David Willis, Business Analyst Well and Facility ...

David Willis, Business Analyst
Well and Facility Information Management

Chesapeake Energy



War is 90% Information. – Napoleon Bonaparte

War is 90% Information. – Napoleon Bonaparte

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one
has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to
suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. –
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

War is 90% Information. – Napoleon Bonaparte

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one
has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to
suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. –
Arthur Conan Doyle

The need for experienced data analysts is
great. If data is one of the oil and gas
industry’s biggest assets, the data analyst is
key to driving that value.

 Data is…factual bits of information used as a
basis for reasoning, discussion, or
calculation.

 Data is…factual bits of information used as a
basis for reasoning, discussion, or
calculation.

 A single bit of data is not the whole picture. It
must be analyzed and looked at from every
angle. It is then put with correlating
data/facts and then it becomes…

 Data is…factual bits of information used as a
basis for reasoning, discussion, or
calculation.

 A single bit of data is not the whole picture. It
must be analyzed and looked at from every
angle. It is then put with correlating
data/facts and then it becomes…

 Information…the communication or reception
of knowledge or intelligence.

 The goal is to turn data into information, and
information into insight. – Carly Fiorina (former

CEO of HP)

 The goal is to turn data into information, and
information into insight. – Carly Fiorina (former

CEO of HP)

 Insight then has the ability to inspire action.



 What is Data Management at its core?

 What is Data Management at its core?

 The development of and usage of a single
version of the truth for the company’s data.
(Berson & Dubov)

 What is Data Management at its core?

 The development of and usage of a single
version of the truth for the company’s data.
(Berson & Dubov)

 Managing the data through its full life-cycle
using established business rules.

If a magic fairy instantly gave you absolutely all
the information resources the company would
ever need, do you think people would instantly
know what to do with it and how to use it well?
Peter GW Keen, Business Professor

 Data Governance is…the rules that govern the
management of the data.

 What can you do with the data?
 Who is privy to the data?
 What security measures are in place to

protect the data?
 How long is the data to be kept?



 What is a Data Analyst?

 What is a Data Analyst?

 The experienced data analyst is a subject
matter expert. They have a vast knowledge of
their data set.

 What is a Data Analyst?

 The experienced data analyst is a subject
matter expert. They have vast knowledge of
their data set.

 They know the raw data, where to find it, and
how to review it.

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 Do you see an error?

 What is a Data Analyst?

 The experience data analyst is a subject
matter expert. They have a vast knowledge of
their data set.

 They know the raw data, where to find it, and
how to review it.

 They know the importance of the data and
how it is applied.

 What is a Data Analyst?

 The experience data analyst is a subject
matter expert. They have a vast knowledge of
their data set.

 They know the raw data, where to find it, and
how to review it.

 They know the importance of the data and
how it is applied.

 They know how the data flows between
systems and what the source systems for the
different data are.

 They are proactive in maintaining and
improving the data. Never satisfied.

 They are proactive in maintaining and
improving the data. Never satisfied.

The alchemists in their search for gold
discovered many things of greater value. –
Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

What discoveries have been made by accurate
data showing potential through new
technology?

 The experienced Data Analyst is a good
communicator. Communication is a must!



 The experienced Data Analyst is a good
communicator. Communication is a must!

If you do not know how to ask the right
question, you discover nothing. – W. Edward
Deming

 With all the scrutiny that our industry is
under, it is imperative that our data is the
best that it can be. We can not rest in our
efforts for complete and accurate data. Our
data quality and management has to be
second to none.