http://www.oilit.com/ Monthly headlines from Oil IT Journal. en-us The Data Room 2005 TDR VB Autocoder rss@oilit.com 120 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_1.htm The W3C is working on a standard representation of binary data within XML. Seismic and well log data are being considered as test candidates for a new W3C XML standard for binary data. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_2.htm A Department of Energy pilot promises a low cost, high tech solution for stripper wells-real-time well monitoring with Petrolects vibration sensors. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_3.htm This months news overflows into Neil McNaughtons editorial. Shell is hiring and both Schlumbergers Oilfield Services and Halliburtons rebranded Digital Consulting and Services units report record revenues. Returning from the UK PESGBs PETEX conference, McNaughton notes the success with which the UK DTI keeps the North Sea pot bubbling-but questions how much of this can be attributed to its plethoric e-government initiatives. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_4.htm A checklist from the American Records Management Association addresses physical records storage. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_5.htm New releases this month from GeoLogic, Meyer, GMG, Maurer Technology, Logtech, Invention Machine, Badleys, Heliosoft and new down hole acquisition from AnTech. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_6.htm Petris achieves 100% compliance with the PPDM data model for its well data management tool. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_7.htm Exporodat has signed an exclusive agreement for marketing its cross-platform data browser. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_8.htm Seismic processing house ups Xserve-based cluster to 100 nodes for compute-intensive migration. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_9.htm Following a UK DTI requirement for quality data in the UK, Veritas expects transcription to boom. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_10.htm HiTechVisions $100 million Energivekst fund is to back the drilling geomechanical software house. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_11.htm Andrew Gould reports on Petrel sales as new functionality spans seismic to simulation. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_12.htm An electronic transaction between Shell and the DTI leverages T-Scheme digital signature. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_13.htm French Petroleum Institute units fracture modeling package now integrates with Badleys FaultED. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_14.htm The Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) was founded in 1964 and is celebrating its 40th anniversary. PETEX, the PESGBs biennial conference and exhibition, has become a showcase for new European oil and gas information technology. At this years show we spotted two new seismic interpretation packages, Inpres from Valioso and Continuums Geocap. This is not a big show for the major vendors but we did manage to get a peek at the new AVO packages: Landmarks Well Seismic Fusion and Schlumbergers Well Driven Seismics. Other items of interest include new tools for portfolio management and a new tool for HSE reporting, Xait Porter which, despite a very small booth, receives our star of show award. Also of note is Working Smarts Oilfield Licensing System, developed with guidance from John Brooks, ex-head of licensing at the DTI. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_15.htm News from Antech, AspenTech, Blue Marble, GeoTrace, Tranzap, SIM, Energy Solutions, Working Smart etc. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_16.htm SAP has launched its NetWeaver-based solutions for energy with a new user group. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_17.htm Roxar continues its Eastern Hemisphere success with Irap RMS and multiphase meter sales. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_18.htm PVT software now available as a COM-based component for integration with third party applications. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_19.htm Organizations cooperate on glossary of terms to underpin reserves reporting standardization. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_20.htm New Pipeline schemas submitted for industry review. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_21.htm SimSci-Esscors software is to support real-time simulation and optimization at Norwegian gas plant. . Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_22.htm Scandpower Petroleum Technology has kicked-off a JIP to study long distance well fluid transport. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_23.htm Divestment concludes monopoly investigation initiated by Hyprotech acquisition. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_24.htm IHS Energy has sold on the PipesWest Canadian pipeline database it acquired last month. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_25.htm Aberdeen-based software house signs 500,000 pounds sterling deal for new SAP system support. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_26.htm Vetco Gray and Emerson Process adopt PIDX-based e-commerce solution for invoicing. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_27.htm Microsoft Axapta-based ERP offering baptized WellPoint Integrated Financial System. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_28.htm New pipeline management system from Malibu Engineering promises world-wide data scope. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_29.htm E-commerce solution automates invoicing processing with 80% cost saving potential. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_30.htm Livelink deployed as business process improvement platform. Open Text holds energy user meet. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0501_31.htm New delivery mechanism vendor data to end user desktop correlation and assessment package. Mon, 31 Jan 2005 24:00:00 GMT