The Microsoft Upstream Reference Architecture

TheMicrosoftUpstreamReferenceArchitecture Theflowofoilfielddataincreasesexponentiallyeachday.Asaresult,upstream operatorsaredemandingsoftwaresolutionsthatenablethemtoworksmarter andtakeadvantageofnewtechno andtakeadvantageofnewtechnologiesinclu logiesincludingcloud dingcloudservices,apps,mobi services,apps,mobility, lity, socialcomputingandplatformsthatunlockthepotentialofBigData.Microsoft isattheforefrontofthesetec isattheforefrontofthesetechnologyadvan hnologyadvancements. cements. Ourvisionistoshapethefutureoftechnologydeliveryintheenergyindustry.At Microsoft,webelievethatcloudservicesisthenextgenerationofITandthenext step tep in the the industry’s increasing quest for efficiency gains and global collaboration.Accordingtoa 2011Microsoftand 2011MicrosoftandAccenturesurvey Accenturesurvey ofover200 oilandgasengineers,managersandITmanagers,36percenthaveplanstouse cloudservicesinthefutureandanother32percentarecurrentlyusingprivateor publiccloudservices. publiccloudservices. Respondents Respondents expect expect their their computing computing environme environment nt to provide provide easier easier access access to volumesofdatanecessaryforoilfieldoperationaldecisionmaking.Mobiledevices suchastabletsandsmartphonesarebeginningtooffernewwaysofaccessing thisdatainsimpler,morepervasiveways,fromintegrated,secure,reliableand instantly-availablecloud-hos instantly-availablecloud-hostedServices. tedServices. Through Through the Microsoft Microsoft Upstream Upstream Reference Reference Architect Architecture ure (MURA) (MURA) framework, framework, Micros Microsoft oft is leadin leading g the indust industry ry to the cloud, cloud, and and from from there, there, provi providin ding g the foundationforthenextgenera foundationforthenextgenerationofoilfi tionofoilfieldsolution eldsolutions. s. Theendresultforoperatorsis: • • • • • • •

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Contents UpstreamBusinessDemandMorefromITArchitecture.............................................................................4 ADayintheLifeofanUpstreamOrganization................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................5 CurrentState:OverviewandChallenges...................................................................... CurrentState:OverviewandChallenges ................................................................................................................................ ..........................................................5 DriversfortheEvolutionofaMoreEfficientArchitecture.......... DriversfortheEvolutionofaMoreEfficientArchitecture ..................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ................... ........7 EnablingtheEvolution......................................................................................................................................8 Standards................................................................... Standards.............................................................................................................................................. ......................................................................................................................... ..............................................8 Technology........................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................................................... ..............................................9 FutureState...................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................ ..................................9 9 GuidingPrinciple GuidingP rinciples s............. .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ....................... ..........10 10 RoleBasedProductivityandInsights............................................................... RoleBasedProductivityandInsights .....................................................................................................................................11 ......................................................................11 NaturalUserExperience...................................................................................................................................................... ..............................................................................................................................................................12 ........12 SocialEnterprise................................................................... SocialEnterprise............................................................................................................................................. ..........................................................................................................12 ................................12 ConnectedBusiness........................................................................ ConnectedBusiness.................................................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................13 ....................13 Secure,Scalable,High-PerformanceInfrastructure Secure,Scalable,High-Performanc eInfrastructure.......................................................................... ..........................................................................................................13 ................................13 MicrosoftTech Microso ftTechnology nologyUnderpi Underpinningthe nningtheRefe ReferenceA renceArchitec rchitecture ture............ ......................... ........................... ........................... .................... .......18 18 MURA-Microso MURA- MicrosoftTec ftTechnology hnologyView View............... ............................. ........................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .............. .20 20 MURAFramewor MURAF rameworkOver kOverview..................... view.................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........................... ....................... .........21 21 RichInteractiveClients.................................................................. RichInteractiveClients ............................................................................................................................................ ..............................................................................................24 ....................24 IntegratedPortal............................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................24 ................................24 DataIntegration................................................................... DataIntegration............................................................................................................................................. ..........................................................................................................24 ................................24 ForecastModelSynchronization......................................................................... ForecastModelSynchronization .............................................................................................................................................27 ....................................................................27 ManagingandProcessingMountainsofData...................................................................................................................27 ...................................................................................................................27 OperationalDataStore............................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................28 ....................28 SecurelyCollaboratingwithPartners SecurelyCollaboratingwith Partners............................................................... .....................................................................................................................................28 ......................................................................28 GettingThere GettingT here............ ......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........................... .......................... .......................... ........................... .......................... .................. .....29 29 AbouttheMicrosoftUpstreamReferenceArchitecture(MURA)framework AbouttheMicrosoftUpstreamReferenc eArchitecture(MURA)framework.......... ..................... ....................... ................... .......3 30 0

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UpstreamBusinessDemandMorefromITArchitecture Anupstreamreferencearchitecturemustsupportandrespondtothe functional activitiesof an upstreamorganizationandprovidethecapabilities neededto effectivelyandefficientlyrun the business. Oilandgasexplorationandproduction(E&P)isavast,complex,data-drivenbusiness,withdata volumes growing exponentially. These upstream organizations work simultaneously with both structuredandunstructureddata. Structured data is handled in the domain-specific applications used to manage surveying, processingandimaging,explorationplanning,reservoirmodeling,production,andotherupstream activities.Atthesametime,largeamountsofinformationpertainingtothosesameactivitiesare generatedinunstructuredforms,suchasemailsandtextmessages,wordprocessingdocuments, spreadsheets,voicerecordings,andothers. Figure1 showsthebroadspectrumofstructuredandunstructureddataupstreamorganizations use to orchestrate, automate, integrate, and execute integrated upstream operations and managementactivities.

Figure1.Upstreambusinessactivitiesuseabroadrangeofstructuredandunstructureddata. 4


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Domain-orientedstructureddataisusedfor: 

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Collaboration,includingvisualization,datafusion,decisiontracking,andknowledge management. Optimization,includingsimulation,proxymodels,decisionselection,and implementation. Operationaldataanalysis,suchastrend-androot-causeanalysis,solutionevaluation, keyperformanceindicators(KPI)andproblemdetection. Datamanagement,whichincludes:qualitycontrol,validation,datastorageand archiving,lossmanagement,allocationandrateestimationandacquisition,including measurementsanddatatransmission.

ADayintheLifeofanUpstreamOrganization Foraclearerunderstandingoftheuseofbothstructuredandunstructureddata,considerthe followingscenario. Aglobalassetteammadeupofgeologists,geophysicists,andreservoirengineers,locatedinthree differentcountries,workstogethertodevelopa fielddevelopmentplantoassesstheeconomic potentialforvarioustertiaryrecoveryoptionsonakeyfieldwithdecliningproduction.Theteam tunesthereservoirmodelinPetrelwithallavailableG&Gandproductiondata,andplansseveral welloptionsmodelingfluidflowalongstreamlinesandusingreservoirsimulationtoassessthe potentialandimpactoftheplacementandtimingofthosewells.Theteamworkstogetheronthe shared models within the application software. However, the number of scenarios and the complexityoftheanalysisrequirethattheworkbeaniterative,collaborativeeffort.Sotheteam alsodiscussesoptionsandexchangesideasusingemailandtextmessaging,andsharesnecessary documentsthroughtheirsecureteamportal,whichmakesitpossibleforthemtopreparemultiple optionsinparallelformanagementandpartnerreview.

