Decision Support and Optimization (DSO) Software

DSO

AI-enabled scheduling optimization for complex upstream operations.

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Optimize every stage of your upstream operations

Well Delivery

Bring permitting, construction, facilities, drilling, completion, and field operations together into a single, unified schedule across your entire well delivery program.

Asset Development Planning

Build and evaluate multiple asset development plan scenarios in minutes, then seamlessly select the best plan and schedule the required operations.

Production Operations

Strategically plan well workovers, interventions and maintenance schedules by rapidly evaluating “What if?” scenarios to respond to changing operational conditions.

Manual upstream scheduling challenges

Common scheduling tools offer limited visibility into costs and production forecasting, making cash flow predictability nearly impossible to achieve

Without a unified view of all activities, resources, and KPIs, operations are rarely fully synchronized

Simple scheduling tools can't show how activities relate to one another over time — leaving costly schedule gaps undetected

Siloed scheduling leads to longer cycle times, higher costs, and missed production targets

DSO allows you to schedule and optimize with confidence

Hit production targets

Enhance operational value by building accurate and reliable schedules that increase efficiency and deliver predictable performance.

See the impact of decisions

Use “What if?” scenario analysis and advanced analytics to gain insight into how your decisions will impact key business metrics, such as costs and production. Model your organization's operations and see how capital efficient you truly are.

Integrate and surface insights with ease

DSO integrates with existing systems through a REST API, minimizing manual data entry while also offering an OData connection. This enables efficient reporting and analytics with always up to date, refreshable data.

Maximize return on assets

Automatically align decisions with operational goals, and maximize return on assets through intelligent, responsive resource allocation.

DSO/CX (Collaboration Exchange)

A web-based solution for comprehensive schedule visualization and reporting

Share the schedule, anywhere, anytime

DSO/CX combines advanced schedule visualization, reporting, and GIS mapping so any authorized user can view an optimized schedule tailored to their needs. Accessible from any device, it improves efficiency, collaboration, and mobility by delivering schedule information anywhere, anytime.

Collaborate more efficiently

Advanced license users can submit edits directly within DSO/CX, eliminating the spreadsheets and manual data entry that schedulers typically rely on to capture information that lives outside other systems of record. This keeps all schedule-relevant data flowing through a single, streamlined channel, so teams stay aligned and working from the same source of truth.

Make confident decisions

DSO/CX eliminates delays and poor decisions caused by miscommunication and outdated information by providing alerts on the latest schedule and notifying users of any changes. Comprehensive configuration for users and teams, advanced analytics, and precise activity location mapping allow teams to make confident decisions, faster.

Trusted by industry leaders

We’ve integrated every activity across multiple teams into our master schedule; even third-party activities are included because they constrain us and impact our overall success. When you have the visibility DSO gives you into every aspect of your operation, you can truly be strategic.

—Master Scheduler, U.S. E&P Operator

The difference between DSO and other scheduling software is in its flexibility and scalability, to mold it around how different teams work. Instead of you adapting to the software, it adapts to you, which has dramatically increased adoption rate and buy-in from all our different teams. Not once has it not been able to work the way we’ve needed it to.

—Senior Planner, Global E&P Operator

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Frequently asked questions

What is Decision Support and Optimization (DSO)?

Decision Support and Optimization (DSO) is a configurable, interactive software application for scheduling and optimizing operations in complex upstream environments. It incorporates a drag-and-drop Gantt chart user interface, together with sophisticated data management capabilities, and makes it easy for you to develop and manage integrated operations schedules that are aligned with your business objectives.

You can use DSO to schedule operations such as onshore or offshore drilling, supply and logistics activities, and maintenance. It’s ideally suited to situations where there is a complicated mix of resources—such as rigs, crews, or various items of equipment—that must be assigned to activities—including, drilling, facility maintenance and repair, and decommissioning—according to various types of constraints.

DSO incorporates a comprehensive scheduling logic, and together with the fastest AI-enabled optimization engine in the industry, it enables you to:

Automatically assign resources to activities in an optimal sequence, rapidly and reliably
Interactively adjust your schedule to reflect changes and disruptions, using the drag-and-drop Gantt chart interface
Optimize your schedule to align with important objectives, such as cost, production output, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
Effectively collaborate with your colleagues, using a consolidated operations model focused on business objectives
Rapidly create and evaluate “What if?” scenarios to identify an optimal alternative schedule for use in any situation

Which industries benefit most from DSO software?

The upstream oil and gas sectors including offshore and conventional or unconventional onshore benefit most from DSO. DSO users range from the largest oil and gas companies in the world to smaller independent operators. Some use DSO for scheduling operations, while others use it for complex infrastructure constraint modeling, maintenance, or logistics situations.

How is DSO deployed?

DSO on-premise is deployed as a standalone application on a workstation, connected to a schedule database installed on an appropriate server (the DSO database may be installed locally or on a remote server, using Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle). DSO can also be deployed as a Software as a Service (SaaS) or private cloud.

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