This presentation discusses measuring land drilling performance through financial and operational metrics. It emphasizes using consistent benchmarks to compare actual performance to budgets and past performance. Various charts are presented to evaluate performance at different levels, from overall budget to individual rigs and contractors. Key metrics discussed include cost per foot, feet per day, non-productive time, and comparisons to best wells. The goal is to identify areas for improvement, quantify potential savings, and reduce findings to specific action items to enhance drilling performance.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in drilling engineering and well cost estimation. It discusses elements of well costing such as rig costs, tangibles, and services. It also covers time estimates and depth-time curves, risk assessment in cost calculations using P10, P50, P90 estimates, and factors affecting well costs such as location, well type, and rig type. Finally, it briefly discusses contract types such as conventional, integrated services, and turnkey contracts.
This is an academic lecture for Diploma in Engineering 7th Semester Mining and Mine Survey Technology. The Course related to this presentation is Basic of well planning.
This document provides an overview of the well drilling and casing process. It discusses the different types of casing used in wells, including conductor, surface, intermediate, production casing, and liners. It describes the purpose and typical specifications of each casing type. The document also includes diagrams of a typical well casing arrangement and an example well survey.
This document provides an overview of well control procedures. It discusses causes of kicks such as swabbing or pumping light mud that can lead to underbalance. Primary well control relies on mud hydrostatic pressure, while secondary control uses a blowout preventer. Tertiary control involves pumping substances to stop downhole flow. Methods for killing a well are also presented, including the driller's method, wait and weight, volumetric, and bullheading. Kick detection equipment like the pit volume totalizer and flow indicator are also outlined.
This document discusses well completion testing and work over. It defines well completion as preparing a well for production by installing necessary equipment to allow safe and controlled hydrocarbon flow to the surface. The document describes open hole and cased hole well completions, including their advantages and disadvantages. It also discusses different types of well completions like liner completions, perforated liner completions, and production casing completions. Finally, it briefly covers different flow configurations like casing flow, tubing and annulus flow, and tubing flow.
This document provides an introduction to well control from Kingdom Drilling Services. It discusses primary and secondary well control, including maintaining pressure and monitoring flows. Loss of primary control can occur through pressure changes or lost circulation. Secondary control indicators include increased flow rates or mud pit volume changes. Methods for controlling kicks include circulating or bullheading. The document also covers well control terms, blowout prevention, shallow well hazards, and lost circulation detection and remedies.
Drilling operations can encounter various problems related to geological uncertainties, wellbore stability issues, and depletion effects. Some key risks include uncertainties in pore pressure-fracture gradient measurements, mud volcanoes causing landslides or weak formations, fault zones providing pathways for fluid flow, and maintaining wellbore integrity in low-pressure depleted zones. Operators address these challenges through careful planning, identifying potential hazard areas using seismic data, selecting appropriate drilling fluid properties, and employing wellbore strengthening techniques and lost circulation materials when needed to prevent fluid losses and wellbore collapse.
A 1995-1998 project evaluated using coiled tubing for artificial lift applications. Shell successfully used coiled tubing to deploy an electric submersible pump offshore for the first time. Other applications of coiled tubing for artificial lift that were studied included gas lift, jet pumps, and deploying coiled tubing for well unloading and recompletions. Coiled tubing provided benefits over conventional artificial lift methods like reducing installation time and costs.
The document discusses various classification systems and codes used for drill bits, including:
- The IADC classification system for roller cone bits based on formation type and drilling application.
- The IADC dull grading code which uses an 8 character code to describe bit wear and reason for removal.
- Common dull characteristics coded in the IADC system for both fixed cutter and roller cone bits such as worn cutters, broken teeth, erosion and more.
- Examples of various dull characteristics codes and their meanings.
Petroleum Production Engineering - PerforationJames Craig
This document provides an overview of perforation for oil and gas wells. It discusses key objectives and components of perforation including shaped charges, explosives, perforating guns, and efficiency factors. It also covers well and reservoir characteristics relevant to perforation and provides equations for calculating perforation skin effects on well performance. The high-level goal of perforation is to establish communication between the wellbore and formation while maintaining reservoir inflow capacity.
This document outlines the procedures for conducting a well completion test program to determine key properties of a geothermal well prior to production. The program includes static temperature tests, water loss surveys to identify permeable zones, injectivity tests to measure permeability, pressure fall-off tests to analyze reservoir properties, monitoring the heat up period to observe temperature changes over time, and stimulation and discharge steps to clear the well and initiate flow. The results of these tests provide critical information on formation temperature, permeable zones, injectivity, reservoir characteristics, and help design an optimal production and monitoring program.
