Meana Petro
DF-05IntermediateWave 2IT

OSDU-Aligned Data Model

In one sentence

Adopts the industry data standard so that your data is portable between vendors, without requiring the full OSDU platform on your own infrastructure.

The problem

Proprietary data models are how vendor lock-in is actually enforced. Migrating away means re-mapping everything, which is expensive enough that operators stay on platforms they have outgrown.

How it works

Entities and relationships follow OSDU schemas — well, wellbore, log, trajectory, seismic, production — with the operator’s local extensions modelled as OSDU-compatible extensions rather than as schema modifications. Implementation is on the operator’s own infrastructure; alignment is with the data model, not necessarily with a hosted OSDU instance.

Data required

  • Existing data models and schemas from current systems
  • Field and corporate naming and unit standards
  • Mapping decisions from data owners for attributes without a direct OSDU equivalent
  • OSDU schema version target agreed with the architecture team

What you get

  • OSDU-aligned schema implementation with documented local extensions
  • Mapping specification from each legacy system to the target model
  • Conformance report against the target OSDU schema version

What it cannot do

OSDU alignment is not OSDU certification, and we do not claim it is. The schemas continue to evolve, so alignment is a maintained position rather than a completed migration. Some domains — notably drilling operations detail — are less mature in OSDU than others, and local extensions are unavoidable there.

Every capability page states a real limitation. If a vendor cannot tell you where their product stops, you are not being told the truth about where it starts.

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