Schlumberger and Sense Intellifield Sign Agreement to Collaborate on Interactive Drilling Operation Centers.ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Schlumberger today announced it has signed a joint marketing agreement with Sense Intellifield to provide customers with design and installation of real-time drilling operation centers. To strengthen the total offering, Schlumberger will provide operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. and technical services including the analysis and interpretation of data, software, connectivity and data security. Sense Intellifield will provide complementary design, construction, commissioning, hardware and software, and system support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . In 2002, Statoil worked with Sense Intellifield to build its first drilling operation support center in Stjordal for its Halten Nordland area. Based on the success of this center, Statoil has established several collaboration and operation rooms for operations in both Norway and internationally. "Statoil uses collaborative real-time environments to remotely monitor, model and control processes to optimize drilling," said Peter Nielsen Peter Nielsen can refer to:
Backed by experience in developing collaboration centers and more than 15-years experience in real-time drilling operations, Schlumberger presently operates 27 in-house drilling operation centers worldwide. The first center, built in 1995 in Aberdeen, securely monitors drilling operations for North Sea customers. These centers give customers secure access to the Schlumberger InterAct(a) real-time monitoring and data delivery technology and expertise. "This collaboration brings together the complementary services of both Schlumberger and Sense Intellifield," said Paal Kibsgaard, president, Drilling & Measurements, Schlumberger. "As demonstrated with Statoil, we provide the flexibility to run real-time operations from the customer's center, our center or a combination of both, to optimize the drilling process by reducing cost and risk. Moving forward, we want to leverage this collaboration to offer industry-leading real-time drilling operation centers. With this agreement we are offering customers the strongest interactive drilling operation solution in the market." Sense Intellifield, the industry leader in purpose-built, remote drilling operation centers, has constructed over 80 systems in the North Sea and elsewhere. Sense Intellifield offers equipment and services for the automation and remote operation of offshore installations. This allows customers to transfer working processes to land-based sites, enabling efficiency gains. About Schlumberger Schlumberger (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SLB SLB Solomon Islands (ISO Country code) SLB Schlumberger Ltd. (oil field services firm) SLB Server Load Balancing SLB Sport Lisboa e Benfica (soccer) ) is the world's leading oilfield services company supplying technology, project management and information solutions that optimize performance for customers working in the oil and gas industry. The company employs more than 58,000 people of over 140 nationalities working in more than 80 countries, and comprises two business segments. Schlumberger supplies a wide range of products and services from 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". through directional drilling Directional drilling (sometimes known as slant drilling outside the oil industry) is the science of drilling non-vertical wells. Directional drilling can be broken down into three main groups: Oilfield Directional Drilling, Utility Installation Directional Drilling (commonly , well cementing and stimulation, well completions and productivity to consulting, software, information management and IT infrastructure services that support core industry operational processes. WesternGeco, jointly owned with Baker Hughes Baker Hughes NYSE: BHI is the world's third-largest oilfield services company behind Schlumberger & Halliburton, its main competitors. Baker Hughes provides the world's oil & gas industry with products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production. , is the world's largest seismic company and provides advanced acquisition and data processing services. In 2004, Schlumberger operating revenue operating revenue Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue. was $11.48 billion. For more information, visit www.slb.com. (a) Mark of Schlumberger |
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