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/4php/4_rebuild_center_frameset.php?item=tw Summary and contents of The Data Room's Technology Watch Report from the 2005 SPE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition Mon, 21 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_1.htm The digital oilfield lies at the intersection of two IT domains-upstream and process control. Both are working on XML protocols for interoperability-a perfect storm, or a test bed for W3C technology? Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_2.htm UK-based upstream software house adds generic, GIS-based data browser to its Tigress database and interpretation suite. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_3.htm Oil IT Journal Editor Neil McNaughton reports from the SPE special session on the slow rate of technology take-up in the oil and gas industry while his colleague Sally Gould attended a press launch of the International Energy Agencys study on oil and gas technologies of the future. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_4.htm AspenTechs General Manager Oil and Gas Business Mark Lochmann, spoke to Oil IT Journal about real time simulation and optimization. This has proved a hard sell to the upstream-even though it has proven its worth in refining. Lochmann anticipates huge monetary benefits from the technology. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_5.htm The US has just experienced its energy 9/11. An energy Marshall Plan is urgently needed. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_6.htm ER Mapper is using file sharing a la Napster used to distribute terabytes of geospatial information. BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology makes multi-cast serving of gigabyte datasets possible. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_7.htm Beijing-based RIPED is to share RandD and personnel with the French Petroleum Institute Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_8.htm A renamed Earth Decision has teamed with OMeara consulting to offer fluid saturation modeling. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_9.htm Interveras new tool promises access to well and operations data in multiple databases. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_10.htm National Data Repository owners and vendors met last month to share case histories. NDR mileage varies. Norways DISKOS reports significant take-up while the US situation is like herding cats. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_11.htm Some 8,000 attended the 2005 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers held this month in Dallas. Incoming president Eve Sprunt warned of the need to redress perceptions of oil and gas as a sunset industry that pollutes. The SPE is to re-jig its reserves metrics. BP reports on its RTAP web services-based infrastructure for real time computing, where IT has become the bottleneck. ExxonMobil introduces its EM2020 global subsurface environment. A new PRODML standard is underway, targeting real time production optimization. Chevron reports on the i-field, Shell on real time operations and Schlumberger on project risk and complexity. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_12.htm Landmarks new simulator offers holistic flow modeling from reservoir to pipe network and facility. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_13.htm News and moves this month from Wellogix, StoneBond, MRO, Fugro, NETL, Aveva, Geosoft, Divestco, GTI, SGI, Energy Solutions, Peak Group, TGS-NOPEC, A2D and CandC Reservoirs. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_14.htm Landmark is providing New Zealand with a PetroBank-based geotechnical data base and portal. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_15.htm Kadme and the Dutch geological survey announce a standards-based IM solution for the upstream. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_16.htm Bengal Developments AFE package and rig scheduler to be packaged with Engineers Data Model. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_17.htm A new release of fluid flow simulator includes dual porosity computations for naturally fractured reservoirs. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_18.htm The new Microsoft .NET-based operations and accounting package embeds clients best practices. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_19.htm Master Data Management is the new buzzword for corporate IT and Shell an early adopter. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_20.htm High oil prices make exploration profitable, but few companies manage to fully replace production. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_21.htm Partners Wellogix and ChanneLinx to implement branded e-business SAP front-end. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_22.htm Bold claims made for plant solution leveraging Invensys plethoric product range. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_23.htm UK-based RPS Group plans to further develop leading consultancy in energy sector. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_24.htm German e-business specialist has migrated the vendor e-commerce portal to its hosted solution. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_25.htm SAP partners target real-time performance optimization with Enterprise Asset Management solution. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0510_26.htm P2ES Enterprise Upstream business management solution to support all North American locations. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 24:00:00 +0100