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Events

PNEC data management, Houston [Event Ended]
Houston, for May 18-20, 2010
- International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, Information and Data Management www.pnecconferences.com

SPE Intelligent Energy 2010 [Event Ended]
Utrecht, Netherlands, 23-25 Mar 2010
- World's largest oil and gas "smart technology" conference, organised biannually by the Society of Petroleum Engineers www.intelligentenergyevent.com/

IQPC asset integrity Middle East [Event Ended]
Abu Dhabi, Feb 21-24, 2010
- 5th Annual Asset Integrity Management Summit - the region?s annual event for Pipelines and Asset Integrity experts assetintegrityme.com/Event.aspx?id=224086&utm_campaign=Media%20Partner&utm_medium=listing&utm_source=DEJ&utm_content=text&utm_term=link&MAC=IAE_10361.005Digitalenergyevents

SMI's E & P Information and Data Management [Event Ended]
London Marriott Hotel Regents Park, 9th to 10th February 2010
- E&P Information and Data Management 2010 will once again investigate information and data management for the upstream oil and gas industry. www.smi-online.co.uk/10epdata22.asp

Digital E&P 2009 - WB Research [Event Ended]
Houston, Nov 9-11 2009
- "Drive E&P performance by harnessing the power of effective data, information & knowledge management" www.wbresearch.com/digitalexploration/home.aspx?mac=10359.004XZ978&cm_mmc=external-_-listing-_-13630.002-_-DEJ

Offshore Communications [Event Ended]
Houston, Nov 3-5 2009
- Providing the offshore oil and gas, maritime and shipping markets with the latest products, services and solutions for communication and information technology needs www.offshorecoms.com/

E&P Technology Summit 2009 [Event Ended]
Houston, 23-25 Sept 2009
- Annual Upstream conference, business meetings and exhibition for North American E&P executives www.exproevent.com

Offshore Europe [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, 8-11 Sept 2009
- The SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition attracts a global audience of engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts, to share ideas, debate the issues of the moment and to create common agendas for the future of the upstream industry www.offshore-europe.co.uk

National Data Repositories [Event Ended]
New Delhi, Aug 31- Sept 3 2009
- Conference about oil and gas national data repositories www.ndr9.com

Global VSAT Forum [Event Ended]
Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi, 9th & 10th June 2009
- Oil & Gas Communications MENA: ?Wireless, Satellite & Everything in Between? www.uk-emp.co.uk/4th.O&G.MENA.AD.2009/

Smart Energy 09, Aberdeen [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, June 9-10 2009
- 2 day conference about IT in oil and gas www.spe-uk.org/Default.aspx.LocID-0a400o005.Lang-EN.emID-965.cal-yes.EventID-12906.htm

Intelligent Fields Summit [Event Ended]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2-5 2009
- "One forum, two streams with a three-pronged approach to people, process and technology in four days" www.strategicbiznet.com/intelligent-fields-summit.html

IQPC Integrated Operations 2009, [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, May 19-20 2009
- Speakers from Chevron, OMV and Shell. Relaunch of IQPCs' "Future Fields" summit www.iqpc.co.uk/ShowEvent.aspx?id=171654

PNEC - 13th Houston data management conference [Event Ended]
Houston, May 12-14, 2009
- Probably the largest oil and gas IT conference in North America. pnecconferences.com/default.aspx

Global VSAT Forum [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, 12th & 13th May 2009
- Oil & Gas Communications Europe: ?Digital Applications & Communications Dynamics? www.uk-emp.co.uk/2nd.O&G.Europe.2009/

Digital Energy conference [Event Ended]
Houston, 7-8 April 2009
- Annual Digital Energy conference in Houston, organised by SPE www.spe.org/events/dec/

Get Energy [Event Ended]
London, UK, 23rd - 25th March 2009
- 5th Annual Global Education and Training event in Exploration & Production www.getenergyevent.com/exploration_and_production_oil_training

GetEnergy [Event Ended]
London, UK, 23rd - 25th March 2009
- UK conference on oil and gas training www.getenergyevent.com/exploration_and_production_oil_training