This document discusses the drilling fluid circulation system used in drilling operations. It describes the key components of the system including mud pumps, solids removal equipment, and treatment equipment. Mud pumps are typically positive displacement pumps, namely duplex or triplex pumps. The document provides details on how drilling fluid is pumped from the surface to the drill bit, circulates in the wellbore, and returns to the surface while removing cuttings.
Drill- off Test"- Selection of Weight on Bit and Rotary SpeedAby Saxen
This test was first proposed by Lubinski in 1958 and is the quickest method of finding the WOB and RPM combination for maximizing ROP. To get the best combination,it is desired that the test be carried out.
A drill stem test (DST) is used to test characteristics of a newly drilled well while the drilling rig is still on site. It can provide estimates of permeability, reservoir pressure, fluid types, wellbore damage, barriers and fluid contacts. There are three main methods to analyze DST data: Horner's plot method, type curve matching method, and computer matching. Type curve matching involves matching pressure change over time data from the DST to standard type curves to determine properties like permeability and skin factor. Gringarten type curves are commonly used and account for variations in pressure over time based on reservoir-well configurations.
The importance of geohazards for safety, rig/well integrity & drilling. It includes real incidents & worst case scenarios. Pressure concepts, seismic and diagrams are utilized to explain given examples.
This document discusses downhole problems that can occur while drilling wells and methods to prevent them. It covers various downhole problems like pipe sticking, pipe failure, dog legs, key seats, shale problems, and lost circulation. Pipe sticking can be mechanical or differential. Dog legs occur from changes in formation dip or bit weight. Key seats form from doglegs. Shale problems include hole enlargement, caving, sloughing, and heaving. Lost circulation happens when mud pressure exceeds formation pressure. Prevention methods include using inhibitive muds, slowing drill string movement, and drilling with low pump pressure and fluid velocity. Faster drilling can mitigate many downhole problems by reducing shale exposure time and mud costs.
This document provides an overview of basic well control procedures including:
- Kick detection and control methods like primary prevention and secondary detection and control
- Shut-in procedures such as hard, soft, and specialized shut-ins
- Well kill procedures including calculating initial and final circulating pressures, the wait-and-weight/engineer's method, and providing an example pump schedule.
It describes the key objectives and considerations for safely controlling a well when kicks occur and bringing the well pressure to a controlled state.
This document provides an overview of well control techniques. It discusses the importance of maintaining primary well control by keeping hydrostatic pressure greater than formation pressure. It describes what a kick is and types of kicks that can occur. Common causes of kicks include not keeping the hole full, insufficient mud density, swabbing, lost circulation, and poor well planning. Warning signs of a kick and methods for recognition are outlined. Finally, it discusses the objective of well control and some important well control concepts like determining reservoir pressure and selecting a well control method.
The document discusses the functions and types of casing strings used in oil and gas wells. It describes the different casing strings like conductor casing, surface casing, intermediate casing, and production casing. It also covers casing design criteria like classifications based on outside diameter, length, connections, weight, and grade. The mechanical properties of casing are discussed in relation to withstanding tensile, burst, and collapse loads during drilling and production operations.
Construction of 6 CPCL Oil storage tankers - A critical Project Management pe...Shanmukha S. Potti
The project - Construction of 6 Euro IV CPCL Oil storage tankers is critically analyzed from a project management perspective.
Systems approach, Work Breakdown Structure, PERT, Costing, Project C&M, Biz (CMS) are discussed in detail.
Integrated Delivery of Supply Chain Solutions_5C Contracts_02-Nov-15Ian Carr SCMP, MCIPS
The document discusses an integrated supply chain solution from 5C Contracts Ltd. to help oil and gas producers standardize processes, compress project timelines, and develop strategic supplier partnerships. It aims to reduce duplication and costs. The solution would analyze current processes, identify inefficiencies, and develop improvements like contractual alignment and long-term partnerships to streamline schedules and reduce lead times. A case study shows how applying these principles could reduce the time to first steam for well pads from 20-30 months to 10 months.
The primary funding for the Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer Program is provided by member donations to The SPE Foundation and a contribution from Offshore Europe. The program also receives support from companies that allow their employees to serve as lecturers and from AIME. The January 2020 tour lecture focuses on thriving in a lower oil price environment, including topics such as market dynamics, keys to success, technology impacts, and takeaway points.
