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John Benoit, Project Manager, Spectra Energy
Mike Loos, Chief Technology Officer, @hand
Dick Bland, Director for Strategic Business Development, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company
Bob Williams, Managing Editor, Oil & Gas Journal's Technology Forum
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Overview:
As regulatory requirements and operational challenges increase, information silos and paper-based processes can impede business growth. A new generation of mobile solutions helps businesses keep pace with regulatory challenges and manage capital-intensive field assets efficiently. This webcast case study will share how Spectra Energy's implementation of the right rugged mobile solution & field-friendly mobile software enabled them to increase "transparency", more easily demonstrate compliance, drive business value and enhance Spectra's competitive edge.
About the Presenters:
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Dick Bland
Director for Strategic Business Development
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company
Bob Williams
Managing Editor
Oil & Gas Journal's Technology Forum
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About @hand Corporation :
@hand was founded in 1998 in Austin, Texas. Since then, @hand has provided field mobility solutions to large commercial and government organizations. Through our experience, @hand has gained a wealth of knowledge in the application of mobile software technology to the diverse needs of our customers. In addition, our software products and solutions enable mobile service, maintenance, and logistics teams to modernize their operations and to achieve new efficiencies for increased competitiveness.
http://www.hand.com
About Spectra Energy :
Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE), one of North America's premier natural gas infrastructure companies, consists of gathering and processing, transmission and storage, and distribution businesses. For close to a century, Spectra Energy and its predecessor companies have developed critically important pipelines, storage and related energy infrastructure that connects natural gas sources to premium markets and customers.
http://www.spectraenergy.com
About Panasonic Computer Solutions Company :
For over thirteen years, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company has produced the industry's most dependable mobile PCs--legendary Panasonic Toughbooks®. Toughbook reliability assures energy industry professionals maximum uptime and a significantly lower total cost of ownership. Proven areas of savings include:
Improved productivity, automated scheduling, and tightened service windows
Ability to address regulatory requirements, view and redline GIS maps and accurately record asset depreciation events
Toughbooks rugged features are unmatched for durability, with magnesium alloy cases, high bright touchscreens, shock-mounted hard drives and moisture- and dust-resistant LCDs and keyboards. And with integrated wireless capabilities, energy workers have real time access to service histories, manuals and down-hole seismic information allowing them to plan more accurately and operate more efficiently.
Toughbooks are ideal in drilling and exploration when productivity matters most. Fully rugged Toughbooks are even UL1604 Class I Division 2 certified and can be used in hazardous areas. With durability built into every seal, hinge and connector, Toughbooks offer the highest reliability rates in the industry.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/home.asp
Eric van Oort, Planning & Business Improvement Manager, Shell E&P Americas Douwe Franssens, Global Real Time Technology Manager, Halliburton Sperry Drilling Services
Laurence "Larry" Lines, President-Elect, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Fred Aminzadeh, President, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Leon Thomsen, Chief Scientist, Delta Geophysics Michael S. Bahorich, Executive Vice-President - Exploration and Production Technology, Apache Petroleum Corp. Bob Williams, Director of Research, PennEnergy's Oil & Gas Journal Online Research Center and PennEnergy Online Research Center
David Petruska, Riser Technical Authority - GoM Performance Unit, BP James D. Stear, Ocean Engineer, Chevron Dave Wisch, Chevron Fellow, Chevron Energy Technology Co. Steve Leverette, Manager of R&D, SBM - Atlantia , ,
William F. (Bill) Lawson, General Chair, 16th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Rafael Sandrea, President, IPC Petroleum Consultants, Inc./IOR 2008 Plenary Speaker Paul Willhite, Technical Program Chair, 16th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Bob Williams, Director of Research, Oil & Gas Journal Research Center
