Petrolink, Halliburton, Geologix, Kongsberg, IDS and Schlumberger managed to integrate all of their systems together using WITSML, at the Energistics exhibition stand at IADC.

  

Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT) has expanded its service and training organization with updated data and systems services, onsite services, consulting and global training.

Tests conducted by Shell and HP on the capability of their jointly developed inertial sensing technology to shoot and record seismic data has proved its ability to acquire high sensitivity low noise data.

In addition to the original survey data, CGGVeritas is offering an interpretation package, gravity data, seep data and a reprocessed seismic dataset, currently in production. Reprocessing results to date show an uplift at all levels of the seismic data.

Schlumberger has launched its EnACT wireless downhole reservoir testing system for land operations, which can be used to optimize reservoir tests by detecting changes in bottomhole conditions and adjusting test designs in real time.

Paradigm has integrated a 3D multiple point statistics simulation module based on Ephesia's IMPALA algorithm in the latest version of Paradigm SKUA.

The most common tool for sharing information between drilling and geophysics teams is still PowerPoint, says Jane Wheelwright of Dynamic Graphics Ltd.

Imagine having a software tool, running on your iPad, which can predict the impact of what a well intervention will have on the overall business, not just the feasibility of doing the work. This is what Oracle is trying to enable, says the company's oil and gas industry lead Hossam Farid

The key to getting a digital oilfield project working is detailed planning, says Julian Pickering, director of Digital Oilfield Solutions Ltd

Dr. Tom Smith, founder and former president of seismic interpretation software company Seismic Micro Technology (SMT) has launched Geophysical Insights to help oil and gas companies better understand seismic response data.  The new company is currently researching and applying Unsupervised Neural Networks, which have shown strong promise in initial test cases.

Maritime and offshore e-marketplace ShipServ has developed tools to help marine purchasers learn more about suppliers they are considering doing business with

Attendees to Aberdeen's Offshore Europe event in September 6-8 this year can expect discussions on North Sea taxation, reducing CO2 from oil and gas operations, new risk profiles and transparency of risk, says Samir Brikho, CEO of engineering giant AMEC and chairman of the conference

Shell is developing two new technologies for onshore seismic - a new lightweight, low noise wireless sensor together with HP, and a fibre optic recording system, ideal for permanent monitoring, together with PGS

Torbjørn Forthun, Managing Director of Kongsberg Drilling Management Solutions, believes that drilling contractors need access to better data- and then they need to use it.

Energistics' goal for 2011 is to expand collaboration opportunities for standards development , said COO Jerry Hubbard

You don't have to wait for comprehensive systems for sharing data to start effective collaboration; you may start with building effective collaborative work processes by combining and sharing information, suggests Jan-Erik Nordtvedt, CEO of Epsis of Norway

Microsoft has a mission to help oil and gas companies make their computing architecture simpler, and put it together in a standard way

Oilteams, an oil and gas software company in Milan, believes that there could be a business providing marine style voyage data recorders, or 'black boxes' for offshore oil and gas operations, to continually recordwhat is going on, including sound recordings (to record what people said to each other) and instrumentation data.

 

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