Patent ID: 8185311

Claim:
A method of oilfield data management, comprising: collecting oilfield data from an oilfield; generating a global instance, based on the oilfield data, to represent an oilfield object, wherein the global instance is stored in a global data structure of a central repository; executing instructions on a first processor of a first workstation to perform a domain analysis of the oilfield data by a first analysis team to generate a first local instance to represent the oilfield object focusing on a first oilfield function, wherein the first analysis team comprises a plurality of users who analyze the oilfield data relating to the first oilfield function, and wherein the first local instance is stored in the first workstation and comprises a first level of abstraction; executing instructions on a second processor of a second workstation to perform the domain analysis of the oilfield data by a second analysis team to generate a second local instance to represent the oilfield object focusing on a second oilfield function, wherein the second analysis team analyzes the oilfield data relating to the second oilfield function, and wherein the second local instance is stored in the second workstation and comprises a second level of abstraction; and selectively synchronizing, a first link and a second link coupling the first workstation and the second workstation, respectively to the central repository, the global instance, the first local instance, and the second local instance to generate a synchronized result, wherein the synchronizing comprises: updating, by the first link and in response to the first analysis team updating the first local instance, the global instance by converting a first data item in the first local instance from the first level of abstraction to the global data structure, and updating, by the second link and in response to updating the global instance, the second local instance by abstracting the first data item in the global data structure according to the second level of abstraction.