Proceedings The 5th Indonesia International Geothermal Convention & Exhibition 2017
2 - 4 August 2017, Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesia
DEVELOPING STANDARD GEOTHERMAL DATA MODEL FOR PROFESSIONAL
GEOTHERMAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
Hevy Julia Umbara1, Maria Christine Rossaria1, Herry Gunawan1, Triyono Hadi1,
1Patra Nusa Data, South Tangerang 15314, Indonesia
[email protected]Keywords: Data, field, geothermal, management, model. more interesting for the investor because the PSPE
mechanism will include exploration drilling to prove the
ABSTRACT resources potential of any green field before it is offered to
The development of geothermal energy in Indonesia is the investor. In another news, the drilling campaign in
finally growing in a stronger pace for the last couple years. several PGE’s fields and other geothermal fields including
The exploration and exploitation activities are increasing Tulehu, Sorik Marapi, and Muara Laboh are keep on
significantly as more wells were drilled and more electricity continuing to optimistically reach the productive reservoir
is generated from the newly operating power plant. It is target on time (Zuhro and Arif, 2015, EBTKE, 2017,
followed by the escalation of geothermal data volume both ThinkGeoEnergy, 2017). Meanwhile, several geothermal
within the operating company and also in the government fields (Sarulla unit 1, Lahendong unit 5&6, Ulubelu unit 3)
agencies. Every stage of the development activity is were successfully start producing steam to add more
producing different types of geoscientific and engineering electricity generation to the grid (EBTKE, 2017). All this
data, these data are main source of information for news could tell that the geothermal development activities in
geoscientist and engineers to assess the geothermal Indonesia is picking up speed to reach its maximum pace.
resources potential and maintain stability of the steam
supply. However, when those data are not properly- The more activities conducted during the development the
managed, the assessment and monitoring process will take more data will be acquired, analyzed, and stored in the
longer time. It is because the personnel are forced to spend server of any stakeholders. A huge volume of data with
more time for data searching rather than doing productive different types and formats typically used by many
data analysis, while the cost for supporting tools and personnel across the departments, this data is getting even
services is keep on counting. A data model for geothermal more bigger during the multiple drilling stage (Umbara et al,
exploration and exploitation data is developed to be the 2016). If the organization do not apply any particular system
standard for creating a geothermal relational database. The for its data management and data backup, soon the unwanted
model is not a set of geothermal data, but a classification and problems like confusing multiple data versions or even data
knowledge of how the data are used in the geothermal loss will halt the development process. The team will begin
business practices. It is designed to provide solution for easy to waste their precious time just to find the correct versions
data access and sharing within the organization and ensure of the last saved data instead of produce quality
the data used in any parts of department is consistent and in interpretation to push forward the project.
the same version. In order to meet the requirements of the
geothermal business activities, the model covers broad range Compared to the petroleum industry business, database
of data types including; general data, geosciences, reservoir technology in geothermal industry is one step behind. The
and production, surface facility, and inventory. Since there is maturity of database technology in oil and gas is represented
huge amount of data tables in each of the data types, only by the existence of PPDM (Professional Petroleum Database
few core subjects are deeply discussed in this paper, Management) Data Model by the PPDM Association that
although the other subjects still be mentioned respectively to referred by most of the oil and gas database engineers to
represents the design of the whole data models. create a system for in-house relational database management
(PPDM Association, 2008). This data model has inspired the
INTRODUCTION development of many database software technologies that
figured out to be very beneficial for the industry. Although
Geothermal energy exploration activities in Indonesia was there is already a software for geothermal database
already started since the discovery of Kamojang geothermal management in the market, a standard data model that could
field back in year 1918s (Mansoer & Idral, 2015). be easily applied to any geothermal entity is needed to
Unfortunately, various issues including regulations, tariff, support its day-to-day activities. The data model should
land status, and social resistant have halted the development cover all data types that typically used in geothermal energy
of several other geothermal fields. As a result, from 29 GW exploration and exploitation. Moreover, it should be very
predicted resources potential, only 1,6 GW of electricity has flexible to be able to comply with the organization’s data
been produced from geothermal energy power stations. usage culture. And the most important that it is applicable at
Nevertheless, some good news was published throughout the a reasonable cost.