Presentation 10 -principles of economics Kareem Hossam
This document discusses key concepts in economics and implementation related to capital investments, costs, cash flow, and break even analysis. It covers total capital investment, annual costs of plants, equipment costs, calculation of present costs, exercises to calculate equipment costs, total capital investment including fixed and working capital, methods to estimate fixed capital investment, factors that determine working capital investment, and an exercise on break even analysis.
1) The document discusses ensuring consistent flow measurement calibration globally through traceability to international standards and comparisons between national metrology institutes and commercial calibration laboratories.
2) Key comparisons organized by BIPM help verify the consistency of different national metrology institutes' realizations of flow measurement standards. Comparisons of Emerson's calibration laboratories also help validate their measurement traceability and uncertainties.
3) Results of key flow comparisons show participants' measurements agree with reference values within their claimed uncertainties, demonstrating the achievement of consistent flow calibrations worldwide.
Presented by Todd Bush of Energent Group at The Energy Forum in Houston, Texas (modified from original to remove sensitive data). The purpose of the Haynesville Refrac Study was to determine operators, service companies, and suppliers involved in refracs. 40 initial completions and refracs were examined to understand economics, performance, and products. Most refracs utilized less proppant & showed ROI within 12 months. Production uplift varied across operators & material used.
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The document summarizes a productivity improvement program between Coal India Limited (CIL) and Orica to improve mining efficiency at selected coal mines. Key aspects of the program included:
1) Benchmarking current practices around drilling, blasting, and mucking operations to establish baseline productivity and costs.
2) Conducting demonstration blasts using advanced blasting technologies from Orica to improve fragmentation and productivity.
3) Comparing costs and productivity from benchmarking to demonstration phases to quantify improvements. At one mine, drilling costs decreased 22% and total mining costs decreased 31% from improved techniques.
4) Providing training to mine personnel on advanced
Using lean to reduce prototype lead time 2006Chris Baichoo
The document discusses Watlow Batavia's efforts to reduce lead times for custom heating part prototypes from 12 weeks to 6 weeks using Lean concepts. It outlines four Kaizen events from 2003-2006 that standardized processes, created dedicated prototype cells, and reduced waste. As a result, productivity increased 34% from 2003-2006, sales doubled, and lead times were cut in half, improving competitiveness and ensuring the division's survival.
A case study of building maintenance service based on stakeholders’ perspecti...Ryosuke Ichikari
The document describes a case study analyzing the impact of reorganizing maintenance services for three buildings based on perspectives of different stakeholders. Data was collected before and after the reorganization through indoor localization, work logging, and business records. The analysis found that while office work time decreased and productivity improved for management, employees' workloads increased as indicated by more maintenance tasks, longer walking distances and times. For employees, spare time which indicates work intensity decreased more than expected work increased. The study evaluated the reorganization's effects comprehensively from perspectives of management, employees and customers to understand impacts on all stakeholders in the service system.
A case study of building maintenance service based on stakeholders’ perspecti...Ryosuke Ichikari
The document describes a case study analyzing the impact of reorganizing maintenance services for three buildings based on perspectives of different stakeholders. Data was collected before and after the reorganization through indoor localization, work logging, and business records. The analysis found that while office work time decreased and productivity improved for management, employees' workloads increased as indicated by more maintenance tasks, longer walking distances and times. For employees, spare time which indicates work intensity decreased more than expected work increased. The study evaluated the reorganization's effects comprehensively from perspectives of management, employees and customers to understand impacts on all stakeholders in the service system.
The document summarizes a productivity improvement program between CIL and Orica to improve mining productivity at selected coal mines. It describes benchmarking current practices and demonstrating benefits through a two phase program at the AKWMC mine in BCCL. Phase 1 involved studying current drilling, blasting, and mucking costs. Phase 2 demonstrated benefits of advanced blasting techniques, reducing costs by 30.93% overall, including 22.39% reduction in drilling costs and 29.54% reduction in blasting costs. The program improved fragmentation and sharing of knowledge between the companies.
Industry studies show that mature fields currently account for over 70% of the world’s oil and gas production. Increasing production rates and ultimate recovery in these fields in order to maintain profitable operations, without increasing costs, is a common challenge.
This lecture addresses techniques to extract maximum value from historical production data using quick workflows based on common sense. Extensive in-depth reservoir studies are obviously very valuable, but not all situations require these, particularly in the case of brown fields where the cost of the study may outweigh the benefits of the resulting recommendations.
