Speaking at the Philadelphia SAPPHIRE’99 meeting this month, Dieter Raphalsky introduced key new technology in SAP’s strategy for the upstream. The new Energy Integration Platform (EIP) exposes SAP’s Oil Industry Solution (Oil IS) to the geotechnical world. The upstream extensions of Oil IS have been developed in conjunction with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) using PwC’s Prema Plus software as a blueprint. Landmark’s Doug Meikle described how the E&P value chain was to be streamlined by integrating field data capture to production allocation
Tobin
The EIP leverages existing SAP mainstream functionality (financial, controlling, JVA, Materials and plant) with third party domain specific software. Current partners in the EIP are Tobin who provides ownership, lease data, and contracts, and Landmark, for field data capture and reservoir surveillance with TOW/cs and Aries for economics. The EIP will provide a graphical front end to all of the above, while the back end is R/3 with data in an E&P master financial data store of contracts and pricing information.
GIS
The EIP graphics offer application launching, a GIS view of acreage, exception highlighting and operational and accounting views. EIP messaging is by ‘semi-synchronous’ links between SAP and Tow/cs and fully synchronous links within the Landmark environment for production allocation through COM/DCOM objects. The link to the Tobin datasets is through XML. The EIP promises a graphical view of shared data, and reduced duplicate data entry.
Information Warehouse
The EIP offers a graphical entry point to SAP’s Business Information Warehouse (BIW) - described as a ‘new upstream paradigm.’ The BIW Financial to geotechnical integration is claimed to improve decision making and to automate reporting of lease operating statements and other key performance indicators. Other BIW functions include ad-hoc queries and views of expenditure, return on investment, finding costs, drilling statistics, capex, reserves, production volumes, lifting costs and field operations. Business critical information such as a lease operating statement can be viewed through a configurable browser - the "Business Explorer Browser" - or displayed in Excel. The BIW is part of a new paradigm of data flow throughout the oil co. Production data is allocated once and for all, and broadcast throughout the system. This allows for automated rental and royalty payments, revenue forecast, regulatory reporting and so on.
business objects
Shared business objects include "well completion", "well bore", "field" and "reservoir". The EIP will link through the Oil IS to global supply chain management and allow for buying and selling over internet with mySAP.com. Downstream ERP Data Warehousing projects are underway with Mobil and Texaco while 23 oil and gas companies already use SAP Business Information Warehouse in transport, trading and retail. Phase one of the new architecture encompasses production operations and accounting will be released early next year. Phase two sees increased geotechnical integration and a new E&P product to manage asset ownership across the whole business.
PDM comment - Business object deployment may prove difficult in view of Landmark's previous experience and views on this technology! But as we have said before, Landmark is playing hardball in the area of geotechnical to business IT. The apparent progress of Landmark and Tobin as solution providers to SAP contrasts with the existential questioning of COM for Energy.
Click here to comment on this article Agip Petroleum Company. has signed a five-year contract with Schlumberger for
PowerHouse off-site E&P data management services and Finder software. Agip’s
Agostino Maccagni said "We believe that GeoQuest's data management services
will allow increased efficiency and help reduce costs in the medium to long
term. This project also may eventually be applied to other ENI-Agip
subsidiaries." GeoQuest will team with Geco-Prakla and Data Logic Services
(a division of IHS Energy Group) to manage data from of Agip's Gulf of Mexico
operations, including digital and physical, seismic, log, and well data. Agip’s
data will reside in the Houston data management center (DMC), opened nearly two
years ago as a purpose-built facility designed specifically to provide
PowerHouse data management services (see PDM Vol. 4 N° 5).
Click here to comment on this article SAP was founded in 1973 which makes it nearly as old as IT. The core product
is sexily termed "R/3" which being interpreted means "Real-time
system Version 3". Not a very auspicious name for what has become the
world-leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package, the flagship of
Europe's computer industry and possibly the best marketed software in the world.
But there is a lot behind the R/3 moniker. The reference to real-time computing
is a curve-ball for the unwary - almost an IT in-joke. The real-time here is
real time accounting. Which is a sort of accounting in-joke too, since this
profession is the oldest asynchronous process in the (business) world. unrealizable The success of R/3 lies in an unrealizable promise to make accounting, or
rather the whole business process, as near to real time as possible. Data is
captured once and for all and rendered up to users of the prolific R/3 modules
and add-ons, via SAP's labyrinthine processes. The software is modular and ‘customizable’.
