A POSC Update: perspectives on information, collaboration and standardization

This presentation describes the key activities and the standards developed during Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium (POSC's) 14 year history. Dr. David Archer will focus on the value delivered to the industry via the consortium's work on information management standards and XML-based data exchange standards for real time systems including the popular WITSMLstandard for drilling. New information standards will be required as the industry embraces smart systems. This presentation will address the evolution of the WITSML framework to provide XML standards for production operations.David Archer is President and CEO of POSC. In this role, he is the leader of
the consortium with responsibility for its direction, operation and
communication with both the POSC Community and the industry at large. Dr. Archer is a well-known industry spokesman ˆ frequently playing the role of
organizer, moderator and/or speaker in seminars and conferences.Throughout his professional career, he has had strong interests in
collaborative efforts across both disciplines and organizations. He has also
been very interested in new technologies and has helped pioneer several for
the industry ˆ among these are graphical user interfaces, 3D visualization,
XML and Web Services. The two themes of collaboration and new technologies. (repeated Jan. 28 on the University Park Campus)
have been central to his tenure at POSC.David is a native Texan, and he holds MA and PhD degrees in Mathematical
Sciences from Rice University as well as a BS degree in Mathematics from TCU. Other academic affiliations include past President of the Rice Engineering Alumni, Adjunct Professor Mathematics at the University of Houston; he is also on the Advisory Board of the College of Technology at UH.

Location: 11th Floor Conference Room, ISI

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Eric Mankin