This lecture presents workflows based on Continuous Improvement/LEAN methodology which are flexible enough to apply to any mature asset for short and long term planning. A well published, low permeability brown oil field was selected to retroactively demonstrate the workflows, as it had an evident workover campaign in late 2010 with subsequent production increase. Using data as of mid-2010, approximately 40 wells were identified as under-performing due to formation damage or water production problems, based on three days of analyses. The actual performance of the field three years later was then revealed along with the actual interventions performed. The selection of wells is compared to the selection suggested by the workflow, and the results of the interventions are shown. The field's projected recovery factor was increased by 5%, representing a gain of 1.4 million barrels of oil.
Fiatech 2014 - Computer Simulation of Pipe Fabrication, Ramzi LabbanCCT International
Pipe spool fabrication is major component of construction operations on large industrial projects. The nature of spooling is relatively short term involving complex construction process and riddled with uncertainty due to the intrinsic unique nature of its outputs and the numerous factors affecting its activities.
With this in mind, it is important for all stakeholders to have a good grasp of the performance of pipe fabrication shops and their ability to meet the site pipe installation schedules.
This document discusses challenges with using individual timesheets to account for software development work in an agile environment. It proposes alternative approaches that rely on measuring team throughput and using statistical modeling to estimate costs and value of software over time. Key benefits include more accurate budgeting and reconciliation, reduced administrative burden from timesheets, and satisfaction of auditing requirements through minimal reporting from teams.
This document provides an overview of engineering economics and its application in process engineering. It discusses key concepts like the time value of money, methods for quantifying project profitability like net present value, payback period, return on investment, and internal rate of return. It also covers typical accounting tools used like income statements and cash flow statements. The document explains how to estimate capital costs using methods like the turnover ratio and Lang's factor as well as operating costs considering factors like labor, materials, and utilities. It emphasizes the need to balance accuracy and cost when developing cost estimates.
At the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference held Oct. 27, 2022 in Sacramento, a presentation on compaction of Asphalt Pavements was delivered by DingXin Cheng PhD, Director California Pavement Preservation Center (CP2). Pavement performance requires a proper compaction of the asphalt mixture. Our partners at CCPIC will provide an overview of the importance of pavement compaction and an overview of the roles of contractors and agency representatives to maximize the performance of the pavement.
This document discusses operations management concepts related to Toyota's production system including Just-in-Time (JIT) and Lean Manufacturing. It defines key terms like the Toyota Production System (TPS), Jidoka, Poka-Yoke, and Kaizen. TPS aims to eliminate waste through JIT, continuous flow, pull systems, leveled production, and quality at the source. Visual controls and problem solving are important aspects of TPS.
Toyota Production System (TPS) emphasizes just-in-time production and lean manufacturing principles to eliminate waste and reduce costs. It was developed by Toyota to provide high quality, low cost production through minimizing inventory and standardizing processes. Key aspects of TPS include continuous flow production, pull-based kanban systems to guide production, balancing mixed model production to smooth schedules, and emphasizing waste elimination through kaizen initiatives. TPS principles have been widely adopted by manufacturers globally and helped Toyota become the world's largest automaker.
Use of streamline flow diagnostics for injection production rate allocation o...Shusei Tanaka
Rate allocation optimization for water and gas injection/production problem are typically complex, require multiple simulations to find optimal injection/production strategy to improve the economic value of the asset. The objective of this work is to develop and demonstrate the fast (one or few iteration of simulations) and robust (improve efficiency based on economic values with derivative-free method) workflow to achieve water and gas flooding rate allocation optimization by streamline-based technique.
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Unitization is the process of developing an oil or gas field that spans multiple license or international boundaries as a single unit. It ensures optimal resource recovery and maximizes value for the involved parties and states. Historically, the "rule of capture" led to inefficient development as individual operators sought to quickly extract resources. Modern unitization agreements establish initial participation shares and include provisions for later redeterminations based on new technical data. They aim to facilitate cooperative development while equitably allocating costs and production among stakeholders.
The document provides information about a lecture on compositional simulation given by Dr. Russell T. Johns. It discusses:
1) Current compositional simulators use averaged properties and phase labels which can lead to discontinuities and inaccurate simulations.
2) A new approach is presented to model relative permeability as a state function dependent on saturation, connectivity, capillary number, and wettability without using phase labels.
3) Examples show this new approach improves simulation robustness, speed, and accuracy, and can provide more reliable recovery estimates compared to current compositional and black-oil simulators.
