OpenSpirit Corporation
Encyclopedia
OpenSpirit Corporation, an oilfield service company, provides software services worldwide. The company provides middleware
that specializes in geophysical data
integration. The company is headquartered in Stafford, Texas
(suburb of Houston), there are also major offices in Woking
(UK
), Abu Dhabi
(UAE
) and Perth
(Australia
).
funded by the OpenSpirit Alliance
, a consortium
of oil companies and software vendors seeking to address inefficiencies and high costs related to the poor integration capabilities of exploration
and production applications and their related data=stores.
With research and development funded by consortium
members, a multidisciplinary team of technologists delivered a prototype of an application integration framework in 1999. While consortium members and the exploration
and production community as a whole supported the prototype, it became apparent that it would need to be offered by a commercial entity responsive to market needs. OpenSpirit Corporation began operations in July 2000 as an independent software company focusing on providing integration solutions for upstream
applications and data.
The original investors were Schlumberger
, Shell, and Chevron
. In 2006 Paradigm Ltd
joined as an investor in the company.
On September 23, 2010, OpenSpirit was acquired http://www.tibco.com/company/news/releases/2010/press1053.jsp by TIBCO Software
, Inc.
Middleware
Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
that specializes in geophysical data
Data
The term data refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which...
integration. The company is headquartered in Stafford, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(suburb of Houston), there are also major offices in Woking
Woking
Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station....
(UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
), Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
(UAE
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
) and Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
).
History
Development of the OpenSpirit Application Integration Framework began in 1997 as a projectProject
A project in business and science is typically defined as a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Projects can be further defined as temporary rather than permanent social systems that are constituted by teams...
funded by the OpenSpirit Alliance
OpenSpirit Alliance
Launched in July 1997, the OpenSpirit Alliance was a consortium sharing a common goal of enabling multi-vendor Exploration and Production application interoperability based on industry standards....
, a consortium
Consortium
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....
of oil companies and software vendors seeking to address inefficiencies and high costs related to the poor integration capabilities of exploration
Oil exploration
Hydrocarbon exploration is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas...
and production applications and their related data=stores.
With research and development funded by consortium
Consortium
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....
members, a multidisciplinary team of technologists delivered a prototype of an application integration framework in 1999. While consortium members and the exploration
Oil exploration
Hydrocarbon exploration is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas...
and production community as a whole supported the prototype, it became apparent that it would need to be offered by a commercial entity responsive to market needs. OpenSpirit Corporation began operations in July 2000 as an independent software company focusing on providing integration solutions for upstream
Upstream (oil industry)
The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major components: Upstream, midstream and downstream, though midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category....
applications and data.
The original investors were Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
, Shell, and Chevron
Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...
. In 2006 Paradigm Ltd
joined as an investor in the company.
On September 23, 2010, OpenSpirit was acquired http://www.tibco.com/company/news/releases/2010/press1053.jsp by TIBCO Software
TIBCO Software
TIBCO Software Inc. is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. TIBCO manages information, decisions, processes and applications in real-time for over 4,000 customers worldwide...
, Inc.