1. WITSML Update Presentation to Energistics Regional Meeting, London
By: Julian Pickering, Deputy Chairman, WITSML Executive Team
June 31, 2011

2. Wellsite Information Transfer Standard Markup Language
“The ‘right-time’ seamless flow of well-site data between operators and service companies to speed and enhance decision-making”
An Open Information Transfer Standard for the Oilfield
TWO KEY PHRASES
Not just Right Time ….also Right Data to the Right People
Enhance Decision Making – save time and money drilling wells
….Open…Free

3. WITSML SIG: Member Companies
Accenture
AspenTech
Atman Consulting
Baker Hughes
BJ Services BP
Chevron
US DOI
Digital Oilfield Sol.
DrillScan
Dynamic Graphics
ExxonMobil
Geolog SPA
Geoservices
Halliburton
HRH Limited
IBM
IDS
Institut Francais du Petrole
INT
Kongsberg
LIOS Technology
Mahindra Satyam
Merrick Systems
Microsoft
Moblize
National Oilwell Varco
Oil Teams S.R.L.
ONGC
OpenSpirit
Paradigm
Pason
Peloton
Perfomix
Petris Technology
Petrolink
Pioneer Natural Res.
Roxar
RPS Group
Saudi Aramco
Schlumberger
SDC Geologix
SMT
Shell
Smith (now Schlumberger)
Statoil
TCS
Total
Weatherford
Wellstorm
Woodside Energy

4. Why is WITSML important?
is the result of an industry collaboration to update the widely used American Petroleum Institute WITS standard for moving drilling data between rig and office based computer systems.
It provides data in a consistent XML format which is independent of service company systems and geographic location.
It underpins the key objective to achieve leading edge productivity in well delivery by providing enhanced real-time information sharing.
It facilitates standardisation in collaboration environments.
It provides a framework for smart tools deployment.

5. WITSML Roadmap Planning
2011(1.4.1)
stimJob object
Error model
Support for plug-and-play
2014
Focus on plug and play including support for automation
“Tiered” usage (high end/low end)
Major release - not backward compatible
2017
More automation
New use/new data

6. WITSML Data Object Schemas (XML)
General
Well
Message
Operations Report
Real Time
Wellbore
Wellbore Geometry
Risk
stimJob fracturing report
Communication
Subscription
Server Capabilities
Coordinate Ref Sys
Drill Report
Attachment
Rig Instrumentation
Rig / Rig Equipment
Cement Job
Fluids Systems
Fluids Report
Surface Logging
Mud Log
Surveying
Survey Program
Target
Trajectory
Coring
Sidewall Core
Conventional Core
RICHNESS
Expand….
Log, trajectory, well, wellbore
Operations Report
Well log
Directional Drilling Systems
Tubular /
Bit Record
BHA Run
Logging While Drilling
Log  Well Log (includes Wireline)
Formation Marker
Original
Updated
Added
Source: BakerHughes/Paradigm

7. 2011 Release – 1.4.1 June 30 – Candidate Release for public review
September 23 – Published
Marketing name = WITSML 2
Product launch
IADC Annual Conference March 2012 (San Diego, CA, US)
Intelligent Energy – March 2012 (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
1.4.1 Product Certification
More robust testing
Testing application to automate
Publically available test data
Commercial terms (particularly for non-members to be defined)
Bug fixes to be issued as necessary
New object process to continue development as industry requirements are identified and defined beyond 1.4.1

8. Reasons to Upgrade to v1.4.1 Simpler
The WellLog and RealTime objects have been removed with the important parts of their purpose being taken up by support in the Log object. 
More efficient
Compression.  The WITSML standard supports HTTP and Gzip compression resulting in less on-wire data for the same information.
Query Optimizations. High frequency small row count data updates for Logs had a high overhead of Log header to data block ratio in 1.3.1; This has been greatly improved with support for headerless Log updates.
Change Logs. The introduction of Change Logs enables clients to query servers more efficiently.
Less ambiguous
Improved documentation of the WITSML API.
WITSML Certification. Unlike WITSML which had a weak and self-certified approach, servers can be tested against a published set of standard query sequences on a defined set of data and the results compared against pre-defined results enabling vendors to prove conformance to the WITSML standard.

9. Cross-theme components
Foundation for all development
Regulatory
Security
New data
Certification
Data quality/provenance/context
Data management - life cycle data use
Horizontal integration to data standards in drilling or other domains
Technology overlay - new API, binary API, etc.

10. IADC 2011 WITSML Stand Functional Layout

11. IADC 2011 WITSML Stand Data Exchange
Real-time Visualisation
Schlumberger
Perform Toolkit
Geologix Geo Toolkit
MSE Data
GEO Data
Rig Data Store
OnshoreStore
Office Store
IDS Operations Report
Real-time Visualisation

13. The future is data standards – Questions?