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By continuing to browse or engage with this site, you consent to our use of cookies. See our [Privacy Policy](https://omnirasoftware.com/privacy-policy/) for details. This is the 3nd blog in a series about VERDAZO Diagnostic Workflows A big part of successfully navigating through unpredictable economic times is a predictable cash flow. The backbone of any cash flow is the ability to deliver your forecasted production. It also plays a big part in your ability to execute your plans, shareholder confidence and your reserves evaluation. This blog focuses on a workflow that helps you identify and focus on the wells that are deviating the most from their production forecast. This involves integrating your field data capture system with your forecast/economics system. For details on the steps that make up a typical diagnostic workflow check out the last two blogs: [Optimizing Production Performance](https://info.omnirasoftware.com/omnira-insights/verdazo-diagnostic-workflows-production-performance) [Optimizing Financial Performance](https://info.omnirasoftware.com/omnira-insights/verdazo-diagnostic-workflows-optimizing-financial-performance) Let’s jump right into our workflow examples… **1. Identify and Prioritize** The chart below shows: - - the Contextual Measure (on the y-axis) Percent Variance (%). This tells us the degree (as a percent) to which we are varying from our forecast. In this example a negative value means our production is greater than forecast, and a positive value means forecast is greater than production. - the Diagnostic Measure (on the x-axis) is Volume Variance (bbl). This tells us the total production impact on our forecast. This ultimately represents the impact on cash flow. - the wells (each well is a point) have been Categorized by “On Production Year”. We would expect older wells to have a well defined decline and thus be more predictable. I have identified a well for further investigation. It has both a large percent variance and a large volume variance. ![](https://info.omnirasoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-35-21-6552-PM.png?width=975&height=540&name=image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-35-21-6552-PM.png)   **2. Inform and Assess** The chart below shows that this well has experienced a significant downtime event in the last month that resulted in 70% downtime. The nature of this downtime event will require additional investigation. ![](https://info.omnirasoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-35-46-3349-PM.png?width=975&height=540&name=image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-35-46-3349-PM.png) **3) Investigate** The next step in the investigation may involve a chart like Lost Production Over Time or Details of Workover Activity (both below) ... examples from the blog post on [Optimizing Production Performance](http://www.visageinfo.com/2015/02/02/visage-diagnostic-workflows-optimizing-production-performance/). ![](https://info.omnirasoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-43-51-4789-PM.png?width=975&height=543&name=image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-43-51-4789-PM.png) ![](https://info.omnirasoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-44-02-8369-PM.png?width=975&height=521&name=image-png-Jun-17-2024-10-44-02-8369-PM.png) A diagnostic workflow will evolve over time, as new information is available and you invent new visual techniques to help you Identify, Inform and Investigate opportunities. 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