The Requirement
In order to conduct operations more efficiently, a comprehensive operations management system is required which captures the operational workflow. From this functional workflow, data are consolidated and joined to provide a comprehensive relational data structure.

With this consolidated information on a given project, access can be provided to a wide variety of clients for planning, coordination, and analysis by means of a Geographical Information System (GIS), open database architecture, data connection and load wizards, report and analysis builder, and web-enabling technology. A key requirement of such system is data dissemination.

A wide variety of user groups involved in a project experience significant information disconnects. Examples of these disconnects occur early, between the Client team and field operations, i.e. by not taking full advantage of permitting, minerals, design flexibility, hazards, and cultural information. Disconnects propagate during the field operations, i.e. the lack of information sharing between permitting, survey, drilling, and recording, the result of which can be trespass, proximity violation, accidents / exposure and resultant damages. Productivity and quality can suffer, as well. Finally, the production of an accurate geophysical acquisition database containing the seismic metadata required for data processing presents another disconnect in the overall process.