Stratos Global is deployment its new broadband service in the Gulf of Mexico.

Halliburton’s Landmark Software and Services has released DecisionSpace Desktop software to manage upstream technology workflows.

IDC Energy Insights is predicting that one impact of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be to increase IT spending.

The iStore has launched Digital Oilfield Express (DOX).

HB Rentals has teamed up with Datacom to provide onsite communications equipment and broadband services for HB Rentals’ customers.

Hitec Vision has agreed to acquire Tampnet AS from Statoil.

Petris Technology Inc. says PetrisWINDS ZEH Plot Express now supports ISys’ iTerra TL1290 multiple width log printer.

DNV has issued an optional Integrated Software Dependent Systems class, OS-203.

Stena Drilling has ordered a Loading Computer software package from Onboard-Napa for use on the deepwater drillship Stena DrillMAX.

The American Petroleum Institute has agreed to offer Urgent Technology Ltd.’s electronic maintenance system in the United States.

Kongsberg Maritime reports that the new Haugesund Simulatorcenter has ordered a range of offshore simulators for delivery next year.

Petris Technology Inc. reports it has joined the OpenSpirit Business Partner Program and that the move will result in the addition of a range of adaptors for workflow integration.

IBM has secured a five-year agreement with Statoil to pilot IBM’s Integrated Information Framework (IIF).

Techdrill has developed a new deepwater drilling application as part of its DSP-One well engineering software package.

Stena Drilling has ordered loading software from Onboard-Napa for the Stena DrillMAX ICE drillship under construction by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.

Software that optimizes pipeline flow chemistry and energy requirements is available from GL Noble Denton.

Shell and IBM have agreed to explore advanced techniques for reconciling geophysical and reservoir engineering field data using improved algorithms, analytics, and accelerated simulations.

Merrick Systems has launched Software as a Service (SaaS) technology solution, which allows companies to host their choice of Merrick’s production software package – field, operations, or enterprise – on its secure environment.

Fugro-Jason has released EarthModel FT 4.1, the latest version of its geologic modeling software.

Saudi Aramco has added a new super-computing system to its EXPEC Computer Center (ECC) to support the company’s exploration effort in the Red Sea and frontier areas, and to help optimize field development/improved recovery programs.

SBM Atlantia has contracted VWS Westgarth for sulfate reduction equipment for an FPSO on the Baleia Azul field, offshore Espirito Santo state, Brazil.

ExxonMobil Canada Properties has awarded a topsides front-end engineering and design contract for the topsides on the Hebron project to WorleyParsons Ltd.

Mott MacDonald has advised Zakum Development Co. (ZADCO) Abu Dhabi on diesel generator replacement at the Arzanah Island facility.