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 The summary and contents page from The Data Room's Technology Watch Report of the 2005 Society of Exploration Geophysicsts 2005 Houston Conference is now available. For more information on The Data Room's Technology Watch reporting service please email tw@oilit.com. Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_1.htm Bill Gates addressed Supercomputing 05 this month to unveil Microsofts Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, a high performance computing enabler with a Windows look and feel. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_2.htm Labradors survival depends on successful execution of its return to oil and gas-following the expiry of its non compete agreement with QByte. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_3.htm Oil IT Journal Editor Neil McNaughton ponders on Microsofts credentials in scientific computing, competition from Linux and a full frontal attack from a UK academic on Windows code quality. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_4.htm Data management successes from Petronas, ADNOC, Shell, ADCO and Total Indonesia. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_5.htm Paradigm chairman John Gibson spoke to Oil IT Journal at the SEG. Gibson describes how a $100 million company is to compete with billion dollar behemoths-and reveals a major change in Paradigms software strategy, ring fencing application scope to the upstream upstream. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_6.htm New sales and upgrades from Skyline, Maurer, MetaCarta, Safe, dGB, EMS, FFA, PPDM, Decision Dynamics, Tecplot, Tibco, Utilipoint, M2M Corp and Killetsoft. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_7.htm High end shared memory Altix machines used for seismic processing and virtual reality. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_8.htm CGGs flagship seismic processing package offers more interactivity in prestack depth migration. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_9.htm Apache Corp. and Input/Output to share development of prestack interpretation package. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_10.htm The Excel plug-in offers Monte Carlo simulation to engineers and economists. BP uses Crystal Ball for drillability assessments and all major decisions taken by Ecopetrol are supported by the tool. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_11.htm Some 8,000 attended the most buoyant SEG for years in Houston this month. The message from all was were hiring. Despite Andrew Goulds lament that poaching from each other is a zero sum game, it a very popular one. The Leading Edge Forum debated the energy supply challenge and quickly turned into a Matt Simmons-bashing session. But whether or not oil is peaking, service sector activity is ramping up. 4D activity is to double (not sure by when!) and drilling in Saudi Arabia is to be twice its 1981 peak next year. We attended a timely session on survey data and geodesy in oil and gas and noted a plethoric hardware and management software offering in the HPC space. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_12.htm Startup, with hardware partner Panta Systems, shows GPU-based pre-stack processing at SEG. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_13.htm Cal Dive acquires Helix-RDS, Archer quits POSC-and more from Petrosys, Divestco, Schlumberger, BEA Systems, BJ Services, Energy Solutions, Quorum, Hydro, I/O, Chevron, Veritas and more. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_14.htm Getech placement and Qx results from SGI, Kelman, I/O, CMG, AspenTech and MRO Software. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_15.htm Rice University retrospective on Exxons alternating direction implicit (ADI) simulation enabler. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_16.htm Beverly Stafford tells Oil IT Journal how Landmarks global support leverages Apropos and PeopleSoft tools. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_17.htm Connected data management and real time decision support promise of Enterprise Enabler server. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_18.htm Pore pressure technology developed by Shell is to be embedded in Ikons RokDoc package. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_19.htm Seismic volume package now includes real time cross plotting and thin bed detection. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_20.htm Internal Controls Solution targets Sarb-Ox reporting, integrates with LiveLink content management. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_21.htm Intelligent Solutions new IPDA package uses fuzzy math to plug data gaps. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_22.htm New functionality lets field workers process invoices offline. Pengrowth Energy Trust new client. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_23.htm A relational database is a better repository for mission critical pressure data than your C: drive. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_24.htm High quality digital satellite and aerial imagery dataset to help expand domestic exploration. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_25.htm Pay as you go computing from IBM, Sun, HP and APPRO makes it a buyers market for CPU cycles. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_26.htm Shell to enhance 123DI Team Room visualization centers with cluster-based graphics engine. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_27.htm Data quality solution to leverage vendor-independent connectivity. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/0511_28.htm Supermajor to standardize refining simulation on SIM4ME common modeling environment. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 24:00:00 +0100