What is a Non-operator?
Non-operator A non-operator or non-op is a junior participant of a joint venture formed between two E&P companies. A non-op has a minor role in the field management and joint venture operations but shares the revenues and expenses of the joint venture.
SharePoint 2013 Troubleshooting: Custom Content Types
SharePoint 2013 Customization Recently, I was working with a client who just went live on SharePoint 2013. On a sub-site of the home page, there is a document library containing forms and policies. To visually organize the library, I added a choice column called DocType.
Custom Software Scoping: Avoid Preconceived Notions and Expectations
Custom Software Planning Requires an Open Mind A few weeks ago, Entrance software consultants started a conversation on what quality looks like when developing the requirements for great custom software. This week, I’d like to add to Amit’s thoughts and discuss getting past your expectations to create truly innovative custom solutions.
What is Core Analysis?
What is Core Analysis? A Core is a cylindrical rock sample drilled out from a well. Core analysis is the measurement and interpretation of a core’s petro-physical characteristics.
Data Management: Information Security for Oil and Gas
Threats to Data Management and Information Security According to a recent report by Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the big data management concerns for the oil and gas industry is information security. According to the report, oil and gas companies are at a constant threat of being hacked, and there is only so much these companies […]
Business Intelligence Tools: Power BI First Impressions
Business Intelligence and Power BI This is an exciting time for SharePoint consulting and business intelligence as Microsoft moves more of its offerings into the cloud. The Power BI preview comes with several features for data query, data visualizations, collaboration, and mobility. Additionally there are new add-in components for the Excel client.
What is geophysics versus geology?
What is geophysics versus geology? Geology is the scientific study of the Earth’s structure (physical, chemical and biological) and evolution over time while Geophysics is a branch of Geology that studies the physical properties of the Earth and its environment (lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere) using quantitative physical methods.
SharePoint 2013: Three Ways to Improve Efficiency
SharePoint 2013 and Your Workflow We’ve already discussed some of the benefits of using SharePoint 2013 in previous blog posts. Oil and gas businesses can drastically increase production and profits by using SharePoint to organize and disseminate information.
Data Management: Leveraging Unconventional Assets for Oil and Gas
Unconventional Assets and Data Management New risks create a need for improved data management in the oil and gas world. One of the greatest risks in unconventional shale development is the risk of not being able to manage an increasingly complex group of assets in an environment that is constantly changing.
What is a workover?
Workover Workovers are major operations performed on wells to restore, maintain or improve their production.
Entrance Custom Software Developers Awarded Houston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work
Custom Software Excellence Translates to HBJ Award This past month, the Houston Business Journal announced the winners of their Best Places to Work award. Entrance’s custom software developers are proud to be on the list for the second year. The award celebrates “companies that not only are top performers in their industries, but that truly […]
Business Intelligence Implementations and the Importance of Collaboration
Business Intelligence and Collaboration If your business intelligence implementation project has not been as successful as you hoped it would be, then you’re not alone: a 2012 survey from the research and consulting company BI Scorecard found that only 24 percent of respondents thought their business intelligence implementations were “very successful.” The majority of the […]
What are dry holes?
Dry hole A dry hole is used to describe an exploratory or development well that has not yielded a significant amount of oil and gas.
Great Custom Software: The Five W’s
Improving Custom Software This quarter, Entrance is making quality a focus for improvement, both for custom software development and our software consulting efforts. Although we always strive to deliver the best possible result to clients, we know that we can always implement new techniques that will make these results even better.
Data Management for Oil and Gas: Unconventional Data versus Big Data
Unconventional Data Management In Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Big Data, and Analytics, Allen Gilmer of Drilling Info (DI,) explores unconventional data management in the hydrocarbon industry. Each day about 50 experiments take place.
What are Line Pipes?
Line Pipes Line Pipes are tubes through which liquids (oil, water) as are transported.
SharePoint for Upstream: Branding
How can SharePoint branding help my company? Sharepoint branding is important for all businesses in the oil and gas sector, because matching the site to your company’s look, feel, and workflow can improve utilization. Most SharePoint sites contain a lot of important information that goes to waste if that site is not user friendly.
Entrance Software Consulting Company Wins Best and Brightest Award
Smart + Fun Software Consulting Culture for the Win The National Association for Business Resources recently announced their list of Houston companies on the Best and Brightest Places to Work For. Entrance is proud to be part of this list for the first time in 2013. The award, which is based on an employee survey, […]
Custom Software: Achieving Solutions that Meet Your Needs
Meeting Business Needs with Custom Software The following case demonstrates the importance of understanding business needs in achieving a great final result for custom software. The accounting department for one of our clients uses a checklist to track the journal entries they’ve completed that month for a recent project.
Oil & Gas Data Management: The Benefits of Analytics
Improved Analytics are Making Oil & Gas Data Management Easier With today’s exponential growth in data production, using oil and gas data management to wisely leverage assets is essential to helping industry experts make the wise decisions that are driving great reductions in estimated ultimate recovery (EUR).
