Expert Advisory System for Production Surveillance and Optimization Assisted by Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Mata ◽  
Luigi Saputelli ◽  
Richard Mohan ◽  
Erismar Rubio ◽  
Iman Al Selaiti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Petroleum Engineering ◽  
Soft Sensors ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Expert Advisory ◽  
High Level ◽  
Significant Opportunity

Abstract Petroleum Engineers are usually responsible for 50-200 wells. The wells in highly instrumented fields generate 10-20 measurements every few seconds. This makes it difficult to be on top of every well, every day. This challenge carries a significant opportunity cost, therefore the surveillance process requires automation by implementing surveillance-by-exception. Faster identification of problems is great, but not enough unless the required activities are executed in a timely manner. The ability to execute quickly and safely requires a well-structured coordination effort between the different disciplines involved in field operations. In line with ADNOC Digital Transformation strategy, the solution described in this paper intends to couple surveillance by exception (a Petroleum Engineering workflow) with field operations execution (a multi-disciplinary set of workflows in the field). The integration is achieved by creating a simple yet robust action tracking system, and feeding it automatically with new opportunities, so that it is kept up to date. Automatic diagnosis becomes opportunities. Opportunities become activities. Activities are assigned, executed and closed. All activities are tracked on a high level, which provides insights and visibility to all parties on who is doing what, when and how to close the opportunity. The surveillance by exception engine consumes real time measurements from the historian. It then runs a set of soft sensors using full physics, reduced order models, proxy and data driven machine learning models, which utilize most of the measurements. The measured and calculated values are then fed to an expert system, which automatically diagnoses the wells and creates tickets with recommendations to the production engineer. The engineer reviews the ticket and forwards to field operations for execution. The log of activities enables a direct measure of operational effectiveness. This paper describes the philosophy of the system, how it works, lessons learned and the results of implementation across 6 oilfields and 600+ wells in Abu Dhabi.

scholarly journals Efektifitas Pemanfaatan Youtube Melaui Video Online Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Oleh Mahasiswa (Studi Di Fakultas Fisip Universitas Bengkulu)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Fransiska Timoria Samosir ◽  
Fransiska Timoria SAmosir ◽  
Fransiska Timoria SAmosir
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Usage Rate ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
High Level

In this era of globalization, internet usage is growing very rapidly. It is characterized by the use of gadgets among students who are always connected to the Internet. Students like to find information in the form of real or audiovisual. Youtube presence also gives a great impact to this generation. This is what makes the basis for knowing how to use youtube as a medium lessons learned,This research is deskriptif qualitatif approach. The informants are students of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Bengkulu. The number of informants in this study were as many as 16. Data was collected through interviews. The results of this study indicate that students have a high level of usage of gadgets and is always connected to the internet. Students almost daily open the youtube application on their gadgets. Students who use youtube as a medium lesson learnded to add knowledge and support the work of the lecture. Youtube usage rate is influenced by gender, courses and classes.  Keyword: gadget, youtube, internet  

E-government and transformation of service delivery in developing countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noore Alam Siddiquee
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Intimate Knowledge ◽  
Secondary Information ◽  
High Level

Purpose Since 2009, e-government has been high on governmental agenda in Bangladesh. Seen as a vehicle for improving governance and service delivery, it is also presented as a key to fighting poverty and achieving the millennium development goals. Thus, the goals of e-government remain broad and ambitious. Can a developing country such as Bangladesh realize its e-government vision? The purpose of this paper is to explore this and other related questions seeking to draw lessons that the Bangladesh experience may offer. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws primarily on secondary information, complemented by primary data gathered from various sources. In addition to an extensive review of secondary sources, necessary information was derived from websites of relevant government departments/agencies and through interviews and conversations with selected government officials having intimate knowledge on e-government projects at the field and local levels. Findings The paper demonstrates the ways in which various e-initiatives have transformed traditional administrative systems and practices, notwithstanding the nation’s limited overall e-development. It also shows how e-innovations have helped tackle some complex challenges, thereby adding to convenience and benefits to service users. A major conclusion of the paper is that although e-government is yet to make a breakthrough in governance and service delivery, it has set the wheels of change in motion. Practical implications E-government must be seen as a long term project, it must attract high-level political support and it requires fruitful collaboration between the public, private and non-governmental actors. Originality/value This paper adds to the limited knowledge in the field. Lessons learned from the Bangladesh experience have much relevance to other developing countries with similar socioeconomic circumstances. The policymakers and practitioners are expected to benefit from the insights of the paper.

