Fluctuations in the feedstock market and energy prices have reduced the competitive advantage for Middle East refining, petrochemical and chemical production, making optimisation a commercial necessity
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HP opens new business unit for oil and gas big data
HP’s new global business segment will focus on big data and high-performance computing with oil and gas as one of its key target growth areas
FracFocus presents data in a reader-friendly format
Disclosure registry FracFocus, which provides data on oil and gas, has presented its findings in a machine-readable SQL format
DST and MapR announce tie-in to offer big data solutions
Data Science Technologies (DST) has partnered with MapR Technologies, distributor for Apache Hadoop, to offer cutting-edge technologies to address Big Data challenges for business critical applications including oil and gas
‘Less than a third of global oil and gas companies use big data’
Recent study by GE and Accenture reveals that only 31 per cent of oil and gas companies regard big data as top priority