System and methods for increasing safety and efficiency in oil field operations

A system for increasing safety and efficiency in oil field operations comprising:

• (a) a video monitor that displays an oil field map, wherein
• (1) the oil field map comprises oil well objects, oil field facility objects, surface work crew objects, sub-surface work crew objects, work equipment rig objects associated with at least one work crew object and safety zones objects;
• (2) wherein the oil field map is customizable by date, has a date selector tool, and wherein each of the oil well objects, oil field facility objects, surface work crew objects, sub-surface work crew objects, equipment work rig objects and safety zones objects comprise a date attribute and a location attribute;
• (3) wherein each of the surface and sub-surface work crew objects are coded by a visual indicator to indicate a type of work;
• (4) wherein user selection of a surface or sub-surface work crew object causes a text box to display having a description of the work associated with the work the crew object;
• (5) wherein a safety zone object is associated with a surface work crew object, sub-surface work crew object, oil well object or oil field facility object and has a radius attribute extending 360 degrees around the center of the work crow object for the distance set by the radius attribute;
• (b) identifying means for identifying at least one scheduling conflict, wherein the conflict comprises:
• (1) two or more incompatible surface or sub-surface work crew objects at a single or overlapping location on the oil field map, or
• (2) an incompatible first surface or sub-surface work crew object within a safety zone object associated with a second surface or sub-surface work crew object;
• and
• (c) rescheduling means for rescheduling at least one surface or sub-surface work crew object via a domain-specific software application from which the surface or sub-surface work crew object was extracted so as to remove the conflict,
• wherein the identification of scheduling conflicts and rescheduling of work crew objects are performed until all conflicts are removed for a date range of interest.