This reference library includes documentation related to WITSML implementation, supporting materials and historical documentation.  

WITSML Overview Documentation

• WITSML Road Map - October 2009
• WITS to WITSML Features Comparison - October 2009  

Sample contract language

Provided courtesy of BP and Statoil, these samples may be used to incorporate WITSML requirements in master service agreements and other contracts.

• Contract sample - commercial
• Contract sample - Real-Time Data
• Contract sample - RT Data
• Contract sample - Digital and Data Components of Services

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understanding the witsml standards

  WITSML background, overview, evolution and use (compiled August 2008)

• Part 1 (PPT, 1.1 MB)
• Part 2a (PPT, 3.6 MB)
• Part 2b (PPT, 3.2 MB)
• Part 3 (PPT, 3.0 MB)
• Part 4 (PPT, 1.9 MB)
• Part 5a (PPT, 2.1 MB)
• Part 5b (PPT, 3.3 MB)

other wits and witsml-related documents

• WITS Records (HTML, 236 KB)
• Early WITSML Presentation (PPT, 182 KB)
• WITSML 1.3.0 Schema Tag Cross Reference (HTML, 636 KB)
• Comparison of DARTS and WITS Records, Oct 2000 (HTML, 22 KB)
• Fluid Property Reporting - background materials
  • Standardizing Fluid Property Reporting, written by Robert Aydelotte, Michael Kroeger and Robert Chrosnik (ExxonMobil Upstream Technical Computing) for the PNEC Conference, May 2004. (PDF, 47 KB and PPT, 171 KB)

early conference presentations

• WITSML Presentation, at SMi Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, February 2005 (PPT, 2.0 MB)
• Well Path Presentation, at SMi Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, February 2005 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• WITSML - An Update, SPE Paper 84066 (PPT, 732 KB)
• WITSML -- Technology to Business Integration for the Oilfield, SPE Paper 74480, IADC/SPE Conference, February 2002 (PPT, 342 KB)
• WITSML August 2001 Conference (PPT, 301 KB)

 

Functional Requirements

The original functional requirements for what became the WITSML standards was written in late 2000 and early 2001.

• Functional Requirements Specifications, Version 1.06, February 2001