Development of a New Digital Monitoring and Surveillance Platform in a Regulatory Agency in Latin America

Abstract

Abstract Hydrocarbons regulators and inspectors face technical and operational challenges in monitoring fields and assets. The remoteness of field locations, data governance and contractual rules make this task difficult to track. This paper presents the implementation of a monitoring platform designed by a regulatory agency in Latin America, the underlying technology, the process followed, and the results and benefits of this initiative. This monitoring platform was developed using various systems to support the data streams used in the overall process. During the first phase, the system architecture was defined to outline the main components of the monitoring platform, data flows and hierarchy. A data quality and standardization process were outlined to ensure consistency and validation of the data coming from the oil and gas assets. A production data management system was then integrated to collect, store, and display all production operations information and measurements. In addition, a Geographic Information System was embedded into the monitoring platform after a careful review of geo-referenced details of fields and wells for each of the operating companies. Finally, the user interface design included the definition of monitoring dashboards and various visualization screens.