1. OpenWells Cross-Platform Mobile Application
by The Techno Sharks Team
Rou’a Aldalqamouni (Project Manager)
Shreyas Makde (Website/Presentation Lead)
Madhavi Potluri (Documentation Lead)
Daniel Wang (Technical Lead)
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2. OpenWells Cross-Platform Mobile Application
Mentors:
David Crawshay
Olivier Germain
Instructor:
Dr. Pradeep Buddharaju
Course:
CSCI – Research Project and Seminar (Capstone)
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3. Agenda Introduction Requirements Design Implementation Demonstration
Project Management
Conclusion
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4. Introduction Background
Presenter: Shreyas Makde
Locations of Texas oil and gas wells
Over 1.7 million in US [1]
How to manage workover operations data?
HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?
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5. Introduction Background
Presenter: Shreyas Makde
Halliburton
One of the world’s leading oil services company [2]
Operates in over 80 countries [2]
Landmark
Halliburton business line [3]
Leading technology solutions provider [3]
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6. Introduction OpenWells Application
Presenter: Shreyas Makde
OpenWells Application
Allows well workers to enter workover operations data
Used to manage oil and gas fields
Useable in connected and disconnected environment
Allows synchronization to corporate database
Application limitation
Application is only available on iPad and related iOS devices
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7. Cross-platform mobile application development tool
Introduction Xamarin
Presenter: Shreyas Makde
Cross-platform mobile application development tool
Based upon shared C# codebase
Applications can be run on iOS, Android, and Windows platform
Xamarin.Forms
Cross-platform User Interface toolkit
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8. Requirements Business Requirements
Presenter: Madhavi Potluri
Develop an application that can manage oil well workover tasks and functions similarly to the Landmark OpenWells iOS application for the Android platform
User should be able to input daily oil well workover task information
User should be able to enter data in a connected or disconnected environment
Application should sync with the EDM database
User should be able to view data entered in the past or obtained from EDM database
User information should be tied to the submitted data
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9. Design Application System Architecture
Presenter: Madhavi Potluri
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10. Design Application Conversion Architecture
Presenter: Madhavi Potluri
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11. Implementation Conversion Process
Presenter: Rou’a Aldalqamouni
Data Model XML
C# console application
C# classes
Forms XML
Hard Coded Content Pages
Dynamic Generation of Content Pages
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12. Implementation Integration Process
Presenter: Rou’a Aldalqamouni
Xamarin.Forms
ListView vs TableView
EntryCell vs TextCell vs SwitchCell
Realm Database
EDM / Web Service
Cocoa / Postman Rest clients
JSON
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13. OpenWells Cross-Platform Application Demonstration
Presented by the Techno Sharks
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14. Project Management Project Timeline
Presenter: Madhavi Potluri
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15. Project Management Task Division
Presenter: Madhavi Potluri
Data Model – led by Shreyas Makde
Realm – led by Rou’a Aldalqamouni
EDM / Web Service – led by Madhavi Potluri
Forms / UI – led by Daniel Wang
Integration – led by Shreyas Makde and Madhavi Potluri
Testing – led by Rou’a Aldalqamouni and Daniel Wang
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16. Focus on Function over Form Success with New Technologies
Conclusion Summary
Presenter: Daniel Wang
Focus on Function over Form
Success with New Technologies
Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
Testing using virtual simulators and physical tablets
Realm database
Web Service to EDM corporate database with JSON
Success with cross platform
Android
iOS
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17. Conclusion Lessons Learned
Presenter: Daniel Wang
Project Planning
Time Management
Roadblocks
Xamarin installation
PCL vs Shared library implementation
EDM/JSON interaction
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18. Conclusion Future Work
Presenter: Daniel Wang
Full Data Model and Forms
Relationships of data model classes
UI Look and Feel
Functionality Not Implemented
Data type checking
Data type conversions
Map and GPS
Schematics
PDF report generation
Attachments
Spreadsheets
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19. would like to acknowledge and give thanks to
The Techno Sharks Team
would like to acknowledge and give thanks to
individuals who helped us along the way:
Olivier Germain – for providing an great introduction into the oil and gas industry, Halliburton, and Landmark
David Crawshay – for explaining the OpenWells application, providing technical direction and assistance, and helping to troubleshoot issues
Dr. Pradeep Buddharaju – for assistance with project planning, paper reviews, presentation reviews, and overall project management
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20. references 20 / 20 Presentation References Coding References
[1] Obtained from Website:
[2] Obtained from Website:
[3] Obtained from Website:
Coding References
Hermes, Dan Xamarin Mobile Application Development: Cross-platform C# And Xamarin.Forms Fundamentals. APress.
API/NuGet Packages Used
JSON Package
Realm Package
Connectivity Package
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