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i-Connect therefore IAM

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Halliburton, Scandpower and Yokogawa are prime software providers to Chevrons Agbami i-Field integrated asset management program (IAM). i-Connect middleware helps tame the data tsunami.

Wellcore for P2ES

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Petroleum Place Energy Solutions has acquired the Wellcore software assets from Decision Dynamics. The package is to integrate with P2ES land offering.

On gas guzzling, CO2, horsepower and green ...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton allows himself an off topic editorial, wondering how come with all the data available in car ads, folks dont really understand the basic physics of getting energy out of gas and turning it into horsepower. How can a 200HP BMW be green?

Microsoft HPC Server, Linux or both?

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Microsoft rolls out Windows HPC Server 2008. Cluster Resources announces Moab Linux hybrid.

BGS GSI3D 2nd International Meeting

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

British Geological Surveys package used to produce BG Libyas surface maps and well prognoses.

Information management in upstream survey announced

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Venture Information Management invites participants in benchmark survey of business performance.

Jewel Suite 2008, DIANA matrix free geomechanical solver

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Update to JOA Oil and Gas reservoir modeling toolkit includes dynamic uncertainty management.

Tigress Live! real time data management for SMEs

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Geotraces revamped data management and interpretation toolset claimed as low cost, low overhead solution.

Chesapeake video details SharePoint Server 2007 deployment

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 underpins independents collaboration and decision support.

Software, hardware short takes ...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Fugro, Erdas, SPT, Control Micro, Energy Solutions, Invensys, Primavera, SensorTran, Intertec.

ECIM 2008-Petrobank user meet

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

StatoilHydro is taking control of its Petrel projects. New E and P IM e-regulation body established.

SPE ATCE 2008, Denver

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Attendees to the Unconventional Resources session learned that these are fast becoming conventional. A Data and Decisions session discussed rig scheduling and the application of MWD techniques to well intervention. Chevron describes critical path-based under rig floor logging.

SPE Information Technology Technical Section

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Integration and IT/engineering hybrids a.k.a. digital engineers discussed by SPE luminaries.

Oil IT Journal interview-Fatmir Hoxha, VP R and D, SeismicCity

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Seismic processing guru reports on seismic imaging tests on NVIDIAs Tesla GPU-based computers.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Movers this month hail from Baker Hughes, BearingPoint, Black Elk Energy, Caesar Systems, CERA, USC, Deloitte, Emerson, Fusion, Geomodeling, IES, Techsia, New Digital Business and Iron Mountain.

Done deals

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Deals involve RPS Group, Paras, Geokinetics, Ikon Science, Ingrain, Siemens, Innotec and Senergy.

CapRock announces AssetTrax rig tracker

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

International communications specialist rolls out GIS-based asset location for the lobby!

Industrial Defender, Kepware team on intrusion detection

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Host intrusion detection package to augment KEPServerEX security agent for automation.

PPDM User Group Meet, Perth, Australia

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

PPDM and master data management, Woodsides EpiDB, Petrosys CEO on unstructured data.

Sales, contracts and deployments

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

IDS for Petrofac SPD, Amalto for Chevron, BASFs virtualization, Panasas and WellPoint Systems.

Standards Stuff

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Open Geospatial Consortium releases spatial data quality survey. CAPE-OPEN gets industry backing.

Wireless network upgrades for PDVSA and BP

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Emerson deploys self organizing wireless networks on oilfields and refineries of the future.

Cyber security awareness month announced

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

US Department of Homeland Security sets out to minimize vulnerabilities.

Rebranding of enterprise single sign-on reflects expanded scope

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Passlogix CEO convinced that ESSO has broad application in dispersed oil and gas operations.

TrigPoint, Syntag announce heavy duty RFID tags

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

PromptT from TrigPoint equips Helmerich and Paynes drilling fleet. Syntag tags Peerless chains.

RigEye IP Video for rig site surveillance

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Ping and power are all thats needed for secure, remote surveillance of drilling and unmanned facilities.

IBM adds Hubwoos e-sourcing toolset to outsourcing offering

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Software as a Service (SaaS) e-business hub adds e-procurement to business process outsourcing.

WorleyParsons, Intergraph, Devon and Canadian megaprojects

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Data re-use key to increased adoption of SmartPlant for tar sands megaprojects.

WeatherBug StreamerRT for energy markets

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 24:00:00 +0100

Energy traders to benefit from web-based GIS front end to National Weather Service data.