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/0407_1.htm Total CIO Philippe Chalon pleads for a new IT business model with suppliers supporting the cost of integration. Chalon chided SAP for its growing application perimeter and rapid release cycle. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_2.htm SAIC has won a seven year, multimillion dollar contract from Marathon Oil for the outsourcing of its IT, upstream applications and maintenance. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_3.htm Oil IT Journal welcomes its new and renewing sponsors for its online editions. Editor Neil McNaughton offers a round-up of technology watching, noting a converging interest from geologists, engineers and e-business in catalogs and wonders if this is what will break down the silo walls. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_4.htm Linux Networx president Dean Hutchings told Oil IT Journal of the high performance cluster manufacturers origins, making boards for the US Government. For Hutchings, clusters are not commodities. The true cost of connecting and running thousands of machines can easily be under estimated. The secret is in cluster management-Linux Networx forte. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_5.htm The super high resolution 4D survey over Statoils Visund field is being acquired by WesternGeco. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_6.htm The $11 million deal includes pre-stack depth imaging technology and a fast supercomputer. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_7.htm A Java-based interface exposes EandP vendor data objects to users of Matlab and Mathematica. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_8.htm De Groot-Brils open seismic package has support from Statoil, ArcCls and several universities. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_9.htm The construction industrys IT budgets are massive. Standards for parts and equipment have long been seen as key to successful handover. The new ISO 15926 register may be the answer. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_10.htm Paradigm is now the proud owner of SimBest, Comp5 and WBpvt, bolstering its engineering offering. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_11.htm Exhibitors at the 2004 European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers annual conference reflected the IT sea change towards cluster-based computing and visualization. This big iron hardware has spawned a new wave of hardware and software alliances-Landmark with IBM on a Rapid Prospect Generation Engine and Schlumberger with IBM for on demand computing and also with HP on shrink-wrap solutions. The plenary addresses were unanimous-market conditions, tight supply and strong demand mean that high price oil is here to stay. On the Society front, both the EAGE and SPE and AAPG are under pressure from the majors to limit the number of conferences. Because conferences equate to revenue for the orgs, this is not happening very fast. In fact its not happening at all! The EAGE and SPE have just announced two new conferences for 2005! Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_12.htm News from CandC Reservoirs, Lynx/DPTS, Fugro, WellDynamics, TGS-Nopec, Geotrace, Malibu and ATS. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_13.htm The e-commerce hub, a dot com survivor, has evolved. Statoil, Total and Shell are still on board. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_14.htm The Oracle-based Enterprise Upstream ERP suite will support Williams 450 mcf/d operations. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_15.htm The successor to OpenRSO and AssetDB will manage Statoils seismic tapes and cartridges. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_16.htm A strategic initiative is underway to improve completeness and quality of the UKs databank. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_17.htm Total is an enthusiastic user of VolumeViz, the popular rendering tool for large data sets. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_18.htm The web services-based extension to PetrisWINDS will offer single sign-on to multiple portals. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_19.htm Integrated software tools will give users a seamless view of the reservoir and surface facilities. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_20.htm SenseXL is a new browser for rigsite data supporting controlled access to real time data. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_21.htm New breakthrough glasses-free 3D viewing promises display brightness, fidelity and impact. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_22.htm Maximo Oil and Gas offers industry specific best practices and links to Intergraph and Primavera. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_23.htm Fugros Robertson unit is expanding its data management offering in the US. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_24.htm A low cost satellite SCADA will bring high-end compressor monitoring to marginal wells. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_25.htm Downhole instrumentation contract gets three year extension. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_26.htm Shell has awarded the systems integration of its digital oilfileds of the future to SAIC. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_27.htm The environmental consultancy is further expanding its Energy Division to save the world! Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_28.htm Siebels Oil and Gas Solution helps ExxonMobil manage customer relations and monitor engine wear. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0407_29.htm PetroView Live offers extranet or intranet access across the organization to Deloittes database. Sat, 31 Jul 2004 24:00:00 GMT