This document summarizes a presentation about transitioning from a competency-based training approach to a performance-based training approach for developing upstream oil and gas professionals. It discusses defining competencies through competency mapping, then shifting to identify key work processes, outcomes of top performers, and aligning learning with job roles and business goals. It provides a case study of implementing a performance-based program across multiple disciplines at an oil company, including partnerships, technologies, evaluations, and measurements of impact. The presentation emphasizes that a performance-based approach can reduce time to competency and burden on operations while engaging employees.
The Distinguished Lecturer Program is primarily funded by donations to the SPE Foundation and contributions from Offshore Europe. Additional support is provided by AIME. The program allows industry professionals to serve as lecturers. Martin Rylance will give a presentation called "The Fracts of Life" covering key aspects of geomechanics, formation permeability, fracturing, QA/QC, and the transition from vertical to horizontal wells.
The document discusses injectivity decline in water injectors. It provides an overview of the main mechanisms of impairment, including solids deposition, water quality issues, and reservoir/well factors. It also discusses options for monitoring injector health, such as pressure-transient analysis, and interventions like back-flushing or re-fracturing to restore injectivity. The key messages are that impairment is complex with multiple causes, but also predictable; mitigation strategies exist but may not always be economically viable; and proper planning, surveillance and considering multiple factors are important for project success.
This document discusses the Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer Program. It provides the following key details in 3 sentences:
The SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program is funded primarily by the SPE Foundation through member donations and Offshore Europe. It allows industry professionals to serve as lecturers on topics like CO2 storage and CO2-EOR. Additional support is provided by AIME to further the program's educational mission.
The document summarizes funding sources and support for the Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer Program, which is primarily funded by member donations to The SPE Foundation and a contribution from Offshore Europe. Additional support comes from companies that allow employees to serve as lecturers and from AIME. The document then outlines the topics to be covered in a presentation on 4D seismic history matching.
This document discusses developing the next generation of completion engineers through advanced engineering training. It defines the need for such training by highlighting workforce gaps, global expansion of unconventionals, and the multidisciplinary knowledge required. Training options presented include internally-focused engineering programs and using industry resources from SPE. Companies that focus on advanced training will have a more competent workforce.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer Program provides funding through member donations and industry support to bring expert lecturers to discuss emerging topics. This lecture discusses how big data analytics can help petroleum engineers and geoscientists reduce costs, improve productivity and efficiency by analyzing large datasets to find patterns and relationships. Case studies demonstrate applications in reservoir modeling, production optimization, and predictive maintenance.
The document discusses coiled tubing telemetry (CTT) technology. It provides an overview of CTT, including its description and benefits. It also presents four case histories that demonstrate how CTT improved coiled tubing operations by enabling real-time downhole data acquisition. CTT allowed operations to be completed more efficiently and safely by mitigating uncertainties in unknown downhole conditions. The case histories show that CTT can reduce operational time and costs for applications like logging, milling, perforating and camera runs. The document concludes that CTT will become commonly used for coiled tubing operations to make them less people intensive and more automated.
The document summarizes a presentation on the past, present, and future of oil prices. It explains that oil prices rose extraordinarily since 1970 due to above-ground hurdles limiting supply expansion. Recent price declines are attributed to slowing global growth and rising shale oil production. Technological advances may allow shale and other sources to continue growing, keeping supply abundant and prices in the range of $40-60 per barrel long-term.
The SPE Foundation and member donations primarily fund the SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program. Companies also support the program by allowing employees to serve as lecturers. Additional support comes from AIME. The program provides 30 minute presentations on reservoir topics. Robert Hawkes will present on hydraulic fracture flowback dynamics, discussing load fluid recovery and its implications for long term production. His presentation will cover laboratory observations, field data, and diagnostic tools to understand flowback mechanisms and estimate ultimate load fluid recovery.
This document summarizes a presentation on solving the mystery of low rates of penetration in deep wells. It discusses how early researchers thought rock failure at atmospheric pressure simulated downhole conditions, but testing found lower ROPs downhole. The Mohr-Coulomb model was the first suspect considered to explain rock strengthening with pressure, but was found to only explain part of the reduction in ROP observed. Additional factors beyond simple rock failure criteria were discovered to influence ROP at depth.
Primary funding for the Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer Program is provided through member donations to the SPE Foundation and a contribution from Offshore Europe. Additional support comes from AIME. The program offers lectures from industry professionals on various topics, and is grateful to companies that allow their employees to participate as lecturers.
