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Total value of ownership

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

The theme of the Netherlands WIB mini seminar was the added value that timely replacement of control systems brings. We report from TWP on use of APTs Lifespan to optimize the process.

Shells Goal Zero

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Tibco Spotfire powers Shells Goal Zero health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) effort. Shift from lagging to leading indicator monitoring.

More musings on Microsofts MURA

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Last month, Oil IT Journal noted the conspicuous absence of the Microsoft Upstream Reference Architecture from the 2012 Global Energy Forum. But we failed to spot a new MURA white paper that appeared shortly after the GEF. Editor Neil McNaughton checks out the new material and wonders if the Global Exploration Forum will ever evolve into the MURA User Group.

Interview-Steve Roberts and John Foot, BP

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Oil IT Journal hears from BP Field of the Future evangelists Steve Roberts and John Foot on ISIS, Data2Desk, patented well test technology and high-end infrastructure for remote operations.

More from the 2012 SMi E and P data conference

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

An overflow from last months conference-Troika on tape and CDA on certification.

BPs high performance computer hits the petaflop

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

300 GB dataset free to academia. Houston HPC cluster now among fastest in commercial world.

ULTRA Consortium kicks-off for shale gas flow prediction.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Spectraseis UltraSens 3 component array passes field test. CSM and CMG join consortium.

Roxar rolls-out RMS 2012

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Added seismic inversion, conditioned facies probability cubes and planning for factory drilling.

Terraspark bundles non conventional seismic workflows

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

New Insight Earth release adds shale resource toolkits for Bakken, Eagle Ford and other plays.

Software, hardware short takes

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Austin Geo, Pegasus, Fugro, LMKR, OpenSpirit, Geomodeling, Petris, Neuralog, INT, Invensys.

Oil and Gas High Performance Computing at Rice

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Intels non-revolutionary path to exascale. Rices IWAVE finite difference framework ported to TIs Shannon DSP and AMD Fusion. Co-array Fortran parallelizer. IT in the Hess Tower.

SPE Intelligent Energy, Utrecht

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Aramco moots open source training sandbox. Schlumberger warns of unpreparedness for new technology. BP-oil and gas is technology laggard! Shell calls for a process automation system for the upstream. Totals smart meter project with Qatar Petroleum. AI in managed pressure drilling.

Shell unveils Smart Apps, Smart Solutions at GEF

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Siemens XHQ, OpenSpirit middleware and EDaM enterprise data model spanning upstream and downstream make up Shells data foundation-as revealed at 2012 Microsoft Global Energy Forum.

Folks, facts, orgs ...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Belsim, Chevron, CiDRA, Cortex, Glori Energy, Jee, Kadme, Kalido, KBR, Latitude, MVE, TD Williamson, OGP, Pervasive, TGS, PNEC, Panopticon, SAIC, SCA, Senergy, SGI, Wood Group, WSP Environment, Wipro, Pearson-Harper, Odin, Scandicorp.

Done deals

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Schlumberger, National Oilwell, Recon Technology, Intertek, ATI, Jee, Hexarus, Bureau Veritas, TH Hill, Acorn Energy, US Seismic Systems, Pansoft, Pelican, Fugro, BB Visual, SIGMA3.

DSM-not total cost, but total value of ownership

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

WIB-NL presentation weighs-up technology cycles and expected lifetime of plant equipment.

Chemical Safety Board to investigate Macondo blow-out

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Federal body calls for more rigorous accident prevention. Computer modeling of BOP underway.

Honeywells upstream workflows

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Microsoft Workflow Foundation extends Honeywells Intuition to well test, performance monitoring.

New Intel chip shines in tNavigator benchmark

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Rock Flow Dynamics simulator sees performance double.

Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Aveva, Belsim, Hyperion, CartoPac, SynerGIS, Cemtrex, Sensor Technologies, EOR Alliance, Pearson-Harper, ControlPanel, Expro, Fluor, Inova, Intertek, Asset Answers, Optimization Petroleum Technologies, Deep Draft Energy, Oyo Geospace, Baker Hughes, RigNet, Siemens, TGS, Geo Webworks, Triple Point Technology.

Standards stuff

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Energistics-EIP V1.0. OGP-EPSG polygons and Life Saving Rules. ISACA-COBIT 5. OASIS-Energy Interoperation 1.0 and Interoperability Guidelines. PPDM-Global Well ID Framework.

Pipeline Open Data Standard member survey

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Frank analysis of PODS usage provides insights into deployment, model strengths and weaknesses.

MURA-Looking back, looking forward...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Microsofts Upstream Reference Architecture fails to shake the earth.

Accelrys Enterprise Platform for science R and D

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Scientifically aware service-oriented architecture targets data management, LIMS and simulation.

Kongsberg, PGS develop Ramform training simulator

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Kinect interface tracks trainee actions as streamers deploy in moving vessel.

Lynx Resource Portal ready for international operations

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

10 years in development, UKOGL portal now marketed to NOCs for licensing rounds.

Genscape provides fundamental Forties production data

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

Benchmark crude flows under scrutiny from sophisticated real-time tracking and analysis.

Advantage special edition celebrates oil and gas simulation

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 24:00:00 +0100

ANSYS CFD and simulation management tools see take-up from Baker Hughes, Cognity, ODS.