A large part of an R/3 installation goes to the army of well-paid consultants
and customizers who will tweak the software to your needs, but more importantly
show you how to change your business so that it fits into the R/3 mould.
Customization of R/3 is a two way process - of the software and of your
business. An SAP installation represents a huge upheaval and there have been
some high profile, acrimonious failures. marketing SAP's marketing department have adopted a two-pronged attack on the business
world. One approach is aimed at the IT specialist who has been told over the
years, that SAP is "Real Time", a "Client/Server Technology"
and more recently "Business Objects." The other approach is aimed at
the MBA grads, and you will find tools attached to R/3 which will handle just
about every consulting fad from Enterprise Resource Planning or Allocation (ERA/ERP)
to Balanced Scorecards, Key Performance Indicators and most recently e-Business
and Customer Relationship Management. e-commerce As SAP slowly and steadily moves into Oil IT, it is making a parallel attack
on e-commerce at large. The latest SAP gimmick is the new web portal, mySAP.com
- introduced in last month's PDM. SAP’s involvement in e-commerce and business
to business has not developed overnight. SAP’s Application Link Enabling
technology has been allowing SAP to trade data with foreign applications since
1993. The new version, mySAP.com intends to offer the world business to business
e-commerce, and completely outsourced SAP systems and software. Solution Maps SAP's customizations for new industries are frequently performed in
association with third parties such as Landmark. The customizations are quickly
turned around by the marketing department into ‘Industry Solutions’ -
illustrated by impressive ‘Solution Maps’. The Oil and Gas solution map
spans the whole business process from exploration to the gas station. How many
of the individual boxes on map are really populated is known only to SAP.
Indeed, many will find it strange that SAP offers ’solutions’ for such
domain specific activity as Portfolio Risk Analysis, Basin Evaluation, Surveying
and Reservoir Modeling to name but a few. On the other hand, SAP’s solution
maps can be viewed as an invitation to tender. If your software can fill in some
of the gaps and you would like to sign up for yet another integration platform,
talk to SAP and join the EIP.
Click here to comment on this article The Karachaganak Integrated Organization (KIO) is a multi-national joint
venture comprised of staff from Agip, BG, Texaco and Lukoil dedicated to the
development of the Karachaganak field in North Western Kazakhstan. In late 1998
Flare Consultants was awarded a contract to work closely with KIO to define
their information management strategy. Virtual TeamWorking was found to be the
most effective way to disseminate and co-ordinate information amongst the
project team members, many of whom operated on non-overlapping rotations and in
different time zones. Virtual TeamWorking? Advanced communications networks and software have removed the traditional
barriers of time and space, allowing complex project work to be undertaken
electronically by workers in different time zones. Virtual teams can be
assembled to address a particular problem without the need for people to meet.
This approach provides greater flexibility for companies and workers, reduces
overall costs and cycle times and ensures optimum use of scarce or specialized
resources. Flare Flare has consultants in both the UK and North America serving clients
located world-wide. Well-defined processes are coupled with robust groupware (in
this case Lotus Notes) to develop an effective Virtual TeamWork methodology for
project working. All the information created during the course of a project is
shared with the client by means of electronic 'project books' accessible using
the Web and secured through 32bit encryption. The 'project book' can contain
documents, presentations, faxes, questionnaires, executables, indeed, any
pertinent information. This allows access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week enabling
the client to review documents quickly and easily, as well as tracking how the
project is progressing in real time. Remote access also enables individual
consultants to contribute specialist expertise allowing people from different
geographies with different skills to work on the same project. on-line library Consultants can find reference material in an on-line library that is managed
in the same way as 'project books'. This material can be accessed at client
sites - offices, field bases or offshore platforms. Procedures ensure regular
telephone and personal contact at appropriate times during a project to cement
the VirtualTeam together. The virtual world can never replace all the aspects of
human interaction. . timesheets Administrative needs are also addressed using virtual team technology
Timesheets and expenses can be electronically submitted from any location with
automated currency conversions. Clients can verify the status of their project
or check billing details at any time and can reduce overheads with electronic
invoicing electronically. Virtual TeamWorking processes can provide responsive
geographical and domain coverage with a relatively small number of consultants.
It also allows overhead costs to be kept to a minimum whilst providing
exceptional working flexibility. More from p.cleverley@flare-consultants.com and
www.flare-consultants.com.
