ICDT Oilfield Operations
A domain-native implementation of the Integrated Cognitive Digital Twin architecture, designed to align operational data with owner-driven value.
The Core Concept
Oilfield Operations generates massive data velocity, yet decision-quality signal often remains fragmented across silos. ICDT (Integrated Cognitive Digital Twin) is an architectural approach that unifies this data not just spatially or temporally, but cognitively—linking raw telemetry to the specific workflows and decisions operators make every day.
Operational Value
This implementation focuses relentlessly on two owner-level outcomes:
- Confidence in Recoverable Reserves: Ensuring that well placement and spacing decisions are based on a consistent, verified understanding of the subsurface reality as it is drilled.
- Visibility into Daily Production: Providing an unobstructed, real-time view of well performance and operational bottlenecks, independent of service-company reporting layers.
Architecture Principles
The system moves beyond passive dashboards by embedding intelligence directly into the data structure:
- Curated over Raw: Input data is cleansed and normalized at ingestion, ensuring downstream agents consume only trusted signal.
- Workflow-Contextual Intelligence: Data is organized by the job to be done (e.g., "Landing the Curve") rather than just by sensor type.
- Agent Orchestration: Specialized autonomous agents monitor specific streams (e.g., directional surveys, drilling parameters) and trigger alerts only when deviations exceed context-aware thresholds.
- Deterministic + Probabilistic: Combines rigorous physics-based models for engineering certainty with probabilistic AI for trend analysis and anomaly detection.
Scope of Implementation
The architecture is designed to scale across the full well lifecycle:
- Drilling: Real-time geosteering support, anti-collision monitoring, and performance maximization.
- Completions: Frac stage visualization and pressure analysis.
- Production: Flow assurance monitoring and facility uptime tracking.
Governance & Security
Designed for sovereign ownership, the system ensures that the operator retains full control over the digital asset. Models are explainable (no "black boxes" for engineering decisions) and the architecture is extensible, allowing internal teams to add proprietary logic without breaking the core backbone.
Current Status
Defined architecture and workflows. Ready for domain implementation.