SMI - E&P Information and Data Management [Event Ended]
London, 10th to 11th February 2009
- The 2009 E&P Information and Data Management will encourage attendees to take a fresh look at the processes and practices they use. The programme will examine not just Information and Data Management activities, but the impact these actions have on the business as a whole. www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=5&ref=2975

SMI Financial Modelling in Oil and Gas [Event Ended]
London, 12th to 13th November 2008
- Conference on financial modelling - with experts from finance, industry and academia. Speakers include Dr Robert Manicke, Corp.Director of Quantitative Analyses, StatoilHydro; Celine Jerusalem, Project Manager, Statistics and Artificial Intelligence Section, GDF Suez

Offshore Communications 2008 [Event Ended]
Houston, November 4-6 2008
- The 8th Annual Offshore Communications Conference & Exhibition, November 4-6, 2008 will present insight into the challenges of connecting offshore operations in exploration, production, and drilling and well servicing projects, addressing the digital tools required, and the real-time monitoring, surveillance and optimization of production and drilling cycles www.offshorecoms.com

Jacob Fleming - Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Management [Event Ended]
Barcelona, Oct 15-16 2008
- www.jacobfleming.com/conferences/oil-gas/emergency-planning-and-business-continuity-management?partner=dejban

Jacob Fleming - Digital Oilfields [Event Ended]
Rome, Sept 15-16 2008
- www.jacobfleming.com/conferences/oil-gas/digital-oilfields?partner=dejb

2008 Digital Energy Conference, Houston [Event Ended]
Houston, May 20-21 2008
- Leading edge applications of computing and communications technology to the upstream oil and gas business. Organised by Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section. www.spegcs.org/en/cms/?714

IQPC Electronic and Wireless Technology [Event Ended]
Singapore, April 28 - May 1 2008
- Achieving seamless communication and data management with a reliable wireless network in oil and gas www.iqpcevents.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=55804&details=79404

Intelligent Energy 2008 [Event Ended]
Amsterdam, Feb 25-27, 2008
- www.intelligentenergyexpo.com

IQPC Oil & Gas Exchange UK 2007 [Event Ended]
London, November 29-30 2007
- "Achieving success, competitive edge and progress through innovation" - Innovative technology, Innovative processes Innovative people in oil and gas upstream www.iqpc.com/uk/oandgexchange/DEJ

SMI [Event Ended]
London, November 14-15 2007
- Intelligent Integration - Enterprise-Wide Optimisation, www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=5&ref=2743

ATCE 2007 [Event Ended]
Anaheim, California, 11-14 November 2007
- Society of Petroleum Engineers annual conference and exhibition www.spe.org/atce/2007/

Offshore Communications [Event Ended]
Houston, 6-8 November 2007
- Two day conference and exhibition about offshore communications including fibre and satellite www.offshorecoms.com

Energistics [Event Ended]
Houston, November 6 2007
- Drilling WITSML Public Seminar and Exhibition www.energistics.org/assnfe/ev.asp?id=104&snid=840118446

Offshore Communications Alliance [Event Ended]
Singapore, October 22-23, 2007
- Conference in Singapore organised by Avail Corporation about offshore communications. www.availcorp.com/english/events_list.php?eventsid=115&backurl=upcomingevents_list.php

SatconExpo [Event Ended]
New York, October 10-11, 2007
- Satellite and Content Delivery Conference & Expo www.satconexpo.com

iO07 [Event Ended]
Trondheim, Norway, October 2-3, 2007
- 3rd International Conference on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry www.ioconf.no

GIS for Oil & Gas [Event Ended]
Houston, Sept 24-26, 2007
- 16th Annual GIS for Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition gita.org/events/oil_gas/07/index.asp

IBC Digital Oilfields conference [Event Ended]
London, Sept 25-26 2007
- Using technology and organisational change to achieve integrated operations in oilfields www.smi-online.co.uk/ewo3.asp

