OSDU

The three companies have signed an agreement for Shell to use SLB software on the Amazon Web Services cloud with work flows using OSDU standards.

The Landmark DecisionSpace Geosciences software aims to incorporate geoscientists into the company’s digital work flow.

The new data-management platform is designed to increase access to energy data.

The company’s newest product will combine with Amazon Web Service’s efforts to ease access to data from the Open Subsurface Data Universe.

The agreement will use IBM’s hybrid-cloud technology and Red Hat’s OpenShift platform to expand access to Schlumberger’s Delfi exploration and production software suite.

The Open Group OSDU Forum aims to create a standard data platform on which members work collaboratively to enable secure, reliable, global access to all subsurface and well data.

Organizations interested in realizing the benefits of having data at the center of their firm will need to define numerous specific work scopes for the conversion of unstructured to structured data.

The combination of digital technologies will enable Chevron—and, eventually, other companies—to process, visualize, interpret, and glean insights from multiple data sources, the companies said.

Partnerships with big tech, tech startups, and innovative service companies—and the merging of their data, cloud, and software applications—are proving essential for operators in the scaling phase of digital deployment. Equinor, Microsoft, and Halliburton are among those joining forces.