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How can upstream scheduling teams improve collaboration and achieve greater operational efficiency?
DSO Collaboration Exchange (DSO/CX) is an oil and gas scheduling software designed to help upstream teams overcome collaboration challenges and increase operational efficiency. Its dynamic, web-based platform brings upstream teams together and offers a clear, up-to-date view of operational activity. Configurable views, automated notifications, GIS mapping and near real-time data sharing help DSO/CX users anticipate changes, make better decisions and remain aligned.
Why upstream teams need better collaboration tools to improve operational efficiency
Enabling agile collaboration and communication among multi-disciplinary upstream team members is a critical success factor to maximize operational efficiency. Access to the right information—whether it’s schedule visualization, dynamic reports, audit tracking or operations change/status notification—is the foundation of productive work across all oil and gas disciplines and departments.
With many interconnected components in upstream scheduling, stakeholders must share data efficiently as drilling and completions teams work toward common goals, such as improving operational performance and reducing cycle times.
Using static spreadsheet-based schedules can be time-consuming and prone to errors. They limit collaboration, often leading to miscommunications and delays. DSO/CX is a web-based, oil and gas scheduling software that connects different organizational teams and functions to provide a more dynamic and current consolidated view of operational status.
Share the planning schedule and collaborate anywhere, anytime
DSO/CX provides up-to-the-minute schedule information anywhere, any time, to enhance operations planning. From the interoffice team to rig supervisors and field operations, it allows each user to exchange data in near real-time. It also allows individual users to configure their own view, subject to easily-administered data access controls, ensuring everyone has access to the information relevant to their responsibilities.
Empowering better scheduling and data management
With configurable screens and automated notifications, DSO/CX empowers users to quickly access scheduling data, anticipate changes, and make well-informed decisions. Its GIS-integration and mapping functionality clearly visualizes activity locations and shows how these are integrated with the schedule. Reports are easily generated to meet the specific needs of each discipline, providing a clear view of their progress from initial planning to current status. Additionally, an advanced license enables DSO/CX users to directly edit data within the system, ensuring accuracy and near real-time updates.
DSO/CX provides critical benefits:
Optimal collaboration
All stakeholders can share schedules, insights and proposed changes within the DSO/CX platform, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
Information that’s always up-to-date
Accessible from a desktop or tablet, DSO/CX provides rapid access to near real-time information that allows all stakeholders – management personnel, drilling engineers, or completion engineers – to respond quickly.
Better decision making
DSO/CX eliminates delays and poor decisions resulting from the distribution of static, out of date reports and spreadsheets. And, it manages schedule updates, so users always have the most accurate view of the consolidated operations schedule.
Driving efficiency with fewer obstacles
For schedulers, DSO/CX provides access to the information that matters most to them, empowering them with greater control over their specific discipline in relation to the schedule. This not only saves time but also enhances data accuracy and eliminates the need for manual work. Additionally, the audit log feature enables schedulers to track and monitor data changes effectively, improving accountability and accuracy.
For supervisors, DSO/CX reduces miscommunication and promotes better alignment within the team by providing discussion features that enable all DSO/CX users—including supervisors—to engage in conversations relevant to the well and the activity taking place.
DSO/CX improves situational awareness by enabling regulatory supervisors to set up alerts for wells at risk of missing permit deadlines. These timely notifications support proactive monitoring of the approval process and help identify potential bottlenecks early.
Oil and gas scheduling software: Enhancing collaboration and project transparency in a connected environment
DSO/CX brings diverse work teams closer together by improving project transparency and fostering efficient workflows through a more collaborative and communicative environment. It offers the flexibility to view, configure and edit scheduling data with ease. Additionally, by ensuring that everyone is on the same page, it improves coordination, promotes uniformity, and helps reduce errors.