Real-Time Production Optimisation - Forum [Event Ended]
Cascais, Portugal, 16-21 Sept 2007
- Learn about real time management and optimisation of production www.spe.org/spe/jsp/meeting/0,2460,1104_1535_5747725,00.html

IQPC Oil & Gas Exchange US 2007 [Event Ended]
Houston, September 12-13 2007
- Innovate in Your Business Model, Maximise ROI from Your People, Exploit the potential of your IT/IS systems www.iqpc.com/us/oilandgasexchange/DEJ

ECIM [Event Ended]
Haugesund, Norway, Sept 10-12 2007
- Annual E&P data and information management user meeting www.ecim.no

Offshore Europe [Event Ended]
Aberdeen., September 4-7 2007
- Major offshore exhibition, with an 'Intelligent Energy' zone www.offshore-europe.co.uk/

IQPC knowledge management Kuala Lumpur [Event Ended]
Crowne Plaza Mutiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 28-29, 2007
- Data & Knowledge Management For Asian Oil and Gas 2007 www.iqpc.com/cgi-bin/templates/document.html?topic=229&event=13449&document=98470

PNEC Conferences [Event Ended]
Houston, June 27-29, 2007
- 11th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, Information and Data Management pnecconferences.com/houstonconferencemain.aspx

Mobile Satellite Users Association [Event Ended]
Baltimore, May 21-23, 2007
- Annual conference and exhibition www.msua.org/msua4

SPE / EAGE [Event Ended]
London, June 11-14, 2007
- SPE EUROPEC and the 69th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition - geoscientific and reservoir engineering event www.eage.org/events/index.php?eventid=10&Opendivs=s2

SPE - drilling technology solutions event [Event Ended]
Abu Dhabi, June 11-13, 2007
- Drilling Technology Solutions for Achieving Today's Production Targets www.spe.org/atws

World Oil Visualisation Preview Showcase [Event Ended]
Kuurne, Belgium, May 24, 2007
- One day session on visualisation issues guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=2cd31160-4524-44c3-8dab-3469db39f2a3

SubOptic 2007 [Event Ended]
Baltimore, May 14-17, 2007
- Conference about underground / subsea fibre optic cables www.suboptic.org

Energistics [Event Ended]
Paris, May 14-16, 2007
- WITSML meeting www.energistics.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=16

7th Middle East Information Management Forum [Event Ended]
Abu Dhabi, May 14-16 2007
- Event organised by ADNOC and Schlumberger about Exploration & Production Information Management implementations in the Middle East www.slb.com/content/about/events/200703_middle_east_forum.asp

Future Fields Summit 2007 [Event Ended]
Central London, May 9-10 2007
- Conference "transforming E&P through Integration: people, processes & technology www.futurefields.com/UK/futurefields/DEJ

IQPC Real Time Field Management Asia 2007 [Event Ended]
Kuala Lumpur, April 24-25, 2007
- Achieving smart oilfields for optimal production through effective management and integration of human, technical and technological capabilities. www.iqpc.co.uk/cgi-bin/templates/singlecell.html?topic=229&event=12013

PNEC Conferences [Event Ended]
Amsterdam, April 19-20, 2007
- 11th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, information and Data Management pnecconferences.com/amsterdam.aspx

SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition [Event Ended]
Houston, Apr 11-12, 2007
- Digital technology as an enabler of intelligent processes, improved decision making, and enhanced value. www.spe.org/spe/jsp/meeting/0,2460,1104_1535_5458082,00.html

China Oil and Gas Summit 2007 [Event Ended]
Beijing, Mar 22-23, 2007
- Gathering for executives of Chinese oil and gas industry. 4th annual event. Covers latest developments and future prospects. www.ibgintl.com/events/cogs2007/index.htm

Petrophysical input for reservoir simulation [Event Ended]
Geological Society, Piccadilly, London, 07 Feb 2007
- SPE seminar directed towards reservoir engineers and geoscientists allowing industry experts to share their knowledge and experience to improve reservoir modelling skills. london.spe.org/eventsOpen.cfm?id=29

