S?O PAULO - SchlumbergerSema, a business unit of Schlumberger Limited, today announced it has signed a 20-month contract with Companhia Paulista de Fora e Luz (CPFL) to totally integrate all the company's processes -- from energy distribution network design and planning to the detection of failures. CPFL provides electricity distribution services to more than to eight million consumers in 234 cities in the interior of the state of S?o Paulo, Brazil.
Currently, access to real time consolidated management information is a key driver for energy and utilities companies' success. Reflecting today's challenging business environment, CPFL has decided to make a fundamental change in the infrastructure of its information technology systems, and will integrate its design, planning, interruption and network management, maintenance and field services processes. The objective is to boost operational efficiencies and prepare the company to maintain leadership in the face of future market competition.
"Our objective is to increase operationapl efficiency and be prepared for new challenges that comes with market competition. We will be able to face the challenge of the changes in competition and deregulation, offering our clients excellence in customer care and services." stated Hlio Viana, Vice-President for Distribution at CPFL.
The solution that SchlumbergerSema is providing to CPFL is called GISD - Gerenciamento Integrado do Sistema de Distribui?o (or Distribution System Integrated Management). The concept that is being implemented is already being used successfully in the US and Canada to transform utilities into digital enterprises. It is based on the company's Digital Utility* Model Office*, a process that combines services, methodologies and technologies that enable all information to flow in real-time across all company areas in a seamless, integrated and transparent manner. Based on geo-spatial technology, the systems gather all data in one environment, offering greater support for decision-making.
"The solution that we will implement for CPFL addresses key business issues spanning front office, back office and energy delivery operations," stated Jos Francisco Fay, manager of Energy & Utilities of SchlumbergerSema in Latin America. "It will provide rapid delivery of fully integrated enterprise solutions based on technologies that will allow CPFL to automate processes that bring great value to its customers and employees. We are happy to expand our partnership with CPFL, contributing to the company's effort in strengthening its leadership in the Brazilian utilities industry."
With more than 30 years experience serving the utilities industry, SchlumbergerSema is the only company that enables complete end-to-end business transformation solutions across the entire energy value chain. The company's extensive solutions combine the power of real-time energy consumption information with leading digital technologies and proven business process models. The solutions for energy and utilities companies include strategic consulting and commercial process design, systems integration, managed services and state-of-the-art technology, generation and distribution control, energy trading, water and electricity distribution management, and client management.
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About SchlumbergerSema
SchlumbergerSema is one of two business segments of Schlumberger Limited, a global technology services company. With more than 30,000 employees serving customers in 65 countries, SchlumbergerSema aggregates IT consulting, systems integration, managed services and related products to the oil and gas, telecommunications, energy and utilities, finance, transport and public sector markets. Leveraging the Schlumberger DeXa Suite of Services, it also provides IP network connectivity, information security solutions, distributed computing support services and data center hosting services. In 2001, Schlumberger revenues were $13.7 billion. For more information, visit www.slb.com.
About CPFL
CPFL benefits a highly developed region, and is one of the leading electric power concessionaires, providing vital services to the population: the distribution of electric power. Operating in the interior of the state of S?o Paulo, the company distributes electric power to nearly 8,000,000 people (a population equal to entire countries, such as Austria, or Switzerland), totaling approximately 3,000,000 clients in 234 cities. Its operating range extends to an area geographically equivalent to 90,000 square kilometers - 37% of the interior of the state of S?o Paulo (equivalent to twice the area of Denmark). Individually, CPFL distributes 20% of al electric power used in the State of S?o Paulo, and 6.5% of all electric energy used in Brazil, representing a market equivalent to Chile.
These figures position the company as the fourth company in the Brazilian electric industry. In 2001, CPFL distributed approximately 18,300 GWh. CPFL also controls CPFL Piratininga, which distributes electric power to other 27 cities in the State of S?o Paulo in an area of 6.785 square kilometers and 1.1 million clients. In partnership with Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) from USA, CPFL controls also Rio Grande Energia (RGE), a concessionaire that distributes electric power in the north and northeast region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, attending to 254 cities and 3.2 millions inhabitants. For more information about CPFL, visit www.cpfl.com.br
For further information, contact:
Elaine Assuncao
SchlumbergerSema Marcom, Brazil
Tel: + 55 11 3444 7637
eassuncao@sao-paulo.sema.slb.com
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