Oil and Gas Sector Business Information Model

Upstream, midstream, and downstream operations generate a distinct set of data entities — wells, leases, ownership interests, production, and reserves. This business information model for the oil and gas sector organizes them into foundational, transactional, and informational layers, with the relationships between them, delivered as an editable Word document.

Oil and gas ownership and production data resist a generic asset model. A single wellbore can carry multiple completions across different zones over its life, each producing its own commingled stream of oil, gas, and water that has to be allocated back to individual wells and owners rather than measured directly. Ownership itself splits into working interest and royalty interest, tied to a lease through a division of interest that can differ by revenue stream — oil, gas, and natural gas liquids are often split differently among the same owners — and can change mid-stream as interests are sold or unitized. Reserves aren't a simple quantity either: proved, probable, and possible volumes are separate, probabilistically defined entities governed by classification rules, not a single inventory number. A model that treats "well" as one flat entity loses the ability to represent any of this.

What You Get

• Foundational entities — wells, leases, fields, reservoirs, working and royalty interest owners
• Transactional entities — production and allocation, liftings, joint interest billing, royalty payments
• Informational entities — reserves classification, production forecasting, well performance reporting
• Entity relationships mapped across the model, delivered as an editable Word document

How It's Used

• Reference for production accounting and division-of-interest system design
• Baseline for well, lease, and ownership master data management
• Guides integration planning across land, production, and financial systems
• Framework for joint venture and JIB reporting data architecture

Who Should Use This

For data architects, business architects, and IT leaders at E&P, midstream, and oilfield services organizations planning production accounting, land, or financial system work.