Historic agreement expands access to DELFI cognitive E&P environment to address customers’ deployment preferences
LONDON & ARMONK, N.Y. & RALEIGH, N.C-Thursday 10 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS
WIRE)-- Schlumberger, IBM and Red Hat, announced today a major
collaboration to accelerate digital transformation across the oil and
gas industry. The joint initiative will provide global access to
Schlumberger’s leading exploration and production (E&P) cloud-based
environment and cognitive applications by leveraging IBM’s hybrid cloud
technology, built on the Red Hat OpenShift container platform.
Collaborative development will initially focus on two key areas:
Private, hybrid or multi-cloud deployment of the DELFI* cognitive
E&P environment enabled by Red Hat OpenShift to significantly expand
access for customers.
Delivering the first hybrid cloud implementation of the OSDU™ data platform (the open data platform for the industry).
Through
the agreement with IBM and Red Hat, Schlumberger has committed to the
exclusive use of Red Hat OpenShift. Using the container platform will
enable the deployment of applications in the DELFI environment across
any infrastructure, from traditional data centers to multiple clouds,
including private and public. This new way of hosting will offer the
possibility to use multiple cloud providers and will address critical
issues for customers, facilitating in-country deployments in compliance
with local regulations and data residency requirements.
The DELFI
environment incorporates cutting-edge data analytics and artificial
intelligence, drawing upon multiple data sources, automating workflows,
and facilitating seamless collaboration for domain teams. Many more oil
and gas operators, suppliers and partners, from all regions of the world
will be enabled to work from the industry’s leading digital
environment—built on a standard, open platform—where they can ‘write
once and run everywhere’ when creating new applications.
“By
expanding market access to the DELFI environment we take a major step
forward on the journey to establishing the open and flexible digital
environment our industry needs,” comments Olivier Le Peuch, chief
executive officer, Schlumberger. “Our collaboration with IBM and Red Hat
complements our established digital partnerships to produce an
industry-first solution to overcome our customers’ challenges. Together,
we are enabling seamless access to a hybrid cloud platform in all
countries across the globe for deployment in any basin, for any
operator.”
“The logic, purpose, and differentiation of all
businesses can now be rendered in code, which is why digital innovation
has become the most powerful way to drive transformation and hybrid
cloud is the lever that unleashes it,” said Arvind Krishna, chief
executive officer, IBM. “Together with Schlumberger, we are empowering a
much broader group of participants to play a role in driving that
transformation and helping the energy industry solve some of the world’s
toughest challenges to emerge stronger.”
"The energy industry is
transforming as organizations look for efficient new ways to power
their operations, adopt digital technologies to create a competitive
advantage, and innovate and integrate workflows to make faster and
better decisions,” said Paul Cormier, president and chief executive
officer, Red Hat. “A hybrid cloud foundation built on open source offers
the flexibility, acceleration and innovation this digital
transformation requires. Schlumberger has long been an industry leader
and is bold in its vision for digital transformation in the energy
industry. We look forward to working closely with Schlumberger to make
the DELFI environment available everywhere with Red Hat OpenShift."
Schlumberger
supports many of the world’s most vital oil and gas operations and is
on the forefront of digitalization across the energy sector. It has
established the DELFI environment as the industry-leading cognitive
E&P environment where today energy professionals access open APIs to
work together, independent of role, workflow or physical location, and
create solutions that significantly improve business operations.
The
organizations intend to further their collaboration with the creation
of a differentiated data management and operations solution for the
OSDU™ data platform, enabling oil and gas operators to build, deploy and
transition digital solutions with hybrid-cloud data infrastructures.
This will foster wider collaboration and greater efficiency across many
professionals in the E&P value chain.
Prior to this
announcement, Schlumberger, IBM and Red Hat successfully piloted the new
hybrid cloud deployment of the DELFI environment on Red Hat OpenShift,
the leading Kubernetes platform, working with Red Hat and IBM Services,
the world’s largest team of Red Hat certified consultants. The two
organizations focused on demonstrating the flexibility and portability
for compute, storage and data intensive exploration and field
development applications.
IBM’s collaboration with Schlumberger
is part of the company’s new commitment to invest in accelerating
adoption of hybrid cloud and open architectures. IBM is targeting
essential industries, such as energy, running the crucial processes of
the world. These efforts are increasing in importance as organizations
navigate the impacts of the pandemic and economic downturn, which is
creating an acute need for speed to market, flexibility and nimbleness
to encourage innovation.
About Schlumberger
Schlumberger
is the world’s leading provider of technology for reservoir
characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and
gas industry. With product sales and services in more than 120 countries
and employing approximately 85,000 people as of the end of the second
quarter of 2020 who represent over 170 nationalities, Schlumberger
supplies the industry’s most comprehensive range of products and
services, from exploration through production, and integrated
pore-to-pipeline solutions that optimize hydrocarbon recovery to deliver
reservoir performance sustainably.
Schlumberger Limited has
executive offices in Paris, Houston, London, and The Hague, and reported
revenues of $32.92 billion in 2019. For more information, visit
www.slb.com.
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading
provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a
community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing
Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat
helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop
cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating
system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments.
Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a
trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud
providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open
source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the
digital future.
About IBM
IBM combines technology with
industry expertise to help Oil & Gas clients digitally reinvent
their businesses for resilience and sustainability. Pioneering advances
in materials science from IBM Research accelerate energy transition.
Data science and AI take the guesswork out of exploration. Predictive
asset management raises production throughput. Supply chain insights and
blockchain build trust and transparency across the downstream
ecosystem. Customer experience experts reshape consumer connections at
the gas pump or electric charge station. Through these solutions IBM
helps Oil & Gas clients emerge smarter. For further information
visit: https://www.ibm.com/industries/oil-gas
*Mark of Schlumberger.
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Contacts
Moira Duff
Corporate Communication Manager, Schlumberger Limited
Office: +1 (713) 375-3494
communication@slb.com
Sarah Meron
IBM Vice President, Corporate Communications
Office: +1 (914) 499-6435
ibmpress@us.ibm.com
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