A case study on how Phase 2 Interactive is solving modern day problems in the Oil & Gas Industry with unique, sophisticated and user friendly software solutions.
Drilling companies often struggle to access information they need to plan and manage drilling projects. Data is usually scattered, incomplete, and residing in overly complex software on a variety of platforms.
At the same time, customers expect instant, accurate, and detailed information. They ask questions such as, "How does the motor perform with oil vs. water-based mud?" or "How many horizontal well projects has the employee worked?" Customer expectations are sophisticated. They want to know, "Can we get well data electronically?"
Over the years, drilling companies have collected a patchwork of software applications. Each stores data under its own definitions, maintains its own rules, and presents information through its own interface. Duplications of data and effort abound, and important information is not easy to access. Much of it is supplemented by spreadsheets and shared via email, only to get lost in various in-boxes. It is not engineered in a way to get work done efficiently or make information driven business decisions.
Phase 2 Interactive develops software solutions to conveniently store and access all your vital information. Tailored to your operation, our approach creates a concise view of every aspect of a drilling operation, providing a user-friendly interface that's simple, clean and practical.
Phase 2 builds software for oil and gas drilling companies that migrates data into a data warehouse, tailoring the solution to the way you like to work. We create views of the data that correspond to the way you prefer to manage projects, operations and assets. This gives you a way to get work done efficiently. The following case study is an overview of one solution.
Log drilling activity, rate of penetration, surveys, asset usage, and other operational information; all searchable in real time.
Immediate, real time access to information about drilling status, surveys, assets, on location conditions, billing, personnel schedules and more.
Dashboards quickly show: financial performance, equipment usage, equipment failures, and personnel utilization. See the most important information about your business at a glance.
End to end well tracking from the bid to job completion. Quickly answer questions like: the percentage of bids won from a certain customer to the average cost per foot in a certain play.
Easily control equipment and personnel costs by having real time access to utilization information. View equipment and employee movement, as well as employee time and equipment usage.
Know every well, upcoming and historic, across your organization to accurately plan resources. Plan equipment repairs and assembly, control inventory and manage personnel movement.
With the Jobs Timeline we created a view of all upcoming and active jobs. A quick glance down the page gives users all they need to know about the job schedule for the week. Hovering over the timeline for a job shows the billing for the day, the current measured depth, planned bottom hole location, and remaining footage. A click moves quickly from week to week, giving users an overview of any gaps that need to be filled with sales or resources.
Can you currently see your job schedule so easily?
The Job Detail view allows users to quickly see a summary of a job, including billing total, depth, and location. In addition to the summary, on the job timeline tab, users are able to compare daily billing to daily depth. Moving the eye down the page, per day, shows the comparison of actual productivity to the personnel on the job and their reported daily time.
Have you ever been able to see actual productivity on your jobs so clearly?
We built the Utilization Dashboard to put personnel utilization trends at a user's finger tips. A glance shows utilization for a district or across the entire organization. Another quick glance displays an overview of employee movement across districts, with the borrowed days chart, letting managers make data driven decisions about personnel movement and organization wide performance.
Are you able to see your personnel utilization and movement in real time?
A year's worth of utilization, in a calendar heat map, gives coordinators a view of overall company performance. In addition, a monthly view of each employee's schedule and timesheets, allows them to easily manage personnel scheduling, across divisions and personnel skill sets.
How easily can you see and manage your personnel scheduling?
The Asset Tracking view was created to help our client see the status for every asset in their organization and its location, at all times. The asset tracking view gives managers critical status information about tools, empowering them to schedule jobs without wondering if they have all of the right equipment.
How would it help your organization to know the real time status of all your tools?
Knowing everything about assets, from a full history of asset movement, to the down hole environment, to failures and performance, is extremely important to our client's success. With the Asset Details view, the knowledge of the tools that run their business is available, in real time, helping them make the right decisions about equipment.
How would it change your asset decisions if you knew how well they performed down hole in different environments?
Field personnel are empowered with easy to use tools, that not only makes entering all daily information easy, but also makes it easier to do their job successfully. From smart data entry, that makes each activity more accurate, to projected drilling targets which help drillers hit the mark, the field software helps Drilling and MWD personnel work smarter. With intelligent partially connected technology, field data is automatically pushed up to the office, keeping information about each job up to date, in near real time.
How would your job management change if you had current, accurate data, for every job?
Computers, over the years, have become more sophisticated, but also easier to use. A variety of devices now exist that give users access to powerful software, on the go. The full power of a laptop fits in your hand, the vast information on the web can go with you anywhere. Unfortunately, most drilling operation software is stuck on a desktop computer, trapping critical job, personnel, and asset information inside an old operating system. Keeping it far away from employees who are on the move.
Our solution is different. We work with modern technology and design software specifically to work on mobile devices. We believe users should be empowered with easy to use software, that works well on devices they know and love. Your people are on the go, your software should move with them.
Founded by Mark Towler in the late 1990s, Phase 2 Interactive is an Oklahoma City-based software development company. For nearly 15 years, we have been on the leading edge of custom business software development and solutions. From smart phone and tablet software, to web application and enterprise software, our team works smart and hard to bring value to every customer experience.
Phase 2 has repeatedly been recognized as an innovator and technology leader, bringing best of breed software tools to each unique situation. We are proud to work with large, recognized businesses, associations and industry leaders, across the country.
In 1998, Mark Towler founded Phase 2 Development on principles that set it apart from other Web solutions providers. With an extensive background in fast-growth software companies in northern California, Mark learned a great deal about how to adapt for rapidly changing technological landscapes. Unlike most companies that are technical by nature, Mark made effective communication with clients of Phase 2 a top priority. The North Carolina native has led Phase 2 through the tech boom and bust, all the while focusing on improving our clients' business. This focus on the customer has allowed Phase 2 to be repeatedly recognized as one of the area's fastest growing companies honored in the Metro 50 three of the six years of eligibility. When he's not at Phase 2, Mark is a member of the Rotary, a past president of the American Marketing Association, and the State Chamber's Tech Advisory Board.
Heath Clinton, President, is responsible for Phase 2's day to day operations. Heath has helped companies with the adoption of technology for over 15 years. Heath directs the Phase 2 team and aligns the proper Phase 2 team members to the unique needs each client brings. Heath is intent on personal improvement both inside and outside of work. Heath has an MBA with an emphasis in E-business. Heath is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma class XXI, Leadership Oklahoma City class XXIV. Heath currently serves on the Calm Waters and Leadership Oklahoma City boards both in an executive capacity. Outside of Phase 2 Heath enjoys spending time with his family and competing in the sport of triathlon from sprint races on up to the Ironman distance.
Since graduating college with a degree in philosophy & religion Shane has spent the last 15 years designing, developing and implementing software. He began his career during the internet boom, and has focused on web based technology from the start. From large scale enterprise management software implementations, to multi-million dollar online banking platforms, to simple web tools, Shane has a wealth of experience using technology to improve how people work and play. In his current role as Phase 2 Interactive’s Chief Technology Officer, he employs this experience by bringing together people, processes, and technology to create.
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