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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Microsoft announces smart grid reference architecture and joins Energistics, perhaps to repeat the exercise for the upstream. What would a Microsoft E and P Reference Architecture look like?

Bull-X for CENPES

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Petrobras R and D unit is to deploy a 250 teraflop CPU/GPU hybrid supercomputer for use in seismic imaging research.

What is a silo, how do you know you are inside one?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal Editor Neil McNaughton reflects on industry silos such as geophysics, petroleum engineering and process. The digital oilfield started with a 2001 marketing push from Sun Microsystems. Today, Microsoft carries the digital oilfield torch. While digital oilfield proponents advocate collaboration, the initiative can be seen as tending toward yet another silo! Do we need a Society of Petroleum IT (SPIT!) to broadcast the business benefits of digital?

Oil IT Journal Interview-Chris Usher, Halliburton

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Landmarks software and services director outlines Shells R5000 roll out.

Oil IT Journal Interview-Duane Dopkin, Paradigm

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Paradigm CTO speaks of higher order workflows and role of Qt in Windows port.

Nvidia graphics accelerators ubiquitous at SEG

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Landmark, Mechdyne, VSG and others leverage Quadro and Tesla hardware.

New iStore white paper on digital oilfield

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

The Information Store describes its PetroTrek solution and its PSL E and P scripting language.

X-Box controller and Direct-X graphics for seismic interpreters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Geographix Discovery 3D leverages Microsoft Direct3D 11 in coal mine type seismic display.

Kelman rolls-out i-Glass data management solution at SEG

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Next generation seismic data management leverages PPDM 3.8 and IBM Tivoli storage.

Midland Valley banks on Qt for cross platform development

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Mike Krus presentation at 2009 Developer Days describes use of Nokia Qt toolkit

Software, hardware short takes

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Exprodat, INT, NextComputing, SharpReflections, Corworex, Fluor Corp., Epsis, New Century, TerraSpark, Invensys, ISS, PAS, Peloton, Caesar Systems, Q Associates, Green Platform, Troika.

Totals Tr@ce GIS-based crisis management application

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Presentation at ESRI France user group describes Mobigis ArcIMS-based development.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists 79th Annual Meeting, Houston

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

The Road Ahead Session heard about non coherent seismic acquisition, robot dragonflies, the end of Moores Law and the race to the exaflop, and new processing technology from Aramco. StatoilHydro reported on twenty years of hugely successful sea bed acquisition. ExxonMobil unveiled its DHI/AVO cook-book which has produced a 166% increase in success rates. Chris Liner quantified the carbon capture and storage problem. Petrosys demoed OGC-compliant web map services.

The troubled frontier of IT and control system security

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Andrew Ginter (Industrial Defender) webinar pinpoints differences between IT and process systems.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Ansys, API, Rand, Avista, Caesar Systems, CDA, CGGVeritas, CO-LaN, CygNet, dGB, EIC, Ikon, McLaren, Moblize, DHS, OSIsoft, RPSEA, SPE, SEG, SES, SCM, Spectra Logic, Spectraseis, TGS.

Done Deals

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

AGR, FMC, Geospatial Holdings, Halliburton, ION, BGP, Kongsberg, Merrick, Superior...

Fastwave and Iridium team on Chevrons Gordon LNG project

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Environmental monitoring of dredging operations enabled by underwater data loggers and satellite.

Tetra Technologies deploys Merricks Diamond RFID tags

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Ruggedized tags support inventory management in face of adverse field conditions.

Schlumberger announces Ocean Store

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Plug-in writers sought for Petrel iApps to roll out at next years London SIS Forum.

OpenSpirit signs up new business partners

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

MVE, DUG, AGM and EnergyIQ join interoperability movement.

Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

3D-GEO, EMS, Cleo, Geotrace, Isilon, Tebodin, Aveva, Stingray, Statoil, CapRock, CGGVeritas, Dresser Wayne, TGI, Energy Solutions, Expro, IHS, Invensys, TGS-Nopec, Tieto, Schlumberger...

MMS goes green, eliminating boxes full of paper with eSOA

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

The US Minerals Management Service describes how it built its new reporting portal.

2009 Oracle OpenWorld, Orlando

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

PPDM, Energistics and the RFID Consortium strut their stuff at Digital Oilfield session.

GE integrity management for Qatar gas

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Multi million contract extension assures integrity of new LNG terminal network.

Deloitte ratifies Aveva Net deployment on Woodside Angel

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Post implementation review shows efficiency gains, savings in engineering document management.

Invensys InFusion SCADA 2.0

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Upgraded software enables enterprise systems configurability. New RTU targets oil and gas.

CygNet announces SCADA for pipelines

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

First packaged solution for pipeline sees rapid roll-out at Atlas Pipeline.

Surrogate reservoir modeling technology to be productized

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Intelligent Solutions paper describes artificial intelligence application in oil and gas.

Kiersted Systems describes oil and gas e-discovery

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

IQPC Conference hears how dynamic case assessment and rapid review optimize litigation strategy.

Hess Corp deploys 3GIGs Asset Management Platform

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 24:00:00 +0100

Prospect Director connects technical data into story line of asset development plan.