SMI E&P data and information management [Event Ended]
London, Jan 31 - Feb 1, 2007
- Hear about developing information management tools to assist in measurable performance improvement www.smi-online.co.uk/events/programme.asp?is=5&ref=2465

SATCON ? the Satellite and Content Delivery Conference & Expo [Event Ended]
New York, Nov 29-30, 2006
- SATCON features applications for satellite, content delivery and communications including video, voice, data and internet over satellite, fiber and hybrid networks. www.satconexpo.com

Production and Cased Hole Logging 2006 [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, Nov 28 - 29, 2006
- Best Practice Logging Strategies for Effective Data Acquisition, Interpretation & Optimisation www.iqpc.co.uk/GB-2822/2020

PETEX 2006 Conference & Exhibition [Event Ended]
Olympia, London, Nov 21-23, 2006
- 10th Potroleum Society of Great Britain Technical Conference. Covers: Future Energy Challenges, Advances in Seismic Technology, Field Monitoring and Management, and other Technology themes www.pesgb.org.uk/pesgb/S3/S3_where_&_who.asp

IQPC's Real Time Technology and Workforce Integration Conference [Event Ended]
Dubai, Nov 13-14, 2006
- speakers from Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company, HP, Paras Consulting, BP www.iqpc.ae/cgi-bin/templates/genevent.html?topic=229&event=10911&

Oil and Gas Exchange 2006 [Event Ended]
Novotel West, London, Nov 13-14, 2006
- http://www.iqpc.co.uk/cgi-bin/templates/singlecell.html?topic=229&event=10664

POSC exhibition and seminar [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, Oct 17-20, 2006
- Wellsite Information Transfer Standard ML (WITSML) SIG Technical Working Meetings www.posc.org/meetings/oct06WITsig/

Strategic Asset Management for Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Forum [Event Ended]
Amsterdam, Sep 4-5, 2006
- Practical Strategies for Optimising your Organisation?s Asset Performance and Efficiency www.marcusevans.com/events/CFEventinfo.asp?EventID=10955

Intelligent Wells Asia 2006 [Event Ended]
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 29-30, 2006
- Speakers from Qatar Petroleum, BG India, Petronas, Brunei Shell Petroleum, POSC, Concoco Philips www.iqpc.co.uk/cgi-bin/templates/singlecell.html?topic=229&event=10295

Future Fields [Event Ended]
Amsterdam, June 13-14 2006
- IQPC conference about digital E&P including best practise planning and implementation. Speakers from Microsoft, Chevron, Shell, Conoco Phillips www.futurefields.com

Energy Telecommunications and Electrical Association (Entelec) [Event Ended]
Houston, April 19-21 2006
- Speakers include Caprock, CISCO, PetroCom and Shell www.entelec.org

Intelligent Energy 2006, Amsterdam [Event Ended]
Amsterdam, April 11-13, 2006
- exhibition / conference about IT in oil and gas www.ie2006.com/

PPDM Adelaide [Event Ended]
Adelaide, March 14-15, 2006
- Public Petroleum Data Model Association meeting www.ppdm.org/events/winter_conf/index.html

Digital Energy 2006 [Event Ended]
Houston, Feb 21-22 2006
- Topics include Production Operations Monitoring, collaboration technology, knowledge transfer between personnel ?right knowledge to right people at right time?, optimising assets, data management ?too much, too little or too late?, new geological technology, ?on demand? business www.spe.org/web/de

E&P data and information management [Event Ended]
London, Feb 1-2, 2006
- speakers from ExxonMobil, Shell, ENI, Schlumberger, BG, Landmark www.smi-online.co.uk/epdata.asp

E&P Knowledge and data management [Event Ended]
London, Jan 30-31 2006
- speakers from POSC, Repsol, Total, Statoil, Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, ENI www.oilandgasiq.com/cgi-bin/templates/singlecell.html?topic=233&event=8689

SAP E+P customer meeting [Event Ended]
Houston, Jan 29 2006
- meeting for users of SAP's xIEP oil and gas software www.sap.com/company/events/search/overview/index.epx?EventID=2016

