Remember the pre-SCADA days? When your boss called asking why production and revenue tanked, triggering the dreaded “fire drill.” Production engineers frantically dialing field superintendents. Pumpers scrambling to check offline wells. Reservoir engineers buried under stacks of decline curves, hunting for underperformers like detectives at a crime scene.
Those reactive days are over.
Modern workflows aren’t about replacing good people—it’s about transforming how they work. Your field expertise remains invaluable, but now it’s amplified by rapid analytics that are ready when you need them. No more fire drills. No more manual decline curve archaeology.
Picture this: real-time alarms for both production drops AND decline curve anomalies. Your computer buzzes with precise data before your boss even notices the problem. Financial modeling, once reserved for corporate teams, is now mainstream and accessible.
The magic happens when good judgment meets best-in-class data. That combination? It delivers the best decisions—every single time.
We’ve moved from reactive fire fighting to proactive well optimization. Your experience guides the strategy, while intelligent analytics handle the heavy lifting. The result? You stay ahead of problems instead of chasing them.
The future of production optimization isn’t just automated—it’s intelligent.
Larry Brazile 
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