1. PETRONAS E&P Data Centre (EPDC)
Country Presentation : Malaysia
PETRONAS E&P Data Centre (EPDC)
De Janeiro
15-18 March 2011
©2011 PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS)
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2. PETRONAS Fully-integrated national oil and gas corporation
Wholly owned by the Government
Has ownership and control of the domestic hydrocarbon resources for Malaysia, via PETRONAS PMU (Petroleum Management Unit)
Malaysian
Government
PSC partners
PSC Companies
Production
Sharing
Contract (PSC)
Petroleum
Development
Act 1974

3. Institutional Structure Relating to Petroleum Industry
Prime Minister
Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment
Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs
Ministry of
Energy, Green Technology and Water
Prime Minister’s Department
Ministry of International Trade& Industry
Ministry of Finance
Malaysia Industrial Development Agency
Department of Environment
Economic Planning Unit
PS Contractors/ Operators
PS Contractors/ Operators

4. PSC activities in Malaysia
16 Operators from 10 different countries are managing more than 73 PSCs in Malaysia

5. PETRONAS EPDC Initiated in 2004 as PETRONAS E&P Data Centre (EPDC)
Accessible
Organized,
Centralized,
Integrated
Reliable
Safeguard
PETRONAS
E&P technical data
and information

6. PETRONAS EPDC 2010 Vision Revisited
Professional
Service Oriented
Efficient & Effective
Reliable
Proactive
Integrity
Cohesive
Helpful
Firm with PSCs - regulator mindset
Balance regulator with service mindset
A center of excellence for E&P data management, enabling the value maximization of hydrocarbon resources for Malaysia.

7. PETRONAS EPDC Roles Roles
Regulating domestic E&P petro-technical data - physical and digital
Provide centralized E&P petro-technical data management infrastructure for:
Domestic PSC s and PMU
PCSB International Operation
Support PMU business functions with data/business alignment
Promotion of open blocks
Exploration to Production activities
Strategic planning & national resource management

8. PETRONAS EPDC Maturity Model
Ultimate Target
Target for years
Current
- Process – e.g. of workaround, Express system not accessible by PSCs, so they /memo request in
Current position
Source: D’Angelo, J & Troy, B 2000, Oil & Gas Journal, Jul.

9. PETRONAS EPDC evolves in three key phases towards realizing the vision
A Center of Excellence for E&P data mgmt, enabling the value maximization of hydrocarbon resources for Malaysia.
Establish
The Foundation
On-going:
Institutionalize
Seismic data Geo Sample centre
E&P Geocomputing
Geospatial data management
Physical asset database
Completed:
E&P Data Centre
Phase 2
Seismic data management
Log data management
Document management
Tape transcription
Integration
Roadmap renewal
EPDC Roadmap
GIS
E&P Data Centre
Phase 1
Future initiatives:
Online presence
All data and information submitted electronically
All PMU processes run electronically
Outsourcing optimised
Corporate Strategy Studies
Initiate:
Completed:
Well meta data capture
Seismic meta data capture
Legacy data scanning
E&P DM Assessment
Production
RTO / IO Enhancement
BCP / DRP
Open up data to PSC
Standards set
E&P Data Repositories
Completed:
Capture and cataloguing of data and information on relinquishment of PSCs
E&P IT Strategy
Optimize
Data management
(Document cataloguing)
Focus on biz needs
Realize benefits/value from EPDC
1995
2007
Today
2015
Beyond 2015

10. Data Dimension 700 Tb of digital data Seismic Well Unstructured
851 Surveys:
3D : ~125K sq km (460)
2D : ~900K line km (391)
Seismic
5807 wells
Wildcat/appraisal ~ 2092, Dev/Prod ~ 3715,4519 well logs
Well
Report ~91K, Seismic Section ~250K, Well Log sections ~120K, Maps ~40K
Unstructured
Platforms = 330, Pipelines = 880
Technical report & as-built drawings~48K
Surface
Engineering
1004 shape files, Vector = 31 GB, Raster = 6.2 TB
Geospatial/ GIS
Projects ~ 250 at 218 TB
G&G Interpretation
Core Sample ~1.3 Mil units (64K boxes)
Tape & Media ~350K units
Physical
700 Tb of digital data

11. Facilities Data Management Office PETRONAS Visualisation Centre
Real Time Operation Room
Tape Storage
Tape Transcription Center
Core Warehouses
PETRONAS Geo Sample Centre (Ready by Q2,2011)

12. Initiatives for the past 18 months
Submission Compliance- PSC data audit
Seismic and Well Data Submission requirement review and enhancement
PSC DM Forum
Quarterly Data Submission Progress Meeting
Migration to Enterprise ArcGIS Server for GIS
Geo-sample Migration
E&P Data Operation Services
Well information QC
Define and Improve Standards Processes and Procedures
SLA for data delivery
Framework for Surface Engineering, Drilling and Production archival data
PETRONAS Geo Sample Centre
PETRONAS Visualisation Refurbishment
Technical ICT Cost Optimization Program
DRP – Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
G&G Project Data Migration
PSC Mgmt
E&P Data Centre
DM Facilities
Technical Computing

13. Data Accessibility via PIRI-GIS

14. Process Technology People PETRONAS EPDC : Moving Forward
Clearly redefine roles & responsibilities
Career path development
Knowledgeable Workforce
Governance mindset
Manpower
Process
Promotion of DM
Define / Improve Standards, Processes & Procedures
Security, Control & Business continuity
Define / Enhance Policy & Governance
Technology
Business Process Architecture
Information Architecture
Application Architecture
Infrastructure Architecture
People

16. TERIMA KASIH