year 2016-2017; one of the hot issues lately is that the
government through Ministry of Energy and Mineral THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD
Resources has just launched new regulations Permen ESDM GEOTHERMAL DATA MODEL
No. 37/2017 about geothermal working area (WKP) for
indirect geothermal energy utilization and Permen ESDM The model was created through assessment to the life-cycle
No. 36 about the mechanism of conducting PSP and PSPE of geothermal data from the date of its acquisition until it is
(Preliminary Survey and Preliminary Survey with no longer in use (conserved). Details including data types,
Exploration). The government believed that the new data attribute, standard units, digital format, utility, and the
regulations would get geothermal energy business even processing stage were documented. As a result, a large
amounts of data attribute tables were encountered as the
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metadata of every particular information used throughout the field data processing. And the third level is interpreted data
operation of geothermal energy utilization. The explanation that obtained from interpretation of processed data or field
of each data attributes is described in the data model basic/raw data. This data leveling is applied to make it easier
doccumentation. It is then grouped based on its subject for data user to find data in any specific versions of
relation to create the data model diagram. The classification processing stage.
of this table is designed to be flexible with the working
procedures/business process within any geothermal operator
company.
Data Model Diagrams
The model covers wide range of geothermal data types
which is mainly divided into five modules namely; General
Data, Geosciences, Reservoir & Production, Surface
Facility, and Inventory. Each of these modules consisted of
many sub-folders which represent more specific data
categories (see Figure 1). The picture illustrates how these
data modules are classified to manage the data of specific
geothermal working area. General Data contains information
about the geothermal project details and administrations, it is
also including cartography & geography of the field and the
work, procurement & budget of the geothermal project.
Geosciences module definitely contains several technical
data attributes like aerial data, geology, geochemistry,
geophysics, well, and the report of resources assessment.
Reservoir and Production data table is created in a separated
module as it will only be applied to a well-developed
geothermal field. Surface Facility module consists of data
attribute table for the details of installed facility within the Figure 2. An example of further well data types
concession area as well as its operation and maintenance classification applied in the development of the
history report. And the Inventory module groups any data model.
information about services and tools used by the company,
standard operation procedure, and the QA/QC documents. If the modules classification above is assumed as the
shallow level of the whole data model, the deeper layer of
the model is described by the data model diagram shown in
Figure 3. The tables below is a snapshot of data model
diagram for core/cuttings data of B5.1.5 Well Samples data
types (see Figure 2 above). These tables represent a set of
data attributes from specific subject that usually required to
provide useful information for the user. The picture shows
relation where Well_Sample data is a part of Well data, that
exists in a particular geothermal area (Area_Detail) owned
by specific Business_Entity. The detail description of the
core/cuttings sample is described in the Lith_Unit_Desc
table that related to Stratigraphy data. And if a petrography
analysis is already conducted for this sample, user can find
the data in the Thin_Section table which resulted from any
Lab_Analysis. The relation between these tables is the
foundation for any engineers to create a systematic
geothermal relational database management system. Only a
small fraction of the diagram is explained in this picture, this
relational model could be very complex depends on the data
user requirements and the ability of the database engineers
in creating streamline between those data.
Data Model Documentation
Figure 1. Folders and sub-folders in the geothermal data This part discusses the explanations of each data attributes
model. that build the data model. All data attributes were specified
and described in the data model documentation to avoid
The modules classification above then expanded into more
same data recurrence. The table below (see Figure 4) is an
specific data types that described in Figure 2. Well data
example of processed 2-D magnetotelluric (MT) data
category is taken as the example to show how these data
documentation, each attribute’s name, nullable, data entry
types are organized into three different data level. The first
type, length, key referenced table, and the column comment
level represents the types of data that acquired directly from
are explained respectively to be the reference for future user
the field measurement or from tools/machine readings. The
in conducting data entry or modification.
second level is the group of data that produced as a result of
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Figure 3. Snapshot of the data model diagram, the lines represent relation between the tables.
