oil and gas industry. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Tulsa and served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for four years. Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Session 1 TRACK 1: Best Practices Chair: Cynthia Schwendeman, Manager, Data Management Operations, Hess Corporation, USA The Well Hierarchy as a Foundation for MDM: A Case Study Stephen M. Cooper, President, EnergyIQ, USA Noble Creating and Mastering Golden Record Data with Oracle Master Data Management Vijay Chitiyala, Program Manager, Enterprise Applications, Noble Energy, USACarl Schuckenbrock, Area Sales Manager, Oracle, USA E&P Data Quality Management Daljit Singh Sukhdev Singh, Senior Manager, Petronas, Malaysia Ontological Analysis of the Lithology Data in PPDM Well Core Model Mara Abel, Professor, Informatics-UFRGS, Brazil; Alexandre Lorenzatti, System Analyst Endeeper, Brazil; Sandro Fiorini, Researcher and Joel Carbonera, PhD Student, Informatics-UFRGS, Brazil Session 1 TRACK 2: Best Practices & Technical Trends Chair: Wayne Wilkerson, Manager Regional Data Support - Americas, ExxonMobil, USA Big Data and the Internet of Things Meets the Oil and Gas Industry Jim Crompton, Subject Matter Expert, Noah Consulting, USA Big Content: New Challenges for E&P Jeremy Gloaguen, GIS & EDMS Project Manager, Total, France Solving Unstructured Data Management Challenges Shahbaz Ali, President and CEO, Tarmin, USA Disparate E&P Data Necessitate Non-Desperate Analytical Methodologies Keith R. Holdaway, Domain Expert, SAS Institute, USA Session 2 TRACK 1: Analytics Chair: John Berkin, Technical Advisor, Schlumberger, UK Advanced Analytics: How to Leverage Analytics to Improve Bottom Line in a Volatile Oil Price Environment Ramakrishna Manne, Partner, Energy Consulting, Infosys, USA Avinash Airani, Senior Principal Consultant, Infosys, USA Framework for Life Cycle Management and Application of Big Data AnalyticsTechniques for Asset Optimization and Operational Excellence Amit Kale, Principal Reliability Engineer, Baker Hughes, USA Dan Zhang, Reliability Engineer, Baker Hughes, USA Otto N. Fanini, Principal Electrical Engineer, Baker Hughes Inc, USA Rob F. Randall, Systems Engineering Manager, Baker Hughes Inc, USA Mukund Belavadi, Global Accounts Manager, Baker Hughes Inc, USA Joerg Baumann, Director, Reliability and Service Delivery, Baker Hughes Inc, Germany A Case Study in Using Big Data Analytics to Analyse Multiple Data Types Joe Johnston, Global Director, CGG-DMS, UK Aurelien Guichard, Senior Oil and Gas Consultant, Teradata, USA Session 2 TRACK 2: Wells Chair: Joel Allard, IM Manager - Subsurface Data Management, BHP Billiton, USA Getting Data in Line:  Assembly Line Thinking to Manage Shale Well Data Matt Becker, Principal, Noah Consulting, USA; Fred Kunzinger, Sr. Principal, Noah Consulting, USA Wellbore Legacy Data (WELD) Initiative at BHP Billiton Jim Seccombe, Petrophysical Advisor, BHP Billiton, USA Session 3 TRACK 1: Solutions Chair: Shari Bourgeois, PTIM Engineering Support Manager, Marathon Oil Company, USA A Bigger, Better, Faster PPDM Implementation Brandon Schroeder, Product Manager, petroWEB, USA Lessons in Developing Corporate Production Management in the Cloud Mike Slee, Technical Data Manager, Addax Petroleum, Switzerland Peter Black, Managing Director, EnergySys Limited, UK Break the Barriers in Applying the Good Data Governance in Oil and Gas Wimaya Septiningrum, Senior Information Management, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Indonesia Session 3 TRACK 2: Seismic Chair: Jana Schey, Vice President, Operations, Energistics, USA Seismic Data Management Challenges by Organic Growth and Acquisition Sean Sanders, Seismic Data Manager, Energy XXI, USA Dale Blue, Regional Services Manager, North America, Halliburton, USA Greg Hess, Chief Advisor Cloud Services, Halliburton, USA Victor Ancira, Global Practice Manager, Halliburton, USA Efficient and Scalable Data Archival Storage System at Saudi Aramco Saeed AlZahrani, Sr. Computer Operating System Specialist, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Methodology to Associate Seismic Data Between 3rd Party DB and OpenWorks®’s Projects Ricardo Alvares dos Santos, Data Management Consultant, Halliburton, Brazil Renan de Jesus Melo, Geophysicist, Petrobras, Brazil Bruno Auad David, IT Consultant, Halliburton, Brazil Renan Jandre Esteves, IT Consultant, Halliburton, Brazil Filipe dos Santos Sá, IT Consultant, Halliburton, Brazil 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION Wednesday, May 20, 2015 SESSION 4 TRACK 1: Spatial Data E&P GIS Governance, a Transverse Approach - Implementation and Lessons Learned Sylvain Bard-Maier, GIS Specialist, TOTAL S.A., France Enterprise Data Management Solutions – Managing Spatial Data as Corporate Assets at ConocoPhillips Scott Sitzman, Global GeoSpatial Team Lead, ConocoPhillips, USA Ryan Hamilton, Product Manager, Spatial Energy, USA Geographic Information System to Support the Pacific Rubiales Energy Exploration Process Oscar Castillo, Geomatic Coordinator, Pacific Rubiales Energy, Columbia Jorge Ramirez, Geomatic Engineer, Pacific Rubiales Energy, Columbia Efrain Laverde, Geomatic Engineer, Pacific Rubiales Energy, Columbia SESSION 4 TRACK 2: BEST PRACTICES Chair: Trudy Curtis, CEO & CIO, PPDM Association, Canada Improving Information Discovery Using Text Analytics at Shell Exploration John Buckley, Information Analyst, Shell Oil - Upstream, USA Paul Cleverley, Director, Flare Solutions, The Netherlands Data Management Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resources