CurrentState:OverviewandChallenges ThecurrentstateofITinfrastructureinmostupstreambusinessesisunabletoadequatelysupport andrespondtoanalysis,operations,andbusinessneeds. In most organizations, the volume of information is increasing exponentially because digital sensorsaredeployedinmoreexplorationandproductionplays,moredatasourcesareconnected toITsystems,andgrowingvolumesofinformationarecapturedandstoredinenterprisedatabases. Large volumes of domain-specific information are also embedded in various upstream applications.Thisdatasituationmeansit’sdifficultorimpossibletousethatdatatoquicklyand efficientlygettheinformationandanswersneeded.

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Current Architectures ExistingITarchitecturesinthe upstreamoilandgassectorareoften limitedbyapplicationsinsilos,poor integration,andbarriersto collaboration.Paradoxically,the mostcommonactivitiesacrossallof thesedomainsarewordprocessing, spreadsheet,email,andotherbasic businessapplications.

Figure2.ThecurrentstateofITarchitecturesfortheupstreamoilandgassector. AfewbasicissuesdefinetherequirementsofanupstreamITarchitecture. Data Management. That growing volume of data now typically resides in disparate source systems,suchasLandmark’sSeisWorks seismicinterpretationsoftware orSchlumberger’sPetrel— ormaybeevenacombinationofboth.TheWeb-basedtoolsusedforviewingandcollaborating onthisinformationarenotfullyintegrated.Thatmeanswhenageologistisreviewingseismicdata foraprospectandheorsheneedstocrosscheckcoresamples,thatinformationcantypicallybe accessedonlythroughaninconvenientandtime-consumingsearchofthedifferentsystems,rather thanfromonecommoninterface. When integration does exist, it is usually through point-to-point connections or intermediary databasetables.Theseone-offconnectionsaddtimeandcost,andcannoteasilybesharedor reusedbyotherapplications.Variousindustrysolutionsprovidedata-orapplication-integration frameworks,whichcreateacommonaccesslayertohelpaddressthisintegrationproblem. Integration.Eachdiscipline—petrophysics,geology,reservoirengineering,andothers—tendsto haveanduseitsownanalyticmodelingsystems,butcurrentlylittleconnectivityorinteraction existsbetweenthosemodels.Therefore,changesinconclusionsforonedisciplinearenotalways carriedthroughtoothers,whichcancauseincreasedinaccuracy,errorsanduncertainty. Collaboration.WithcurrentITinfrastructure,collaborationisalsodifficultbecausethereisno convenient,sharedlocationwheremultipleinternalandexternalpartnerscanaccessinformation storedonthecorporatenetwork.Forexample,aseismicservicecompanyemployeewhoworkson prospectsformultipleenergycompaniesneedsseparatelog-inlocationsandpasswordsforeach

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ofthosecollaborativepartnerships.Thesesamecollaborationchallengesalsotypicallyexistwithin individualoilandgascompanies. PerformanceManagement .Inthecurrentstate,KPIs,whichareneededtounderstandandassess thecurrentstatusandoverallhealthofanorganization,areoftennotreadilyavailable.Themanual, time-andlabor-intensiveprocessesneededtogatherandanalyzeKPIsmeansthatmanagersand engineerswastevaluabletimewaitingforanswers,whiledataiscollected,analyzed,andtranslated intotheinsightsneededtounderstandandrunthebusiness. Inthissiloedenvironment,itisoftendifficulttolocateinformationandensurethetimelinessand qualityofthatdata.Forexample,threeorfourdifferentsystemsmaycompilelistsofavailablefield data,buttheorganizationmaylackasingle,comprehensive,andup-to-datelistofthosecrucial subsurfaceassets.

DriversfortheEvolutionofaMoreEfficientArchitecture Powerfulreasonsarecompellingoilandgascompaniestoseekanewandmoreefficientupstream ITarchitecturethattakesadvantageofthecloud.Companiesmusthave: Reducedimplementationandsupportcosts.Oilandgascompaniescandothisbymaximizing their use of existing technology investments when purchasing new solutions from vendors. However,untilnow,theyhavehadlittleguidanceonhowinvestmentsinsuchsolutionscouldfully useexistingtechnologyinvestmentsthatthe organizations’ITdepartmentshavealreadymade. Forexample,itwouldbeadvantageousforacompanytoknowthatavendor ’ssolutionwoulduse already-purchasedmanagementsolutionslikeMicrosoftSystemCentertoeasedeploymentoruse single-sign on technologies from already-deployed identity management solutions, like Active Directory.Further,bymakingextensiveuseofcloudsolutions,capitalinvestmentondatacenters canbereducedascanthesupportcostsofrunningthem,maximizingbusinessagilityandlowering ITcosts. Abilitytodelivermorewithless .Intoday’sbusinessandoperational environment,companies mustdelivermorethroughputwithfewerresourcesandseverelytime-constrainedworkteams.To deliverbetterresultsfaster,G&Gandengineeringworkersmustbeabletospendmoretimedoing domain-focusedwork—andlesstimesearchingforandpreparingthedataneededforthatwork. Workflows,data-drivenevents,andautomatedanalysisshouldhelpdrivetheireffortstoidentify risksandhelpmanagetheexplorationportfolioorproductionoperations. Integratedviews.Workersalsoneedintegratedviewsthatrevealallrelevantdata,bothstructured and unstructured, for a particular situation. For example, in an exploration scenario, that comprehensive perspective should include tornado charts that measure risk, analog well productionhistories,rock properties,log files,rig schedules,and other variablesrelatingtothe prospectinquestion. 7


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EasilyaccessibleKPIs.Managementneedsup-to-datekeyperformanceindicators(KPIs)tofully understandthecurrentstatusandoverallhealthofanorganization.Forexample,ideallymanagers shouldbeabletoseeasinglescreenshowingtheportfolioofcurrentopportunities,whichones aredrillready,theavailablerigs,andtheprospectpeerreviewsthatarescheduledforthenexttwo weeks. With appropriate drill-down details, managers can focus their time on the underperformingevaluationteamstoquicklytakeremedialactiontobringthembacktotheexpected levelofproductivity. Plug-and-playtechnology.Theindustry needsan architecturalapproachthatallowsupstream organizationstousemoreflexibleandcost-efficientcloud-basedplug-and-playbusinesslogic.If atechnologysuppliercomesupwithabetterweb-basedseismicviewer,thearchitectureshould allowthatsolutiontobedeployedquicklyandeconomicallytoothercloud-basedsolutionsthat couldmakeuseofit.ThisapproachreducestheconstraintsonIT,givescompaniesaccesstobestof-breedsolutions,andcanreducethetimeneededtodeploynewsolutionsfromyearsorseveral monthstojustamonthorevendays. Integrationofstructuredandunstructureddata .Lastly,upstreamorganizationsalsoneedthe abilityto connectandintegratethe largevolumesofunstructureddata generatedand usedby non-domain-specific sources, such as word processing and email programs, unified communications, and collaborativeapplications. Thisrequirementrecognizes that much of the informationneededtomanageupstreamprojectsisinfacthostedinnon-domainapplicationsand environments,bothon-premisesandincreasingly,inthecloud.

EnablingtheEvolution As noted, several emerging industry standards and technologies are now enabling the more flexible,integratedon-premiseandcloud-basedITarchitectureneededin theupstreamoiland gasindustry.

Standards XMLstandards-basedtechnologiessuchasWITSML,PRODMLorRESQML,curatedandsupported by Energistics,providecommondatainterfaces.Thisprovidesthe foundationneededtoensure plug-and-playaccesstobest-in-classhardwareandsoftwaresolutionsthatrunbothintheprivate datacenterandinthecloud.Forexample,ifacompanycurrentlyhasawellboreviewerthatis WITSMLcompliant,thecompanycandeployanyWITSML-basedwellboreviewersolutionwith such an interface in place. Further, standard industry database schemas like the Professional PetroleumDataModel(PPDM)furthersupportthis,particularlywhendeployedtocloud-basedbaseddatabaseslikeSQLAzure.