Geochemical logging provides quantitative estimates of formation mineralogy through measurements of elemental abundances. This allows for improved evaluation of complex reservoirs containing multiple minerals. Case studies demonstrated how geochemical logs aided in characterizing carbonate, sandstone, and shale gas formations through mineral identification, matrix density calculation, and porosity/saturation determinations. Core-log integration can be challenging due to differences in sampling volumes, but geochemical logs provide valuable mineralogical context for formation evaluation.
The Distinguished Lecturer Program provides concise summaries of technical documents on facilities sand management. This summary covers a two-day course on the topic presented by Dr. Hank Rawlins, who has over 25 years of industry experience. The course covers the five key steps to managing sand in production facilities: separation, collection, cleaning, dewatering, and transport. It emphasizes understanding sand issues in facilities rather than focusing on specific equipment.
The document discusses the Distinguished Lecturer Program run by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). It is primarily funded by member donations and industry support. The program brings in expert lecturers to discuss topics like global warming, fossil fuels, and the linkage between human activity and climate change. The document outlines some of the key debates in this area between those who believe human activity is the primary driver of climate change and those who are more skeptical of this view.
The document summarizes a presentation on using wireline formation testing (WFT) to characterize reservoirs and reduce uncertainties. It discusses how WFT can be used to measure pressures, sample and analyze downhole fluids, conduct transient tests, and test in-situ stresses. The results from these WFT analyses can be integrated into reservoir modeling workflows and help understand properties like permeability, fluid contacts, and the safe drilling window. Advanced sensors and improved transient testing capabilities in new generation WFT tools are providing more downhole data to reduce risks in reservoir evaluation.
The SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program provides funding for lectures on oil and gas topics through donations to the SPE Foundation, contributions from Offshore Europe, and support from AIME. The program is grateful to companies that allow their employees to serve as lecturers. Christiaan Luca's presentation focused on managing non-technical risks, such as those related to external stakeholders like local communities, governments, and banks. He discussed why these risks are difficult to manage and provided examples of how companies can better organize internally and engage stakeholders to mitigate risks and create opportunities.
I am Dr. T.D. Shashikala, an Associate Professor in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at University BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere, Karnataka. I have been teaching here since 1997. I prepared this manual for the VTU MTech course in Digital Communication and Networking, focusing on the Advanced Digital Signal Processing Lab (22LDN12). Based on, 1.Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications by John G. Proakis and Dimitris G. Manolakis, Discrete-Time Signal Processing by Alan V. Oppenheim and Ronald W. Schafer, 3.Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists" by Steven W. Smith. 4.Understanding Digital Signal Processing by Richard G. Lyons. 5.Wavelet Transforms and Time-Frequency Signal Analysis" by Lokenath Debnath . 6. MathWorks (MATLAB) - MATLAB Documentation
Best Practices of Clothing Businesses in Talavera, Nueva Ecija, A Foundation ...IJAEMSJORNAL
This study primarily aimed to determine the best practices of clothing businesses to use it as a foundation of strategic business advancements. Moreover, the frequency with which the business's best practices are tracked, which best practices are the most targeted of the apparel firms to be retained, and how does best practices can be used as strategic business advancement. The respondents of the study is the owners of clothing businesses in Talavera, Nueva Ecija. Data were collected and analyzed using a quantitative approach and utilizing a descriptive research design. Unveiling best practices of clothing businesses as a foundation for strategic business advancement through statistical analysis: frequency and percentage, and weighted means analyzing the data in terms of identifying the most to the least important performance indicators of the businesses among all of the variables. Based on the survey conducted on clothing businesses in Talavera, Nueva Ecija, several best practices emerge across different areas of business operations. These practices are categorized into three main sections, section one being the Business Profile and Legal Requirements, followed by the tracking of indicators in terms of Product, Place, Promotion, and Price, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) covering finance, marketing, production, technical, and distribution aspects. The research study delved into identifying the core best practices of clothing businesses, serving as a strategic guide for their advancement. Through meticulous analysis, several key findings emerged. Firstly, prioritizing product factors, such as maintaining optimal stock levels and maximizing customer satisfaction, was deemed essential for driving sales and fostering loyalty. Additionally, selecting the right store location was crucial for visibility and accessibility, directly impacting footfall and sales. Vigilance towards competitors and demographic shifts was highlighted as essential for maintaining relevance. Understanding the relationship between marketing spend and customer acquisition proved pivotal for optimizing budgets and achieving a higher ROI. Strategic analysis of profit margins across clothing items emerged as crucial for maximizing profitability and revenue. Creating a positive customer experience, investing in employee training, and implementing effective inventory management practices were also identified as critical success factors. In essence, these findings underscored the holistic approach needed for sustainable growth in the clothing business, emphasizing the importance of product management, marketing strategies, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
Slides from my talk at MinneAnalytics 2024 - June 7, 2024
https://datatech2024.sched.com/event/1eO0m/time-state-analytics-a-new-paradigm
Across many domains, we see a growing need for complex analytics to track precise metrics at Internet scale to detect issues, identify mitigations, and analyze patterns. Think about delays in airlines (Logistics), food delivery tracking (Apps), detect fraudulent transactions (Fintech), flagging computers for intrusion (Cybersecurity), device health (IoT), and many more.