Column Name Nullable Data-Type Length Key Referenced Table(s) Column Comment
MT Survey ID: Unique identifier to diferentiate several
MT_Survey ID Not Null number 20 Geophysics_Survey
geophysical surveys conducted to acquire data
MT Stations ID: ID for one specific measuring station in the
MT_Stations ID Not Null number 20
stations grid
MT_Stations Name varchar 20 MT Stations Name: Name given for specific measuring
MT Easting: The X coordinate for the node with respect to the
MT_Easting number 20
point of origin of the specified map projection
MT Northing: The Y coordinate for the node location with
MT_Northing number 20
respect to the point of origin of the specified map projection
MT_Elevation (m asl) number 20 MT Elevation (m asl): The elevation of the point
MT_FREQ number 20 MT FREQ: The frequency of the mentioned resistivity value
MT RHO XY: The resistivity value obtained from transverse
electric MT configuration where the electric potential is
MT_RHO XY number 20
measured from x direction, and magnetic field is measured
from y direction.
MT RHO YX: The resistivity value obtained from transverse
MT_RHO YX number 20 magnetic MT configuration where the magnetic field is
measured from x direction, and electric potential is measured
MT PHA XY: The value of electromagnetic wave phase from
MT_PHA XY number 20
transverse electric MT configuration.
MT PHA YX: The value of electromagnetic wave phase from
MT_PHA YX number 20
transverse magnetic MT configuration.
Figure 4. Magnetotelluric (MT) raw data model documentations is captured as an example of the attributes that consisted in
the model.
Most of geothermal companies in Indonesia today are The creation of standard geothermal data model is aimed to
storing its data in a conventional computer operating system create a platform for master data management system within
folder, and use local area network to share data across the an organization. Master data management means that all
departments. With this system, the possibility of finding data in any organization are linked up into a single master
multiple (inconsistent) data version that is used in different file. With single master file, data sharing between personnel
operations are very high, moreover, uncontrolled copy-paste will be done easily as all data and information are centered
culture will produce an inefficient data recurrence that could in one reference point. Several other benefits of using the
be a waste of space for today’s expensive server facility. designed master database model as a single shared data
center are; cut times for data searching with a structured
query language system, consistent data version used across
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the department, anticipate data loss because of malware or progressing-with-drilling-campaign/ [accesed: May 22,
hardware failure, and enable computing in multiple system 2017]
architectures, platforms and applications as some analysis
software is already available in a cloud version that found Umbara, I. G. A. H. J., Hadi, T., Gunawan, H., Widodo, A.
out to be more efficient and cost-friendly. Nevertheless, the P., 2016, Building Web-Based Data-Information-Knowledge
designed model is still needed a lot of works both in IT Application to Support Geothermal Energy Development in
development as well as improvement in data attribute Indonesia, Proceedings: New Zealand Geothermal
documentations, so that it could be a useful tool for Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand.
geothermal data management in any corporation and let the
technical team maximize their time for quality data analysis. Zuhro, A., Arif, G. R., 2015, Pertamina Geothermal Energy
Drilling Campaign, Proceedings: World Geothermal
CONCLUSIONS Congress, Melbourne, Australia.
The growth of geothermal development activities has
triggered the rise of geothermal data volume in particular
geothermal project. A standard platform for building a well-
managed geothermal database is needed to support the work
of geothermal database engineers. This paper explains how
the creation of standard geothermal data model could help
any geothermal entity in establishing its data management
system. The developed model represents a typical data
classification that usually used in the geothermal business
process. Its bulk data attribute tables are the root for the data
model, it can be modified to fit with any database design
requirement. Adapting a standard geothermal data model to
establish a master data management system will ease data
access and sharing as well as convert the time wasted for
difficult data searching into more productive analysis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work is a geothermal data management project by Patra
Nusa Data. The authors are grateful to the management of
Patra Nusa Data for permission to publish this paper.
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