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MURA Framework

Technology Cloudcomputingreferstoremotecentersforstoringandaccessingdataandapplicationsusing theInternet,whicharedesignedtosavebusinessesmoney,inpartbyreducingtheneedtobuild majoron-premisecomputinginfrastructure. Thecloudapproachisidealforcomplexupstreamoperations,givenitsmulti-vendor,multi-partner environment and hugevolumesof datathat require a combination of strict security and easy sharingwithappropriatepartners.Solutionsdeliveredviaacloudinfrastructureallowbusinesses torentonlythefunctionalitytheyneed,whentheyneedit,andonaper-userbasis.Cloud-enabled standards,suchastheODatastandardandindustrydatastandardssuchEnergisticsincombination withtechnologysuchassecuredwebservices,permiteasy,secureintegrationbetweendifferent instancesofcloud-hostedservices,eventhoseprovidedbydifferentvendors. Mobility. With the proliferation of devices now available to consumers as well as businesses, especiallytabletsandsmartphones,thereisincreasingpressureonITdepartmentstosupportthe flexibilitythatsuchmobiledevicescanenableforendusers.Thisisparticularlytruewhenrunning appsthatconnecttoservicesandsolutionsthatruninthepubliccloudasdescribedabove.Further, somehardwaremanufacturersarefurtherenablingthesecapabilitiesinthefieldofoilandgasby providingtouch-tabletsolutionsin“ruggedized”formfactorstosupportlong-termsurvivalinthe harshoperatingenvironmentsonthepadorrigandtheexplosive-gassafetyrequirementsofthe plant,forexample. BigData.Today,organizationsneedtounlockinsightsfromdataofanysizeandanytype.Togain thefullvalueofBigData,theindustryneedsamoderndataplatformtomanagedataofanytype, whetherstructuredsuchassensordatafromrigs,orunstructuredsuchasrawseismicdata-and ofanysize:fromgigabytestopetabytes.This‘BigData’solutionshouldalsomanagedataatrest orinmotion,andsupportmoderntoolinglikeHadoop.Finally,whenonlyaportionofagivenset of data needs to be accessed by analytical tools upon this platform, there should be ways of temporarilystoringtherestofthedatainlow-cost,securecloudstoragetoloweron-premisedata centercostsforthesehugedatasets. Social.Theindustryalsoisnowembracingsocialmediacapabilitiessuchasstatusupdatesand notificationsfrom social networks, messages, instant messaging, blogs, and wikis. As upstream professionalsusethesetechnologiestomanagetheirpersonalconnectionsmoreandmore, the industry is adapting network-based capabilities to foster cross-discipline collaboration and to betterunderstandandmanagetheupstreamoperationsenvironment.

FutureState Usingacombinationofthetechnologiesdescribedaboveinthemanneroutlinedinthispaperand thosesubsequenttoit,upstreambusinesseswillbeabletorealizeanITinfrastructurethatsupports andrapidlyrespondstoallanalysis,operationandbusinessneeds.

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DataManagement.Whensourcedatasuchasseismicinterpretationdataishostedin acloudbased infrastructure then the Web-based tools used for viewing and collaborating on this informationaremucheasiertofullyintegrate.Forexample,whenageologistisreviewingseismic dataforaprospect,heorshecancrosscheckcoresamplesusingonecommoninterfacehostedin aweb-browser. Integration. When the analytic modeling systems used by disciplines such as petrophysics, geologyandreservoirengineeringareallhostedinthecloudasSoftware-as-a-Servicesolutions thenfullconnectivityandinteractionispossible,leadingtomuchmoreaccuratedecisionmaking inamuchshortertime. Collaboration.Usingmoderncloud-basedcollaborationsolutions,itismuchfasterandsimplerto permit multiple employees within an organization as well as authorized external partners to securelyaccesssharedinformation,andonlyforthetimerequired,includingyears,monthsorjust days. PerformanceManagement.KPIs,usedtounderstandandassessthecurrentstatusandoverall health of an organization, are always readily available when hosted in modern cloud-based applications.ThedatausedtosupporttheseKPIscanbeprocessedbythemassivecomputepower availableincloudinfrastructuressothatanswersareavailablequicklyaswell.

GuidingPrinciples TheMicrosoftUpstreamReferenceArchitecture(MURA)isnotprescriptive —thatis,itdoesnotlay out specifics of the architecture’s structure and function in order to achieve the future state describedabove.Rather,theMURAdescribesasetofguiding “pillars,”orprinciples,thatgovern it.Thisdescriptiveapproachprovidesanagreed-uponsetofprinciplesforestablishingconsistent performance,butalsoprovidestheflexibilityforcompaniestoinnovateandestablishcompetitive differences. Shownin Figure3 arethetwenty-seven“guidingprinciples”usedtodefinequalitiesthatsolutions builtupontheMURAshouldencompass(usuallyinpart,notinwhole). Thetopfour“pillars”relatetobusiness-focusedprinciples,andthe“platform”acrossthebottom isprimarilyfocusedaroundinfrastructureandIT,andunderpinsthoseontop. Eachguidingprincipleisdescribedinthefollowingsections.

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MURA Framework

MURA Guiding Principles Role Based Productivity & Insights

Natural User Experience

Social Enterprise

Connected Business

Real-Time Analytics

Rich Interactive User Experience

Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing

Industry Standards

Smart, Connected Devices

Mobility

Complex Event Processing People, Process & Information Integration

Published Interfaces

Information Models User-Culture Localized

Self-Serve Business Intelligence

Geolocalization Security

Storage & Master Data Management

Simplicity & Ease-of-use

People & Expertise Search

Workflow, Process & Information Integration

Secure, Scalable, High-Performance Infrastructure Scalable

Secure

Location Agnostic

Manageability

Integration

Domain Specific Infrastructure

Global High Availability

App & Data Marketplace

Software as a Service

Figure3.GuidingPrinciplesoftheMicrosoftUpstreamReferenceArchitecture(MURA).

RoleBasedProductivityandInsights Thisgroupofguidingprinciplessupportsthebusinessneedtogetthemaximuminsightfromthe vastamountofbusiness-relateddataandtomaximizetheproductivityofworkers. 

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Real-TimeAnalytics.Richstatisticalandanalysispackagesfordatamining,discovery,and reportingfordiverseinformationconsumers. ComplexEventProcessing. Stream-processingenginesthatcandetectandfilterrealtimeevents,eitheron-premiseorinthecloud. People,Process&InformationIntegration. Businessworkersuseavarietyofdiffering software tools and systems to do their jobs – often with related or even the same informationordata.Thesetoolsorsystemsshouldbeseamlesslyintegratedinorderto allow business workers to avoid continuously importing and exporting data from one systemtoanotherinordertocompletetheirworkflows.Thisextendstoworkflowsthat includemultipleusersintheirexecution. Self-ServeBusinessIntelligence.Tohelpthemgaindeeperinsightsintotheincreasing quantitiesofrelevantdatathatiscollected,workersshouldbeabletousetoolstofind, select,andexploretheirdataindifferentandflexiblewaysthatmakesensetothem.They shouldbeabletoperformthisprocessontheirownandwithout,forexample,havingto defineareportandrequesttheirITtoprovideitforthem.

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The Microsoft Upstream Reference Architecture  

MURA Framework

Storage& Master Data Management. Repositories to capture and enable analysisof operationalandbusinessdata;locatedon-premise,inthecloud,orahybridmixtureof both.