International Development and Validation of a Distributed Simulation for Naval Ship Replenishment at Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 161 (A1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Hydrodynamic Interaction ◽  
Distributed Simulation ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ship Motions ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
High Level ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Replenishment At Sea

Navies from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom collaborated to develop and validate a distributed simulation of ship replenishment at sea. The simulation models the seaway, ship motions including hydrodynamic interaction effects between ships, and the transfer of a solid payload between ships using replenishment gear. The simulation was developed using the High Level Architecture (HLA), which facilitates sharing of data and synchronization of simulation time among software components on networked computers. Simulation results were validated using experimental data. The project demonstrated successful application of distributed simulation to complex naval platform systems. Lessons learned are shared for several areas, including seaway modelling, ship hydrodynamic interaction, and planning of model tests and sea trials for simulation validation.

Understanding Unusual Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test Results in Tight Gas Fields - A Holistic Approach to Resolving the Data

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.N.. N. Naidu ◽  
E.A.. A. Guevara ◽  
A.J.. J. Twynam ◽  
J.. Rueda ◽  
W.. Dawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Petroleum Engineering ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Review Team ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a commonly used completion approach for extracting hydrocarbon resources from formations, particularly in those formations of very low permeability. As part of this process the use of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests (DFIT) can provide valuable information. When the measured pressures in such tests are outside the expected range for a given formation, a number of possibilities and questions will arise. Such considerations may include: What caused such inflated pressures? What is the in-situ stress state? Was there a mechanical or operational problem? Was the test procedure or the test equipment at fault? What else can explain the abnormal behaviour? While there may not be simple answers to all of these questions, such an experience can lead to a technically inaccurate conclusion based on inadequate analysis. A recently completed project faced just such a challenge, initially resulting in poor hydraulic fracturing efficiency and a requirement to understand the root causes. In support of this, a thorough analysis involving a multi-disciplinary review team from several technical areas, including petrophysics, rock/geo-mechanics, fluids testing/engineering, completions engineering, hydraulic fracture design and petroleum engineering, was undertaken. This paper describes the evolution of this study, the work performed, the results and conclusions from the analysis. The key factors involved in planning a successful DFIT are highlighted with a general template and a work process for future testing provided. The importance of appreciating the impact of the drilling and completion fluids composition, their properties and their compatibility with the formation fluids are addressed. The overall process and technical approach from this case study in tight gas fields, will have applicability across similar fields and the lessons learned could help unlock those reserves that are initially deemed technically or even commercially unattractive due to abnormal or unexpected behaviour measured during a DFIT operation.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 293-296
Author(s):  
Yuri G. Raydugin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Political ◽  
Risk Quantification ◽  
System Dynamics Modelling ◽  
Project Failures ◽  
Dynamics Modelling ◽  
High Level

This chapter provides a high-level overview of concepts, models, and results discussed in this book. It is accentuated that risk quantification used in decision-making can be tagged as ‘political mathematics’. The political aspects are defined by various realizations of bias from strategic misrepresentation to the Hiding Hand principle. It is pointed out that the mathematical aspects may succumb to the similar realizations of bias as political ones. Recommendations to balance the political and mathematical aspects are proposed. A role of the non-linear Monte Carlo N-SCRA methodology supported by the project system dynamics modelling is established as a role of the Revealing Hand. It should provide ammunition for decision-making before the project approval, not after in a form of lessons learned as the Hiding Hand does. This is a way to decline the invitation to attend a ‘banquette of consequences’ referring to project failures as ‘unpleasant unsurprises’.

Transparency and Accountability in Public Procurement of Essential Medicines in Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
Anita Kotwani
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Essential Medicine ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
High Level ◽  
Procurement System

Pharmaceuticals are an integral component of a health care system; any weakness in governance of the pharmaceutical system negatively impacts health outcomes, especially in developing countries. It is believed that procurement on the concept of essential medicine list and transparency leads to improved efficiency and access to medicines, as has been described for the Delhi model. However, transparency is only the first step; accountability and sustainability are also needed. Information systems create opportunities for transparency and openness through the disclosure of information and improve decision-making and efficiency along the medicine supply chain. With the lessons learned from experiences of many developing countries, technical guidance and tools developed by international agencies, a transparent, accountable, sustainable public procurement system is possible but high-level political commitment is needed to mandate and enforce the system.

