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Upgrading Legacy Systems to Enable Real-time Controls in Oil Fields
Deploy hydraulic fracturing software to optimize results
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client success stories
Deploy hydraulic fracturing software to optimize results
3 min read
One of the world’s largest oil field service companies
Oil & Gas
Legacy system upgrade
Shale oil and gas have become an increasingly important energy source, especially in the United States. The demand to have software that enables the efficient extraction of shale oil and gas continues to grow, as this kind of software prepares an effective fracking plan which directly increases well profitability.
Our client develops and sells a complex software product, which prepares the plan for hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking) to extract shale oil and gas. However, the software was outdated and had no documentation, making it hard to support and add new functions. They needed a partner that could develop a roadmap to modernize the product and lead the modernization process.
Bringing on industry and technology experts and using an Agile methodology, Luxoft delivered the most critical system components and integrated them with the client’s legacy components. Luxoft delivered these components in just 9 months.
The following enhancements were delivered:
Our client now offers an enhanced software solution for geologically-driven modeling of natural fracture networks to optimize well planning and stimulation strategies, which gives the company a strategic advantage and niche in their industry.
With the new features, our client was also able to boost the sales of their software product, and can further modernize their product via a roadmap.
The product keeps track of the pumping schedule, water/sand/chemicals proportions, pressure, volume, and rate of fracking. The future roadmap includes migration of all functions to newest technologies and add machine learning for historical data analysis.
Oil companies invest millions of dollars on site planning, drilling and cementing, and when it comes to shale oil and gas extraction, they want this process to be as productive and precise as possible. Our client develops and sells a complex software solution, which prepares the plan for hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking).
Our client was well aware of the following market conditions:
Our client needed to upgrade its software solution for fracking jobs planning and real-time monitoring of the stimulation treatment. Without any documentation and being 15+ year-old legacy system, it was impossible to make any changes without outside help.
By bringing on industry and technology experts and using an Agile methodology, Luxoft developed and integrated the most critical system components with the client’s legacy components. The solution keeps track of the pumping schedule, water/sand/chemicals proportions, pressure, volume, and rate of fracking. This way, engineers can monitor these parameters in real time, and can adjust them when needed while in the field.
The following features were developed by Luxoft:
Additionally, with new, updated technologies, the client can now update or add new functions to these modules in the future as they see fit. Our client has a roadmap to continuously modernize their product over time.
The newly enhanced software solution allows for:
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