Ask any well operations supervisor or drilling engineer about daily reporting, and you will likely get the same reaction—a roll of the eyes, a sigh, and a story about chasing spreadsheets, reconciling conflicting numbers, and struggling with clunky tools built for another era. For years, well lifecycle reporting has been a persistent hassle: too slow, manual, and fragmented.
But what happens when the people dealing with that pain day in and day out decide they have had enough? When a team of operations engineers chooses to build the solution they wish they had?
That’s exactly how Petrosight was born—a cloud-first platform purpose-built to simplify drilling, completions, and operations reporting. Today, it is transforming how well operations are managed around the world.
Christian Gillis knows the pain firsthand. A drilling engineer by training, he spent years deep in the operational well bores, overseeing drilling programs and managing the day-to-day complexities of well operations and reporting.
"I lived the frustration," Christian said. "At the field level, you had supervisors using spreadsheets and local files, and at head office, they were trying to reconcile reports that were already days out of date. It was slow, messy, and full of risk."
Instead of waiting for someone else to fix it, Christian and his team decided to act. From day one, they knew two things: the solution had to be cloud-native—not retrofitted later—and easy enough for a field supervisor to pick up without a manual.
"We didn’t want to build something that needed an IT department to install or maintain," he explained. "We wanted it to be so intuitive that if you could use a smartphone, you could use Petrosight."
Long before cloud adoption was commonplace in oil and gas, Petrosight embraced AWS cloud technologies to create a system that was accessible, secure, and scalable. Users could log in from anywhere, capture data immediately, submit reports instantly, and collaborate without fear of version control chaos.
There was no heavy infrastructure to manage. No servers to maintain. No elaborate training programs required. Just a lightweight, accessible tool built with the end-user in mind.
This cloud-first design proved prescient. As drilling and completion volumes increased and remote work intensified, the ability to access, update, and share critical well data in real time became a competitive advantage.
"By being cloud-native early, we were able to scale without scaling complexity," Christian said. "Whether it was a two-rig operation in the Permian or a hundred-well program in the Bakken, Petrosight handled it with the same simplicity."
At its core, Petrosight solved the problems that had plagued field teams and managers alike.
The result? Faster decision-making, better operational visibility, and a major reduction in administrative overhead.
"When people used it for the first time, the reaction was usually, 'Where has this been?'" Christian said. "Because it just made life easier."
Today, Petrosight is part of PakEnergy, expanding its reach and capabilities while staying true to its original vision.
"PakEnergy shares our focus on simplicity, customer success, and solving real-world problems," Christian noted. "We now have more resources to continue developing the platform, reaching more customers, and integrating into a broader ecosystem."
Importantly, the heart of Petrosight remains intact: a commitment to user-friendly design, operational efficiency, and continuous innovation based on customer feedback.
The Petrosight story isn’t just about a modernized platform. It’s a reminder that the best digital innovations often come from the people closest to the work. From engineers and operators who see the daily frustrations firsthand and are willing to rethink how things get done.
By starting cloud-first and putting usability above all else, Petrosight showed that digital transformation does not have to mean massive disruption. Sometimes, it simply means making life easier—and more productive—for the people who keep wells running.
In an industry that often wrestles with complexity, Petrosight stands as proof that the best solutions are sometimes the simplest ones.
Learn more about how Petrosight is shaping the future of drilling and completions at PakEnergy.