Science Center Gregory Gunther, Data Management Project Chief, USGS Central Energy Resources Science, USA Raymond Obuch, IT Specialist Data Management USGS Central Energy Resources Science, USA Christa Chavez, IT Specialist Data Management, USGS Central Energy Resources Science, USA Robert Miller, Student Contractor, USGS Central Energy Resources Science, USA Christopher Skinner, IT Specialist Data Management, USGS Central Energy Resources Science, USA SESSION 5 TRACK 1: SOLUTIONS Chair: Scott Schneider, Vice President, Information Technology, TGS, USA Sustainable and Effective Digital Oilfield Solutions with a Quick-Win Approach Alberto Dellabianca, Digital Oilfield Advisor, eni petroleum, USA; Elio Rancati, Technical IS Manager, eni petroleum, USA Changing Technology - Is That More Difficult for Your Data or for Your Habits? Gianluca Monachese, Director Business Development, Kadme AS, Norway Real Time Solutions to Increase the Efficiency in Workover Technologies for Unconventional Reservoirs Marcos Pérez, Sales Manager, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico José López, Well Engineering Design Leader, PEMEX, Mexico Edwin Hernández, Technology, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico Jorge Vite, Account Manager, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico Pablo Martinez, Data & Connectivity, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico Abraham Arenas, Data & Connectivity, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico Hiram Romero, Data & Connectivity, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico Pedro Miranda, Data & Connectivity, Petrolink Services Inc., Mexico SESSION 5 TRACK 2: QUALITY & VALUE Chair: Daljit Singh Sukhdev Singh, Senior Manager, Petroleum Engineering Data, Technical Global, Petronas, Malaysia Data Quality – Data Quality Profiling; Data Validation Schemes; Effective Data Cleanup Process and Procedures Zinaw Tesemma, Senior Data Analyst, Wood MacKenzie, USA Technology in a Vacuum: The Case for Transforming the Role of IT to Support Upstream E&P Operations Chris Josefy, Manager, Business Solutions, EP Energy, USA Omar Khan, Principal Analyst, Operations Excellence, EP Energy, USA Visualize Better Decisions: Use Data Visualization Tools and Crowdsourcing to Increase Data Quality and Trust Nate Richards, CEO, Entrance, USA Paul Murray, Director, Ruth.ai, USA SESSION 6 STANDARDS Chair: Ton Ruijgrok, Senior Geoinformation Manager, Total, France Industry, Standards, Societies and Regulatory Agencies Cooperation for Better Data Management Trudy Curtis, CEO, PPDM Association, Canada Shell’s Data Atlas - Easy Access to Technical Global Data Standards Kishore Yedlapalli, Global Data Quality Consultant, Shell, UK Data Management Challenges and WITSML David Johnson, VP, Product and Innovation, Petrolink,USA Jay Hollingsworth, Chief Technology Officer, Energistics, USA SESSION 7 SOLUTIONS Chair: Ray Wall, Director – IT Director, Global GGRE Data Management, ConocoPhillips, USA Central Authenticated E&P Data Repository: A Case Study of Master Project Implementation Hussein Alajmi, Team Leader E&P IM, KOC, Kuwait Using an Enterprise Architecture Tool to Develop and Implement a Metadata Model for Upstream Data Governance Operations Jawad AlKhalaf, IT Systems Specialist, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Tawfeeq Faraj, Petroleum Engineering Systems Consultant, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION Thursday, May 21, 2015 SESSION 8 STRATEGY Chair: Janet Hicks, Senior Manager, Information Management, Landmark Halliburton, USA Approach to Defining ConocoPhillips Framework to Strategically Prioritize our Subsurface Information Management Efforts Paloma Urbano, Sr. Consultant, E&P Data Management Strategy, USA Ray Wall, Director Information Management, ConocoPhillips, USA Brokering Peace in the Invisible Data Battle Between IT and Engineering Satish Bargava, Senior Director, Product Management & Marketing, Peaxy, Inc., USA An Information Driven Approach to Data Management James Pipe, Information Architect, Pipe Professional Services, USA Gary Winningham, Solution Architect, Chevron, USA SESSION 9 SOLUTIONS Chair: Jawad Khalaf, IT Applications-Systems Specialist, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Data As a Service Meena Sunderam, Information & Data Manager, BP, USA Blueprint of an Effective Upstream Data Governance Program Ayoub Aneddame, Petroleum Engineer System Analyst III, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Muhareb, Division Head, Saudia Aramco, Saudi Arabia Soufiane Aqachmar, Petroleum Engineer Systems Analyst III, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Learnings from Global Rollout of Blueback Project Tracker for Petrel Data Management at ExxonMobil Scott Robinson, Senior Petroleum Geologist, ExxonMobil Upstream Technical, USA SESSION 10 SOLUTIONS & LOOKING FORWARD All registered attendees are welcome to attend session 10 Chair: Fabio Feneri, E&P Information Management Coordination, eni SpA Upstream and Technical Services, Italy Rethinking G&G Project Archives Paul Richter, G&G Project Database Engineer, Eni Petroleum, USA Facilities and Equipment Data Management in Shell Business Operations-Manila Fernando Bernardo Beluan, Team Manager, Shell Business Operations - Manilla, Phillipines Rebranding Data Management for Executive Relevance Jess Kozman, Regional Representative, PPDM, Singapore AWARDS & DRAWINGS All registered attendees are welcome to attend CLICK HERE to view up-to-date conference program. 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