How Geologists and IT Teams both win with Solo Cloud
In many organizations, multidisciplinary teams such as Geologists, Engineers, and Drilling Teams still work from different copies of the same well data, which are scattered across local project files, shared drives, emailed screenshots, or one-way dashboards. As a result, even though data is technically available, decisions are often based on fragmented, delayed views instead of a shared, real-time environment.
In this blog, you will learn:
- What is Solo Cloud?
- How Solo Cloud Connects the ROGII Product Suite
- The Core Components That Power Solo Cloud
- The Key Challenges Teams Face Without Solo Cloud
- The Benefits of Solo Cloud
What is Solo Cloud?
Solo Cloud is a SOC 2 Type II-certified cloud solution designed for multidisciplinary teams to manage, store, collaborate on, and view real-time well operations.
How Solo Cloud Connects the ROGII Product Suite
Solo Cloud brings all of the ROGII product suite into one place, so everyone stays on the same page. Whether you're planning a well, steering through the lateral, or wrapping up operations, updates happen in real time and everyone knows what's next.
- Collaboration
Geologists in StarSteer, drilling engineers in DrillSpot, and other stakeholders including remote viewers in StarLite, all work from the same data. Updates made while drilling the well are saved to the cloud and are immediately visible to everyone, reducing confusion and speeding up decisions.
- Database Management
This is handled by Data Manager, which serves as the interface for organizing all well data stored in Solo Cloud. It gives you real-time access to every well in your asset, organizes object data into global and virtual projects, and lets you search, sort, and filter data easily.
- Connectivity
Solo Feed streams real-time drilling data into Solo Cloud, where it is consumed by StarSteer, DrillSpot, StarLite, and Data Manager. Projects can continue locally if the connection drops and re-sync when it is restored. Solo Cloud is also designed to work reliably even in low-bandwidth environments.
The Key Challenges Teams Face Without Solo Cloud
1. Fragmented Data and Version Confusion
Many teams still rely on local project files, shared drives, email screenshots, and manual exports. This leads to version drift, misaligned decisions between the geologist and driller, and time wasted chasing down the latest file or redoing work.
2. Limited, One-Way Collaboration
Even when data is streaming in real time, collaboration is often one-directional. Screenshots, PDFs, and project files are sent out with no way for remote users to interact with the live project. Different teams use separate tools that don't share a common project state, meaning reports are often outdated by the time they are received.
3. Operational and Governance Risk for IT
Traditional setups create significant IT risks, including sensitive data scattered across laptops and shared drives, no central backup of live project states, difficult user access management, and project data stored locally with little central oversight.
Benefits of Solo Cloud
- Real-time Collaboration: Real-time collaboration allows teams to work on the same project, even if team members are running different StarSteer versions.
- Centralized Data Access: All project data is stored centrally in Solo Cloud, making it immediately accessible to authorized users across the organization.
- Secure External Collaboration: Secure collaboration with service companies and controlled access to virtual projects. No manual transfers needed.
- Enhanced Data Security: Data is stored in a secure, SOC 2 Type II-certified cloud environment with robust encryption and access controls.
- Business Continuity & Recovery: All Solo projects record changes made by each user and can easily be recovered to an earlier state to ensure business continuity.
Conclusion
Without Solo Cloud, teams are stuck with fragmented data, one-way communication, and unnecessary IT risk. With Solo Cloud, every well is managed from a single, secure, real-time source of truth that keeps geologists, engineers, and drilling teams aligned.
If you’re ready to move away from scattered files and screenshots toward a unified, governed collaboration environment, reach out to us about standardizing your workflows on Solo Cloud.
