Challenge

Provide employees with fast,personalized access to corporateE&P databases.

Solution

Implemented the GeoPortal project in three stages, usingcomponents of the DecisionPoint*personalized Web solution, fivecommercial repositories, andapplication databases.

Results

Integrated GeoPortal into MyKOC,the enterprisewide portal.Provided 100 users a single pointof access with a unique userauthentication mechanism.

DecisionPoint Solution Supports Better Business DecisionsCase study: MyKOC enterprisewide portal enhanced byGeoPortal Web components for operational effectiveness

Fast, personalized access to databases

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) wanted to provide employees with fast, personalized access

to its growing number of corporate E&P databases. The company envisioned a Web

portal solution that would allow users to personalize up-to-date data views to fit their

daily workflows, and would provide asset teams with a collaborative workspace.

Real-time information environment

One of KOC’s immediate challenges was to encourage

its geoscientists and engineers to move to a real-

time information environment in which they would

correlate data from disparate repositories, analyze

it in real- or near-real-time, and apply their decisions

to ongoing operations.

A further objective was to provide a common point

of data access for users from petroleum engineers,

reservoir engineers, and geoscientists to team leaders,

supervisors, and managers. This would entail defining

and providing data connectors to the corporate data

sources, and supplying query and reporting tools.

”When all KOC engineers

and geoscientists can

leverage our enterprise

information, better business

decisions will be made

more effectively.”

Mr. Farouk Al-Zanki,KOC Chairman and Managing Director

The KOC GeoPortal—an integrated digital workspace.

Schlumberger Information Solutions

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Case study: MyKOC enterprisewide portal enhanced by GeoPortal Web components for operational effectiveness

Other technical challenges were apparent. There was no tool that would provide the

capabilities required in the homogeneous environment in which the corporate MyKOC

portal was developed using Microsoft® SharePoint® technology. In addition, the E&P Web

portal solution would need to be fully integrated as a collection of Web components rather

than as a simple chain link to the MyKOC portal, supporting active directory authentication

(single sign-on environment).

The final challenge for KOC was to find a partner with unique expertise in the E&P

industry who was knowledgeable and had worldwide experience in the information manage-

ment domain.

GeoPortal implementation project

Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) offered a Web-portal solution that would enable

users to personalize their workspaces. KOC and SIS initiated the GeoPortal project. A global

project team of SIS experts with background in E&P information management was assembled,

and the project was divided into three stages.

Phase I included blending components of the DecisionPoint personalized Web solution

into the Microsoft SharePoint environment. In Phase II, five commercial repositories and

application databases were connected and made accessible through the common Web

interface. In Phase III, the GeoPortal was integrated into MyKOC, the enterprise-wide portal,

with a unique user authentication mechanism.

Phases II and III, carried out in parallel, included appointing KOC GeoPortal nominees

from various divisions such as data management, reservoir management, field development,

drilling, exploration, production operations, and engineering. The GeoPortal was personalized

and customized according to the nominees’ specifications. Online user training material and

full-day training sessions were provided to all nominees as part of the deployment stage

of Phase III.

A sample portal workflow for the Data Management Group, which encompasses data views for drilling, well surveillance,and production operations.

Single point of contact

Initially 100 users—and potentially 1,500 users—gained a single point of access to

a variety of data types from the corporate Finder datastores as well as user and project-

specific applications.

In addition to accessing a default page created for each user community, users are also

able to create their own sites within the MyKOC portal using the GeoPortal Web components

of their choice, thus fulfilling the requirement of integrated personalized data access.

The final challenge for

KOC was to find a partner

with unique expertise in

the E&P industry who was

knowledgeable and had

worldwide experience

in the information

management domain.

The DecisionPoint Data Accesscomponents enable a quickview of diverse data types frommultiple data sources.

Case study: MyKOC enterprisewide portal enhanced by GeoPortal Web components for operational effectiveness

The SIS portal-within-a-portal solution also serves as a data validation checkpoint

by supplying standard quality control indicators to the corporate datastores. In summary,

the GeoPortal provides

• an integration framework and workspace for diverse KOC user communities

• better collaboration between KOC communities

• optimized personal productivity

• data browsing for all critical information

• the ability to monitor key business measures

• enhanced decision making.

E-mail sisinfo@slb.com or contact your local Schlumberger representative to learn more.

SIS offered a

Web-portal solution

enabling users to

personalize their

workspaces and

gain a single

point of access.

06-IS-299 January 2007 *Mark of SchlumbergerOther company, product, and service names are the properties of their respective owners.Copyright © 2007 Schlumberger. All rights reserved.Produced by Schlumberger Marketing Communications

www.slb.com/sis

At a glance, the DecisionPoint components provide a quick view of gas, oil, and water production in a speedometer format. Drilldown capabilities allow KOC users to see the exact information they need from the division level down to the well or pumper level.

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