Geospatial Information & Technology Association [Event Ended]
Houston, Sept 19-21 2005
- covers applications and technologies for Exploration and Production, Gathering, Land/Lease, Pipeline, Retail, Refining, and Marketing www.gita.org/events/oil_gas/05/

Offshore Europe ? Digital Energy Zone [Event Ended]
Aberdeen, Sept 6-9 2005
- IT section at offshore technology event in Aberdeen www.offshore-europe.co.uk/digital-energy-zone/

9th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration e-Commerce and Data Management [Event Ended]
Houston, April 20-22, 2005
- described as ?the staple of the upstream data management community? with 250 attendees this year www.posc.org/Meetings-External/9DM-Conf-Brochure1-19-05.pdf

PNEC Conferences [Event Ended]
Amsterdam, April 19-20, 2007
- 11th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, information and Data Management pnecconferences.com/amsterdam.aspx

PNEC - London [Event Ended]
London, January 30-31, 2008
- 12th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration, Information and Data Management pnecconferences.com/LondonCFP.aspx


Software

Petrolink International
Houston, USA
- IT service provider to oil and gas industry www.petrolink.net

oildex
Denver, USA
- electronic purchasing systems for oil and gas www.oildex.com

Digital Oilfield
Calgary, Canada
- based in Houston - tool for managing communications between oil companies and suppliers, electronic invoicing www.digitaloilfield.com

The Information Store

- oil and gas information management company - clients include Chevron, BP and Shell www.istore.com

OpenSpirit
Sugarland, Texas, USA
- Houston company developing middleware to link together software from different vendors in oil and gas www.openspirit.com

SAP
international
- World leader in enterprise systems for oil and gas www.sap.com/industries/oil-gas/index.epx

Wellpoint Systems
Calgary, Canada
- based in Calgary – sells Microsoft software to oil and gas industry – including accounting software, crude oil marketing, pipeline and terminal management, drilling lifecycle management software, communications and training www.wellpoint.ca/

Landmark Graphics
Houston, USA
- part of Halliburton – claims to be “leading provider of software and services for oil and gas industry” – develops tools for exploration, production, drilling, business decision analysis and data management, including 3D seismic interpretation www.lgc.com/

Digital Oilfield
Calgary, Canada
- internet systems for invoicing and finance in energy industry www.digitaloilfield.com

Trango Systems
Calgary, Canada
- based in Calgary – software to manage and sell seismic data www.trangotech.com

Petris Technology
Houston, USA
- Data and knowledge management company for oil and gas industry – based in Houston. Supplies online applications, data management services www.petris.com/

Aspen Technology
Boston, Massachussets
- software tools for oil and gas system design and performance management www.aspentech.com/

Schlumberger
Houston, USA
- “worlds leading supplier of technology, project management and information solutions to oil and gas industry” – services for Processing, Interpretation, Integration, and Connectivity of E&P Data – IT infrastructure management, data and consulting www.slb.com

Oil exchange
Denver, USA
- server based computing solutions. www.oilexchange.com

OFS Portal
Houston, USA
- e-commerce system for supplies to upstream oil and gas industry www.ofs-portal.com

Tigress
Buckinghamshire, UK
- software, services and data management company –– wants to get into exploration and production data management business. www.tigress.co.uk

Digital Energy Exchange
Aberdeen, UK
- UK company – services for oil and gas industry to e-mail large files to each other www.deex.com/

New Century Software
Fort Collins, USA
- Geographical Information Systems and data management technology for gas and liquids hazardous pipeline industry, including data conversion and data management www.newcenturysoftware.com/

CIMAGE NOVASOFT
Berkshire, UK
- claims to be “Leading Information Management Solution for the oil and gas industry”. Helped Marathon Oil (UK) reduce amount of paper distributed by 80 per cent, or 150,000 pages per month www.cimageoilandgas.com/

3esi
Calgary, Canada
- SOA solution www.3esi.com/solutions/solutions.htm

Matrikon
Edmonton, Canada
- web-based products and optimization services to oil and gas including resource planning, maintenance optimisation, production optimisation and IT infrastructure www.matrikon.com/

