Early Success - Realizing Value from a Global R5000 Software Upgrade at Shell.HOUSTON -- Landmark, a brand of Halliburton (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HAL Hal: see Halle, Belgium. hal In Sufism, a state of mind reached from time to time by mystics during their journey toward God. The ahwal (plural of hal) are God-given graces that appear when a soul is purified of its attachments to the material world. ), announced today that it had, in partnership with Shell, completed the first of several critical deployments in the global rollout of R5000 versions of Landmark software. "With R5000, we offer many innovations, including improving multi-user collaboration through OpenWorks[R] software; adding new workflows, such as pre-stack seismic data interpretation; and streamlining existing workflows," said Paul Koeller, vice president of Halliburton Software and Asset Solutions. "Shell's rollout of R5000 is one of the largest and most ambitious global deployments of R5000. It has been a privilege to be involved in the partnership and to share in their success." Additional benefits of R5000 include the simplification in management of cartographic car·tog·ra·phy n. The art or technique of making maps or charts. [French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus and seismic data along with the ability to integrate proprietary subsurface sub·sur·face adj. Of, relating to, or situated in an area beneath a surface, especially the surface of the earth or of a body of water. Adj. 1. applications with vendor applications using a standard data format. A standard global approach was taken when rolling out this project, including common architecture, hardware, software applications and workflows to achieve cost savings in IT infrastructure. Shell began its production upgrade to the new R5000 versions of Landmark software in the company's Americas Region in April 2009. Today, all of Shell's asset teams in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Brazil have been upgraded to the R5000 versions of Landmark's software. Once complete, the R5000 deployment within Shell will encompass 28 sites worldwide, including locations in Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. About Landmark Landmark is the premier provider of software and technology services for the upstream oil and gas industry. Its software solutions, built for the DecisionSpace[R] environment, help improve insight from data in ways never possible before, across the entire exploration and production life cycle. Landmark's technology deployment and hosting services, petrotechnical computing portfolio, software training, and certified See certification. customer support are globally available to help its customers realize the maximum return on their technology investments. Visit www.halliburton.com/landmark for more information. About Halliburton Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. With more than 50,000 employees in approximately 70 countries, the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the life cycle of the reservoir - from locating hydrocarbons hydrocarbons (hīˈ·drō·kärˑ·b  nz),n. and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation In petroleum exploration and development, formation evaluation is used to determine whether a potential oil or gas field is commercially viable. Essentially, it is the process of "recognizing a commercial well when you drill one". , well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field. Visit the company's Web site at www.halliburton.com. |
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