In 2005, an unnamed oil & gas operator quietly set the world record in drilling furthest from the intended location. Positioning a rig offshore, not far from the equator, someone managed to misread Latitude North as South. As a result, the well spudded 400 kilometres off target.1 This is an extreme example but, in our…
Read detailsIt’s been nearly 3 years since Esri announced that the technology we’d been using for years was now “a platform”. I think it’s fair to say people were initially confused. Fast forward a couple of releases and Esri’s technology stack has matured significantly, and with it their ArcGIS Platform offering. We’re now seeing the realisation…
Read detailsExprodat recently held its first company day of 2015 and it was a great success. It’s a day filled with company updates from the Exprodat management team, technical workshops, team meetings and team-building social events. I’m on the Sports and Social Committee and we always try to plan a fun activity as part of the…
Read detailsIn this blog we will look at how you can improve the performance of your ArcGIS for Server-based WebGIS applications by tweaking the content of the map services that they use. Before you start If you’re creating a new WebGIS application, or looking to amend an existing one, you should consider: Who’s going to use…
Read detailsThis was the third year that Esri has focused in on the ‘Location (Web GIS) Platform’ concept in their Partner Conference, and there was a real clarity around the messaging this year. These are my top 5 takeaways. 1. It’s not about the technology There was a clear shift away from a focus on technology,…
Read detailsExprodat carried out its second industry benchmark survey in 2014, measuring geospatial capability maturity across 18 oil & gas operators worldwide (including Independents, IOCs and NOCs). Initial results were presented at the European PUG conference in November, and we are now pleased to make the full report available free of charge. From GIS resourcing levels…
Read detailsIntroduction How long does it take you to run a “Monograph 3” geostatistical reserves analysis? Chances are that you find it complex, onerous and time consuming. If that’s the case, then you’re probably not using the right tools. In this blog I’m going to describe how I used GIS to run 10 iterations of the…
Read detailsScale is one of the most important factors to consider when representing data on a map. As mentioned in the ‘Creating a Multi-scale Geological Map’ blog it is important not to confuse the message of your map by including too much data. There are several ways of controlling scalable visibility, including: Using separate datasets of…
Read detailsDepth-to-surface maps can be derived from isopach (thickness) data, and are useful for visualising regional structural trends. This blog demonstrates how to use mathematic functions in ArcGIS to create a grid representing the depth to a stratigraphic surface in the Viking Graben area of the UKCS (see previous blog for data and area). Method Calculating…
Read detailsWith the arrival of ArcGIS 10.0, Esri introduced the ability to use Python within the Field Calculator allowing the user the ability to perform more complex calculations. How does this help me? Let’s suppose I need to create a map showing the fields of the central North Sea in both the context of their hydrocarbon…
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