Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is enhancing the quality and accuracy of the data used for daily planning to support production operations and the decision-making process for the implementation of current and future projects.
This was done by contracting with one of the international companies specialized in this field. This project, for the first time since its inception, helped to possess three-dimensional maps of all terrain of the oil fields, and capture high-quality aerial photographs with an accuracy of 10 centimeters. The project aims to integrate with Geographic Information System (GIS) used for operations.
The project also aims to apply modern technologies for the development and marketing of information and materials management. Digital images resulting from aerial surveys are used to update the company’s data and to work in remote and rugged areas and inaccessible sites due to their danger without the need to expose individuals to risks.
In addition, the data allows high-resolution images, which are monitored for new details of all services and facilities of the company, and the plans are updated.
It should be noted that geographic information systems work to improve the work mechanism, determine the locations of wells, classify the types of water wells in the fields according to different scales, transfer them to enhance quality, save time, effort and cost, and save lives during the pipeline construction process.
In regard to the benefits of GIS, it reduces the time for preparing maps.At present, with the use of geographic information systems, the preparation of the map takes just a few hours to be ready.
It also reduces the number of manpower. The procedures for drawing maps included large numbers of workers, but with the technological development and the use of geographic information systems that carried out the function of drawing, preparing and adding colors to maps, the number of workers was reduced.
In addition, it reduces the financial cost. Geographic Information System contributed to reducing the financial cost that was spent on providing mapping paper, drawing pens and colors.