Impress
Waltham, MA, USA
- tools to connect SAP with Microsoft software www.impress.com

Ideas International
Livingstone, New Jersey, USA
- oil and gas software company. Makes tools to deliver metrics to managers across the company, manage relations with suppliers and partners, operations and financial management. Based in New Jersey with offices in Florida, Texas, Calgary, Tunis, Moscow and Jakarta www.ideasintl.com

Exprodat
Colorado, USA
- software development and IT consulting. Based in US and UK. www.exprodat.com/

Geologic
Calgary, Canada
- supplies oil and gas industry in Alberta – makes geoSCOUT upstreatm datamanagement tool. www.geologic.com

Energy Sys
Guildford, UK
- makes pipeline management software, accounting, knowledge management. Launched at Offshore Europe event Sept 2005 www.energysys.com/

EDS
USA
- industry software company with activities in oil and gas www.eds.com/industries/energy/

Quadrem
Plano, Texas, USA
- internet systems for invoicing, checking contract compliance www.quadrem.com

Enertia Software
Midland, Texas, USA
- makes enterprise software for oil and gas industry www.enertia-software.com

Peak Group
Aberdeen, UK
- Well management company - makes software for well construction and performance management www.peak-group.com

Oilware
Houston, USA
- software development and consulting for oil and gas www.oilware.com

Pgas
Houston, USA
- claims to be world leader in natural gas measurement software www.pgas.com/

Communications

Thuraya
Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Mobile satcom company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, specialising in oil and gas industry, currently with lowest cost mobile satellite calls Thuraya to Thuraya handset www.thuraya.com

Digital PetroData
Denver, USA
- provides data to the E+P industry covering Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Alaska and Gulf of Mexico Basin www.digitalpetrodata.com

Silkwater Technology
New Jersey, USA
- New Jersey company, does telecom consulting for oil and gas www.silkwatertech.com/

NESSCO
Aberdeen, UK
- UK company which specialises in oil and gas telecommunications www.nessco.co.uk/

Hermes Datacomms
Shrewsbury, UK
- claims to be "foremost provider of IT and Communications solutions for oil and gas operations in Central Asia and the Former Soviet Union". Operations in Siberia, Sakhalin, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Indonesia. Includes fibre, satellite, managed LANs. Operations in Siberia, Sakhalin, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Indonesia. Includes fibre, satellite, managed LANs. www.hermes-datacomms.co.uk

Gulf Fibre Corporation
Houston, USA
- lays fibre for offshore oil. Based in Houston. Has an underwater fibre network. www.gulffibercorp.com/

Petrocom
Harahan, USA
- GSM network in Gulf of Mexico www.petrocom.com/

Caprock
Houston, USA
- provides VSAT communications to oil and gas industry www.caprock.com

Skyport
Houston, USA
- VSAT / broadband company in Houston specialising in oil and gas www.skyportsecure.com

SARS
Bellevue, USA
- Satellite monitoring for oil and gas industry www.sarsinc.com/

Microwave Data
Rochester, New York
- company makes systems for rugged wireless data communication www.microwavedata.com

North Sea Communications
Norway
- Commercial fibre optic network in North Sea owned by Telia connected to Norway and UK www.norseacom.com/

Iridium
Bethesda, USA
- Global low cost mobile satellite system for voice and 2.4kbps data www.iridium.com

TSAT
Hvalstad, Norway
- 14.4 kbps commununications, using 1.2m dishes www.tsat.no

Inmarsat
London, UK
- Mobile satcom company based in London – just launched Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) with mobile satcom services up to 492 kbps at $4 to $7 per megabyte www.inmarsat.com

SAIC
USA
- develops ocean bottom fibre optic cables. Develops SCADA systems www.saic.com/

Castell Satcom Radio
Shrewsbury, UK
- provides VSAT and satcoms to oil and gas industry www.castellsatcomradio.com/

RigNet
Houston, USA
- specialist in oil rig communication – based in Houston, Singapore, Norway www.rig.net/

