Energistics Announces that Microsoft Joins Upstream Data Exchange Standards Consortium
Energistics Announces that Microsoft Joins Upstream Data Exchange Standards Consortium
HOUSTON, May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Energistics Consortium Inc. is pleased to welcome Microsoft as a new sustaining member, joining over 100 E&P, oilfield services, software development, integration and regulating companies that work together to define the formats, metadata and transfer protocols for upstream data exchanges.
Energistics provides a non-competitive, vendor neutral infrastructure that allows all member companies to collaborate towards the common goal of information-sharing and business process integration. Microsoft Azure provides intelligent, trusted, hybrid cloud infrastructure and services used by E&P companies around the world.
"Cloud computing services are now an integral part of the upstream IT ecosystem, so it is of great value to the Energistics community to have Microsoft Azure joining in the technical and strategic conversations we are having about the interaction of data standards and cloud," said Ross Philo, CEO of Energistics.
Kate Johnson, President, Microsoft U.S. added, "Microsoft is proud to join Energistics and be a digital transformation partner in conversations focused on data & cloud standards impacting the upstream oil & gas industry."
About Energistics
Energistics is the leading upstream oil and gas industry's data standards body. We are a global, non-profit consortium established over 25 years ago to bring together industry professionals in a neutral and collaborative environment to develop and deploy open data exchange standards and to address oil and gas information sharing challenges. Our members consist of integrated, independent and national oil companies, oilfield service companies, hardware and software vendors, system integrators, regulatory agencies and the global standards user community.
For more information, visit our website at www.energistics.org.
Contact information :
Philip Neri
philip.neri@energistics.org
Note to the Editor: Energistics Consortium Inc. is a non-profit standards development organization founded 26 years ago to provide the actors in the upstream oil & gas industry with a structure to develop, maintain and distribute data exchange format standards. The fast pace of digitalization of the oilfield these past 15 years has accelerated the interest in the consortium's activity. With well over 100 companies as members, the goal of deploying data standards for the safe operation of remote drilling and production facilities becomes a reality. The transfer of data across different software platforms also supports advanced collaborative scientific and engineering workflows. Consortium members include super-majors ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and Total, NOCs Saudi Aramco, Statoil, Petronas and Petrobras, independents Devon, Pioneer and Woodside, oilfield service companies Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes-GE and Kongsberg, Microsoft Azure and numerous software and data technology companies, to name but a few.
CONTACT: For further information on this news release or any other information on the consortium, please contact Philip Neri philip.neri@energistics.org or +1 713 302 059
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