Company Profile
Lewis Petro Properties is a fully
integrated exploration and production company with over 25 years of
experience. Combining experience with the newest innovations, Lewis
Petro Properties discovers and produces oil and gas in South Texas.
Situation
Lewis Energy required a manned mud
logging system to monitor drilling rigs to provide critical process
parameter information in real-time. Lewis Energy sought a system that
would be easy to use, configure and provide both enhancement and
expansion capabilities. The system needed to be easily repeated as new
rigs come online so that these rigs can also be monitored. In addition,
the software/hardware platform needed the ability to operate in an
unmanned configuration providing the same monitoring capabilities when
full mud logging service wasn’t required.
Solution
Measuresoft proposed and installed
a solution based on its ScadaPro and DrillPro products, running on the
Microsoft Windows XP platform. The ScadaPro system was configured to
acquire data from Alpha data acquisition modules. Measuresoft also
provided the ScadaPro Internet Server software that allows users to view
live and historical data using Internet Explorer. This allows users in
the company’s head quarters in San Antonio to log on remotely and
monitor the rigs progress.
All instrumentation and on-site systems are housed in a transportable
unit that was provided by the Measuresoft office from Houston.
All data is logged to an SQL Server database at each rig site. SQL
Server replication is used to replicate each database via a satellite
Internet connection to a server computer in a Data Center in the
companies San Antonio head quarters. This approach enabled another
requirement that data would reside at two locations concurrently so that
in the event of a catastrophe data would not be lost.
Lewis Energy IT personnel manage the databases and web site from their
headquarters which displays data in the form of configurable monitors
and trend displays.
Benefits
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Comprehensive measurement collection significantly increases the
accuracy of readings: rather than estimating, ScadaPro allows users
to pinpoint precise changes in drilling activities.
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ScadaPro’s
real-time measurement capability provides higher accuracy and
reliability, ensuring better process results and reduces process
uniformity defects.
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The system
can easily be expanded to monitor more points per rig and be
extended to include additional rigs.
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Leveraging
the Microsoft platform provides a solution that is accessible
throughout the corporate network.
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Operator
familiarity with the Windows user interface reduces training costs
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Real-time machine measurements such as depth, ROP and general
rig operational status functions are displayed at various
locations around the rig and available over the internet
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Real-time and historical trends allow for detailed analysis and
reporting. Data trending is presented as variables against time
as well as depth based charts. Again, this data is displayed at
various locations around the rig and over the internet.
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