Question for the Oil Rig Folks

[Mother Grabber]

I am writing a training course about monitoring streaming data.  Our example is an oil rig with the data points (including one line of data):

ResourceID,Date,Time,HZ,Displace,Flow,SedimentPPM,PressureLbs,ChlorinePPM
COHUTTA,3/10/14,1:01,10.27,1.73,881,1.56,85,1.94

My question is about use cases around the things in the data set:

What do these different data points mean? I assume flow is measuring flow rate of oil, or that Chlorine is measuring the amount of chlorine in the water coolant system, but I can't say for certain.

What will you do with these data points, what are the business uses of this data, what is interesting about this data?

Which data points will be used to send up a warning, and what will fail based on the data points?

The course is end to end, from define the data set/design the data pipeline, to build a visualization dashboard and monitor the data in real time, and we need to make sure our story is accurate.

Thanks very much!

[Panthro]

Yes

[Shufdog]

That pandapancake dude supposedly works in that industry. I'm sure he'll show up to tell you all kinds of "stories". 

[PandaPancake]

That's not an oil rig. This looks like its from coil tubing.

Let's rearrange this for easier reading:

Quote

 

ResourceID: COHUTTA

Date: 3/10/14

Time: 1:01

HZ: 10.27

Displace: 1.73

Flow: 881

SedimentPPM: 1.56

PressureLbs: 85

ChlorinePPM: 1.94

 

Resource ID is going to be the well name. It's not a name from any area I work in but normally it's a name followed by numbers. Like Riteaway 32J-403 each company has their own meaning for the numbers I know in this one the J is a layer of oil in the Niobrara. Without knowing the context the Hz could mean a lot of things. It could be the reflection seismology or the souring of the reservoir. Displace makes it look like its a water-drive reservoir. Oil floats on water, use the water to push oil to the well bore. Flow is going to be how much oil/water/kcl is going in this case it'll be 881 barrels per hour or 616 gallons per minute. Because it's a coil tubing rig it's recirculating with very little being wasted. Sediment parts per million is something the crew's on the ground find helpful if it gets too high sand will blow out their choke and the pressure from the well could cause serious problems. Pressure pounds is easy basically psi now I'm not sure if that's real number, 850, or 8500. Very rarely does anything go about 12,000 psi. Chlorine parts per million is just how much chlorine is flowing through that mixture of water, sand, and oil. 

 

Need anymore "stories" just give me a yell. I'll look up more information to be prepared.

[London Loves Luke]

 

[Jangler]

[ncdrifter]

Is this fracking?

[PandaPancake]

12 hours ago, ncdrifter said:

Is this fracking?

Yes.

[Mother Grabber]

it's fracking awesome!

[Jangler]

it's fracking up the Earth.

 

I don't necessarily believe that, just going with the pun flow.

[Paa Langfart]

Speaking of fracking, Eva Lovia is coming to Myrtle Beach.

[PandaPancake]

8 hours ago, Jangler said:

it's fracking up the Earth.

 

I don't necessarily believe that, just going with the pun flow.

It is fracturing rock to leave hairline cracks held open by grains of sand. The real issue, the one that we're trying to get a head of before Colorado or the Feds smack our hands, is treating wastewater to be reused. It's about $2 a barrel to treat which is a small price to pay to keep people from getting pissed over earthquakes. The quakes come from sending the wastewater deep underground.

[Mother Grabber]

On June 13, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Jangler said:

it's fracking up the Earth.

 

I don't necessarily believe that, just going with the pun flow.

let it flow...at a rate of 950 barrels/hr

[PandaPancake]

On 6/14/2016 at 9:09 PM, Mother Grabber said:

let it flow...at a rate of 950 barrels/hr

Maybe after they drill or dissolve the last plug. But it only keeps that rate for 2-3 days then it settles. Unless someone fracs too close to your well and all hell breaks loose.