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Shells ID in the cloud

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Covisint is now 6 months into its contract with Shell Oil for the provision of cloud-based identity management. New Energy Ecosystem uses a standards-based approach to avoid lock-in.

Cost control

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

French supermajor Total has deployed Skire Unifier, a cloud-based cost control solution, to manage its $10 billion annual upstream capital projects spend.

15 years of PNEC-Part 2, 2002-2006

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal continues its celebration of 15 years of PNECs Data Integration Conferences. We track the rise of Linux and XML-based standards and tools, the combined technical and marketing success of Innerlogix data quality environment, the advent of Portal based data management, Yukos contrarian view point, Wal-Marts data environment and the arrival of Google Earth.

Book review-In memory data management

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

SAPs SansSouciDB promises a true relational database for both transactions and analytics.

OSIsoft/PI System 2011 User Meet, San Francisco

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Enbridge Pipeline and Rockwells Factory Talk. NiSources repairable component modeling adapts to shale gas boom. MOL refiners move to global operations and maintenance and real time fleet data.

ResourceApps interactive oil and gas map demonstrator

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Ajax, GoogleMap and JQuery, Dygraphs combine in impressive mapping technology showcase.

Athens Group on mitigating drilling software risk

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Nestor Fesas-improve drilling software quality with risk management and contractual specs.

Patrick Hereng on Euro 1 billion annual IT spend

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

JDN Solutions interviews Total CIO-Petaflop SGI cluster for 2012, 5,000 iPhones and SAP ERP.

Software, hardware short takes

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Maxeler, Aramco, ATE-AeroSurveillance, Blue Marble, Comsol, Petrolink, Dynamic Drilling, Pitney Bowes, Safe Software, Ensyte, Energy Solutions, Landmark.

International Digital Oilfield Conference 2011, Abu Dhabi

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

ADCO, PDO, Emerson, RasGas, Siemens and Saudi Aramco share digital oilfield tales from the front.

PNEC Data Integration Conference 2011 Houston

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Highlights from this years PNEC-Paradigm beyond the gold data store, RasGas DMX data management accelerator, managing Saudi Aramcos petabyte disks, Shells data distribution engines, Petrosys data audits, Idea Leadership Company on managing data cultures, Excos IT transformation, Shells spatialization program and Petronas PiriGIS information system.

Oracle Spatial 2011 user group, Washington

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Indus on EPA data cleanup, HNTBs TruViz for LiDAR data management, eSpatial-GIS in the cloud.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

AGA, CWP, Andrews Kurth, Apache, Berkeley Research, Big Eagle, Divestco, Dril-Quip, Perficient, i4Energy, CDA, Wipro, Perenco, MVE, NDB, Oilennium, OTM, Siemens, Ryder Scott.

Done Deals

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Petex, NSI Upstream, Aker Solutions, Autonomy, Iron Mountain, Honeywell, EMS Technologies.

Xcite Energy on target with Baker Hughes and DGIs CoViz

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Real time collaboration center and new software interface enable pinpoint reservoir targeting.

Saudi Aramcos SAP Land mega deployment

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

New land management system provides GIS, satellite-based land use monitoring.

Santos virtualizes on IBM, Red Hat Linux, NVDIA Quadro Plex

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

More on Santos private cloud. Red Hat faster, cheaper and more stable platform.

Aupec announces subsurface applications benchmark

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Participation invited in study of tools, support and processes.

Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Allegro Development, AVEVA, EMC-Isilon, FEI, GE, GIS-pax, GeoKnowledge, Geosoft, GeoCruiser Times, Hamilton Group, IPRES, Kadme, Orogenic Resources, LMKR, Object Reservoir, Moblize, MetaPower Canada, Paradigm, Wellstream, Evolution Markets, Logica, Jee, Technip, Samsung, Yokogawa Indonesia.

Standards Stuff

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

OGP Seabed Survey data model. ASTM Laser Scan Data Exchange. AIPN Model Contracts. IWIS RP.

2011 FIATECH Technology Conference and Showcase

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Aveva on ISO 15926 flagships, Coreworx on front-end construction planning, Atlas RFID Solutions visibility portal, real time communications for safety, satellite-based asset management.

SAPphire-Baker Hughes Odyssey leverages SAP ESH module

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Karen Lanes presentation describes new health, safety and environment management system.

Ryder Scott refines model review process

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Reservoir models may not always be used as intended. Miles Palke sorts out the good from the bad.

StudioSL developer spills the (Net)Beans

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

Matteo Di Giovinazzo explains why StreamSim opted for the open source NetBeans framework.

Smart Engineering Apprentice-AI for rod pump failure analysis

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 24:00:00 +0100

USC has successfully tested machine learning. SEA to be deployed at Chevrons mid continent unit.