Avocet Production Operations Software Platform

Our production operations management solutions are based around the Avocet platform. Avocet is a single, integrated platform engineered to enable producing assets to consistently hit their production targets. Avocet combines well operations and production data management systems to deliver a clear, complete and up-to-date picture of operations – from capturing and validating field data, to production and equipment surveillance, and tracking of specialized oilfield operations. Avocet production operations software connects directly to petroleum engineering simulations like PIPESIM models and analytical applications such as OFM software to provide insight into the root causes of production shortfalls. By uniting data with models in a single environment, problems can be identified more quickly, downtime can be minimized and production optimized. Avocet also integrates with corporate datastores, accounting and fiscal modeling systems, and other applications.

Avocet is engineered to provide answers to challenges for all types of operations – offshore, onshore, conventional and unconventional. Avocet has been developed using global industry standards to support audits, security and regulatory compliance. Built on a modern Microsoft^® foundation, the Avocet platform is open and extensible. New data types or equipment can be added as operations change through time and tailored calculations can be quickly added to meet unique requirements.

Avocet solutions are built on experience gained from building solutions for over 300 customers globally. We offer consulting, project management and training support for all implementations.

Benefits

Avocet solutions benefit a broad range of producing asset disciplines – field staff, production and reservoir engineers, production accountants and administrators. Asset managers are able to view asset performance, monitor KPIs, and visualize relevant information that can affect production and impact performance. Production Managers can visualize asset performance including allocated production against plan for a full portfolio of assets in a consistent manner – in a single environment, regardless of asset type or where the assets are located. A Microsoft^® Silverlight^™ interface allows full access to the Avocet platform on the web for data entry, validation and a common view of information between the field and the office.

Capabilities

• Data Capture & Validation. Collect all types of production operations information from subsurface, wellbore, wellhead and facilities. Data can be loaded and validated directly (using industry-standard protocols) from SCADA systems, data historians and other business systems. Laptops and field notebooks can be used to manually collect data in the field and synchronize with master repositories.
• Production Computations & Allocation. Perform full stream and component-based allocation for a wide range of fluid and disposition types. Use API, ISO and AGA standards for volume computation, temperature and pressure correction. Use theoretical methods (well tests and models) for wellhead estimation and set up allocation using network schematics.
• Reporting. Generate reports to meet operational, management, partner and regulatory (state and federal authority) requirements. Export data at any time to Microsoft® Excel for analysis.
• Shortfall (Loss) Management. Assign classifications to downtimes for better understanding of the reasons for production shortfalls. Estimate shortfalls against forecasted, targeted, budgeted and nominated key performance indicators. Generate data for analysis and enter opportunities for short term and long term production deficiency management.
• Wells & Completions History. Visualize detailed wellbore configuration schematics. Track well integrity parameters for mechanical surveillance. Record workovers and well interventions.
• Customization & Extension. Add custom calculations and expressions using the Python^® programming language.

Avocet incorporates complementary tools to automate workflows and to provide advanced analyses.

• Advanced Workflow Automation. Improve field performance by automating routine operations and improving data quality. Combine workflows from multiple applications or data repositories.
• Artificial Lift Management. Diagnostics and determination of optimal operating points for ESP and gas lifted systems.
• Predictive Analytics. Robust tools and techniques for advanced data mining, artificial intelligence, and petroleum engineering analysis to detect anomalous behavior, estimate well performance or provide data-driven candidate selection.
• Web-based KPI Visualization. Integrated, web-based data and visualization framework that gives engineers and managers immediate access to actionable information.