https://www.oilit.com/ Monthly headlines from Oil IT Journal. en-us The Data Room 2026 TDR VB Autocoder info@oilit.com (Neil McNaughton) https://www.oilit.com/ https://www.oilit.com/2images/Buttons/logo.gif 120 https://oilit.com/2026+1+1 https://oilit.com/2026+1+1 Hong-Ngan Hua's NTNU Master Thesis investigates OSDU, the open software data universe with a survey of OSDU stakeholders. The results are devastating. The 90 page case study of OSDU found vendors and operators trapped in 'strategic deadlock', stalling progress. IT vendors struggle to find business opportunities, interoperability tests have failed, objectives are unclear and everyone has a different understanding of what OSDU is, where it is, and what it's supposed to do. A data 'platform' is about more than technology, and requires extensive institutional and organizational change. Here OSDU does not make the grade. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+2 https://oilit.com/2026+1+2 Open multiple-choice question benchmark for evaluating language models on petroleum geoscience and subsurface disciplines. LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta compared. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+3 https://oilit.com/2026+1+3 Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton argues that OSDU, the open subsurface data universe, is unlikely to satisfy any but its major operators' backers. Costs in the multi-million dollar range, a receding timeline for a 'reference implementation' (2028?) and benefits 'very hard to quantify'. Software vendors are being cut out of the equation with the goal of 'new apps' working atop the data platform. Its 'success', such as it is, can be explained by 'capture' of the project by cloud software providers - in particular, Microsoft with the Azure Data Manager for Energy. At which point, it does not really matter what code base forms the heart of the solution. In this future, all upstream IT will be running on ADME. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+4 https://oilit.com/2026+1+4 AI-assisted software development: 'Talk to AI - and write code 1,000x better!' Strategic position of OSDU. OSDU agents to replace apps? Is ADME still OSDU? BP: Palantir good, (GE?) bad! Delft's 'Open-DARTS-MCP' agentic reservoir simulation. The 'triple crown' (Chevron, SLB, Microsoft). From 'cloud first' to 'cloud only'. Panel debates shadow IT. Digital geoscience at crossroads. Open geology forecast. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+5 https://oilit.com/2026+1+5 Badleys' TrapTester T7.4. ChcNav RS7 handheld LiDAR. Emerson DeltaV LTS V16, new app for DeltaV SCADA. NV5 Geospatial's GeoAgent. Geosoftware 2026.0 release of HampsonRussell, Jason, and PowerLog. Getech Globe 2026. Isatis.neo 2025.3. New brand for Petrosys Group. Snowflake Energy Solutions for the AI Data Cloud. Wolfram's Instant Supercompute. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+6 https://oilit.com/2026+1+6 TACC: AI a bubble? Sure, for hardware costs ! U. Texas: Seismic inversion with a Boltzmann machine and quantum computing. Viridien: Can HPC survive in a world of AI? Shell: Cloud not cheaper, but you can do more! Chevron: Now all cloud-native. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+7 https://oilit.com/2026+1+7 S+P Global cancels Bill Gates. Moves and promotions from Geophysical Insights, Halliburton, Hexagon, IOGP, OMG, Texas Railroad Commission, Shell, SPE/Drillbotics. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+8 https://oilit.com/2026+1+8 Altea acquires Team Energy. Cactus Wellhead takes majority share of Baker Hughes' unit. Baker Hughes sells Precision Sensors + Instrumentation business to Crane Company. Encore Oilfield Services bags Custom Compression Systems. Geolog acquires Quad. Hexagon acquires IconPro, names 'Octave' spinoff. New Era Energy + Digital rebuffs Fuzzy Panda. Prometheus Group acquires Actenum. Technical Toolboxes has bought HUVR. Trainor Apave buys OComp. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+9 https://oilit.com/2026+1+9 BP on offshore drilling hazard site surveys. Fugro/Chevron on offshore positioning. BP and EIVA on GIGS and geodetic integrity of survey software. Equinor on OSDU and GIS (sans GCZ!) Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+10 https://oilit.com/2026+1+10 NSTA's Digital energy platform spans UK National Data Repository, the Energy Portal and Open Data website. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+11 https://oilit.com/2026+1+11 LiDAR point cloud scan captures complex as-built geometry of accelerator prior to major upgrade. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+12 https://oilit.com/2026+1+12 CEN/CENELEC 2026 'shaping EU standardization'. Construction Industry Institute launches CII-GPT. DNV-ST-B203 'accelerates' 3D printing in energy. Energistics' 'data work order object'. USPI NL: FL3DMS V1.3. IOGP reports on human performance, robotic tank inspection. XBRL modernized for AI. Open Group 'ODFX' for digital transformation. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+13 https://oilit.com/2026+1+13 Halliburton and Singapore's A*STAR. Wells Alliance Guyana. Aerial Surveys Intl., Polygon Solutions and Urban Hawk. Aramco, SLB. Saudi Arabia, Aramco and Microsoft. BP, Palantir. Bardasz, Geolog. ExxonMobil, Syniti Data First. Cegal, Tenaz Energy. DeepOcean, Var Energi. Lamprell, Dubai Petroleum. EZOps, Midland College. TotalEnergies, Flare Solutions. GE Vernova, ANYbotics. Geoinform, Baker Hughes. SLB, Shell. Nvidia, Siemens. SymphonyAI, Snowflake. TechnipFMC, BP. Viridien, Nvidia. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+14 https://oilit.com/2026+1+14 NV5 Geospatial webinar demonstrates multiple oilfield uses of satellite-based imagery: from well pad identification with deep learning, methane plume detection to injection monitoring through ground deformation. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+15 https://oilit.com/2026+1+15 CyCognito on security risks of MCP and web application firewall protection. Cyble's Cloud Security Challenges for 2026. CyberOwl reports Iranian phishing campaign. Critical vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver. Significant security vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric's Vijeo Designer and Easergy Studio. DNV's Cyber Regulation Compass. Dragos' 2025 OT Cybersecurity Action Guide for Europe. Armexa adds provides OT cybersecurity services to Emerson's DeltaV. EU Cybersecurity Competence Centre issues Cyber 09 AI call. Google warns of adversarial use of AI. ISA's seven point guide to securing digital twins. ISO/IEC cyber guidance. AkerBP, DNV Cyber on OT barrier management. Siemens' zero trust security for industrial networks. SEI Software Acquisition Go Bag Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+16 https://oilit.com/2026+1+16 WWT International uses MATLAB's analytic and cloud services to compute dogleg severity and optimize placement of NRP, its non-rotating protector. Azure Logic app communicates results back to customer. MathWorks integrates Copilot AI with Matlab/Simulink. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT https://oilit.com/2026+1+17 https://oilit.com/2026+1+17 Rystad comes late in the day to the digital oilfield trope with some improbable boosterism and forecasts of 'massive savings' from 'unstandardized and difficult to measure ... digitalization'. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT