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JV in the Cloud

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Cloud computing, SAML 2, NoSQL and EnergyML combine in Microsoft/Chevron proof of concept to create a perfect storm of technologies applicable to joint venture data sharing.

PumpScout.com

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

New service connects pump buyers with 80 suppliers-rolling in tips and tools from experts and an online pump types guide.

Clouds on the horizon. Am I a Nimby? API gets drubbing from Commission

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Neil McNaughton unpicks some of the hype over the cloud to conclude that it is great news for skunk-workers. He observes the arrival of the shale gas prospectors in a quiet corner of southern France. And reports on the fustigating of the API by the Deepwater Horizon National Commission.

Hofmeister lambasts successive US administrations

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Ex Shell Oil president pulls no punches in his advocacy for a Fed-like Board of Energy governors.

Book Review-Quest for Data Quality

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Philippe Theys new book attempts to bring log data quality control into the digital oilfield era.

INT Viewer 4.2-from widget to workhorse

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

New release adds interactive 3D volume slicing, Bing Maps and on-the-fly coordinate conversion.

IQPC Knowledge and Information Management in Oil and Gas

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Nexen on lessons-learned management and on organizational network analysis. Liipfert Consulting on risk and compliance. Shell on knowledge management, ROCKs and the great crew change.

Software, hardware short takes

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Geomodeling, Meridium, Safe Software, Blueback Reservoir, Ensyte, ExperTune, Fugro-Jason, SPT Group, OPIS, Permedia Research, Landmark, Seismic Micro-Technology, Flare Solutions.

RokDoc extended with help from Statoil and Tullow

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

C/Matlab API for Ikon Sciences flagship. GraviSeis combines gravity and 2D seismics.

CDA, Schlumberger issue data value study

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Steve Hawtin and Dave Lecores conclude that up to one third of project value stems from data.

Microsoft Global Energy Forum, Houston

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Attendees at the 2011 edition of the Microsoft heard of Shells hybrid compute cloud, Marathons epic PI System deployment, Pemex PetroTrek/SharePoint combo, Chevrons mobile workforce and Cri-Criterions catalyst portal. But MURA remains a mystery!

Berkeley-cracking the CO2 code with massively parallel HPC

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Parallel porous media adaptive mesh refinement code runs on Cray XT4 Linux supercomputer.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Knowledge Reservoir, ABB, Acme Lift, Aker, Ametek, Argus, Cortex, Dahlman Rose, Fairfield, Dresser, Helix, ION, Bratexco, NEOS, LSI, Moelis, Navigant, Nexant, OpenSpirit, TerraSpark...

Done Deals

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Forum, GE, ConocoPhillips, M2M Data, Reservoir Group, Rockwell, System One, Total Safety ...

Outlook-Cloudy!

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

E-business solution providers Amalto, Ariba and Modulo move toolsets to the cloud.

Consortium Corner

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Bull and Cool-IT, Kappa on unconventionals, Petrobras joins Reaction Designs model fuels consortium.

Active Navigation rolls-out oil and gas SharePoint platform

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

New unstructured data cleansing offering leverages experience with BP for operations and risk mitigation.

Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Invensys, Kongsberg, Viju, dGB, SSR, Fugro, Rock Solid Images, Accenture, NetApp, AGR, Hyundai, Statoil, Aker, Saudi Aramco, SK Engineering, Energen, Cortex, FMC, CNOOC, Fugro GEOS, Gasnor, Oracle, PII Pipeline Solutions, GE Oil and Gas, TerraSPark, KBR, P2ES, Petrofac, PGS, Siemens...

Standards Stuff

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Fiatechs iRing TIP, PPDM well identification, Energistics updates and moots DITA documentation.

Energy cyber security round-up

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Night Dragon attacks oil companies. Homeland Security CFATS. Intel whitepaper on cloud security.

Energy load forecasting for natural gas pipeline operators

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

CygNet Softwares neural net-based software takes guess work out of energy load forecasting.

Proficy workflow management for S3s intelligent control room

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

GE sees companies scrambling to comply with new PHSMA regulations.

Yokagawa tailors Stardom for upstream oil and gas

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

New modules address control of rotating machinery distributed over wide geographical areas.

Sand and silicone still best the petaflop

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Applied Geodynamics Laboratorys sandbox models to be published as The Salt Mine on DVD.

Driven to distraction-PDO implements IVMS

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

In-vehicle monitoring system from MiX Telematics. New book investigates driver distraction.

Totals geomodeling integrates Sismage, Skua and Petrel

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Geomodeling workstation embeds Paradigm, Schlumberger technology with in-house developments.

Study shows Statoil Hydro merger was smart move

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Three year research project highlights merger issues. Statoil claims M and A competitive advantage.