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"[RIO] has allowed us to actually use the historical production data to evaluate potential acquisitions rather than spend all our time manipulating the data from outside sources and making our own Excel spreadsheets.

With RIO, we are able to utilize our time more productively and efficiently which is critical to a small company like Petsec."

- Prent Kallenberger,
  Petsec Energy


RIO - Reservoir Information Online - Technical Data
Management Software

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RIO is a flexible Corporate Data-Store for information coming from producing fields.

RIO is used by production and reservoir engineers, as well as geologists and petrophysicists and provides an environment where data from different departments is integrated and reconciled.

All of the data is tied together to ensure data integrity and promote quality assurance of the data.

Key Benefits
Easy to use – very few people have had any kind of formal training in the application yet most people are functional within 15 minutes of being exposed to it.

Timely access to information – the main grid in Rio is one of the single most powerful tools in the whole system. Within seconds, a user (whether a manager or a technical professional) can have the answer to most of their commonly asked questions.

The main grid supports sorting, grouping, summing, averaging, and formatting - giving the user an incredible amount of control over the way he/she would like to see their data. Full WYSIWYG reporting is available from this grid.

Integrated and reconciled data – the relationships between the different types of data are maintained within the database thereby ensuring data integrity even if the data is manipulated through the "backdoor".

Stable – very few errors. When there is an error, it is emailed to the developers allowing us to take a proactive role in correcting the mistakes (usually before the user even reports them).

Fast – None of the queries take more than a couple of seconds with most executing in less than one second.

Quick Graphs – canned graphs for Well Tests, Monthly Volumes, Bottom Hole Pressures and Directional Surveys used for technical analysis and quality control.
Compatible with MicroSoft tools: almost all data in the system can be exported to Excel with the click of a button.

Open Data Model – Rio utilize the MS SQL Server and is open to many analytical softwares.

Other exceptionally useful tools:
Stratigraphic Column Manager – Tool to better manage the sands within a field.

"On The Fly" Wellbore Utility Charts – Quick summary of a wellbore’s characteristics.

Drill Down Search - a series of drop down menus allow you to quickly locate a well or group of wells within the system.


Coordinate transformations provided by Blue Marble

 

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The system is extremely easy to use because it is patterned after the familiar spreadsheet interface. In fact most users have never received any formal training in the system yet are productive within minutes of being shown the application.

RIO was initially designed and developed by Ocean Energy's reservoir and production engineers. It was acquired by Merrick Systems in 2001.

Tremendous emphasis was placed on one time data entry and ease of use.