History of Health Technology Assessment in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Arab-Zozani ◽  
Mobin Sokhanvar ◽  
Edris Kakemam ◽  
Tahereh Didehban ◽  
Soheil Hassanipour
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Systematic Structure ◽  
High Level

This article describes the characteristics of the health system and reviews the history of health technology assessment (HTA) in Iran, including its inception, processes, challenges, and lessons learned. This study was conducted by analyzing existing documents, reports, and guidelines related to HTA and published articles in the field. HTA in Iran has been established since the late 2000s and was first introduced as a secretariat by the Deputy of Health at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The mission of the HTA office is to systematically assess technologies to improve evidence-informed decision making. Despite its 10 years of existence, HTA in Iran still faces some challenges. The most pressing problems currently facing HTA in Iran include conflicts of interest among researchers performing the HTAs, the absence of a systematic structure for identifying and introducing new technologies, the lack of interest in HTA results among high-level policy makers, and the lack of external oversight for HTA projects.

scholarly journals A Connected Autonomous Vehicle Testbed: Capabilities, Experimental Processes and Lessons Learned

Automation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Thomas Kent ◽  
Anthony Pipe ◽  
Arthur Richards ◽  
Jim Hutchinson ◽  
Wolfgang Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Autonomous Vehicle ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Stable Set ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
High Level ◽  
Key Steps

VENTURER was one of the first three UK government funded research and innovation projects on Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and was conducted predominantly in the South West region of the country. A series of increasingly complex scenarios conducted in an urban setting were used to: (i) evaluate the technology created as a part of the project; (ii) systematically assess participant responses to CAVs and; (iii) inform the development of potential insurance models and legal frameworks. Developing this understanding contributed key steps towards facilitating the deployment of CAVs on UK roads. This paper aims to describe the VENTURER Project trials, their objectives and detail some of the key technologies used. Importantly we aim to introduce some informative challenges that were overcame and the subsequent project and technological lessons learned in a hope to help others plan and execute future CAV research. The project successfully integrated several technologies crucial to CAV development. These included, a Decision Making System using behaviour trees to make high level decisions; A pilot-control system to smoothly and comfortably turn plans into throttle and steering actuation; Sensing and perception systems to make sense of raw sensor data; Inter-CAV Wireless communication capable of demonstrating vehicle-to-vehicle communication of potential hazards. The closely coupled technology integration, testing and participant-focused trial schedule led to a greatly improved understanding of the engineering and societal barriers that CAV development faces. From a behavioural standpoint the importance of reliability and repeatability far outweighs a need for novel trajectories, while the sensor-to-perception capabilities are critical, the process of verification and validation is extremely time consuming. Additionally, the added capabilities that can be leveraged from inter-CAV communications shows the potential for improved road safety that could result. Importantly, to effectively conduct human factors experiments in the CAV sector under consistent and repeatable conditions, one needs to define a scripted and stable set of scenarios that uses reliable equipment and a controllable environmental setting. This requirement can often be at odds with making significant technology developments, and if both are part of a project’s goals then they may need to be separated from each other.

Tool Support for Model-Driven Development of Web Applications

2009 ◽  
pp. 331-344
Author(s):  
Jaime Gomez ◽  
Alejandro Bia ◽  
Antonio Parraga
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Natural Consequence ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
High Level ◽  
Model Driven Approach ◽  
Industrial Context

This paper describes the engineering foundations of VisualWADE, a CASE tool to automate the production of Web applications. VisualWADE follows a model-driven approach focusing on requirements analysis, high level design, and rapid prototyping. In this way, an application evolves smoothly from the first prototype to the final product, and its maintenance is a natural consequence of development. The paper also discusses the lessons learned in the development of the tool and its application to several case studies in the industrial context.

scholarly journals Integration of an Academic Medical Center and a Large Health System: Implications for Pharmacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-174
Author(s):  
Brian L. Erstad ◽  
Tina Aramaki ◽  
Kurt Weibel
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Integration Method ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
High Level

Objective: To provide lessons learned for colleges of pharmacy and large health systems that are contemplating or in the process of undergoing integration. Method: This report describes the merger of an academic medical center and large health system with a focus on the implications of the merger for pharmacy from the perspectives of both a college of pharmacy and a health system’s pharmacy services. Results: Overarching pharmacy issues to consider include having an administrator from the college of pharmacy directly involved in the merger negotiation discussions, having at least one high-level administrator from the college of pharmacy and one high-level pharmacy administrator from the health system involved in ongoing discussions about implications of the merger and changes that are likely to affect teaching, research, and clinical service activities, having focused discussions between college and health system pharmacy administrators on the implications of the merger on experiential and research-related activities, and anticipating concerns by clinical faculty members affected by the merger. Conclusion: The integration of a college of pharmacy and a large health system during the acquisition of an academic medical center can be challenging for both organizations, but appropriate pre- and post-merger discussions between college and health system pharmacy administrators that include a strategic planning component can assuage concerns and problems that are likely to arise, increasing the likelihood of a mutually beneficial collaboration.

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