NaturalUserExperience Thisgroupofguidingprinciplesincludesthosefeaturesthatenableparticipantstobestexperience theworldandhowtechnologyfitsintothatexperience,suchas: 

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Rich Interactive User Experience. This is a key quality of the user experience of applicationsfor field workers,operations staff, controlcenter personnel, and for useat homeandontheroadusinglightweighttabletandsmart-phonedevices. Smart,ConnectedDevices.Deviceswithintegratedcapabilitiesthatarealsoconnected to the network. Examples include embedded devices running retail fuel pumps on gas stationforecourts, ruggedizedslateor tabletdevices used torecordproductiondata by pumpersatthepad,orline-of-businessappsrunningonsmartphonesthatvisualizedata orenablecollaborationwithemployeesincorporateheadquartersusingLync. User-CultureLocalized.Oilandgasisaveryglobalindustryandthereforeusersaround theworldshouldbeabletointeractwiththeirsoftwaretoolsandsystemsusingtheirlocal culture’slanguage andtheirculture’sdateandnumberformats. Simplicity&Ease-of-use. Assoftwaretoolinggetsmorefeature-richandrunsonever morepowerfuldevices,itshouldatthesametimecontinuetobesimpleandeasytouse, aswellassupportinputmethodsthatmakethemostsense(likemouseandkeyboard, touch,both,and/orKinect).

SocialEnterprise This group of guiding principles supports the needs of business workers to maximize their productivityviatheassistanceoftheircolleaguesandothersintheindustry,includingthosepeople theydonotyetknow. 

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Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing.Collaborationusing both thick and thinclients, across a variety of devices, and leveraging today’s most advanced collaborative tools throughcorporateportalsandpubliccloudservices. Mobility. Workers in the field and even in corporate headquarters are increasingly demandingtheabilitytoworkfromamobilelocationusingthedeviceappropriatetotheir needs.Therefore,solutionsshouldsupportthiscapabilityandworkacrossmultipledevices. Geolocalization.Thereisalsoaneedtoknowthelocationofthesourceofanygivenset ofdata,aswellasthelocationofworkersinrelationtootherworkersand/orassetsthat producethisdata,onanongoingandsearchablebasis. People&ExpertiseSearch. Duetothemassivesizeandgeographicspreadofenterprises andprojectteams,workersneedingtocollaboratedonotalwaysknowtheexpertiseof theirfellowworkers.Thistoolingallowsworkerstoquicklyandeasilyfindcolleaguesor

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businesspartnerswithspecificskillsetsforaworkflowtheyaretryingtoexecuteuponand forwhichtheyhaveaneedforparticularskillsinordertosuccessfullycompleteit.

ConnectedBusiness For the MURA to successfully deliver cost-effective, integrative benefits, it must enable comprehensiveinteroperabilitybothon-premiseandinthecloud.Asaresult,thesefeaturesare ofcriticalimportance: 

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Industry Standards. These define a consistent, industry-wide interface to allow new componentdeployment,suchasEnergisticsorPPDM. PublishedInterfaces.Thesearetransparentlypublicizedforopen-industryuse,evenifa standardisnotavailable,andsatisfyimportantinteroperabilityneeds.Alltheelementsof an interface are well defined so that applications can be independently developed to leveragetheinterface. InformationModels.Consistentontology(namingsystem)forreferringtoequipmentand assetstoenableexchangeofinformationthroughouttheenterpriseandthevaluechain. Secure. The definition of the security implementation including authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, certificates, claims and threat models to enablesecureinteroperabledesignanddeployment. Workflow, Process & Information Integration. Connected, agile businesses require solutionsthatintegratetheworkflowsofthebusinessworkersandthesystemstheyuse, theirprocessandprocedures,andtheinformationthoseworkerscreateandmanageas partoftheirwork-dayacrossalltheupstreamsystemstheyinteractwith.

Secure,Scalable,High-PerformanceInfrastructure Thisgroupofguidingprinciplescapturestheneedsoftheunderlyingtechnicalinfrastructureand includes: 

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Scalable.Supportformoreusers,largermodels,increasedtransactionvolumes,etc.canbe accommodatedthroughincreasinghardwareperformance(scale-up)orthelinearaddition of hardware and network resources (scale-out), either on-premise, in the cloud, or a combinationofboth. Secure. Deployed components, functionality, and associated information are protected fromunauthorizedaccessormaliciousattacks. LocationAgnostic.Servicesaredesignedsothattheycanbedeployedon-premiseina privatedatacenter,inthepubliccloud,onasmartphone,onatabletoronaworkstation. Usersandsoftwarecomponentshavesecureaccesstoplatformsandserviceswhereverthey arelocated. Manageability. Infrastructure components can be efficiently deployed, managed and monitored. Integration.Messaginganddatabasetechnologyforlinkingtogetherworkflow,processes, anddataoptimization.Thisincludesservicesandcomponentsforcommunicationofdevice 13


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andequipmentdata,betweensolutionsdeployedintheprivatedatacenterand/orpublic cloud,typicallyviaaServiceBusarchitecture. Domain Specific Infrastructure. This incorporates trade-specific infrastructure connectionsleveragingunifiedcommunicationstomanagecompliantdevices,fromdownhole sensors and well heads, to pumps, intelligent bits, compressors, and other plant equipment.Theconnectionsthenflowthatdataintoappropriateoperationalsystems. GlobalHighAvailability.Solutionsshouldbeavailablearoundtheworld,allthetimeto meettheneedsoftheglobalindustry. App & Data Marketplace. Marketplaces are now becoming a common method of deploying applicationstobothdesktopsandmobile devices, anda place from which to purchasedatafromvendors.Thesemaybepublicoracorporate-managedstore. Software as a Service. Oil and gas companies want to buy their software from their softwaresuppliersasmoderncloud-basedsolutionsinordertoreducecostsandincrease flexibility.

ANoteonEnterpriseArchitectureFrameworks Althoughtheterm“enterprisearchitecture”isusedextensively,nouniversallyaccepted definitionexists.However,thedisciplineiscrucialinmanagingcomplexityandreducing time-to-valueassoftwarebecomesincreasinglyinterwovenwithbothbusinessandthe dailyworklivesandhomelivesofpeopleeverywhere. Enterprisearchitectureframeworksserveasimportantvehiclestoclassify,organize,and structure knowledge repositories and their associated knowledge-maintenance processes.Theyservetodivideacomplexsystemintointerrelated,manageable,and comprehensibleperspectives.Theinformationcapturedinvariousviewpointsthencan beanalyzedforspecificpurposes,providinginsightsintotheoperationofthesystem asawhole.Goodenterprisearchitectures,andtheirassociatedframeworks,derivetheir valuefromtheagilityandcontinuousoperationalvaluetheyprovidetheenterprise overtime. Severalwell-knownframeworksexist.Thewhitepapertitled“ComparisonoftheTop FourEnterpriseArchitectureMethodologies ”byObjectWatchCTORogerSessionsoffers a good overview and comparison of the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture,TheOpenGroupArchitectureFramework(TOGAF),theFederalEnterprise Architecture(FEA),andtheGartner/MetaMethodology.Formoreinformation,goto: http://tinyurl.com/3evkw46

RoleoftheRAFrameworkwithinthePartnerNetwork

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Microsoft understands that no single company can meet the breadth of any given enterprise customer’sneeds;ithasalwaysreliedonanextensivepartnernetworktobringinnovativesolutions to market. As such, the reference architecture framework must provide a consistent value propositionforbothcustomersandpartners,sotheycanleverageandaddtheirowndistinctive know-howandcapabilities. TheMURAframeworkaimstobettermeetcustomerneedsbysharingMicrosoft’sstrategiesand broad technologysolutionswithitspartnernetworkthatdeliversspecialized Oil&Gas industry know-howandline-of-businessSolutions.Theframeworkoffersguidanceonthevalueproposition of Microsoft’s technologies and how they align with industry trends and challenges without constraining the ways in which these technologies can be integrated into innovative partner productsandsolutions. SeveralexamplesofinnovativepartnersolutionsareavailableontheMURAwebsite intheformof brief,two-sided“SolutionSheets” ,demonstratingthevaluableindustrysolutionsthathavealready beencreated,orwhichcould becreated,usingtheMURAframework. Theframeworkalsoisintendedtoserveasan“ideabeacon”tobroadlyfacilitateinnovationwithin the network, thereby continually reinforcing mutual learning about the needs of tomorrow’s markets,andtorespondrapidlyandflexiblytomarketandcustomerpull.

