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Integrated Operations in the High North

Integrated Operations in the High North is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Integrated Operations in the High North rather than just read about it. In short: Integrated Operations in the High North (IOHN, IO High North or IO in the High North) is a unique collaboration project that during a four-year period starting May 2008 is working on designing, implementing and testing a Digital Platform for what in the upstream oil and gas industry is called the next or second generation of Integrated Operations. The work on the Digital platform is focussed on capture, transfer and…

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Reference excerpt

Integrated Operations in the High North (IOHN, IO High North or IO in the High North) is a unique collaboration project that during a four-year period starting May 2008 is working on designing, implementing and testing a Digital Platform for what in the upstream oil and gas industry is called the next or second generation of Integrated Operations. The work on the Digital platform is focussed on capture, transfer and integration of real-time data from the remote production installations to the decision makers. A risk evaluation across the whole chain is also included. The platform is based on open standards and enables a higher degree of interoperability. Requirements for the digital platform come from use cases defined within the Drilling and Completion, Reservoir and Production and Operations and Maintenance domains. The platform will subsequently be demonstrated through pilots within these three domains. The project was a sidecar initiative for Statoil’s Global Operations Data Integration Project. This was part of a very ambitious Master Plan IT (MapIT), which also included the Real Time Visualization (RTV) tender. The RTV tender aimed to be an ontology-aware information workspace for a wide range of disciplines, as per the IO Capability Stack. Additionally, the sidecar project aimed to increase the semantic web knowledge among suppliers in the industry. This new platform is considered an important enabler for safe and sustainable operations in remote, vulnerable and hazardous areas such as the High North, but the technology is clearly also applicable in more general applications. The IOHN project consortium consists of 22 participants, including operators, service providers, software vendors, technology providers, research institutions and universities. In addition, the Norwegian Defence Force is working with the project to resolve common infrastructural and interoperability challenges. The project is managed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Nils Sandsmark was the project manager during the initiation and start-up phase. Frédéric Verhelst took over as project manager from the beginning of 2009. Financing comes from the participants and the Research Council of Norway (RCN) for parts of the project (GOICT and AutoConRig).

Participants The consortium consists of the following 22 participants (in alphabetical order):

See also Integrated Operations Semantic Web ISO 15926 aka Oil and Gas Ontology, an enabler for the next or second generation of Integrated Operations by integrating data across disciplines and business domains. Petroleum exploration in the Arctic POSC Caesar Association, the custodian of ISO 15926, the Oil and Gas Ontology.

References

External links Integrated Operations in the High North Archived 2015-12-24 at the Wayback Machine website W3C workshop on Semantic Web in Oil and Gas industry, Houston, December 9–10, 2008. Position papers from several participants in IOHN. Semantic Days 2009 conference, Stavanger, May 18–20, 2009. One session is devoted to IOHN. IO 09 Science and Practice Archived 2009-09-29 at the Wayback Machine conference, Trondheim, September 29–30, 2009. One session is devoted to IOHN. Integrated Operations in the High North—mid term report, Oil IT Journal, March 2010.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Integrated Operations in the High North

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Integrated Operations in the High North claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Integrated Operations in the High North before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Integrated Operations in the High North ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Integrated Operations in the High North

In research: Integrated Operations in the High North appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Integrated Operations in the High North in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Integrated Operations in the High North is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Information science organizations, Knowledge engineering, Knowledge representation, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Integrated Operations in the High North outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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