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Title Date Author Publication Type Description
Digital Energy Journal
Note: To view the issue you have to register with Digital Energy Journal, this issue is under 'Download Past Issues'.		 Sept. - Oct. 2007 Digital Energy Journal White Paper
  • On Page 44: An article about the PPDM Association, and articles about some of our members on other pages.
  • On page 24: A write-up about the May Future Fields conference in London, at which Trudy Curtis spoke.
Upstream Data Deluge Jan. 2007 Nickle's White Paper
  • Featured Members: Divestco, Energy Navigator Inc., geoLOGIC systems ltd., IHS Energy, Petro-Canada, Petrosys, Schlumberger and Trango Technologies Inc.
  • Contact us if you would like a printed version of this publication sent to you.
  • Find out what Techstreet, who distributes international standards, has to say about "The Myth of Free Standards."
  • Read a paper about the Chevron Seer project (PDF), which uses PPDM in the warehouse layer.
Standards-based knowledge environments for the oil and gas industry Trudy Curtis White Paper Trudy Curtis, CEO and CIO, Public Petroleum Data Model (PPDM) Association, explains the background to the association and its work. This article was also published in the journal "First Break" in January 2005. A spanish version is also available.
Service-Oriented Business Intelligence January 2006 Sean Gordon, Robert Grigg, Michael Horne, and Simon Thurman White Paper This article looks at the similarities and differences between Business Intelligence (BI) and Service Orientation (SO), two architectural paradigms that have developed independently. Here we define an architectural framework that leverages the strengths of BI and SO while defining guiding principles to ensure that the fundamental tenets of each of the component architectures are not broken.
PPDM Glossary N/A PPDM White Paper The following set of terms and definitions has been accumulated (informally) by the Association over the years.
PPDM Newsletter October 2009 October 2009 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Newsletter June 2009 June 2009 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Newsletter April 2009 April 2009 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Newsletter February 2009 February 2009 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Newsletter January 2009 January 2009 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Newsletter December 2008 December 2008 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Fall Newsletter 2008 Fall 2008 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Newsletter May 2008 May 2008 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM 2006-2007 A Year In Review 2006-2007 PPDM Newsletter Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM changes name to reflect expanding scope and industry demand October 21, 2008 PPDM Press Release Updates on PPDM's Events, Conferences and Metamodel
PPDM Meeting Builds on 12 Years of Successfull Petroleum Data Management September 10, 2008 PPDM Press Release
PPDM Version 3.8 Released July 7, 2008 PPDM Press Release
Energistics and PPDM Sign Memorandum of Understanding April 17, 2008 PPDM, Energistics Press Release
What is a Well? July/August 2009 New Technology Article What is a Well?: PPDM’s mammoth effort to streamline well description lingo catching on
PPDM for Chevron January 2008 Oil IT Journal Article Chevron declares the Public Petroleum Data Model preferred upstream enterprise data model. Following multiple pilots, PPDM 3.8 forms master data backbone to Chevron's upstream architecture.
PPDM master data at heart of Oracle's Digital Oilfield February 2008 Oil IT Journal Article Speaking at the recent Oracle Crystal Ball user group (OITJ Jan 08) Oracle's oil and gas supremo David Shimbo updated Oracle's digital oilfield (ODO) initiatives (OITJ June 07). Shimbo restated Oracle's commitment to delivering digital oilfield solutions by providing an E&P data management framework, an application integration architecture and PPDM-based master data management. The architecture will allow oil companies to deploy best-of-breed applications with integrated data access across the enterprise.
Chevron – Well Done PPDM, Chevron Article No one would accuse Chevron of thinking small. The California-based petroleum company produces over 2.6 million b/d from 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent reserves. It invests billions of dollars every year in major exploration projects from the Gulf of Mexico to Angola, and owns refineries, gas stations and other petroleum outlets in 175 countries. Oil and gas are transported in over 22,000 km of their pipelines and 44 seagoing vessels.
PDVSA - A Tidal Wave of Data Gordon Cope Use Case A National Oil Company looks to manage its G&G data.
Talisman - Icing on the Cake Gordon Cope Use Case Getting a handle on G&G data through integrated information management
Oilware - Clearing the log jam Gordon Cope Use Case Making sense of Well Logs
Petrosys - Ready, Set, Go Gordon Cope Use Case Making better E&P decisions through open data model standards