Synegys - mobile Field Data Collection

mobile Field Data Capture (mFDC)

Achieving Operational Excellence in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry

Briefing Pack

January, 2016

Copyright © 2016 by Synegys s.r.o.This report is solely for the use of client personnel. No part of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced for distribution outside of the client organization without prior written approval from Synegys

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© 2016 Synegys s.r.o. All rights reserved.For Discussion Purposes

Despite the fall in oil prices, most oil and gas companies plan to invest the same amount or more in digital technologies – NOW and in the FUTURE

How is the current phase of the crude cycle, with lower oil prices, impacting your digital

technology spend in the short term?

Over the next 3-5 years, how much is your company planning to invest in digital

technologies?

Despite low oil prices, 6 out of 10 companies plan to invest the same or more in digital technologies.

80% of oil and gas companies plan to invest the same or more in digital technologies in the future.

Source: 2015 Oil and Gas Industry Survey - Microsoft

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The key reason for investing in digital technologies is to improve operational efficiencies – with investments in mobility and infrastructure setting the stage for future investments in Big Data analytics and automation

61%65%

69% 72%

56% 53%

61%

51% 53% 51%

61%65%

CLOUD COLLABORATION INFRASTRUCTURE MOBILITY BIG DATA / ANALYTICS AUTOMATION / INTERNET OF THINGS

Which digital technologies is your company investing in today / over the 3-5 years?

Investing Today Investing in 3-5yrs

89%

5%6%

How much do you think investment in digital technologies will improve

operational efficiency?

Source: 2015 Oil and Gas Industry Survey - Microsoft

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Synegys’ mobile Field Data Collection (mFDC) solution enables upstream Oil & Gas Operators achieve operational excellence in well and reservoir management

Maximize safety & regulatory compliance through:

• Offline access to approved operating and safety procedures

• Validated location tracking and time-stamping to ensure that required checks have been performed

• Searchable audit trail of safety and regulatory-related inspections and activities

Challenges for Marginal Reservoirs or Oil & Gas Fields in Remote Fields

Unscheduled downtime &

maintenance cost control

Inefficient paper-based data collection

Personnel turnover and training costs

Accurate production data

Safety & regulatory

complianceIndustry

Challenges

Synegys’ mFDC

Industry Solution

More accurate production data through:

• Electronic data collection and validation

• Automatic data transfer to production accounting applications

• Automated industry calculations

Less downtime and lower maintenance costs through:

• Consistent enforcement of accepted operating procedures

• Early detection of equipment failure

• Field execution of approved contingency procedures automatically triggered by captured field operating conditions

Improve knowledge transfer & lower training costs by:

• Capture of best practices from experienced field workers

• Immediate guidance and access to reference information when problem is detected

• The ability to create step-by-step procedures as part of on-the-job training

Improve field engineer efficiency through:

• Elimination of slow, less accurate, paper-based data collection

• Immediate filtering of manually collected data to minimize data entry errors

• Access to guidance and reference information

• Improved speed of reporting and analytics

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mFDC is a cost effective strategy for monitoring remote, non-instrumented assets using a mobile app to automate the collection of field data

M A N U A L D AT A C O L L E C T I O NOperator RoundsLog Books

E L E C T R O N I C D AT A C O L L E C T I O N

Mobile App

M A N A G E M E N T / S TA K E H O L D E R S

Inspections Operator RoundsLog BooksInspections

Web Interface

Custom Forms

Reporting

Synchronizati on

Query

Data ExportData Mgt.

Data Security

Paper FormsPaper Forms

Access to real-time validation of accurate data provides upstream operators strategic value in productivity, improved margins and reduction in business costs.

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mFDC addresses “Big Data” by streamlining business processes and workflows through electronic data collection

mFDC addresses the “Big Data” characteristics of: Volume (sheer quantity of data), Velocity (the speed which data is available and can be used) and Variety(structured and unstructured data; Veracity (data quality, confidence of analysis) and Value

• Improves data veracity: Data can be time-stamped, validated and associated with the correct wells. Supporting data including note-taking and photos can be appended to support observations.