ScopeoftheReferenceArchitectureFramework Wehaveusedtheword“architecture” knowingthatthereis noaccepteduniversaldefinitionof thattermasitappliestosoftware(see“ANoteonEnterpriseArchitectureFrameworks”). Nevertheless,thereisastrikingconvergencearoundtheobjectivesofEnterpriseArchitectures — helpingorganizationsmanagecomplexity,findbetterwaystousetechnologytosupportbusiness goals,andreducethetimeandcostsofbuildingcomplexsystems. Figure4 showsapracticalandcommonlyusedarchitecturallayeringschemethatisanalogousto thearchitecturalsegmentsoftheFederalEnterpriseArchitecture.1TheMURAframework’saimis toprovidetheindustryanditsenterpriseandbusinessarchitectswithscopingguidance,solution componentselection,andsolutionbestpractices.Oncetheseselectionsaremade,thecomponents can be mapped and incorporated into the lower architectural layers for deeper technical and designspecification.

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Industry Solution Architecture Guideline

Architecture Design Guideline*

Implementation Guideline

Figure4-ScopeoftheReferenceArchitectureFramework This white paper is intended to offer pragmatic guidance at a business level that influences organizationalstructure,internalbusinessprocesses,cross-enterprisebusinessprocesses,anduser roles, among others. At a technical level, the guidance involves object models, data models, interactiondiagrams,andsoon,butthesearebeyondthescopeofthisdocument.Theframework offersinputandguidanceontheconstructionofanenterprisearchitecturebutis,ofitself,alevel removedfromspecificbusinessscenariossuchasthosedescribedinMURASolutionSheetsonthe MURA website whenassociatedwithaparticularcompany’senterpriselandscape.

ANoteonTerminology The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) defines a building block as a (potentiallyreusable)componentofbusiness,IT,orarchitecturalcapabilitythatcan becombinedwithotherbuildingblockstodeliverarchitecturesandsolutions. Architecturebuildingblocks(ABBs)typicallydescribetherequiredcapabilityand shapethespecificationofsolutionbuildingblocks(SBBs). Anenterprise’s customer servicecapability,forexample,maybesupportedbymanySBBs,suchasprocesses, data,andapplicationsoftware. SBBsarethecomponentsusedtoimplementarequiredcapability.Forexample,a networkisabuildingblockdescribedthroughcomplementaryartifactsandthenput tousetorealizesolutionsfortheenterprise. Formoreinformation,goto: http://www.togaf.org /

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Asanindustryframework,theMURAisinformedbythemacroeconomictrendsandbusinessissues ofprimaryconcernto enterprises inthe upstreamoil & gas industry. Microsofthas takenthis approachasabalancebetweenindustry-specificneedsforgreaterrelevanceandgenericbusiness solutionandtechnologyguidanceforbroaderapplicabilityacrossthebusiness-processspectrum. Likeanyenterprisearchitectureframework,theMURAframeworkisaguide.Anyframeworkwill need tobe adapted to the needs of anorganization basedon its businessobjectives, current business structure and IT landscape, and a definition of the desired business state. CIO s and enterprise architects need to accommodate the broader enterprise context and business environmentwhenapplyingaframeworkanddevelopinganimplementationblueprint. Amongtheconsiderationsare:  

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Understandingtheexternalandinternalbusinessdriversthatinducechange Understanding the goals and objectives of the business that represent an initiative’s outcomes Evaluatingtheexistingframeworks,applications,platforms,andtechnologiesthatarebest suitedtodelivercapabilitiesformeetingbusinessgoalsandobjectives Developing a business and architecture blueprint that incorporates the appropriate capabilities andsolution buildingblocks,integrateswithexistingsystemsand processes, andspecifiesthebusinesstransformation(changedbusinessmodels,businessprocesses, etc.) Implementing and validating the approach through proofs of concept, pilots, and incrementalrollouts

The MURA Framework

Independent Software Vendor & System Integrator Partners

Figure5-MURAinformsEnterpriseBusinessInitiatives

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Figure5 showshowtheMURAframeworkcanbeappliedtocustomerinitiativeswhenabusiness isevaluatingthecapabilitiesneededtomeetbusinessrequirementsandselectingtheappropriate solutioncomponents.TheframeworkalsoprovidesguidanceforcollaborationbetweenMicrosoft anditspartnernetworks,sofinalsolutionsdeliverthehighestvalueandperformancetocustomers withtheminimumofeffortandcost.

MicrosoftTechnologyUnderpinningtheReferenceArchitecture Today thereis alargeand wide-rangingselectionof leading-edgetechnologiesfromMicrosoft thatoilandgascompanieshaveaccessto. Itisimportanttounderstandhowindustrysolutions thatapplytheMURAprinciplesrelatetotheMicrosofttechnologiesthatunderpinthem. Adetaileddiagramin Figure6 illustratesalltheMicrosofttechnologycurrentlyavailable. Tools

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Windows 8 (X86 / X64)

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HRMgmt

Project Managemen t& Accounting

BI & Reporting

Project Server 2013 Project Management Portfolio Management Reporting & Analytics

AX for Retail

AX for Services

AX for Public Sector

Vertical Templates

AX for Distribution

AX for Manufacturing

Partner (ISV) Solutions

Integrated social collab

Service Management

Production Mgmt

Mobile view

Single Sign On

Document Management

Business Intelligence

Office Documents View & Edit

Web ContentManagement

Gamification

Scorecards, BI Dashboards, Reports

MultiDevice Support

App Model

Excel Services

Power View

Visio Services

Access Services

SQL Server Reporting Services

PowerPiv otfor SharePoint2013

Performance PointServices

Cloud Apps

Location & Map aware

Messaging & Transformation

Orchestration

ESB Toolkit 2.0

EDI

Workflow

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Windows Runtime |W indows SDK for Windows 8 | Multilingual App Toolkit | Windows 8 Ads in Apps SDK |Windows App Certification Kit |L ive SDK

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Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010

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Identity Synchronization

Policy Management

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Azure Marketplace ISV Apps Data Market

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App Controller Network [Network Virtualization, NIC Teaming, Hyper-V Extensible Switch, IPAM, SMB Multichannel & SMB Direct]

VDI [Centralized Management, Virtual Desktops, Session-Based Desktops, RemoteApp, RemoteFX & Intelligent patching]

Hyper-V [Live Migration, Dynamic Memory, Hyper-V Replica, Hyper-V Application Monitoring, Cluster Shared Volumes, Encrypted Cluster Volumes, Multitenant, PVLAN, Extension monitoring, NUMA Support, Resource Metering, Data Center Bridging, Storage Spaces] 2