Click here to comment on this article INT- the supplier of widgets (software components) used in much of the
software on your workstation is offering a free download of its Java-based
graphics toolkits J/Carnac and J/View3D. A new website also offers product
information, demos, and tutorials . The new tools are aimed at broadening INT’s
user-base to industries such as satellite imaging, telecommunications, industry,
medical and defense. INT claims that these toolkits will become the de facto
standard in the scientific data visualization markets. For a limited period, INT
are offering free consulting to ‘make this happen.’ The Java website is on
http://j-extreme.int.com. For the consulting offer email techsource@int.com.
Click here to comment on this article SAP’s Oil and Gas Solution is to be deployed as part of Mobil Corp’s
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) SAP implementation "Everest". Mike
Brown, Program Manager for Mobil said "Everest focused on the North
American E&P, marketing and refining businesses. We have replaced more than
300 applications in the total suite of systems that run our North American
business. We also implemented SAP solutions at our global petrochemicals and
specialty chemicals operations, replacing the legacy systems." 4,500 users SAP’s R/3 ERP solution has gained 4,500 new users over the past 10 months
and is to add the SAP Business Information Warehouse for decision support, and
SAP Knowledge Management. "The SAP Knowledge Management database became the
holding place for all our training tools and for maintaining the current roles
and responsibilities documentation and specific role-based training for our
users," Brown said. consolidation SAP America’s president and CEO Kevin McKay added "With the successful
completion of these critical phases of the Everest Project, Mobil has reached a
milestone in its business transformation. By consolidating legacy applications
and streamlining business processes on a global basis, the SAP implementation
was an important contribution to Mobil's business strategy." Y2K issue A driver for the Everest Project was the need to comply with year 2000
requirements.
Click here to comment on this article PDM SAP is all fired up about e-commerce, and is announcing a new
internet portal mySAP.com. What will this mean for the oil industry? Narasimha - mySAP.com was announced at this month's SAPPHIRE’99 (SAP's
big US trade show – with over 14,000 delegates). The new e-commerce portal has
specific components for the oil and gas industry. There is an oil and gas
community home page with up-to-date information and E&P-specific content
such as the latest analysts reviews and articles on industry trends. We are
actively seeking business partners to collaborate on the content of mySAP.com.
The community will consist of a business directory with over 2000 company
entries - an aggregate of our existing SAP clients – using SAP’s existing
products and collaborating on the development of new products. We plan to offer
buyers direct links to sellers through an auction or tender process and will
provide tools for validating purchase orders and shipment. Different oil
companies will be able to trade or swap raw materials – say 40 thousand
gallons of gasoline to be delivered to the Asia-Pacific market – and to have
automated account reconciliation. Similar functions will be offered such as
web-based ordering in the service station business. PDM – e-commerce is understandable in this downstream context, but
as you move back up the supply chain, such functionality may begin to look
rather esoteric. Is there really an e-commerce market in the upstream? Rafalsky – The Oil & Gas sector already has a very high profile
in e-commerce. External procurement, and the sheer size of transactions mean the
scope for improved business processes through e-commerce is enormous. Annual
spend in the upstream on materials and capital expenditure has been estimated as
around $100 billion. No, E&P is a focal point for SAP today, and believe me,
we are very well positioned to develop solutions here with the help of our large
customer base. As an example of enthusiastic client take-up, Statoil has
acquired 18,000 procurement licenses for its employees. The whole organization
has been affected and is now using on-line catalogues and preferred processes
for procurement. PDM – and what is the role of the new SAP Portal, mySAP.com in all
this? Narasimha – with mySAP.com, the workplace has become an electronic
space and we no longer are concerned as to where the data actually is. A manager
can access key financial indicators, pricing, can read newspapers and analyst
reports – in short has all business critical information on screen and in real
time. PDM – It sound as though SAP is going head-on with Microsoft’s
Digital Dashboard concept. Rafalsky – Actually SAP has developed a very symbiotic relationship
with Microsoft over the years. We operate in the specific Business to Business
sector – our target is not the consumer. We also have an eclectic attitude to
best of breed software. We replaced our own, integrated mail system with
Microsoft Outlook – we are not competing with Microsoft, neither on office
applications or over the start screen. The use of a web browser offers generic
technology for presentation, while using all the functionality of R/3 for access
transactions. PDM – We’re still some way from E&P Rafalsky – We currently supply our software to 29 of the top 30 oil
and gas companies. We are working with them and our business partners, to expand
the footprint of R/3 to optimize business process throughout the industry.