Alcatel
Paris, France
- builds a range of communication solutions for oil and gas focussing on offshore and pipelines www.alcatel.com/professional_services/oil_and_gas/

Emerging Markets Communications
Miami, USA
- Provides global satellite communications solutions www.emc-corp.net

Australian Satellite Services
Thebarton, Australia
- satcom services in Australia to entertainment , military, marine, transport, agricultural, mining and oil and gas industries www.ascs.com.au/

Compspec DPI
Houston, USA
- satcom consultancy in Houston www.comspecdpi.com/

Plenexis
Hameln-Aerzen, Germany
- satellite communications company for multinationals and government, part of Stratos, based in Hameln-Aerzen, Germany www.plenexis.com/index_en.php

WFN Strategies
Virginia, USA
- “telecoms engineering and procurement support for remote and unique communication requirements” – not specific to oil and gas www.wfnstrategies.com

Control / Automation

Reslink
Norway
- specialist in drilling completions, including intelligent well completions www.reslink.no

Expro Group

- Expro Group - http://www.exprogroup.com/ - developed Cableless Telemetry System enabling data from well sensors to be communicated without cabling www.exprogroup.com

Vmonitor
Houston, Texas
- Specialist in wireless automation systems for oil and gas industry www.vmonitor.com

Insight Automation
Berthoud, USA
- based in Denver – automation systems www.insightautomation.com/

Honeywell
international
- one of world's largest automation companies hpsweb.honeywell.com/Cultures/en-US/IndustrySolutions/OilGas/default.htm

Easywell
norway
- specialist in downhole technologies, including smart wells. www.ews.as/about/profile/

Eproduction Solutions
Texas, USA
- Eproduction Solutions - http://www.ep-solutions.com/ - part of Weatherford, produces solutions for optimising production including artificial lift, automating fields, monitoring pipeline operations www.ep-solutions.com

In-depth systems
Louisiana, US
- makes depth control tools. Owned by Marathon Oil Company. Includes RFID tag system along the side ot the well, so the perforation guns know when to fire www.wellboreDNA.com

Kongsberg
Kongsberg, Norway
- makes a range of oil and gas automation equipment, including simulators for operator training and working out how a control system will behave in different scenarios www.kongsberg.com

Martech Systems
Denver, USA
- services US Rocky Mountain Region – installs field automation systems and data acquistion systems martech-csi.com/

The OilPro Game

- simulates a petroleum production facility, including health, safety and environmental considerations and shrinking workforce www.mfg-game.com/oilprogamehome.html

Control Microsystems
Ottawa, Canada
- automation and SCADA systems, including for crude oil production www.controlmicrosystems.com

Gulf Coast Carbon Center -
Austin, Texas
- Industry-academic partnership developing expertise to design and conduct carbon sequestration tests since 1998. Sponsors include KinderMorgan, BP, Chevron, Praxair, NRG, Entergy, Schlumberger, Marathon Oil Corporation, Shell, Luminant, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin Energy and the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. www.beg.utexas.edu/environqlty/co201.htm

Standards Bodies

Public Petroleum Data Model Association
Calgary, Canada
- Calgary based association which develops data communications standards for oil and gas industry www.ppdm.org 

Energistics
Houston, USA
- data standards for well (WITSML) and production (PRODML) data www.energistics.org

Earth / GIS

Seismic Microtechnology
Houston, USA
- seismic data evaluation www.seismicmicro.com/

ER Mapper
West Leederville, Australia
- earth imaging mapping for oil and gas industry www.ermapper.com –

Digital Globe
Longmont, USA
- sells satellite photos for oil and gas geographic information systems - can be used for exploration, monitoring, planning, mapping, data integration www.digitalglobe.com

Metacarta
Cambridge, Masschussets
- geographic tools for oil and gas www.metacarta.com/industries/energy.asp

IT Consultants

Volantice
UK
- UK oil and gas IT consultant www.volantice.com

Aupec
Aberdeen, UK
- Aberdeen specialist in benchmarking and economic consulting to oil and gas www.aupec.com