• Improves data velocity: Real-time access, subject to network availability, for engineers to extract and to perform value-added analysis with the data.

• Improves data value: Pre-defined reports to be automatically generated and distributed based on requirements.

• Manages data variety and data volumes: Consolidate, manage and store disparate data of different types (e.g. images, GPS coordinates, barcodes, RFID tags, voice, video, e-signatures, etc.) for record keeping and auditing.

Illustrative Purposes

Collect inspection data Incident Reporting

Electronic Data Collection

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Synegys’ mFDC captures incoming information, automatically applies it into business processes, and manages process and resulting cases

Replace paper forms with mobile forms….

…to improve workflows...

Through electronic data collection, volumes of data can be quickly integrated with a variety of information sources to ensure data veracity and to automate information-driven processes.

This makes the entire ecosystem around critical processes like safety audits, time sheets, inspections, quality controls, facility management handled in a much more fashionable way.

…resulting in superior well and reservoir management

Paper is a convenient medium for workers to capture data, but paper-based processes are slow and error prone; they also obscure operational visibility and limit collaboration.

Synegys provides oil and gas companies the ability to dynamically create and track the information incident-specific requirements of production processes. This helps companies empower both employees and partners by delivering data in context across multiple data sources.

With Synegys, oil and gas companies can improve the speed and quality of their business processes by providing the information needed for enhanced decision making, exception handling and problem resolution resulting in:

• Lower operating costs• Improved collaboration• More agile processes• Increased efficiency• Better information quality• Greater productivity• Improved compliance

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Synegys employs a five phase approach underpinned by strategy, process, technology, people and program management to ensure a successful mFDC rollout

Discover Assess Design Build Deploy

Understand what data is collected and how it is used

Identify mobile app solution capabilities to close “Big Data” performance gap

Assess “As-Is” processes, identify gaps and develop plan to close

Build and test a customized mobile app solution

Roll-out initiative and develop evolution plan

• Exploit new wireless opportunities and formulate the future state of collecting data in marginal fields in emerging countries.Strategy

• Define new and transform old processes to gain maximum efficiency Process

• Evaluate and design flexible IT-mobile systems and architectureTechnology

• Manage and resolve HR issues resulting from implementing a mobile app solutionPeople

• Manage and document the transformation processProgram Management

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Following an assessment of Operator requirements, Synegys’ mFDC solution can be customized based on an existing or newly defined feature set to suit any need

Forms Capture

MOBILE FORMS ON ANY DEVICE, ANYTIME, ANYWHEREGive field workers the ability to access, complete and view forms from mobile devices or from any web browser 24/7/365.

REAL-TIME FORMS CAPTUREForms can be captured from anywhere and sent to office for the varying levels of connectivity (e.g. strong 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, LTE, intermittent 3g, GPRS, etc.).

OFFLINE DATA FORMS CAPTUREForms can be entered while completely disconnected and without cell or data service. Data can be uploaded to central server once connection is in place.

SIMPLE, INTUITIVE MOBILER USER INTERFACEMobile forms are intuitive, ensuring rapid employee adoption. Native apps provide users with the best experience.

AUTO-SAVENever lose your data. Mobile forms can be initiated and re-visited all at once or at different times as needed.

SEND FORMSCompleted mobile forms are uploaded to a central server and can be shared or emailed from the mobile device to co-workers.

ACCESS FORMSCompleted forms can be retrieved and reviewed from any device, anytime and from anywhere.

AUTO-CORRECT Improve accuracy and reduce data entry errors based on formulas, tables or calculations.

OPTICAL CHARACTER READER (OCR)Extract readings from pictures taken of for example, meter controls

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Following an assessment of Operator requirements, mFDC can be customized based on an existing or newly defined feature set to suit any need (cont’d)

FORM CREATION

FORM WIDGETSWidget library allowing for simple and flexible use to build and modify forms.

INTUITIVE FORM BUILDERBuild and deploy electronic forms quickly with no coding required.

CONDITIONAL FORMSEmbed sub-forms and conditional forms, supporting workflow capabilities.

PERMISSIONS & ROUTINGGet the right forms to the right people for them to complete and to submit.

