Oil & Gas Data Repository (OGDR) An overview Ali Alyahyaee OGDR Manager

Sultanate of Oman Area 300,000 km2 Length of coastline 3200km Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Turkey Egypt Sultanate of Oman Area 300,000 km2 Length of coastline 3200km Population: 3 Millions (~70% Locals) Oil Daily Production ~850,000 bpd

© Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas Background Historically, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has acted as the custodian of the E&P data for Oman. Recent increase in exploration activity has brought to light shortcomings in this approach, e.g.: Potential conflicts between PDO’s role as an operator vs. its role as the data custodian Increased volume of data requests from the new Operators In order to preserve (and optimise the value of) the E&P data, Ministry of Oil & Gas (MOG) initiated a project to build, populate and operate a National Data Repository, independent of any operator, for and on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman, and regulated by MOG. April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

Concession Holders in Oman 2011 Pre year 2000 April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

© Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas OGDR Benefits Capture and preserve E&P data for and on behalf of the nation (in perpetuity) Support MOG monitoring and regulating E&P activities Promote investment in country and E&P Provide easy access to high quality (and definitive) data Promote investment in country and E&P Improve the ability of the MOG to provide data packages for licensing rounds Improve E&P success rate Support MOG monitoring and regulating E&P activities Regular data submissions promote better operational discipline Capture and preserve E&P data for and on behalf of the nation (in perpetuity) Smoother transfer of license data Good “business continuity/disaster recovery” option for operators Reduce cost of entry (and exit) for international (and domestic) oil companies Make data available quickly for new entrants (at little or no cost) Discharge responsibility for data submission by oil companies Provide easy access to high quality (and definitive) data April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

OGDR Data Coverage Management of Entitlements Pre-license Exploration license Production license Abandonment Data rooms, studies Execute Geophysical Work Programme Execute Drilling Work Programme Development Drilling Production Operations Abandonment Operations Management of Entitlements Concession / License Information Prestack, Poststack, Navigation, Velocity, VSP, checkshot, upholes Observer’s logs Processing reports, (Gravity-Magnetics) (Digital Image) Well Headers Deviation Logs Mud logs Flow tests Pressure tests, Completion reports Drilling reports Composites Well Operations Production Reporting, Production logging, tests, work-overs (re-entries), maintenance logs Abandonment Records Study reports Legal & Commercial Cores & Cuttings Well mechanical information Time lapsed Seismic Geo-Spatial Information (Geomatics, GIS, Surveys, etc.) Management of Documents, Other Digital Files, and Databases April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

© Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas OGDR Today Organisational Structure Steering Committee Government representatives. Oversee OGDR activities & endorse major milestones. Advisory Committee Representatives of concession holders. Provide technical advice. OGDR Team MOG & Contractor personnel Funding Model MOG funded initial OGDR setup. Running cost planned to be funded by concession operators Sites Primary Site Secondary Site (DR/BC) Off-site April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

© Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas OGDR Phases Seismic Phase OGDR Seismic project started in 2007. Contracted out to Halliburton : Site setup (hardware & software) , Populate pre 2009 seismic data (3D, 2D, VSP, magnetic). Train MOG personnel. Operate & handover To date 50% of legacy seismic data is Qced & loaded. Well Phase Covers logs & well associated documents. Project at scoping stage. Future Phases Production Data, Engineering Data, Cores & Cuttings April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

Objective from attending NDR10 Conference Share Oman OGDR knowledge. Learn best practices Managing & Operating NDRs Regulations Standards & Procedures NDR career paths NDR building components/design Cores & Cuttings Store & Management Encourage Research & Education. April 17 © Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Oil & Gas

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