Fast Frog
Aberdeen, Scotland
- Scottish oil and gas IT consultancy. “stimulate strategic development, especially in the area of the digital oilfield, www.fast-frog.com

Paras Consulting
London, UK
- “turning sub-surface uncertainty into business value” – specialist in subsurface technology, workflow management, data management and IT infrastructure. Based on Isle of Wight, UK www.paras-consulting.com/

Flare Solutions
UK 1628 code
- information management consulting to energy business www.flare-solutions.com

Kadme
Stavanger, Norway
- consulting services and software to oil exploration and production. www.kadme.com

Accenture
international
- Offers range of IT consulting services to all areas of energy industry www.accenture.com/Global/Services/By_Industry/Energy/#list1

Petrochemical Data Systems
Den Haag, Netherlands
- IT consultancy to oil business www.pds.nl/

Eclipse Petroleum Technology
Aberdeen, UK
- petroleum engineering consultancy with emphasis on IT www.eclipse-petrotech.co.uk

Venture Information Management
Aberdeen
- Aberdeen based consultancy in information management strategy and implementation, data quality improvement, records management, database management www.venture.co.uk

Data Management

OilCamp
Stavanger, Norway
- based in Stavanger, owned by Telenor. Tools to help oil and gas industry communicate www.oilcamp.com

Intellifield
Kristiansand, Norway
- products, systems and solutions for real time remote operations to the oil and gas industry www.intellifield.no

OSISoft
San Leandro, California, USA
- manages and distributes control system data www.osisoft.com/industries/5_173.aspx

Tibco
Palo Alto, California
- makes automatic well data management systems for upstream www.tibco.com/solutions/energy/upstream.jsp

Academic

Centre for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies
Los Angeles, USA
- Centre of Excellence” at University of Southern California established jointly by ChevronTexaco. Research areas include asset management, improving well productivity, robotics, artificial intelligence, embedded and network systems, reservoir management, data management tools. Has 23 researchers. cisoft.usc.edu

Data Systems / Servers

Hewlett Packard
international
- supplies and manages servers for high data applications h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/5812-0-0-0-121.html

CISCO
international
- systems and IT networks for oil and gas www.cisco.com/global/UK/solutions/ent/manufacturing/oil_gas/index.shtml

Next Computing
New Hampshire, USA
- claims to have "highest-performance mobile computing solutions on the E&P Market" (ie very powerful large laptops) www.nextcomputing.com/oilgassolution.htm

Seismic / Prospect evaluation / Visualisation

Paradigm GEO
Houston, USA
- software and services for prospect generation and evaluation www.paradigmgeo.com

Western Geco
London, UK
- The world's largest seismic company - reservoir imaging, monitoring and development. Part of Schlumberger www.westerngeco.com/

Geographix
Colorado, USA
- seismic data analysis using Windows software www.geographix.com

Petroleum GeoServices
Lysaker, Norway
- oilfield service company, specialises in seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation www.pgs.com

Fugro-Jason
Houston, USA
- Seismic data analysis www.fugro-jason.com/

Input Output
Texas, USA
- seismic solutions provider www.i-o.com/

Fairfield
Sugarland, Texas, USA
- seismic solutions provider www.fairfield.com/

Modviz
Oakland, California.
- software to model 3D data www.modviz.com

OYO Geospace
Houston, USA
- develops Seismic reservoir monitoring solutions www.oyogeospace.com

Interactive Network Technologies
Houston, USA
- data visualisation tools www.int.com

Reservoir management systems

Roxar
Stavanger, Norway
- reservoir management and production optimisation services www.roxar.com

NSI Upstream
Louisiana, US
- well management tools www.nsiupstream.com

Pipeline management software

Energy Solutions
Houston, USA
- software to manage pipelines www.energy-solutions.com

Seismic

Kelman
Calgary, Canada
- makes seismic data processing software, data management software www.kelman.com

A2D
Houston, USA
- Design and processing of seismic surveys www.a2d.com