Reduce Operating Expenses during the Downturn

Upstream oil and gas operators continue their conflict with low oil prices. In today’s economy, oil companies need to leverage operational expenditure on their performing wells to generate revenue.

This does not mean you need to sell assets or lay off staff because doing so may also lead to lower revenue due to decreased production. Through working with our clients and researching industry trends, Petrofly has identified that the most efficient way to adapt to low oil prices is by reducing operating expenses.

The Lack of Expense Data Availability

Since many companies rarely have communication between their departments, the staff members’ ability to access data and visualize the operation as a whole is limited without a data management platform. Pumpers should have immediate access to lifting cost and payout calculations to determine the cost-benefit of the expense on a well.

For example, your pumper will know how much chemical is being used in a well but not the cost of chemical per barrel produced. This lack of data availability on the field causes workflow interruptions and hurts your bottom line. Low oil prices make it necessary to have this expenditure data available in the field to ensure these costs are justified.

Combining Production and Expense

Operators are missing out on valuable insight when they do not track expenditure and production together on a single platform. For example, seeing how a workover affects production is beneficial to the office and field because it measures that workover’s effectiveness. Streamlining both together will grant visualization on how that asset is performing and becomes an accurate and easy way to keep track of your bottomline.

The Service Market Analysis

However, in this downturn, just measuring workover effectiveness is not enough to ensure profits. In order to lower operational expenditure to create profit for oil companies, finding cost-effective oilfield services and comparing the market average is the best way to get the most return on investment. Petrofly’s service finder tool and market analysis creates a list of service providers with their rates that are available in your area. Choosing affordable service providers based on the market average will ensure you are not overpaying for services.

Managing your Operational Costs

In order to keep up with lower oil prices, operators need to provide more than just lifting cost and estimated payout calculators on the field to lower operational expenditure. Petrofly’s platform is the only production management software combining production and expenditure on one platform. Petrofly also helps operators adapt to lower oil prices with their service finder and market analysis by finding operators the most economical servicers. Oil producers need to take advantage of the oilfield service market average if they want to lower operational expenditure in this downturn.

Switch over from excel spreadsheets to a cloud-based platform and access complete control of your operation in the palm of your hand.

Data integration will increase efficiency and prevent data errors which lets you make confident and reliable decisions.

Gain transparency with service providers to prevent fraudulent billings and overpriced services.

Production management software is necessary in the oil and gas industry because of its effectiveness in optimizing operational processes and maximizing profits.

Reduce your lifting cost by taking advantage of the days that service providers have no work lined up and contract servicers at a discounted rate.

Using a web and mobile software solution encourages social distancing between in-house staff and outsourced workers, which ensures everyone’s safety is the priority.