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<title>Seismic to simulation 2.0</title>
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<description>Three second-tier upstream vendors, CMG, JOA, and SMT, team on end-to-end interpretation workflow. Deal ties Kingdom geoscience platform, JewelSuite geomodeler and IMEX simulator.</description>
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<title>Oracle bags Silver Creek</title>
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<description>DataLens semantic technology now mainstream to Oracles data quality effort. Likely targets in upstream supply chain before wider E and amp;P data involvement.</description>
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<title>Microsoft Office-a productivity tool?</title>
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<description>Oil IT Journal Editor Neil McNaughton struggles with Microsofts Fluent User Interface a.k.a. the Office Ribbon. Moving from different versions of Windows is less of a deal for the end user than an improved Office GUI. Early tests of Open Office suggest a route around the productivity black hole.</description>
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<title>SMi/TNO Production Monitoring Master Class</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_4.htm</link>
<description>Production monitoring is a pre-requisite to i-Field applications-and requires a significant planning effort for sustainability. Production monitoring and optimization is not your average IT project!</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Landmarks Earth Modeling solution at Houston user Group</title>
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<description>New tool adds Geovariances geostatistics, lithotype/sedimentary environment library.</description>
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<title>An end to Excel hell?</title>
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<description>Microsoft suggests that revision controls in SharePoint Excel Services will fix auditability issues.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Expro Groups broadband downhole cableless telemetry system for Ormen Lang </title>
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<description>Norske Shell deploys duplex downhole radio system for smart well applications.</description>
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<title>Data Vera master data management and R5000 migration</title>
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<description>New matching algorithms, rules and PPDM reference tables. R5000 templates under development.</description>
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<title>CA Clarity supports Saipems drilling effort</title>
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<description>Computer Associates project and portfolio management toolset manages engineering mega projects.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>FirmSoft rolls out SenEx history match helper app</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_10.htm</link>
<description>Sponsors sought for further development of analytical sensitivity explorer.</description>
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<title>Software, hardware short takes</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_11.htm</link>
<description>Aveva, Badley, Pegasus, ffA, Safe, PSE, KSS, Meridium, RedTree, Peoples, Ryder Scott, more...</description>
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<title>Dassault Systemes-Virtual Reality for the wellsite</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_12.htm</link>
<description>Virtools brings scenarios and avatars into the simulator for in-depth training and planning.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>API Oil and Gas IT Security Conference</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_13.htm</link>
<description>Some 175 attended the 4th American Petroleum Institutes Oil and Gas IT Security Conference in Houston to hear of nightmare scenario planning, SCADA system security and the security aspects of social networking tools. Boardwalk Pipeline is moving to segregate SCADA and business systems.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Control room displays-not just a pretty picture!</title>
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<description>Bill Hollifield lambasts the flashy graphics of modern HMIs as contributing to accidents.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Folks, facts, orgs ...</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_15.htm</link>
<description>Altair, ARKeX, IDC, Aveva, CDA, Schlumberger, Fairfield, Paradigm, Fugro, Expro, Honeywell, Mustang, Global Hunter, McMoRan, OFS Portal, Palantir, Invensys, Geoservices, RigNet, more...</description>
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<title>Done Deals</title>
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<description>Paradigm, Fox Paine, Al Shaheen, GE, Triple Point, Visiant, Proserv, Blueback Reservoir, Rocksource ...</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Wireless World</title>
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<description>New wireless connectivity from Computer Sciences Corp, ERF Wireless, Emerson and Proximetry.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>BP signs new IT/comms service providers</title>
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<description>CompuCom, Computacenter and T-Systems to consolidate majors global telecoms and networks.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_19.htm</link>
<description>PGS, Down Under Geosolutions, SKF, Exprodat, Paradigm, CPC, Geospatial Holdings, ESRI, Absoft, Aker Solutions, CygNet, EnGlobal, GRSA, Invensys, Meridium, PIA, CSC, Petrolink, TriplePoint.</description>
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<title>Standards Stuff</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_20.htm</link>
<description>UN/CEFACT, CEN, OpenGeospatial, iEMSs, Field Device Intergration, FIATECH. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>BMC Software for Pemex Gas IT</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_21.htm</link>
<description>ProactiveNet to supervise Pemex SAP environment for 6,000 end users.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>SAP teams with Valero on core business process IT</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_22.htm</link>
<description>Global enterprise agreement targets scalable innovative IT for North Americas largest refiner.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>ExperTunes Buckbee on root cause of process upsets</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_23.htm</link>
<description>PlantTriages Fourier analysis identifies process problems that go undetected for years.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Going, going.... <em>green</em>!</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_24.htm</link>
<description>Carbonetworks, Det Norske Veritas, Process Systems Enterprise, SAP, French Petroleum Institute.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Brainware Distiller for Kuwait Petroleums European unit</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_25.htm</link>
<description>Invoice processing provides exceptionally high invoice recognition in multi-language environment. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Matrikon delivers real-time digital oil field solution to Statoil</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_26.htm</link>
<description> Euro 4.2 million deal sees deployment of well performance, equipment condition monitoring.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>AI-based fleet management tailored to Canadian market</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_27.htm</link>
<description>Project aims to increase BPs continuous emissions monitoring systems reliability.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Arthur D. Littles oil and gas portfolio management dashboard</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1001_28.htm</link>
<description>Consultants advocate holistic approach to replace siloed asset management.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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