Specifically we are working with our partner Landmark Graphics and with the COM
for Energy Foundation – who are presenting a demonstrator of this technology
at the current SAPPHIRE’99 conference. PDM – how does the direct Landmark to SAP link relate to COM for
Energy? Rafalsky – the partnership with Landmark has a focus on graphical
configuration and is an attempt to standardize the interface between R/3 and
Landmark’s Oilfield Workstation. COM for Energy has a broader scope and will
offer non-GUI based data transfer through XML.
Click here to comment on this article It all depends on your viewpoint. For geotechnical users, worried that C4E is
impinging on their business, it is OK to describe C4E as being ‘at the
frontier of geotechnical and financial computing’. At a safe distance as it
were. But if you are in the thick of e-commerce, looking at C4E from the
standpoint of the BizTalk Framework for Energy, then C4E needs a bit of a shove
in the other direction, hence its new categorization as allowing for ‘the
integration of disparate geotechnical and business applications used in the
exploration and production sector of the energy industry’. So if C4E is to be
shunted out of its e-commerce role what is it to be used for? tentacular The proposed rebaptism of C4E as "Objects for Energy" rename may be
the key. Despite denials and various position statements, C4E is a head to head
competitor with Open Spirit – with a twist. To position C4E squarely in the
midst of geotechnical computing, you have to imagine a world where the
integration platform for the decision maker is neither GeoFrame nor OpenWorks,
but rather the tentacular SAP R/3.
Click here to comment on this article Richard D. Fritz has been named Executive Director of the
American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, succeeding Lyle F. Baie, who recently
resigned to pursue other interests. Paul Cleverley has moved from Exprodat to take up the position of Director at
Flare Consultants.
Click here to comment on this article Biztalk Framework for Energy The players Cambridge Management Consulting Commerce One Compaq ESRI J.D. Edwards Tobin and others... The tools Microsoft - enhanced XML-based asynchronous messaging, EDI. COM for Energy The players Landmark Schlumberger ESRI Microsoft Oracle SAP Price Waterhouse The tools Demonstrator uses vanilla XML, future developments described as ‘agnostic’
- to use COM, XML and Java as appropriate. SAP Energy Integration Platform The players SAP Landmark Graphics Price Waterhouse Tobin The tools SAP R/3—proprietary.
Click here to comment on this article Microsoft’s BizTalk Framework XML-based data exchange has gained
enthusiastic endorsement by the American Petroleum Institute (API). The API’s
Kendra Martin explained "We chose to be on the BizTalk steering committee
since it had the best collection of founding organizations and the best
commitment to standards for vertical markets. With BizTalk, we believe we can
work with energy companies and other standards bodies to quickly and effectively
reap the greatest potential of XML for e-commerce." PIDEX At this month’s Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDEX) Conference,
Microsoft Corp. announced "broad energy industry support" for the
BizTalk Framework for e-commerce and application integration. The American
Petroleum Institute (API) and leading energy technology providers have declared
the BizTalk Framework their e-commerce integration guideline for the future.
Other organizations who endorse the BizTalk Framework include Cambridge
Management Consulting, Commerce One, Compaq, ESRI, J.D. Edwards and Tobin.
Click here to comment on this article On Saturday 24th September 1999 the Petroleum Data Manager website recorded
its 50,000th hit from the following DNS -
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Click here to comment on this article By its own admission, Microsoft’s initiative to create XML-based standards
within different industries is above all a great name! In last month’s PDM we
saw how XML – the extensible markup language – allows for new tags to be
defined to describe domain - specific objects. For these to have any currency,
their meanings must be agreed upon by the participants, which is where the
various BizTalk initiatives come in. BizTalk may not be much more than a meeting
ground - or, according to XML Guru Mark Wilson as a "document
repository". Gulliver? Wilson further warns "Biztalk’s potential to provide a platform for
business-to-business exchange is enormous. But as XML travels across this sea of
information it may become more like a modern day Gulliver rather than a
Christopher Columbus. While Columbus discovered the New World, Gulliver became
tied down by thousands of bit part players. The same could happen to XML if
poorly defined Schemas become prevalent and are used in document repositories
such as BizTalk." You can download the very informative BizTalk Jumpstart
kit, including Wilson’s white paper from www.biztalk.org.