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Project Online

Publicfacing site

PC-to-PC calling Active Directory Synchronization Hosted Voicemail

Windows Azure Web Sites

Unlimited Email Storage and Archiving

Azure Service Bus |Messaging | Caching |Integration | Service Management|Mobile Services

Azure Container Multi-t enancy |State Mgmt. | Composition Runtime |Scale-Out | High Availability

Windows Azure & Database C# |VB.NET |Java |PHP | Ruby |Node.js | Memcached | MongoDB

Windows Azure Media Services

TFS

REST & Managed API

Windows Azure SDK

Reporting

Windows Azure SQL Database Big Data [HDInsight] Data Sync Importand Export

Spatial Data

Complex EventProcessing (StreamInsight)

WCF Data Services/Entity Framework/ADO.NET/ODBC

Exchange Online Archiving

Exchange Hosted Protection

System Center Orchestrator

Forefront Identity & Access Management Suite

AD RMS File API

Social listening& Analytics

Office Web Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote)

U nif e i d In st alle r

Service Manager

A dd -i ns

Group Policy

FamilyHealth Mgmt& Devices

Multi-Tenant

Cloud RDBMS (with Database Manager) & SQL Azure Federation

Core Database Engine

Security (Dyn amicAccess Control, Virtual Smart Card, DirectAc cess, Network Access Protection, U-Prove, AppLocker, BitLocker, Kerberos, Trusted Platform Module, Encrypted File System, IPV6 support)

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SCOM SDK

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Cloud email

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Lightweight Directory Services

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System Center2012 Suite

Instant Messaging

Bing Maps for Enterprise

Windows Azure

Duet Enterprise for SharePoint

Visual C++

Globalization

C o l ec t o i ns

Active Directory Services Windows Authentication

Business Data Connectivity Services

Accelerators (HL7, SWIFT, HIPPA, RosettaNet)

Statistical Analysis

Lync Server2013

Email

Azure AppFabric Connect Integration

IIS 8.0 | Windows AppFabric [Hosting | Caching]

ETL (Integration Services)

Knowledge mining

Keywords

Pictures M y Si te s

Web Apps (ASP.NET 4.5) Sm art A pp s Silverlight 5.0 WinForms, WPF & VSTO

Fast Track Data Warehouse 4.0 & Consolidation Appliance Reference Architecture

Marketing Pilot

Shared Calendars and Contacts

Enterprise Search

P ol ls

Wiki

HealthVault Community Connect

LOB Integration

Rules Engine

Data Warehouse Paralle lData Warehouse Version 2

Workflow

Blogs

SharePointStore

RFID

Collaboration

Microblogging

LOB Adaptors (SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JDEdward s OneWorld XE, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel eBusiness Applications, TIBCO, IBM DB2, ODBC, HostFiles, WebSp here MQ, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, SharePoint, MSMQ, HTTP, POP3, SMTP, File, FTP, FTPS, SOAP, WCF)

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CRM SDK

Activity Feeds

Windows Server 2012

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CRM Connector for AX

xRM Framework

BizTalk Server 2013 BusinessProcess Management

Customer Care Accelerator (CCA)

Marketing

SalesForce Automation

Meta-data Management

Enterprise Social/ Web 2.0

SharePoint Apps

Windows Embedded(A uto PC, Blue&Me, etc)

Office 365

Surveys

Records Management

Unified Communication

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Dynamics CRM Online Marketing & Customer l b a l i a Service c l o o SalesForce S C Automation

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Office Web App Server

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Windows Phone 8

Windows 8 Pro (X86 / X64) Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Vertical Solutions

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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 (ERP)

Windows Embedded

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Datacenter Management Provisioning Engine Cloud Management Storsimple Appliance

Malware Protection

PC Monitoring

Remote Assistance

System Center Advisor

Manage Updates

Security Policies

HW & SW Inventory

Notifications Alerts Monitoring Configuration

CloudMonitoring (MetricsHub)

Federation Gateway

Windows Azure

Cloud based Identity Service

Windows Azure Active Directory

Azure Service Bus Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 3.0

Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Windows HPC Pack 2012

Windows Server 2012 for Embedded Systems Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

Windows Intune Multi-device Mgmt.- WP8, iOS, Android

MPI SOA High Performance Computing

Windows Azure Active Directory RMS

Multi-factor Authentication (PhoneFactor)

Azure Traffic Manager

Azure Virtual Network

Windows Azure Dynamic Data Center Alliance (Public Hosting)

Hadoop CDN

APP-V

Virtual Machines DynamicDeploy

REST & Managed API

Compute

Storsimple

Azure Storage BLOB

Tables

Que ues

Drive

Public Cloud

Public Cloud Offerings

Figure6-MicrosoftTechnology(DetailedView) Technologiesin Figure6 areseparatedintothefollowingtwogroups:  

Privatecloud(on-premise)solutions Publiccloudsolutions

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SolutionsbuiltonMicrosofttechnologywithinprivatecloudcanbeclassifiedunderthefollowing horizontaldesignations: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

UserExperience LineofBusinessServices(i.e.CRM) ApplicationServices IntegrationServices DevelopmentServices DataServices CommonServices SecurityServices CoreInfrastructure

Asummaryviewof Figure6 isshownin Figure7-MicrosoftTechnology(SummaryView). The horizontalareasshownaboveareindicatednumericallyforclarity. e c r n e e i s r U e p x E

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Figure7-MicrosoftTechnology(SummaryView) ThesetechnologybuildingblocksunderpinaMURAsolutionbuiltuponMicrosofttechnology.

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AroleoftheMURAGuidingPrinciples,describedinthefollowingsection,isinchoosingwhichof themanyMicrosoftproductsandtechnologiesavailablewithinthesetechnologyblocksmightbe best suited to any given business need. Each Principle in the following section maps back to particulartechnologyfromMicrosoft.

MURA-MicrosoftTechnologyView Itisusefultounderstandhow thebuildingblocksdescribedintheprevioussection maptothe GuidingPrinciplesofMURA.Thisisillustratedin Table1,below. Table1-MappingPrinciplestoMicrosoftTechnology

Pillar R o el - B a s e I n d s P gi h or t s d u c ti v i y t &

E x p e r ei n c e

E n h a n c e d U s e r

S o c ai l E n t e r p r s ei

Guiding Principle

MicrosoftTechnologies

Real-Time Analytics ComplexEvent Processing People,Process& Information Integration Self-Serve Business Intelligence RichInteractive UserExperience Smart,Connected Devices User-Culture Localized Simplicity&Easeof-use Collaboration& Knowledge Sharing Mobility

SQLServer,SharePoint,WindowsAzureBusinessAnalytics

Geolocalization People& ExpertiseSearch

StreamInsight,SQLServer BizTalkServer,WindowsAzureServiceBusRelay,Dynamics CRM PowerView,PerformancePoint,DataExplorer,PowerPivot

Windows8ModernUI,Silverlight,WindowsPresentation Foundation,Direct3D,RemoteFX,Kinect Windows8,WindowsRT,WindowsPhone,WindowsAzure MobileServices,WindowsEmbedded Windows8ModernUI,Silverlight,WindowsPresentation Foundation Windows8ModernUI,Silverlight,WindowsPresentation Foundation,Kinect Lync,Office365,SharePoint,DynamicsCRM,Lync,Yammer, Skype,Office365,SkyDrivePro,SharePoint,Project Windows8,WindowsRT,WindowsPhone,WindowsAzure MobileServices,WindowsEmbedded SQLServer,BingMaps,Windows8,WindowsRT,Windows Phone, Lync,Office365,SharePoint,DynamicsCRM,Lync,Yammer

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C o n n e c t e d B u s n i e s s