For instance, at Conviva, our customers want to analyze the buffering that users on some types of devices suffer, when using a specific CDN.
We refer to such problems as Multidimensional Time-State Analytics. Time-State here refers to the stateful context-sensitive analysis over event streams needed to capture metrics of interest, in contrast to simple aggregations. Multidimensional refers to the need to run ad hoc queries to drill down into subpopulations of interest. Furthermore, we need both real-time streaming and offline retrospective analysis capabilities.
In this talk, we will share our experiences to explain why state-of-art systems offer poor abstractions to tackle such workloads and why they suffer from poor cost-performance tradeoffs and significant complexity.
We will also describe Conviva’s architectural and algorithmic efforts to tackle these challenges. We present early evidence on how raising the level of abstraction can reduce developer effort, bugs, and cloud costs by (up to) an order of magnitude, and offer a unified framework to support both streaming and retrospective analysis. We will also discuss how our ideas can be plugged into existing pipelines and how our new ``visual'' abstraction can democratize analytics across many domains and to non-programmers.
Ludo system project report management .pdfKamal Acharya
OpenGL is a library for doing computer graphics.By using it, we can create interactive applications which
render high-quality color images composed of 3D geometric objects and images. OpenGL is window and operating
system independent. As such, the part of our application which does rendering is platform
independent.However,inorderforOpenGLtobeabletorender,itneedsawindow to draw into. Generally,
The Project OpenGL Ludo-Board Game is a computer graphics project. The computer
graphics project used open source library – OpenGL with the c++. This c++ project is based on
one of the oldest Board Game – the Ludo. This OpenGL Ludo game is of two player game and
not the regular four player.
Ludo is a board game for two to four players,in which the players race their four tokens from
start to finish accordingly to die rolls.Like other cross and circle games,Ludo is derived from the
Indian game Pachisi but simpler.The game and its variant are popular in many countries .
Top EPC companies in India - Best EPC ContractorMangeshK6
These firms are responsible for designing, procuring materials, and constructing facilities, ensuring timely delivery, and adherence to quality standards.
Here is a list of key players driving the country’s development and shaping the future of Indian infrastructure:
https://industryupdates.medium.com/top-epc-companies-in-india-f814df73c5e8
FINE-TUNING OF SMALL/MEDIUM LLMS FOR BUSINESS QA ON STRUCTURED DATAkevig
Enabling business users to directly query their data sources is a significant advantage for organisations.
The majority of enterprise data is housed within databases, requiring extensive procedures that involve
intermediary layers for reporting and its related customization. The concept of enabling natural language
queries, where a chatbot can interpret user questions into database queries and promptly return results,
holds promise for expediting decision-making and enhancing business responsiveness. This approach
empowers experienced users to swiftly obtain data-driven insights. The integration of Text-to-SQL and
Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities represents a solution to this challenge, offering businesses a
powerful tool for query automation. However, security concerns prevent organizations from granting direct
database access akin to platforms like OpenAI. To address this limitation, this Paper proposes developing
fine-tuned small/medium LLMs tailored to specific domains like retail and supply chain.These models
would be trained on domain-specific questions and Queries that answer these questions based on the
database table structures to ensure efficacy and security. A pilot study is undertaken to bridge this gap by
fine-tuning selected LLMs to handle business-related queries and associated database structures, focusing
on sales and supply chain domains. The research endeavours to experiment with zero-shot and fine-tuning
techniques to identify the optimal model. Notably, a new dataset is curated for fine-tuning, comprising
business-specific questions pertinent to the sales and supply chain sectors. This experimental framework
aims to evaluate the readiness of LLMs to meet the demands for business query automation within these
specific domains. The study contributes to the progression of natural language query processing and
database interaction within the realm of business intelligence applications.