Click here to comment on this article CTC Pulsonic Canada, which joined the Core Laboratories fold last July, has
been awarded a large seismic processing contract for a 3D marine survey. Mobil
Canada’s "Intrepid" survey of 600 sq. km. survey is located south of
Sable Island off the Canadian Atlantic seaboard. 7 terabytes A previous survey in the Sable area for Mobil - the Arcadia survey contained
over 7 terabytes of raw data. Mobil Canada’s technical services manager Graham
Millington said "We were very pleased with the technical services we
received on the Arcadia project, the excellent technical expertise, involvement
of our staff and the early delivery of the product". 8 gigabytes CTC’s president Vasudhaven Sudhaker is adding 8 gigs of main memory to CTC’s
computer center to cater for the new workload.
Click here to comment on this article 70 E&P companies in the OpenSpirit Alliance and OpenSpirit Special
Interest Group (OSIG) have received copies of the Beta software for E&P
application interoperability. These companies include leading oil and gas
companies, software vendors, systems integrators, standards bodies and research
organizations. Version 2 PrismTech has also announced that work has started on Version 2 of the
middleware. This next release of the Framework will add support for
interpretation objects, 2D seismic, as well as enhanced coverage of well data.
In addition, Version 2 will include new features such as the capability to
persist objects, as well as project and session management facilities. Shell,
Chevron and Schlumberger GeoQuest have underscored their continuing support for
the OpenSpirit Framework by sponsoring the Version 2 development. Newsgroup To help developers deploy the new software PrismTech has launched the
OpenSpirit Newsgroup. More from the website on www.prismtechnologies.com.
Click here to comment on this article Seismic Data broker Wavetech's digital catalog of data on CD-ROM was first
released earlier this year. The CD is in Adobe Acrobat format and runs on any
computer platform. The CD contains maps of data sets in the Russian Far East,
Pre-Caspian Basin and South Caspian Basin and information on Wavetech’s
products and services. The new Data CD (Release 2) will be integrated with
SeisManagement, Wavetech’s seismic data access and management system that
allows users to view, scale and scroll through seismic sections directly off of
the CD. More from Wavetech on www.wavetechgeo.com
Click here to comment on this article SAN Diego-based Western Scientific, a manufacturer of data storage,
networking and workstation solutions, has released the AcceleRAIT. AcceleRAIT
creates up to five duplicate tapes copies of AIT, DLT, 4mm DAT and 8mm tapes at
a time.
Click here to comment on this article Canadian Geosoft's products span environmental, mining and oil and gas
exploration. They apply a combination of generic image processing technologies
with domain specific know-how such as gravity and magnetics for oil and gas. The
latest release v4.3 of the flagship OASIS Montaj product offers shared
capabilities, and specialized applications and tools that improve decision
making and knowledge sharing. E-Maps The heart of OASIS montaj is the core Data Processing and Analysis (DPA)
platform. This allows for rapid communication of results between decision-makers
and technical professionals via "E-maps" and interactive
interpretation using new CAD capabilities. ArcView The new release also promises improved data access including ArcView
connectivity and workflow and performance enhancements through new data
compression formats. New tools are provided for geochemistry, geology and
geophysics. Oasis Montaj now includes the Geosoft Executables (GX) Developer
Toolkit and public domain API. More from www.geosoft.com.
Click here to comment on this article The Petroleum Data Model Association has completed a survey of its global
membership. The main findings were: Over 50% of PPDM member companies have
incorporated the most recent PPDM Model V3.4 in their operations. The main
subject areas of interest in V3.4 are: wells, meta data and units of measure,
business associates, production and production reporting, and fields, pools and
facilities. Main areas of interest in the future V3.5 are: spatial enabling,
stratigraphy, partnership and division of interest, projects and records
management. reference tables For future model development, interest was strong for standardized reference
table values followed by surface rights and facilities, seismic enhancements and
joint interests. Other new areas deemed of interest include reservoir
properties, well enhancements, reserves, business issues, pipelines and records
management. benefits PPDM members consider that membership benefits most important to users are
the industry standard model, cost reduction and time savings, access to industry
contacts and networking, input into model development process, and name
association/recognition. Strong initial interest was expressed in PPDM's work
group funding sponsorship program destined to expedite specific portions of
model development. More from www.ppdm.org.
