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The Oil Industry Working on Geospatial Integrity of Geoscience Software
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In another interesting entry from the Terra ETL blog, we learn "Devon Energy, Shell, and ExxonMobil and several other major oil companies have started a Joint Industry Project (JIP) entitled "Geospatial Integrity of Geoscience Software"". From the blog: "This Joint Industry Project is a good start and the people involved are knowledgeable in the field (many I've worked with when I was in Houston) and through this project we can hopefully know at the end, that the software we are using is providing accurate information and maintains geospatial integrity." See related stories below.
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The Geography of Oil
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Vector One links and discuss the oil industry and visualization technologies. Very Spatial discussed the geography of oil as main topic for their 38th episode. The Google Earth Blog also provide links to oil and geology related stuff for Google Earth. From the OilOnline article: "Yet, from 4D seismic and the dynamics of visualization rooms to state-of-the art software for drilling operations, technology is dramatically reducing the industry's historic trial-and-error statistics. [...] It's become increasingly evident that small independents having access to virtually the same technology as majors is changing the business landscape."
Oil and Gas Maps 1 comment
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Vector One links to an interesting collection of oil and gas related maps. It really offers many kinds of images (about 2000), not only maps, separated by area.
Oil Surveying and Mapping
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GeoPlace links to a short Technology Review article subtitled 'new algorithms are helping Shell to map possible oil reservoirs deep below the Gulf of Mexico'.. From the short article: "Generating maps of the deep and complex areas now under exploration by oil companies can take several people many months, says Richard Sears, a visiting scientist from Shell at MIT. Regions under study may be hundreds of kilometers in area and several kilometers deep. Those working to create 3-D maps of these areas must process huge amounts of data."
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