Steering Committee Report May 28 th 2009 Houston

What was on the Agenda ATCE Paper Structure - how we are working & organized Frequency of in-person meetings - and interim periods Plan for addressing data objects not in common use - versions, full suite of objects Fall meeting Business Case Development Guide Intent of and release 1.4.1

What did we decide on? ATCE Paper, will highlight the evolution and business and use cases for WITSML The Way We Work as a SIG –General Feeling – we need a change, large groups working on small issues not effective –Proposal Steering Committee – All parties contributing to the SIG have a seat Executive Committee – ‘Elected’ from the steering committee, one chair person, 7- 8 people Resource pool from all involved in WITSML standard to perform work required

We did we decide on - cont’d Each working meeting, issues, work packets are identified –Small group with vested interest will work on the assigned packet –RFC will be created –Comments invited –RFC finalized –Each in 2 months cycles

We did we decide on - cont’d Results presented in next working meeting, process repeated Work packet can be strategic, use case, technical or mix of those Working meetings will still be scheduled on 6 months intervals Public meeting might be scaled down to once every 12 months Full proposal to be published shortly

We did we decide on - cont’d WITSML and –Assume is a release to get you up and running –WITSML will be most likely the ‘in production’ release of the standard

We did we decide on - cont’d We will work on these within our new organization structure –Plan for addressing data objects not in common use - versions, full suite of objects –Business Case Development Guide

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