To a great extent, production work processes are well defined and focus on a relatively small number of types of data. Recent operational trends are challenging traditional work processes and bringing a more diverse collection of types of data and types of analytical algorithms into the picture.

Many of the new trends are being driven forward by the various energy company ?future field? programs. Beginning in 2005, an industry standards initiative called PRODML was started by several energy companies with Energistics taking on custodian and facilitation responsibilities. Three dozen member companies have been contributing resources to the PRODML Standards initiative, including more than a dozen implementation pilot activities and formal releases of both web services and data exchange (XML Schema) standards.

Current PRODML Standards activities are focused on promoting adoption and deployment of proven capabilities and on identifying key critical work processes to concentrate on over the next 2 to 3 years.
 

Short Bio:

Alan is deeply involved in the planning and execution of Energistics (and previously POSC) standards activities covering data and information standards for the E&P geoscience and subsurface engineering business areas. In the past several years, he has been the primary coordinator and facilitator for the Data Management, Geology, Drilling, and Production Special Interest Groups and the associated industry standards including WITSML, PRODML, PWLS, and the Global Unique Well Identifier standards and services. Prior to joining POSC, Alan was engaged by Gulf and Chevron for twelve years where he was responsible for managing software standards, methodology, and software engineering tool groups. Alan holds an MS degree in Computer Science and a BA degree in Mathematics from Cornell University. He is a member of the SPE, SEG, ACM and the IEEE Computer Society. He has served for ten years on the Governing Board of The Open Group, including four years as Chairman.