Fluctuations in the feedstock market and energy prices have reduced the competitive advantage for Middle East refining, petrochemical and chemical production, making optimisation a commercial necessity

HP’s new global business segment will focus on big data and high-performance computing with oil and gas as one of its key target growth areas

Disclosure registry FracFocus, which provides data on oil and gas, has presented its findings in a machine-readable SQL format

Data Science Technologies (DST) has partnered with MapR Technologies, distributor for Apache Hadoop, to offer cutting-edge technologies to address Big Data challenges for business critical applications including oil and gas

Recent study by GE and Accenture reveals that only 31 per cent of oil and gas companies regard big data as top priority