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Intelligent operations

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Honeywell targets upstream with revamped Matrikon line of business a.k.a. Intuition-adding semantic web technology and a tip of the hat to Microsofts MURA upstream reference architecture!

Complexity management

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Ontonix complexity quantification (a.k.a. risk management) technology now embeds Altairs Hyperworks engineering design platform.

From Description Logics, through OWL/RDF to machine reasoning?

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

At the semantic Digital Plant event, the Fiatech/iRing community provided new impetus to ISO 15926. Honeywells new Intuition is likewise focusing oil and gas data on semantics-especially with its MURA lineage. But what does it all really mean? Neil McNaughton goes back to basics, reviewing a Description Logic primer and investigating data discovery and reasoning.

Book review-Geomechanics applied to the petroleum industry

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Jean-Francois Nauroys new book balances the basics, some hard math and decent narrative across drilling and production monitoring applications of geomechanics.

IT meets records management in ARMA whitepaper

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Brian Barniers white paper encourages IT and RIM collaboration, mapping GARP with ITIL et al.

Digital flume tank captures reservoir continuity, heterogeneity

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Geovariances Flumy-improved history matching with geostatistically-driven channel modeling.

ESRI up for GIGS benchmark

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

ArcGIS 11 to check geospatial integrity. ESA-sponsored Oil and Gas Earth Observation website.

Statoil master data management case study

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

IPL Wilshire Conferences presentation to review model-driven enterprise MDM framework.

iStore production surveillance and operations

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

The Information Stores new PetroTrek OPS offering gets Microsoft backing-but wheres MURA?

Oil and Gas UK Guidlines for relief well planning, competency

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Three new publications from Well Lifecycle Practices Forum distill OSPRAG recommendations.

Software, hardware short takes

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

VSG, Canary, FaultSeal, Fugro, Baker Hughes, Neuralog, WesternGeco, Terra 3E, Petris.

SGI supplies Totals 2 petaflop high performance computer

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

200,000 core ICE-X Intel E5-based super calculator will be the clear leader in worldwide com-mercial (non government) computing. Seismic imaging seen as competitive edge for supermajor.

Digital Plant, Houston

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Digital Plant turned out (almost) to be a standards body get together with Fitech, ISO 15926 and the iRing prominent. The co-located VR Summit included a virtual shoot out between VR-Context, Dassault Systemes Eon Reality. Dow Chemical-led panel debates the thorny data handover issue.

SMi Oil and Gas Cyber Security Conference

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Inaugural event hears from Regency, Information Security Council, Utilisec, Waterfall, Aperture, SCADA Hacker and GDF Suez. Vulnerabilities reported in Siemens, GE, ABB and Honeywell systems.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Badger, Black and Veatch, Boardwalk, Canary Labs, CyrusOne, Energistics, EnergyNet, Expro Group, ffA, FreeWave, Fugro-Jason, Gas Natural, Intertek, IOCOM, JW Wireline, KBR, Kongsberg, Noble, Object Reservoir, P2ES, BP, Siemens, Total, Petris, Ridge Global, SCA, Senergy, Tecplot.

Done deals

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Baker Hughes, Intratech, Complete Production Services, IBM, Platform Computing, Kongsberg, Orediktor, Oyo, Petrofac, KW Ltd. Sercel, GRC, Steel Excel, Eagle Well Services, Technip.

IHS and OSIsoft team on enterprise sustainability

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Real time data meets environmental, health and safety and sustainability.

Failsafe Controls and Kepware repatriate clients process control

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Kepware OPC Connectivity Suite links 1,800 locations across North America to OPC-UA server.

Picarro natural gas leak detection for PG and E

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy, isotope fingerprinting and GIS in first of its kind solution.

Ortec advises Shell on supply chain optimization

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Deal consecrates 25 year long collaboration.

Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Energy Solutions, GSE, Halliburton, Iron Mountain, ISS Group, Aker, Emerson, GE Oil and Gas, Wood Group, Intertek, Jee, JGC, KBR, Chiyoda, Oilennium, OPIS, Port Storage Group, OYO Geospace, Rock Flow Dynamics, SAP, Atos.

Standards stuff

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

iRINGToday announced. CENs e-Business interoperability testbed. Energistics PRODML ramps-up. OGC gazetteer best practices released. WaterML 2.0 up for review.

Survey of US oil and gas finance officers advocates Cloud

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

P2 Energy Solutions survey confirms Excel hell as root cause of midcap E and P woes.

Selerity and Genscape team on high frequency oil trading

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Airborne infrared spycam plugs Cushing tank levels into Wall Streets programmed trading.

DNV leads JIP of marine heavy lifting standards

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Unified approach to subsea lifting safety and operations to be delivered as recommended practice.

Pike Research reports on cyber security

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Industrial Defender-commissioned study pinpoints three key automation problem areas.

ISS gets huge Gorgon contract for BabelFish

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

$2.5 million production data monitoring contract gives 28% share price boost.

Authentix partners with SGS on fuel marking program

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Nano-scale engineering foils tax fraudsters-$11 billion lost revenue avoided for clients.

Total-sponsored R and D leverages Comsol/AVIZO combo

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Center for Heavy Oil Studies describes full physics, dual-phase pore scale flow modeling.

Invensys virtualizes Wonderware, ArchestrA/InTouch 2012

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 24:00:00 +0100

New release includes VMware and Hyper-V virtualization options. Installed base now 700k licenses.