Solution to Improve Core Operational Processes of the Offshore Minerals Management Program
HOUSTON - Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) announced today that the Offshore Minerals Management (OMM), a division of the United States Department of Interior Minerals Management Service (MMS), has selected SIS information and data management applications as the foundation components of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Connect Project.
John L. Price, project manager, OCS Connect, announced at the 2004 Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium annual members' meeting and conference that OMM will employ the SIS Seabed exploration and production (E&P) data model and database as part of the OCS Connect Project.
The OCS Connect Project is a phased, multiyear, electronic government (e-Government) transformation of the OMM program. The project aims to improve core operational processes of the OMM program, which includes replacement of legacy information management tools with state-of-the-art commercial products. These will help to meet the needs of the stakeholder and user communities such as federal, state and local government; private industry; the scientific community; international agencies; and the general public. Key benefits will include faster processing, improved sharing capabilities and secure Web access.
"The Minerals Management Service fulfills a critical role in managing the oil and gas resources of the United States," said Kjell-Erik Ostdahl, president, SIS. "It has a tremendous responsibility to the public, government and the industry. We are therefore particularly pleased that SIS has been selected to provide the next generation of information management technology solutions, enabling the e-government transformation, which will have positive, tangible effects on their critical operations."
Incorporating the latest relational database technologies, the Seabed model is a groundbreaking E&P data model for the management of all data related to the exploration and development of hydrocarbons. The model uses unique, advanced methods for managing the data across diverse repositories, applications and domains, incorporating high security features and entitlements. The design ensures that previously costly and complicated database migrations and upgrades are seamless operations.
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About the Organizations
The Minerals Management Service is the federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation's oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in Federal offshore waters. The agency also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands. MMS disbursed more than $8 billion in FY 2003 and more than $143 billion since the agency was created in 1982. Nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund annually for the acquisition and development of state and Federal park and recreation lands.
Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services company supplying a wide range of products and services from formation evaluation through directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, well completions and productivity to consulting, software, information management and IT infrastructure services that support core industry operational processes. Today, the company employs more than 50,000 people of over 140 nationalities working in 100 countries. Schlumberger also manages WesternGeco, jointly owned with Baker Hughes, which is the world's largest seismic company and provides advanced acquisition and data processing services. In 2003, Schlumberger operating revenue was $10.1 billion. For more information, visit slb.com.
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Press Release 2006
