GeoVation Award Submission2009 - Venture Category

Web Mapping forNational Data Repositories

www.geovation.org.uk

www.oilelefant.com

Who?

• National data repositories

• Relatively small and poor independent nations

• Currently developing their own resources alone or with other nations

• Inheriting previous industry or government information

What?

• Oil imports hamper national budgets

• Divert funds away from necessary areas such as Health, Education etc.

• Own resource development is a high priority

• Develop or enhance what’s already in place

Where?

• Natural resources are always found indirectly

• First in scattered databases left behind by previous corporations or governments

• Across field offices and various agencies

• Usually on paper or local computer disks

When?

• Nation states recovering from high oil prices

• Struggling under foreign loan obligations

• Fighting internal economic or political struggles

• Fighting external factors of global recession

How?

• National data repositories of all relevant petroleum resources information

• Collect, classify, maintain, report and make available to industry and agencies

• In widely accessible and easily maintained knowledge information management systems

Why?

• Simple tools to codify information

• Intuitive web and forms interfaces

• Workflow driven and standards based

• Capture all relevant info to manage resources

• Meaningful to technical and managerial staff

And why?

• Web forms start from industry-driven best practices and data standards

• Build upon current expertise developed and made available worldwide

• Address issues that are relevant locally • Maps are a universal visual medium for

technical and managerial staff alike• Allow to show relevant information to a wide

audience of public and private stakeholders

PESGB Data Management 2008 – Day 2 Workshop AwardVenue: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, 30th June - 1st July 2008

Conference themeRecent trends and developments in Data Management, Data Integration using GIS, National Repositories, Standards, Process Improvement, Electronic Document Management (EDM and ECM) and Knowledge Management.

Presentation•Team collaboration and input

•Presented on 2nd day of Conference

•Key aspect and theme for presentation “adding value for Petroleum Data Management”

•Team comprised 8 individuals from oil companies, service companies, software engineers, data

managers

•Team presentation 5 minutes to set out strategy for data management yielding added value and with

key aims within a company or national agency setting

•Award provided to team as represented with DAL of INM acting a spokesperson for team

•Elements of importance of stakeholders, strategy in place and importance of standards with

appropriate software tools was highlighted within team presentation

•Relevant input from each team member contributed to award and presented in a structured

implementation approach and methodology

National Data Repository Conference

• New Delhi 31 August – 3 September, 2009• Regulatory agencies, government ministries,

energy companies, oilfield service companies, software vendors and anyone interested in the exchange of oil and natural gas information with governments

• Ninth in a series of global meetings promoting the collaboration of regulatory agencies and industry on oil and natural gas data management standards.

Digital Energy Journal report on same

• “… (ensure) resources provide the maximum benefit to the country over the longer term…”

• “… (the) data repository can also act as a showcase for a country aiming to attract oil and gas investment…”

• “… (so) that data is readily available so companies do not have to collect it all again…”

• “… provides enormous added value to government, industry and society…”

Planned disbursements

• Improve the web interface and program back-end for international consumption

• Improve marketing of oilelefantTM on relevant traditional and social media

• Improve linkage and collaboration with relevant partner agencies and organizations

Web Interface

Forms Interface

Thank you

Andrew ZolnaiSales & Marketing Directorsales@interactnetmap.comInteractive Net Mapping Ltd.

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