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GIS for deepwater FEED

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Instead of using computer aided design (CAD) for front end engineering design (FEED), Chevrons engineers are using a geographical information system to build its deepwater Indonesian hubs.

CSC for BHP Billiton

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Computer Sciences Corp. has signed a $53 million IT services contract with BHP Billiton covering worldwide infrastructure, desktop, HPC and telecoms.

So thats the semantic web! Now I understand!

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton takes note of a groundswell of interest in semantics in the upstream-just as Tim Berners-Lee seems to be redefining the nature of the beast!

Gould unpicks recessions impact on upstream

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Schlumberger CEO reduces head count-but sees supply cuts fuelling future turn around.

SPE-joint venture production reporting workflow workshop

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Houston Digital Energy Conference to checkout semantic web/ontology for use case capture.

DNO commissions real time visualization solution from Epsis

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Originally developed for Kern River, Epsis Real Time Assistant now deploys to Iraq.

Whereoil selected for ArcticWeb project

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Semantic technology from Norwegian Kadme will power arctic information portal.

OGP to update position formats

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Major initiative seeks to harmonize UKOOA, SEG and other oil and gas navigation standards.

Help for UK supply chain, new energy jobs website

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Oil and Gas UK offers help to distressed supply chain. Energy Institute launches job seekers website.

DEAL tender up for renewal

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Common Data Access is to re-tender Digital Energy Atlas and Library contract.

Software, hardware short takes

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

News from ISS Group, Schlumberger, PRCI, WellEz, Paradigm, Roxar, Tecplot and WellPoint.

PPDM Houston Member Meeting

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

PPDM back in business after near liquidation with quality, MDM and GIS initiatives.

6th Microsoft Global Energy Forum, Houston

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Around 500 attendees hear from oils including BP, Chevron, Marathon, ConocoPhillips and Shell on matters like knowledge sharing, digital oilfields, business intelligence and operations information management. Star of the show was Microsofts SharePoint, now deployed up and downstream.

SMi E and P Information and Data Management, London

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Opposing views on the merits and otherwise of indexing vs. Google type search expressed. Talks from Saudi Aramco, Hess, Pemex generally support tagging. OMVs ISIS project federates multiple data sources. Dong analyzes data access rights. A heartfelt cry for some new ideas!

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

AMEC, Baker Hughes, CERA, CGGVeritas, Chevron, Devon, Energy Navigator, ENGlobal, Enventure, FMC, GE, Geokinetics, MMS, Octaga, OpenSpirit, Perficient, Geoservices, Sensornet and more...

Done deals

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Aker, ACEC, Berkana, Waterfall, Geosoft, Golder, GE, ID, Spectraseis, Dexa, Sensornet, Siemens...

SPT Group EDPM to monitor Marlim production

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Real time multiphase production management system to address flow assurance challenges.

StreamSim on massively parallel multi-core architecture

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Three fold speed up reported with OpenMP-based code parallelization-bests cellular approach.

POSC Caesar Association US member meet, NorHub announced

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Semantic oil and gas platform, information validation services and next generation integrated ops.

Sales, contracts and deployments

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

P2ES, Pansoft, ISS Group, Aker, Barco, Chiyoda, Coreworx, NVIDIA, Paradigm, Roxar, Octaga ...

Standards Stuff

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Eurostep Java toolbox, Energistics geophysics SIG, API Rosettanet revamp, W3C rolls out OWL 2.

Meridium, APT team on asset strategy development

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Deal combines equipment failure mode database with asset management strategy software.

CygNet for Energy Transfer Partners Houston Pipeline

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Non disruptive deployment provides single management console for whole network.

EleSy deploys Iconics solution on Transnefts pipelines

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Genesys32 control system monitors country-wide network of 400 pumping stations and 100 tank farms.

Schlumberger announces Orion II telemetry

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Downhole mud pulse telemetry rates reach new high-three bits per second in a 10km hole.

WiMax coverage for Gulf of Mexico, Colorado

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

IDT Spectrum has got FCC approval for new oil and gas-targeted broadband service.

Kappa-use of hacked software leads to damaging decisions

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Pirated versions of software may seem right-but come with a health warning.

Nalco Chemicals deploys hosted data historian from OSIsoft

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Software plus services model centralizes operations data in Managed PI/SharePoint combo.

Octaga Enterprise extended for Ormen Lange, Agbami

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Toolset transforms huge CAD plant models into virtual reality training and visualization systems.