4. Lessons Learned from….
10 years as a Drilling function:
• > 16,000 operated wells
• ~21 Drilling Groups
• ~15 Business Units
• > $20 billion spend
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7. Principles
• Design for who is reviewing
• Focus on who or what is being measured
• Define benchmark consistently
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Drilling Engineers, Superintendents, Managers:
• Feet per day
• Non-Productive Time (NPT)
• Composite best well
• Connection time
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Executives, General Managers:
• Actual vs Budget
• Now vs earlier (trend)
• Performance by group
• Cost per well
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CAPEX: Actual vs. Q4 BM
Drilling Actual vs. Q4 BM Completions Actual vs. Q4 BM BU Total - Actual vs Q4 BM (3 month rolling avg)
Drilling
Completions
+ Hookup
%ofBenchmark
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3 month average
17. Trend Chart Basis
• Weighted average of all wells:
– Actual cost for each well
– Benchmark by Well Type
• Benchmark:
– Average for first half of previous year
– For each “Well Type”
• Alternate Bencharks:
– Second half, or adjusted similar well
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18. The Trend Chart
56%
67%
34%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
ActualCAPEXvs.Q4BMCAPEX
CAPEX: Actual vs. Q4 BM
Drilling Actual vs. Q4 BM Completions Actual vs. Q4 BM BU Total - Actual vs Q4 BM (3 month rolling avg)
Benchmark from previous year.
100% = same performance.
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%ofBenchmark
19. Well Types for Benchmark
For budget, wells with the same:
• Reservoir depth
• Lateral length
• Production casing size
• Completion (frac design)
For drilling performance, wells with the same:
• Specific casing program
• Specific well path
Many Well Types (132 for one region)!
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26. Simple can work
Other Rigs Adv Rigs
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
DrillingTimePerWell
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27. Identify and Quantify
Actual vs:
• Best In Class Well (SPE-140172)
• Composite Best Well
• Technical Limit (SPE 35077, IADC/SPE 59207, OTC 8637)
• “Perfect Well” (AADE-06-DF-HO-13, IADC/SPE-178850-MS)
• Partners and other operators
• Record wells
• Good wells
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28. Identify and Quantify
Actual vs:
• Best In Class Well (SPE-140172)
• Composite Best Well
• Technical Limit (SPE 35077, IADC/SPE 59207, OTC 8637)
• “Perfect Well” (AADE-06-DF-HO-13, IADC/SPE-178850-MS)
• Partners and other operators
• Record wells
• Good wells
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They all work!
(It’s the process)
29. Reduce to Actions
LEVEL EXAMPLE
Conceptual
Cost-Per-Foot, Feet-Per-day,
% Best Well
Group
Drilling, Asset Team,
Procurement
Category
Rig, downhole tools,
directional, fluids
Specific
Intermediate hole ROP,
connection time, move time,
“Contractor A NPT” 29
30. Flat Time
Q1 Q1 Q1Q4 Q4 Q4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
BOP RU & Test Connection
Time
Rig Move
Hours
Average Time Saved / Well (Q1-Q4)
-31%
-39%
-18%
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39. Data System Required
• Executive support
• Written standards
• Global consistency
• Support staff
• Training
• Data validation
• Query tools for easy access
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42. Summary
• Give execs data that makes sense to them
• Use consistent benchmarks
• Revise the “budget” as the plan changes
• Develop Well Types, use for budget,
benchmark, and actual
• Use metrics that stimulate actions
See paper SPE-189683-MS, “Measuring Land Drilling Performance” for more details.
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43. Use These Charts
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56%
67%
34%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
ActualCAPEXvs.Q4BMCAPEX
CAPEX: Actual vs. Q4 BM
Drilling Actual vs. Q4 BM Completions Actual vs. Q4 BM BU Total - Actual vs Q4 BM (3 month rolling avg)
%ofBenchmark
0
200
400
600
800
1000
0
250
500
750
1,000
1,250
1,500
1,750
2,000
2,250
2,500
WellCount
CAPEX Budget CAPEX: Budget w/ Rev. Well Mix Actual CAPEX WC: Budget Actual Well Count
DevelopmentGrossCAPEX
($Mm)
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We always look first out our safety performance, but safety metrics are well defined and universally used. Our discussion today is on other performance measures.