The Infield Worldwide Offshore Energy Database

Since 1986 Infield has developed a database of all offshore fields worldwide from the start of the offshore industry through today and then forward looking to 2010 and beyond. The Infield Offshore Energy Database is now considered to be one of the most comprehensive and accurate fields and facilities databases in the industry.

The earliest project on Infield is Bibi Eibat which came on stream in 1923 in Azerbaijan. The furthest ahead are decommissioning projects not expected to proceed for several decades.
The complete global Offshore Energy Database now comprises 7,123 offshore fields in 127 countries, involving over 700 operators and more than 1,100 participant companies. Infield is updated daily so clients can expect to be kept informed of new information as and when it happens.

Please contact Infield for the latest project numbers or select from the list below to see details provided for each dataset..

Click on the file names to see example records.
	Countries	131
	Fields	7736
	Platforms	15704
	Subsea Units	9501
	Pipelines	34514
	Control lines	11064
	Piggy-back lines	592
	Bundled lines	171
	OnshoreTerminals	666
	SPM's	1142
	Wells	8561
	Operators	2049
	Manufacturers	387
	Field Ownership	16293
	Lng & GTL	272

The Methodology to Develop Infield

The initial development of Infield started in earnest in 1987 and the complete worldwide coverage, excluding the shallow water Gulf of Mexico was officially announced in 1992 and additional data sets covering the shallow water projects in the Gulf of Mexico, decommissioning, field ownership, LNG and GTL technology have been added since.

The process was to develop the North West European Continental Shelf and move around the world, leaving the shallow water Gulf of Mexico to last. The world excluding the shallow water Gulf of Mexico was completed in the early 1990’s with the rest in 1996.

The methodology for updating follows a different process, where new information coming in is given priority, with a continuous programme of country by country updating. Priorities are as follows;

• Future Projects > Existing Projects
• Deepwater > Shallow Water
• Fields > Platforms > Subsea > Pipelines > Control lines > SPMS
• >Shallow water Gulf of Mexico

The “Bottom Up Approach”

Infield has been built up by a bottom up approach. For each field Infield identifies the reserves, water depths, operator, ownership, production rates, temperature, pressure, discovery, on stream and depletion dates.

Then Infield looks at how each field is developed in terms of platforms or subsea completions, subsea manifolds, subsea templates, control lines, umbilicals and flowlines whether flexible or rigid. Then Infield looks at the tie back and support facilities, whether fixed or floating. Infield then looks at how the hydrocarbon stream is taken away from the field, whether by export pipeline or offshore loading.

The Data Network

Over the past 18 years Infield has developed a network of information resources to build up, populate and update the Infield Offshore Energy Database. These resources are far ranging and extensive. The nature by which we develop the Offshore Energy Database is company confidential, so Infield apologises if this explanation is general in nature.
Resources

Infield accesses the information resources for the following types of organisations;

• Oil Companies
• Main Contractors
• Sub Contractors
• Suppliers
• Manufacturers
• Financial Institutions
• Government Agencies
• Trade Associations
• Press
• Client Feedback

The relationship between Infield and the resource can either be formal or informal. Formally, Infield is supplied with information directly for the sole purpose of populating the Offshore Energy Database. For example Infield’s entire Brazilian data set was supplied by Petrobras. Because of the accuracy, completeness and simple to use nature of the Offshore Energy Database this relationship has now reversed and Infield supplies data to directly to key executives in Petrobras.

The informal resources would be;

• Company Press Releases & Statements
• Personal Contact as part of the research process
• Internet
• News Wires
• Journals, Publications, Maps & the Media

Infield as part of their research and consultancy business becomes privy to company confidential information. This is ring fenced within the company and is not available to other clients and the Offshore Energy Database. Client confidentiality within Infield is paramount.

For more information about Infield please contact the Data Team, or for a non-obligation quotation, please complete an online Database Specification Wish List.