Click here to comment on this article Landmark’s second Decisionarium has opened in Aberdeen. The Decisionarium
is described as an "industry-leading immersive environment for the
integrated asset team". The first Decisionarium opened last May in
Landmark's corporate headquarters in Houston. Bob Peebler, Landmark President
and CEO said "Bringing our Decisionarium program and services to the UK
further enhances Landmark's commitment to transforming business processes in the
petroleum industry." The Aberdeen Decisionarium, located in Halliburton's
Reservoir Description Center, can accommodate up to 20 team members. collaboration The center is available for lease in one, three, 10 and 20-day increments and
will be configured with Landmark's integrated application and data management
software as well as virtual reality hardware. To ensure maximum effectiveness, a
Landmark collaboration expert will be available to facilitate sessions.
"Our goal is to enable collaboration between geophysicists, geologists,
drilling and reservoir engineers, and service company personnel, so they can
more efficiently solve their business problems," explained Bob Fedorciow,
operational vice president, Landmark EAME, Ltd. To lease the Decisionarium call
Deboragh Humphreville on +44 1932 829999.
Click here to comment on this article dGB-GDI version 2.7 was released in last month. New with this is an AVO
modeling capability developed in cooperation with BG Gas Research
Technology Center. The new module generates full-waveform pre-stack gathers and
stack responses. With the new release the software has been repackaged into
three parts, aimed at different groups of users. quick-look GDI-START is a stand-alone software package to perform stratigraphic analysis
and reservoir characterization. It is aimed at users who are interested in
quick-look evaluation of exploration prospects or reservoir description. GDI-START
supports free-format integration of seismic data, well logs, geology and
production data, extraction of well- and seismic features such as
waveforms, and single and multi-trace attributes. Non-linear inversion
using supervised and unsupervised neural networks is also supported. The
software can be used in rock-physics studies and for 2D, 3D and 4D seismic
lateral prediction, and facies/pattern analysis. detail GDI-SIMULATE is aimed at more detailed reservoir characterization and
stratigraphic modeling through modules including a stochastic pseudo-well
simulator, a Markov chains-based sequence analyzer and model builder, Gassmann
fluid replacement module, a stochastic inversion module and the capability for
quantitative analysis of neural network generated seismic patterns. GDI-SIMULATE is
used in areas with low well coverage and/or to quantify the uncertainties of the
results produced by GDI-START. AVO GDI-PRESTACK contains the new AVO modeling capability and is used
in combination with GDI-SIMULATE's pseudo-well simulator for AVO modeling
and prestack data analysis to predict reservoir fluid type, saturation and
lithology. graphics Version 2.7 functionality includes one-touch modification of seismic and grid
displays, to toggle between different color maps, or stretch and squeeze the
color bars. Seismic wavelets can now also be viewed and loaded from an ASCII
file directly in the GDI software. dGB’s development team is currently working
on the link to SeisStrat-2D, a Statoil research project and last but not least
the OpenSpirit link. More from www.dgb.nl.
Click here to comment on this article Green Mountain Geophysics, a subsidiary of Input/Output, Inc. has released
MESA 5.0, described as ‘the industry-leading survey design software’. MESA
is designed for 2D and 3D land, transition zone and marine acquisition projects.
Bud Pope, GMG’s General Manager says "MESA 5.0 provides substantial new
features focused on maximizing acquisition geometries for cost and imaging
objectives. Direct data links to the I/O System 2000 will improve productivity
and reduce errors." Enhancements to MESA include: support for vertical
geometries, auto-repelling exclusion zones to move stations/shots, geometry
spreadsheets for editing designs, flex binning capabilities, numerical template
editing, graphical layout of shot and receiver lines, and marine output, along
with optional array and migration aperture functionality. MESA 5.0 is fully
integrated with the I/O System 2000 and runs on both PCs and workstations. GMG
of Boulder, Colorado, is celebrating its 20th year as a geophysical software
provider to the petroleum industry.
