1. Digital Well Library Increases Data Management Efficiency
Presented by Amber Robbins April 17, 2018 Workflow accomplished at Castleton Resources, LLC

2. Overview Standardization Visual Basic for Applications Code
Digital Folder Template
Well Folder Names in Excel
Visual Basic for Applications Code
Folders and Subfolders created
Data Sharing Culture
File Organization Efficiency

3. Growing from a small to large company required data management changes.

4. Create Standard Folder Template as a Team

5. Standardize Well Folder Names in Excel
WELL NAME NUMBER_API

6. Save Digital Library on Shared Server
Create folders in test environment
Save final well folders on shared server
Inform team to start saving data in the digital well library
Advantage = free digital library with no license agreements
Disadvantage = it can be difficult to tell which folders have documents saved in them. Sometimes the user has to click on a lot of folders to find the document they need.

7. Example Code in Visual Basic for Application to Create Digital Well Library
Sub CreateDirs() Dim R As Range Dim RootFolder As String RootFolder = "P:\" '<<< CHANGE 1 --make sure this is a drive on your computer For Each R In Range("A2:A418") '<<< CHANGE 2 --modify in future to use selection If Len(R.Text) > 0 Then On Error Resume Next MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text ' FOLDER NAME MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" ' SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Core" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Geologic Prognosis" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Geochemistry" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Geophysics" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Logs" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Logs" & "\Wireline" '< SUB-SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Logs" & "\Mudlog" '< SUB-SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Logs" & "\LWD - MWD" '< SUB-SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Maps" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Petrophysics" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER MkDir RootFolder & "\" & R.Text & "\Geology" & "\Formation Tops" '< SUB-SUB FOLDER On Error GoTo 0 End If Next R End Sub

8. Create a culture to share data
Save data in digital well folders - Not on the C:// Drive

9. File Organization Made Efficient
Reduces Manual Organization and Human Error
Excel with Command Prompt
Rename files to standard names
Reference digital well folders on server
Move files to correct location automatically
Castleton Commodities International acquired Anadarko East Texas assets January 2017
~57,000 files organized into well folders in days
Standardization made this possible

10. Recap Standardization Visual Basic for Applications Code
Digital Folder Template
Well Folder Names in Excel
Visual Basic for Applications Code
Folders and Subfolders created
Data Sharing Culture
File Organization Efficiency

11. Houston GeoTechs group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8496213
Thank you!
Questions?
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