Shelvia Smith, Author at Katalyst Data Management

Industry Standards?

Contributed by Guy Holmes, featured in the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ Preview Magazine Over the years I have had to deal with many different data sets from around the world. Ethiopian seismic data shot by Russians using Chinese equipment, Canadian well logs drilled by a Norwegian company using American down-hole tools and recorded on Japanese recording media, and even elevation data written in French using a German made pencil. The one thing that all of these […]

One Million Seismic Lines – One PPDM Database

Katalyst Data Management will be presenting at the 2016 Data Management Symposium in Perth, Australia on August 4, 2016. The event is organized by the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM). Senior VP of Asia-Pacific Guy Holmes is on the agenda to review a massive PPDM implementation in his talk titled “One Million Seismic Lines – One PPDM Database.” The abstract for his presentation is below. One Million Seismic Lines – One PPDM Database Not many companies have over one million […]

Data Trends – The Capacity of Speed

Contributed by Guy Holmes, featured in the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ Preview Magazine Unbelievable … the amount of data that we can store on a single piece of recording media (disk, tape, thumb drive, etc.) just seems to keep getting larger. Will it ever end? For many years, data recording technology in the oil and gas sector has been dominated by IBM. Starting with the development of the 9 track tape in the 1960s, followed by […]

Perth iGlass Datacenter Assists Oil and Gas Explorers in the Asia Pacific Region

Our new iGlass facility in Perth is enabling oil and gas companies operating throughout Asia Pacific to manage data from their exploration activities without having to invest in and deploy sophisticated data technology in remote locations or less developed countries. To understand the value iGlass delivers to the oil and gas sector, you have to appreciate that it is a fully supported web based software as a service (SaaS) offering – which means that companies […]

Katalyst Exhibits at EAGE Vienna May 30 – June 2

We featured our new interpretation project module on iGlass at the 78th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers on 30 May – 2 June in Vienna, Austria. Katalyst booth visitors were able to demo ProjectDataStor and learn about our brand new iGlass datacenter in Perth, Australia. Contact us to request a follow up demo, featuring updates on one of our signature solutions. iGlass Manage your data spatially via Katalyst’s web-based online ESRI interface. iGlass provides a complete set of data management […]

Katalyst Data Management Backs Oil and Gas Industry with New iGlass Center for Asia Pacific

PERTH, Western Australia (May 17, 2016) – Katalyst Data Management has opened a new full service iGlass datacenter to support oil and gas companies throughout the Asia-Pacific region with their operational and exploration programs. The new iGlass datacenter at Katalyst’s Perth operation (KDM SpectrumData) is a vote of confidence that strong levels of oil and gas activity throughout the region will create a growing need for a complete end-to-end solution for subsurface data management located […]

Katalyst Exhibits at PNEC Data Management Conference

We’re excited to feature our new interpretation project module on iGlass at the 20th PNEC Data Management Conference on May 17-19, 2016. The conference will feature talks and forums from subsurface data management professionals around the globe. If you are in town, please stop by Katalyst booth #412 to demo ProjectDataStor and learn about the other enhancements we have coming soon. Contact us to get a free pass to the exhibit floor or to set up a private demo featuring one of […]

PPDM Foundations Features Katalyst Editorial on Web-based Delivery

The PPDM’s quarterly Foundations publication recently featured an editorial article by Guy Holmes, Senior VP of Asia-Pacific. The article focuses on the major technology advances that enable storing and accessing seismic data via a web-based platform. “The typical way exploration companies store and access their data is by putting data on tape and storing in offsite storage facilities…. While waiting for 32 hours to get access to data may seem normal, the reality is […]

Katalyst Enhances the iGlass Solution with ProjectDataStor for Interpretation Data

HOUSTON, Texas (April 5, 2016) –Katalyst Data Management is pleased to announce that they have expanded their subsurface data management service to include interpretation project data management for the oil and gas industry. This announcement marks another step in the company’s evolution beyond traditional seismic data management, which they have been managing for exploration and production companies for over thirty years. Katalyst is excited to now have the expertise and technology to fully support interpretation […]

Katalyst Presents at PPDM Data Management Symposium in Houston

Katalyst was excited to be on the agenda of presentations for the 2016 Houston Data Management Symposium and Tradeshow, hosted by the Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM). Our own Pat Meroney, director of geologic solutions, presented “Seismic Data Management in a PPDM Compliant Database.” The talk will review one clients’ experience using our iGlass solution, which was built using the PPDM 3.8 public data model. The PPDM symposium was in Houston on April 11-12, 2016 at the Westin […]