Seismic News

Digitize the World—Time to Get Out of the Box

With billions of dollars of E&P data trapped in physical storage, the oil and gas industry is still struggling with the transformation from paper to digits. As published in the Harts E&P SEG Show Daily Preview Issue Decades of data acquisition in the oil and gas industry has amounted to trillions of dollars spent to discover what’s hidden beneath the subsurface.  Now that data archive volumes have become insurmountable, many companies are investing their dollars to […]

Katalyst to Present at PPDM Perth Data Management Luncheon

“Metadata Migration To The PPDM Model – A ‘Good Practice’ General Methodology, Lessons Learned and Case Study Examples” Presented by Stephen Malajczuk, Katalyst Data Management We are excited that our very own Stephen Malajczuk, Manager of Account Services, presenting at the Perth Spring Data Management Luncheon organized by PPDM. Metadata is becoming increasingly important for companies seeking to make better and more timely data-driven decisions. As the volumes of data that companies obtain are increasing, there […]

Digital Transformation for E&P Means Closer Look at Data Management

Geoscience industry turns to consultants to bring data up to speed As published on the BOE Report Digital transformation for E&P could revolutionize the subsurface data programs for companies whose vast data archives reside on paper or some other form of inaccessible legacy media. The transition from legacy media and “paper to digits” for seismic, well logs, well files, maps, graphics and reports will be imperative for the industry to keep up with the pace of […]

Katalyst Data Management to Digitize the World at SEG 2018

SEG Annual Conference and Exhibition October 14-17, 2018 in Anaheim The Society for Exploration Geophysicists 88th Annual Meeting and Exhibition will be in sunny California this year at the Anaheim Convention Center in October. We are looking forward to exhibiting at this year’s conference, and kicking off our “digitize the world” campaign. Digitize the World – Digital Transformation for E&P Data There has been a lot of talk about the digital transformation and the impact […]

Katalyst Data Management to Present at PPDM Data Management Symposium in Calgary

2018 Calgary Data Management Symposium, Trade Show & AGM October 22nd-24th at the Telus Spark Science Center Katalyst Data Management is excited to be co-presenting with IBM Canada at the PPDM Calgary Symposium this year. The presenters will be Sue Carr, Solutions Manager of Consulting Services and Trish Mulder, Director of SeismicZone.com, along with Rob Burton, Technology Thought Leader at IBM and Jeff MacLeod, Associate Partner at IBM. They’re presentation will be at 2pm on […]

Katalyst Data Management Updates New Office in Perth

Our Perth Location Has Moved Katalyst Data Management’s Asia-Pacific team in Perth recently moved offices, and we could not be happier with our new location. No longer in the physical storage business, the previous location was no longer suitable, as we’ve completely transitioned to digital storage. Katalyst decided to make the move from their previous location in Mount Hawthorn to their new facility at 5 Gibberd Road in Balcatta, as it was much better suited […]

Mind the Gap: Data Migration and Metadata Quality

Acquiring another company’s data requires a thorough compliance process. Contributed by Sue Carr and Trish Mulder for the Day 3 issue of Hart’s E&P Daily News at EAGE Copenhagen. Acquiring new assets and the accompanying datasets often means dealing with another organization’s data quality and completeness standards. Geoscientists and data managers must find a way to “mind the gap” caused by missing data records as they begin to reconcile their seismic database through a data compliance […]

Katalyst Data Management to Exhibit at EAGE Copenhagen

  Visit Katalyst Data Management #1252 at EAGE 11-14 June 2018 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen We are looking forward to exhibiting once again at the 80th annual EAGE Conference and Exhibition that will be taking place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on 11-14 June 2018. At Katalyst stand #1252, we’ll feature the latest developments in subsurface cloud services. With the explosion in the volumes of data recorded in seismic surveys, from multiple […]

Katalyst Data Management Exhibits at PNEC Conference in Houston

Katalyst is looking forward to exhibiting once again at the 22nd annual PNEC Conference and Exhibition that will be taking place at the Houston Marriott Westchase on May 22-24, 2018.  The theme of this year’s show is to “explore emerging trends and promote excellence in global petroleum data and information management.” Katalyst Data Management will be at PNEC booth #401. Well Data Management via iGlass Our recent launch of well file and well log scanning “paper […]

Katalyst Presents at GeoConvention Showcase on The Evolution of Subsurface Data Management

Paper to Digits to Data Analytics: The Evolution of Subsurface Data Management from the Warehouse to the Cloud GeoConvention Showcase Stage, Tuesday, May 8th at 11am Join Katalyst on the Tuesday of the GeoConvention Calgary at the Showcase Stage in the main exhibit hall to have Sue Carr take you through a brief history of subsurface data management, starting with physical storage of media and leading to cloud-based solutions enabling advanced data analytics. Her paper […]