New technology integrates upstream, operational data

Sept. 21, 2009
CSC has released its Petroleum Enterprise Intelligence, a business intelligence application designed to help companies integrate technical, operational, and financial information.

Offshore staff

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia -- CSC has released its Petroleum Enterprise Intelligence, a business intelligence application designed to help companies integrate technical, operational, and financial information.

The solution, which employs Oracle’s business intelligence applications and the Information Store’s (iStore) data access and visualization technology, enables companies to understand the financial impact of field decisions, optimize well production, and maximize effectiveness of operational decisions, the company says. Integrating upstream and operational systems data, Petroleum Enterprise Intelligence provides analytical functions for exploration and production, refining and pipeline marketing, energy trading, financials, supply chain, and workforce management. The offering addresses four key areas: business processes, information management, operations, and technology infrastructure.

“The Petroleum Enterprise Intelligence solution enables the presentation of data across the enterprise from geoscientists to engineers, including non-specialists, through use of business intelligence functionality, as well as modeling, planning, and analytics,” says Catherine Madden, senior research analyst for Energy Insights, IDC. “We believe that for oil and gas companies, a comprehensive view of the data permits a company to prioritize different opportunities. At the same time, key decision makers for all assets are using a single view of the inputs, and able to collaborate with other decision makers to determine where to optimize plans."

09/21/2009