Click here to comment on this article The Mineral Management Service (MMS), based in New Orleans, has awarded a
contract to Petris Technology of Houston, for the validation and clean-up of
data from the Gulf of Mexico. The MMS manages the mineral resources of the Outer
Continental Shelf, and collects, verifies and distributes mineral revenues from
Federal and Indian lands. clean-up The project's objective is to clean up inaccurate or missing data problems
that may exist in the MMS’ Technical Information Management System (TIMS) well
database and associated well data such as directional and velocity surveys from
operations in the Gulf of Mexico Region. This project involves an estimated
44,000 well bores and over 6,000,000 documents. Petris Connect Petris will use its web-based PetrisConnect Data Auditing and Correction
System to link all available information sources (both digital and scanned paper
documents) to the existing TIMS database for comparison by an experienced
geo-technician for correction. The software will keep track of who is nominating
a change and why, giving MMS personnel the ability to confidently make changes
to the online TIMS database. The project will begin this year and is expected to
be complete in 2003. More from www.petris.com
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Agip’s Powerhouse (September 1999)
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From mainframe to the web, 25 years of IT history. (September 1999)
PDM’s Editor Neil McNaughton traces SAP’s inexorable progress from the batch processing of the 1970’s to the new web portal mySAP.com. SAP’s Oil and Gas solution is now moving upstream, particularly with the new Energy Integration Platform.
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Virtual TeamWorking (September 1999)
How do you collaborate on a project when half the team is in Kazakhstan and the rest in London? Paul Cleverly believes that his company, Flare Consultants has the answer in Virtual TeamWorking.
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Web showcase for INT’s Java (September 1999)
Free Java graphics software and consulting from new website
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Mobil climbs Everest (September 1999)
Mobil’s worldwide deployment of SAP software, ‘Project Everest’, is well underway. Everest is made up of SAP R/3, the Oil and Gas Solution and decision support and training modules.
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PDM Interview - Dieter Raphalsky and Prashanth Narasimha (September 1999)
PDM talks to SAP’s VP for Oil and Gas Dieter Raphalsky and Prashanath Narasimha, Director of marketing. SAP is moving into e-commerce big-time and is convinced that this will impact the upstream.
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Will the real energy e-commerce org please stand up? (September 1999)
There is some overlap between COM and BizTalk. The latter’s clear positioning in e-commerce could push COM for Energy into a corner.
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People on the move (September 1999)
Clay Harter has joined PrismTech as line manager for the OpenSpirit business unit. Harter is on a two-year assignment from Chevron.
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e-commerce protagonists (September 1999)
For the record, here are the protagonists and technologies proposed in the different groups working at the geotechnical, financial, and business to business coal-front.
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API endorses BizTalk (September 1999)
While COM for Energy debates the sex of angels, the influential American Petroleum Institute goes for Microsoft’s BizTalk.
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Subscription Prize to Oil IT web surfer (September 1999)
Petroleum Data Manager’s website has recorded its 50,000th hit. Was it you?
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BizTalk starter kit (September 1999)
Microsoft are offering a free starter kit to would be BizTalk developers fromwww.BizTalk.org. The website is destined become a repository for domain specific schemas.
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CTC Pulsonic gets Mobil’s 3D (September 1999)
Calgary based CTC Pulsonic, (now part of the Core Laboratories Group) has been awarded a 600 sq. km. 3D survey off Canada’s Sable Island.
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Open Spirit delivers (September 1999)
Open Spirit has shipped V1.0 Beta middleware to 70 E&P companies and has got the go-ahead for phase 2.
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Free CD from Wavetech (September 1999)
Latest CD-ROM of Russian seismic data from Wavetech incorporates seismic viewer.
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Western Scientific’s new tape duplicator (September 1999)
Western Scientific’s ‘AcceleRAIT’ tape duplicator automates copying of DLT, DAT and 8mm tapes.
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New Montaj from Geosoft (September 1999)
Geosoft’s latest release of Oasis Montaj offers a synergistic approach to near-surface data analysis.
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PPDM member survey (September 1999)
PPDM has polled its membership and finds strong support for latest model version.
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VR for the granite city (September 1999)
Landmark’s Decisionarium offers interpreters a virtual reality environment in Aberdeen.
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AVO capability from de Groot-Bril (September 1999)
The latest version of deGroot-Bril Earth Sciences’ dGB-GDI boasts an amplitude versus offset (AVO) module developed in collaboration with BG Gas Research Technology.
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Green Montain Geophysics’ MESA (September 1999)
Version 5.0 of GMG’s Mesa survey design software optimizes acquisition geometries for cost and imaging.
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Petris to clean up MMS data (September 1999)
The Mineral Management Service has awarded Petris Technology a data management contract for 44 thousand wells and over 6 million documents from the Gulf of Mexico
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Conference news (September 1999)
Some more dates for your diary
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