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Peer to peer iRING

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

ISO 15926 network to demo at upcoming FIATECH tradeshow. Chevron and engineering partners to unveil iRING, an open source, peer to peer, oil and gas engineering data infrastructure.

Petris grows ...

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Petris expands its WINDS Enterprise infrastructure with acquisition of Interveras data quality toolset and Zehs upstream printing solutions.

On computers in oil and gas, politics and the semantic web

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton, back from the Semantic Web in oil and gas workshop, reports on the state of play in RDF modeling in geology, engineering and ... politics!

Jim Crompton on data, integration and semwebs promise

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Chevrons iField guru thinks the data pipeline is kinked. Will semantics straighten it out?

Oil IT Journal Interview-Jim Pritchett, Petris Technology

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

With Intervera and Zeh in the bag, Petris president and CEO is looking for more strategic targets.

R5000 release adds parallel 3D seismic processing

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Landmarks new SeisSpace environment supports interpretative seismic processing.

GPU in seismic processing, dont try this at home

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Headwave presentation reveals potential of GPU-based seismic compression.

Discrete cosine transform for fluid flow characterization

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Shell-backed MIT research team maximizes return on limited subsurface measurements.

Ingrain and Knowledge Reservoir team on digital rock physics

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Companies to extend 3-D NanoXCT x-ray tomography with enhanced modeling workflows.

Software, hardware short takes

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Advanced Geotech, Cyviz, Ernst and amp; Yound, Pansoft, Safe Software, StoneBond, Badleys, Caesar Systems, Energy Navigator, IES, SGI, Tibco, WellEz.

ITF reports successful 2008, poneys up 9 million for 2009

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

UK-based fund backs spin-outs from several UK universities and software start-ups.

W3C Semantic Web in Oil and Gas Workshop, Houston

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal attended the World Wide Web Consortiums first Semantic Web in Oil and Gas Workshop, hosted by Chevron. The technology underpins industry programs including Chevrons Integrated Asset Management and an Exploratory Pilot and the ISO 15926 WIP. Other projects address the semantic web in geology and natural language processing.

World Business Research Digital E and P conference, Houston

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Highlights from knowledge and data management presentations by Repsol-YPF, BP and Devon and ENI.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

CygNET, AGR, AJM Petroleum Consultants, Aker, ARKeX, Atlas Pipeline, Baker Hughes, Barco, Total, BP, CO_LaN, E3 Consulting, Emerson, FileTek, Geomodeling, Gray Wireline, Hess, Seismic Ventures, Ingrain, ITF, P2ES, Palantir, Pioneer Drilling, The Pipeline Group, TerraSpark, Roxar, Schlumberger, Siemens, Tibco, Tieto.

Done deals

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

geoLOGIC, Iron Mountain, Germanischer Lloyd, Seismic Equipment, SensorTran, Helix, IFP, BRGM, ModViz, NVIDIA.

PPDM What is a Well? tool rolls-out

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Professional Petroleum Data Management Association provides interactive well dictionary.

Virtual Geomatics for El Paso pipeline management

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

LiDAR software suite to support route corridor visualization and planning.

GProfile evaluator for UKCS acquisitions

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Hannon-Westwood founder advocates dynamic modeling of UK portfolios.

GeoFields announces across the board APDM support

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

ESRIs ArcGIS geodatabase now alternative to PODS and other industry data models.

Sales, contracts and deployments

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

SpectrumData, TelaPoint, Quorum, Aker, Eurodecision, Paradigm, Meridium and Locus.

Standards Stuff

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

SEG-technical standards and CSEM, Fieldbus Foundation safety spec, Process Safety Forum.

Schlumberger teams with ERF for wireless communications

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Broadband trailer brings high-end communications to remote North American drill sites.

Malaysia-based companies sign on for Software as a Service

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Hosted data solution IDS DataNet2 offers semi automated daily reporting from WITSML sources.

Invensys Foxboro unit kits-out Qatargas LNG upgrade

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Foxboro unit upgrades Qatar Gas 1 LNG train with new mesh-based system.

Roxar reports on 2008 success in Middle East, Asia Pacific

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Noteworthy software sales to Petronas, Sinopec, CNOOC, PetroVietnam.

Semantic cure for Excel hell

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Cambridge Semantics Anzo for Excel leverages semantic web techniques in Chevron-backed proof of concept.

N4 Systems RFID for Hy-Safe fall protection systems

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Radio frequency tags key to Field-ID safety supply chain and compliance monitoring.

Emerson Smart Wireless for Chevrons San Ardo field

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Twin wireless networks monitor steam injection and well test operations.

Qatar Cloud Computing Center

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Open Source Hadoop development to target seismic imaging, production operations.