http://www.oilit.com/ Monthly headlines from Oil IT Journal. en-us The Data Room 2004 TDR VB Autocoder rss@oilit.com 120 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_1.htm Input-Output has paid a total of around $47 million for UK-based Concept Systems. Concepts seismic navigation QC and design systems will augment I/Os full wave seismic initiative. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_2.htm Core Laboratories reports record revenues of $405 million for 2003. But the company is seeking to sell or downsize its reservoir management operation. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_3.htm Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton attends the Semantic Web Interest Group-part of the World Wide Web Consortiums Technical Plenary. He discovers a brave new world of real-time knowledge capture in action. In the midst of the IT decision makers-debating semantics and ontologies, he finds himself a bit out of his depth. Braving traumatic early memories of an off-topic question, he nonetheless takes on the W3C SWIG on his old hobbyhorse of Units of Measure. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_4.htm A2Ds new web-services log delivery mechanism is deployed in Landmarks PowerExplorer. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_5.htm Austin Geomodelings flagship embraces knowledge management and extended interoperability. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_6.htm After a few months of hesitation, the MMS has awarded its digital log contract to A2D. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_7.htm POSC is proposing a globally unique well identifier-with support from Shell and ConocoPhillips. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_8.htm Presented at the ESRI PUG, the new PPDM project may prove a Trojan for Open Source GIS. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_9.htm Innovation Machines semantic processing offers answers to oil knowledge workers. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_10.htm ISA has bridged the gap between Landmarks Z-Map contouring and ESRIs GIS. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_11.htm Imperial Colleges model of discontinuous processes targets sedimentation and multi-phase flow. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_12.htm New integration platform combines drilling software with production and economics. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_13.htm Seismically-derived reservoir properties are used to model reservoir and fluid flow. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_14.htm Governments in the UK and New Zealand are offering free digital geo-data to explorationists. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_15.htm Startup sets out to apply intelligent search to the growing mountain of corporate information. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_16.htm The PUG is the place to be for upstream GIS specialists. Attendance was around 800 (up from around 600 last year). ArcGIS 9 is due for imminent release including a new geoprocessing environment (GUI and command line-based), new 3D extensions and componentized tools for developers building enterprise GIS solutions. Extended functionality comes from Safe Softwares extract transform and load (ETL) tools and the Maplex labeling engine. Data ownership roles and replication paths are critical if balkanized data management is to be avoided. Replication got a high profile and metadata is getting recognition as the key to enterprise GIS and indeed to interoperability in general. The pipeline data model wars seem have calmed down some. Its not that they have been won-there is a recognition that multiple data models exist, and that software should be capable of handling the different flavors. A half day geodetics workshop was organized by the Americas Petroleum Survey Group to spread the geodetic gospel to the ignorant. If you think that latitude and longitude tell you where you are-think again, read our report from the workshop (next article) and visit with the American Petroleum Survey Group on www.apsg.info. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_17.htm A seminar by the Americas Petroleum Survey Group stressed dangers of poor geodetic calculations. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_18.htm News from CandC Reservoirs, Seitel, Explora, CDA, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Baker and Fugro. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_19.htm New grouping sets-out to integrate electronic invoicing and workflow systems in North America. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_20.htm The API PIDX standard has overcome some compatibility issues and is ready for e-business. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_21.htm Despite consensus on a need for consolidation, CGG and PGS have no merger plans as yet... Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_22.htm Scandpower Petroleum Technology is worldwide distributor for reservoir modeling post processor. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_23.htm Schlumbergers downhole camera and real-time communications enable real-time well design. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_24.htm E-commerce solution links operators and service providers through hosted service. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_25.htm New solutions from M2M Corp. and Honeywell illustrate blurring of boundaries in SCADA. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_26.htm Baker Hughes is to offer Knowledge Systems Drillworks for high-end well design. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_27.htm MRO Softwares Maximo now offers managers more control over corporate assets. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_28.htm EU spec for gas e-business shuns modernity! Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_29.htm UGS PLMs Jack is used to omptimize human interactions with living and working environments. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_30.htm A new ESRI-compliant front-end merges legacy GIS tools and exposes public datasets. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0403_31.htm Oil IT Journal won an EDS-funded trial of Maxamines analysis. With mixed, but illuminating results. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 24:00:00 GMT