NDR meetings and the E-Regulations SIG
Stewart RobinsonHead of IT
Department of Energy and Climate Change
What is an NDR ?
National Data Repository for
Log data, Seismic data (paper and digital)and sufficient meta data to identify ownership.
But it can be much moreSpatial data, Production data, geological data etc
Why have an NDR
• Cost reduction
• Establishing a national archive
• Attracting new participants
Do NDRs deliver business value ? Do they need to ?
Why have NDR meetings ?
• Meet other people doing same work
• Share ideas, learn
• Cooperate – standards
Countries at first meeting in 1996 in London
Alaska Norway
Algeria New Zealand
Canada Peru
Denmark UK
Indonesia USA
Netherlands
And now there is …….NorwayUKHollandRussiaSiberiaAlbertaSouth AfricaUSANamibiaBrazilColumbiaNew ZealandNetherlandsPeruEast Canada
TanzaniaAngolaGhanaOmanKazakhstanTurkeyMalaysiaKenyaNova ScotiaChinaAzerbaijan
and more …
NDR meetings
1. London (1996)2. Norway3. Canada 4. Norway5. USA6. Holland7. Columbia8. South Africa9. India10. Brazil11. Malaysia (2012)
Over 150 delegates31 different countries24 Regulatory Bodies
2 ½ days of breakout sessions and country feedback sessions
+ samba dancers
More importantly
Real buzz ….. Obvious interactions
Desire to collaborateProduction data reportingStandardising regulatory reportingGuidelines for tendering and re-tenderingNaming conventions for seismic lines and surveysBenchmarking NDR metricsTape versus disc for long term storage
• NDR web site part of Energistics web site
• Energistics seen to be facilitator
• NDR Collaboration Hub
• Potential members
• Vehicle for deploying standards