The WITSML SIG meets for in-person working meetings at least twice each year, usually once in North America and once elsewhere in the world. Working meetings are open to active SIG members and to invited guests, depending on space availability.

In addition to working meetings, the SIG also sponsors periodic public events to educate the industry on the standards and products and services that use the standards.

organization

For more information on how Energistics SIGs work, see Special Interest Groups.

Special Interest Groups develop a charter when they are formed and when they would like to formalize operational details. For more information about the WITSML organization, see the WITSML SIG Charter.

Current WITSML committees, teams and sub-teams include the following:

Team or Committee	Responsibilities
Steering Committee	Oversee and direct the SIG and standards development activities. Meets quarterly, more often as needed.
Teams operating on behalf of the WITSML SIG Steering Committee include:
Executive Team	Directs daily operations of the SIG. Elected by the Steering Committee.
Business Engagement Team	Supports adoption and implementation of WITSML through improved facilitation, tools, public awareness, website content and other resources.
Technical Team	Define the functionality and technical specifications for the standards. Composed of both business and technical people.
Sub-teams reporting to the Technical Team are defined as needed and include:
Release Management	Incorporates work products and bug fixes into the next version of the specifications.
Performance Enhancement	Defines requirements related to fracturing and stimulation services.
Performance and Certification Testing	Defines requirements related to high data density, images, wired pipe, wireline, compression, filtering, etc. Also working on certification testing to help ensure products support the standards and also to help identify area of standards improvement.
Server Profiles	Defines profiles for types of WITSML server components.