Challenge:
An integrated energy company (oil, gas, geothermal and CCS) struggled with siloed technical data spread across Petrel, Landmark, GIS, SharePoint and various vendor systems.
Different departments stored “their own” version of well and seismic data, making cross-disciplinary workflows inconsistent and exposing the company to regulatory and operational risk.
Solution:
dbMap was deployed as the organisation’s enterprise subsurface master data environment, standardising corporate data governance across all teams.
Using dbMap, they:
- Centralised wells, surveys, tops, logs, cores, 2D/3D seismic and leases
- Harmonised data using PPDM standards
- Implemented version control and audit trails for all updates
- Used Records Management to catalogue associated reports, log scans and physical media
- Connected dbMap to Petrel and Landmark via Exchange for controlled data flow into interpretation environments
Result:
- Consistent, trusted subsurface data feeding every technical workflow
- Data quality improved through controlled promotion workflows and metadata checks
- Faster cross-disciplinary collaboration (geology, geophysics, GIS, subsurface engineering)
- Stronger compliance position with regulators through transparent lineage and auditable processes