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Guiding Principle

MicrosoftTechnologies

Industry Standards Published Interfaces Information Models Secure Workflow, Process& Information Integration Scalable

WindowsCommunicationFoundation,SQLServer,BizTalk Server WindowsCommunicationFoundation,AzureMarketplace, SharePoint,OfficeWebApps EntityFramework,LINQtoSQL,SQLServer

Secure

Location Agnostic Manageability Integration DomainSpecific Infrastructure GlobalHigh Availability App&Data Marketplace Softwareasa Service

ActiveDirectory, Windows Azure Active Directory WindowsWorkflowFoundation,BizTalkServer,Dynamics CRM

WindowsServer,HPC,SQLServerPDW,HDInsightServer, WindowsAzure ActiveDirectory, Windows Azure Active Directory,Security DevelopmentLifecycle,BitLocker,AppLocker,Forefront IdentityManager,U-Prove Hyper-V,WindowsAzure SystemCenter BizTalkServer,WindowsAzureServiceBus,Windows CommunicationFoundation WindowsEmbedded WindowsAzure WindowsAzureMarketplace WindowsAzure,DynamicsCRM,Office365,Yammer, SkyDrivePro

MURAFrameworkOverview Figure 8 shows the MURA that reflects a service-oriented computing environment and encompasses the integration of domain applications, business productivity tools and back- applications, all hosted in a traditional on-premise format. Figure 9 shows the MURA when deployedtothecloud. By following the service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach for interactions between components on different layers of the architecture, upstream businesses, technology vendors, systemintegrators,andotherMicrosoftpartnerscanrealizethefullbenefitsofthisenvironment. 21


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Rich Interactive Clients – Windows and Web-Based

Web Browser

Real-time Communications & Collaboration Clients

Office Productivity Clients

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Integrated Portal Services

Process Flow Web Excel Services Web Reporting Web Part Part Part

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n o i t a r g e t n I

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Product-Specific Rich Client

Business Intelligence Web Part

Product Specific Web Part

Business Process Management & Workflow Enablement Services

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Integration Service Bus

Me ssa gi ng

Que ui ng

T ran sfo rmat ion

Industry-Standard Services

Custom Connection Services

d n e k c a B

Geology and Geophysics

Drilling and Completions

Production Operations

Data Integration & Information Management

Back Office (ERP, CRM, etc.)

Data Access and Canonical / Semantic Data Services

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Operational Data

Real-Time Data

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Corporate Data

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Operational Data

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Corporate Data

Unstructured Data

Figure9-MURADeployedtotheCloud ThenextsectionswalkthroughsomekeyaspectsoftheMURAanddiscusstheinteractionsthat wouldtakeplacebetweenthecomponentsafterimplementationeitheron-premise,inthecloud, orasahybridsolution(partiallyon-premise,partiallyinthecloud),asdescribedabove.Scenarios serveasexamplesandshowhowasolutioncanbedeliveredbyleveragingthevariouscomponents ofthisarchitecture. 23


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RichInteractiveClients BothWindowsandWeb-basedRichInteractiveClients(Figure10)formthepresentationlayerof thearchitectureforthebusinessuser,who,foradevice,maybeusingaWorkstationPC,alaptop, atouch-tablet,asmartphoneoravariedcombinationofsomeoralloftheseatdifferenttimesas theusers’needsand/orlocationdictate. n o i t a t n e s e r P


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Figure10-WindowsandWeb-basedRichInteractiveClients

IntegratedPortal TheIntegratedPortal(Figure11)functionsasacommonplatformwheregeoscientists,engineers, andmanagersaccessIT-baseddomainworkprocessesofalltypes.ThePortalestablishesasingle locationwhereauthorizedemployeesfindanduseawiderangeofdata,includingdashboard- based KPIs,technicalapplications,suchasthoseusedfortheinterpretationofseismic data, log files,fieldstudies,scoutreports,rigactivity,andbusinessintelligencesystems. n o i t a t n e s e r P





Figure11-IntegratedPortal ThisWeb-basedportalalsoprovidesmechanismsthatsupportblogs,wikis,andcorporatesocial networkslikeYammerusedtoestablishandmaintaincross-domaincollaborativesystems.Rather thanloggingontoaspecificsystem(suchasSAPtoaccessaworkorder),userssimplylogonto theIntegratedPortalto accesswork orders,KPIs,analytic,andotherexplorationorproduction relatedsystems. Thisportal-basedapproachallowsalldisciplinesandmanagerstofocusondrillingassets,technical resources, and reservereplacementratios, instead of workingto locate data in multiple siloed applications.Forexample,ifaproblemariseswithadrillingrig,adrillingengineeroroperations personnelcanquicklyandeasilyusethetoolsavailablethroughtheportaltodrilldownandsee allpertinentdatarelatingtothatriginordertoanalyzetheproblemandmakeatimelyoperational decision.

DataIntegration TheDataIntegrationandBusinessProcessManagementcomponents(Figure12)areinmanyways theheartofamoreeffectiveITarchitecture,providingacentralmechanismforthemovementof databetweensystems,equipment,andotherelementsintheITinfrastructureusingtechnology suchasBizTalkorAzureServiceBus.

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Figure12-TheBusinessProcessManagementComponents Figure 13 shows how the Data Integration and Business Process Management component providesacentralizedrepositoryforincomingdatafromloganalysisandfromworkmanagement, spatial, production, and financial systems. Using defined business rules, this component orchestrates themovement of data between various systems,including theseismicdata store, operationaldatastore,andtheeconomicevaluationapplicationsusedtomodeltheexpectedROI ofleaseopportunities.

Figure13-DataIntegrationandBusinessProcessManagement TheDataIntegrationandBusiness ProcessManagementcomponentsalsoserve tosynchronize hierarchical and metadata across systems to ensure operational coordination and reporting accuracy.Thiscapabilityaddressesanumberofcommonissuesindynamicupstreamoperations. Forexample,whenaleaseevaluationor othertypeofworkprocessis initiated,theintelligence builtintothiscomponentidentifiesthecorrectsourceofalldataneededforthatactivity.Thedata isthencollectedandpackagedintoanXMLfile(orotherstandardizedformat)andforwardedto theapplicationusedtohandletheeconomicevaluationorotherworkprocess. Byestablishingacommonpathforallrelevantfielddata,theDataIntegrationandBusinessProcess Management componentsalsomeasurablyreducethe time, cost, andcomplexityof deploying newapplications. 25


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Industry standard interfaces (such as WITSML and PRODML) ensure interoperability and the smoothflowofinformationthroughouttheentirearchitecture. ACanonical/SemanticDataServicescomponent(Figure14)servestotranslateandpresentdata inlogical andfamiliar,domain-orientedtermsthatmakesenseto G&G,engineering,and other upstreamprofessionals. Data Access and Canonical / Semantic Data Services a t a D

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Figure14-TheCanonical/SemanticDataServicesComponent TheOrchestrationLayer(Figure15)deliversdatatothesimulatorsusedtorunvariousmodels,as wellastothevisualizationtools,reportingsystems,andbusinessintelligencesystemsaccessed throughtheIntegratedPortal.ThisOrchestrationLayeralsocoordinatesactivitiesinabusiness processworkflow.Forexample,whenaworkprocess,likealeasereview,isinitiated,thisservice pulls a list of wells, all relevant work orders, production data, well tests, and other required information.Thecomponentthenpackagesthedataandservesittotheappropriateapplication(s). n o i t a r t s e h c r O


Figure15-TheOrchestrationLayer Whendeployedonpremise,SecurityandEntitlementServices(Figure16)alloworganizationsto provideconvenient,role-appropriateaccesstoenterprisedata.Forexample,anengineermightbe givenaccesstorockproperties,wellproductionhistories,andrigschedulesrelatedtoaspecificset ofwells,butnottoreservoirdatathatisproprietarytothebusiness.Thisserviceisusedtomanage securityandentitlementforemployees,partners,andothersinvolvedinaprojectorventure.(More informationonthistopicisavailableinthe SecurityinUpstreamOil&Gas whitepaper.) Whenthearchitectureisdeployedtothecloud,theseSecurityservicesshouldbedeliveredbythe hostingcloudservice.

