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Schlumberger , IBM and Red Hat Announce Major Hybrid Cloud Collaboration for the Energy Industry
Schlumberger , IBM and Red Hat , announced today a major collaboration to accelerate digital transformation across the oil and gas industry . The joint initiative will provide global access to Schlumberger ’ s leading exploration and production ( E & P ) cloud-based environment and cognitive applications by leveraging IBM ’ s hybrid cloud technology , built on the Red Hat OpenShift container platform .
Collaborative development will initially focus on two key areas :
• Private , hybrid or multi-cloud deployment of the DELFI * cognitive E & P environment enabled by Red Hat OpenShift to significantly expand access for customers .
• Delivering the first hybrid cloud implementation of the OSDU™ data platform ( the open data platform for the industry ).
Through the agreement with IBM and Red Hat , Schlumberger has committed to the exclusive use of Red Hat OpenShift . Using the container platform will enable the deployment of applications in the DELFI environment across any infrastructure , from traditional data centers to multiple clouds , including private and public . This new way of hosting will offer the possibility to use multiple cloud providers and will address critical issues for customers , facilitating in-country deployments in compliance with local regulations and data residency requirements .
The DELFI environment incorporates cutting-edge data analytics and artificial intelligence , drawing upon multiple data sources , automating workflows , and facilitating seamless collaboration for domain teams . Many more oil and gas operators , suppliers and partners , from all regions of the world will be enabled to work from the industry ’ s leading digital environment — built on a standard , open platform — where they can ‘ write once and run everywhere ’ when creating new applications .
“ By expanding market access to the DELFI environment we take a major step forward on the journey to establishing the open and flexible digital environment our industry needs , “ comments Olivier Le Peuch , chief executive officer , Schlumberger . “ Our collaboration with IBM and Red Hat complements our established digital partnerships to produce an industry-first solution to overcome our customers ’ challenges . Together , we are enabling seamless access to a hybrid cloud platform in all countries across the globe for deployment in any basin , for any operator .”
“ The logic , purpose , and differentiation of all businesses can now be rendered in code , which is why digital innovation has become the most powerful way to drive transformation and hybrid cloud is the lever that unleashes it ,” said Arvind Krishna , chief executive officer , IBM . “ Together with Schlumberger , we are empowering a much broader group of participants to play a role in driving that transformation and helping the energy industry solve some of the world ’ s toughest challenges to emerge stronger .”
“ The energy industry is transforming as organizations look for efficient new ways to power their operations , adopt digital technologies to create a competitive advantage , and innovate and integrate workflows to make faster and better decisions ,” said Paul Cormier , president and chief executive officer , Red Hat . “ A hybrid cloud foundation built on open source offers the flexibility , acceleration and innovation this digital transformation requires . Schlumberger has long been an industry leader and is bold in its vision for digital transformation in the energy industry . We look forward to working closely with Schlumberger to make the DELFI environment available everywhere with Red Hat OpenShift .”
Schlumberger supports many of the world ’ s most vital oil and gas operations and is on the forefront of digitalization across the energy sector . It has established the DELFI environment as the industryleading cognitive E & P environment where today energy professionals access open APIs to work together , independent of role , workflow or physical location , and create solutions that significantly improve business operations .
The organizations intend to further their collaboration with the creation of a differentiated data management and operations solution for the OSDU™ data platform , enabling oil and gas operators to build , deploy and transition digital solutions with hybrid-cloud data infrastructures . This will foster wider collaboration and greater efficiency across many professionals in the E & P value chain .
Prior to this announcement , Schlumberger , IBM and Red Hat successfully piloted the new hybrid cloud deployment of the DELFI environment on Red Hat OpenShift , the leading Kubernetes platform , working with Red Hat and IBM Services , the world ’ s largest team of Red Hat certified consultants . The two organizations focused on demonstrating the flexibility and portability for compute , storage and data intensive exploration and field development applications .
IBM ’ s collaboration with Schlumberger is part of the company ’ s new commitment to invest in accelerating adoption of hybrid cloud and open architectures . IBM is targeting essential industries , such as energy , running the crucial processes of the world . These efforts are increasing in importance as organizations navigate the impacts of the pandemic and economic downturn , which is creating an acute need for speed to market , flexibility and nimbleness to encourage innovation . •
Neptune Energy Digitalises Drilling & Wells
Neptune Energy today announced it will adopt Halliburton ’ s DecisionSpace 365 well construction suite of cloud applications to consolidate all global drilling and wells activities , improve efficiency and significantly reduce non-productive time , leading to potential annual savings of more than $ 20 million .
The three-year agreement – part of Neptune ’ s digital subsurface programme – will create a platform for Neptune ’ s digital well program . It aims to reduce the duration for planning wells from weeks to days , automate engineering calculations and consolidate data currently held across multiple global locations into one .
Moving to a cloud-based solution will enable Neptune to incorporate artificial intelligence , machine learning and data analytics to solve upstream challenges and support the company ’ s overall digital transformation .
DecisionSpace 365 cloud applications will enable Neptune to build “ digital twins ” of its wells to not only plan and track their progress throughout their lifecycle , but to model opportunities to optimise performance and predict potential problems before they occur . It will also bring significant benefits to optimising inventories of Neptune ’ s plant , people and production resources .
Neptune ’ s Global Head of Drilling & Wells , Brett McIntyre , said : “ The industry faces unprecedented challenges at this time and new digital technologies are enabling E & P companies to be more efficient , maximise the value of their activities , reduce costs and support employees .
“ We see significant opportunities to enhance the safety and productivity of our global drilling and wells activities , reducing non-productive time and supporting our global teams ’ ability to work together to share knowledge and best practice .
“ Our technology and digitisation strategy aims to enable Neptune to be safer and more responsible , ensuring production efficiency and profitable growth from our globally-diverse , gas-weighted portfolio . By applying technology smartly , we can also reduce waste across the whole value chain and support our ability to be a safer , faster and better business .”
By consolidating data from Neptune ’ s four enterprise data management ( EDM ) environments into one system in the cloud , Neptune ’ s drilling and wells teams can access all well data from any location , at any time ; collaborate and share resources ; ensure consistent approaches across the business and reduce costs associated with using multiple software platforms . •
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