WORKFLOW RULESFunctionality to automatically perform actions based on GPS or other activity.

RICH MEDIA CAPTURE

GPS CAPTURE & VIEWSee GPS coordinates or visual, graphical maps of where forms were submitted.

INTEGRATED PHOTO CAPTUREAllow field workers the capability to capture a picture as part of a form.

INTEGRATED VIDEO CAPTUREInclude videos as part of a job form.

SKETCHS & ANNOTATIONSPhotos and blank page sketches can be annotated and inserted into forms.

ELECTRONIC SIGNATURESCapture electronic signatures following each operator round.

BAR CODE READINGMinimize data entry errors with the ability to read bar codes of supplies, equipment and inventory.

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Following an assessment of Operator requirements, mFDC can be customized based on existing or newly defined feature set to suit any need (cont’d)

FIELD WORKER MANAGEMENT

FIELD WORKER MAPSShow historical GPS points that provide time, date and speed of mobile field workers as they do their operator rounds.

GEOFENCINGCreate custom geographic regions and set up alerts when field workers travel in or out of them.

GPS ALERTSProvide automated alerts to supervisor when an event such as speeding or stopping occurs.

FIELD WORKER MONITOR ALERTSProvide pro-active alerts to supervisors when an event does not occur (e.g. missed meter reading).

FIELD WORKER MANAGERMENTEnsures field workers conduct operator rounds, inspections and reliability checks in a thorough and fully verifiable manner.

ISSUE MANAGEMENTHelps field workers respond consistently and effectively to field issues through predefined follow-up actions triggered automatically by current operating conditions.

COMMUNICATIONS

INTEGRAGED MESSAGINGSend one-way messages to field workers from a management console.

JOB DISPATCHSend and receive job information to and from field workers.

RESOURCE LIBRARY

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURESProvide field workers support information to complete their rounds.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCEProvide real time access to reliable, accurate information supporting rapid responses to compliance / security threats.

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Following an assessment of Operator requirements, mFDC can be customized based on existing or newly defined feature set to suit any need (cont’d)

SECURITY

MOBILE DEVICE TOKENSSecure tokens to ensure that only your employees can access forms with approved mobile devices.

ROLE-BASED PERMISSIONSCustom employee role-based permissions for form submission and access.

SECURE DATA TRANSFER & STORAGEProtect data with a combination of security capabilities – both as the data travels to and from the device and as it is stored on the device.

REPORTING & ANALYTICS

WEB-SERVICE INTEGRATIONVaried levels of web-service APIs to push/pull data. Additional support services is possible to for example, integrate to third party systems.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE OF FIELD FORCEGain a comprehensive view into activities of field workers.

PRODUCTION TRACKINGCapture production totals by: aggregating individual wells, totalizing production data by area or storage tank and calculating volume of common tank/vessel types.

CUSTOM OR AUTOMATED REPORTSGenerate ad-hoc or scheduled reports of field workers or production assets.

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDSView realtime dashboards showing KPIs to make accelerated and informed decisions.

COMPLIANCE REPORTING & MANAGEMENTEnable accurate monitoring and streamlined reporting on regulatory and safety issues.

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mFDC is not just about ”electronifying” forms, Synegys provides a comprehensive solution to ensure a successful rollout

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A very different approach …Highly respectful, passionate, and collaborative working style that gives us an unmatched ability to couple business issues with technology

We understand the difficulties our clients face; and our integrity and commitment allows us to participate in both the risks and rewards of our solution.

… for very different results.Delivering solutions having a demonstrable ROI Delivering business performance improvements clients can count on

We work closely with our clients to realize significant, long-lasting improvements in their business performance

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Contact Details

This material was prepared for discussion with Upstream Oil & Gas Operators by Synegys.

For more information, visit www.synegys.com. If you have any questions or would like further discussion, please contact us at [email protected] or through any of the individuals below:

– Europe, Africa & Asia-Pacific: William Eng +420 736 767 732

– North America: Denny Amirault +1 403 708 3910

– Central & South America, CIS: Carlos Brunat +7 903 215 35 22

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