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Figure16-SecurityandEntitlementServices

ForecastModelSynchronization Theabilitytoupdateandsynchronizeforecastmodelingapplicationsiscrucialtothesuccessofa dynamicupstreamoilandgasoperation.ThisisakeycapabilitywithintheDataIntegrationand BusinessProcessManagementComponentsofthisarchitecturetoensuresynchronizationofdata forreservoir,wellbore,surfacenetwork,facility,andeconomicmodelingapplications. Hereishowmodelsynchronizationworksinthisarchitecture:Ifageologistmakesachangeinan earthmodelthatreflectsnewrockpropertiesfromcoredata,thatemployeethenre-runsthe reservoir model to update the reserves estimates. Then, model synchronization automatically pushesthosechangesto allotheraffected models.Inthisexampleofa reservoirchangemodel (refertoFigure13),synchronizationensuresthatupdatedandaccuratedataispushedtothe surfacenetwork,facilities,andeconomicmodels.Thus,usersofallthosemodelingsystemsare workingfromasingle,updatedsetofforecastdata.

ManagingandProcessingMountainsofData Theexplorationprocessisthemostdataintensiveofalltheupstreamprocesses.Seismicdata constitutes one of the fastest growing and the largest data type by volume. Online storage requirementsareapproachingmultiplepetabytes(1petabyte=1000terabytes)formostlargeoil andgascompanies.Offlinestoragerequirementsareevenlargerandcanbeaugmentedusingthe cloud. Tocontinueaccessingdatasetsgreaterthen100Tbinsizeandmakeinformedinvestmentand managementdecisionsconcerningexplorationopportunities,theoilandgasindustryneedshighperformancecomputingsolutions (Figure17)foritscomputationalanddata-drivenproblems. Ideally,thehigh-performancecomputingsolutionsshouldintegratewiththeMURAandprovide the capability to leverage the expertise of geoscience experts worldwide and from its vendor community. Backend Infrastructure Services

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When the MURA is deployed on-premise, high-performance computing (HPC) cluster server environments,poweredbyWindowsHPCServerandperhapsextendedtoWindowsAzure,provide aneasy-to-accessHPCplatformthatmakestheanalysisoflargedatasetseasyforthenon-expert usertoscheduleandrun.WithWindowsHPCServer,userscandeploy,manage,monitor,and maintain an HPC server-based cluster with the same tools already used to manage existing WindowsServersystems. WhentheMURAisdeployedtothecloud,theseserviceswouldmakeuseofthe‘elasticcompute’ capabilitiesfromthecloud(e.g.WindowsAzureHDInsight),providingmuchgreaterflexibilityand computationalpowerbutonlywhenneeded,savingtimeandmoney.

OperationalDataStore TheOperationalDataStore (Figure14)servestoaggregatehierarchicaldataandmetadataacross theentirearchitecture.Heredataisalsooptimizedfordifferentpurposesandsynchronizedforuse inawiderangeofexploration-orproduction-orientedapplications.Forexample,welllistsare maintainedintheOperationalDataStore,andwhenachangeofanykindismadetothatlist,the changeispushedouttoeverysystem,whetheritisonpremiseorthecloud,thatincludesorrelies onanaccurate,up-to-datewelllist. Inthisarchitecturalapproach,dataisstoredinadomain-baseddatamodellikePPDM,ratherthan beingidentifiedandorganizedbythesystemthatoriginatesthedata.Asnotedelsewhereinthis paper,thisdomain-orientedmethodofhandlingdataallowsengineersandotheremployeesto relatedatamoredirectlytoeverydayoilandgasexplorationandproductionactivities. Alsoimportanttonote:TheOperationalDataStoredoesnotcreateanothersystemofrecord. InformationisstoredhereonlyforreportingpurposesortobepresentedthroughtheIntegrated Portalorasmetadataneededfordatamanagementpurposes.

SecurelyCollaboratingwithPartners Thisarchitecturealsoprovidesforhighlysecureandconvenientcollaborationbetweenanoperator andvarious partners. Anexternalnetwork,orcloudlikeOffice365,establishes asecurelocation wherepartnerscanlogin,storedata,share,andcollaborateasneeded. Federatedsecuritycapabilitiesallowoperatorsandpartnerstoestablishsecureusergroupsand identifications.Forexample,employeesfromContosoOilCorporationloginusingtheirContoso identities,whileemployeesfrompartnerFabrikamlogintothesameexternalnetworkusingtheir owncorporatesecuritycredentials. Theresultisaconvenientyetsecureexternalnetworkdesignedspecificallytoservecollaborative partnershipsintheupstreamoilandgasindustry.

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GettingThere HowcanoilandgasbusinessesbestrealizetheMURAframeworkandthesolutionsbuiltuponit, as described in thispaper? Microsoft urges companies to considerthe followingfactorswhen seekingtocreateamodern,moreflexibleandproactiveITinfrastructure. Whenbuildingsolutions,startonthecloud.Companies considering buildingnewsolutions shouldlooktothecloudastheplatformofchoicetohostthem,asitisonlytherethatmaximum flexibilityandinteroperabilitycanbeachievednowandinthefuture. Whenevaluatingsolutions,preferthecloud.Companiesconsideringthepurchaseofasolution thatconformstotheMURAwillfindthatthosesolutionsbuiltonthecloudarethebestfitacross allfourofthepillarsof GuidingPrinciples,andwillmaximizeinteroperabilityviasecureIndustry andtechnologystandards. Whenintegratingsolutions,considerthecloud.Asproposedbythispaper,optimalflexibility and performance going forward will only be achieved by using the cloud as a platform for tomorrows’solutions.However,therewillalwaysbearequirementforintegratinglegacysolutions thatrunonpremise,orbetweencloud-basedsolutions,orboth.This,therefore,shouldbean importantconsiderationforcompanieslookingtothisfuture. Focus on business processes and work to incorporate robust data management into those processes.Ifaprocessincludesdataonawelltobedrilledinthefuture,formulateacloud-based solutionthattransfersthatupdatedinformationto anyothercloud-basedapplicationthatuses dataonwellcounts,productionvolumes,orotherrelevantmetrics.If theprocessisexploration focused,concentrateonthesearch,discovery,andcollaborationaspectsoftheprocesstoenable arobustdiscussionandconsiderationofthevariousinsightsandinnovationthateachdiscipline, partnerorvendorbringstothedialogue. Usethevocabularyofyourbusinesswhencreatingasolution.Builddatamodelsinthecloud thatuseandpresentinformationinwaysthatengineersandgeoscientistsunderstand—notbased onthesystemsthatgeneratethatdata. Maintainacloud-based“systemofrecord”fordata.Itmakeslittlesensetocreateadditional on-premisedatabasesortogatheralldataintoatemporarydatawarehousetosupportdailywork processes. Rather, seek to establish a single, integrated, cloud-based data model that easily accessesneededdatafromothercloudservicesorsecureon-premisessources,andservesupthat informationefficientlytosystems,employeesandmanagers.Createdatawarehousesonlywhen theycandeliverandimprovethespeedandperformanceoftheenduserexperience.

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The Microsoft Upstream Reference Architecture

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