Re: Reasons for allowing E&P; employees access to Net?
"Warren Lauzon"
27 Jan 1997 11:14:00 GMT
I don't know if this qualifies as a reason, but I find that more and
more, if I cannot find info on a company on the net, I go to another
company. I don't know what kind of access you are talking about - just
newsgroups, or everything, or??. The internet is starting to grow up a
little bit, and to I consider those that fight it the same ones that fought
computers 10 or 15 years ago.
I find that in many cases I can find the info I need on the net much
quicker than I can by calling up a bunch of people that don't even know
what their company sells. It is becoming my "catalog of choice", and I
suspect that in the next few years it will be much more of a factor than it
is now. Those that prefer to hide their heads in the sand will do so at
their own peril.
Just as an aside, I quit the last company I worked for because they had
the attitude that employees could not be trusted with computers.
US shipyard address?
srea
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:13:39 +0000
Can anyone supply contact details for Ham Marine, a shipyard involved in
the retrofit and repair of driling rigs?
All I know is the company is located in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Thanks in advance.
Malcolm Smith
--
Smith Rea Energy, Canterbury, CT4 7PL, U.K.
Tel. +44 (0)1227 738822/44
Fax. +44 (0)1227 738866
Web - http://www.srea.co.uk
Re: US shipyard address?
dcrane@hal-pc.org (Dave Crane)
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:34:59 GMT
That kind of information is readily available on the
internet. Try http://www.switchboard.com. You will quickly
discover
H A M Marine Inc 3500 Port Authority Rd, Pascagoula, MS
39567, (601)769-0275
srea wrote:
>Can anyone supply contact details for Ham Marine, a shipyard involved in
>the retrofit and repair of driling rigs?
>
>All I know is the company is located in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Malcolm Smith
>--
>Smith Rea Energy, Canterbury, CT4 7PL, U.K.
>Tel. +44 (0)1227 738822/44
>Fax. +44 (0)1227 738866
>Web - http://www.srea.co.uk
Re: List of "general/basic" crude oil characteristics
hollebon@cyberus.ca (Bruce Hollebone)
27 Jan 1997 09:13:29 -0500
In article <5ce6t5$t0r@netnews.upenn.edu>, wrote:
>Where would I find a list of "general/basic" crude oil characteristics (e.g., API gravity, sulphur content, pour point) for many/most of the major oil fields in the world?
>
>Mike Feeley
>71534.1343@compuserve.com
You want Environment Canada's oil catalogue. The full reference is:
S. Whiticar, M. Bobra, M. Fingas, P. Jokuty, P. Liuzzo, S. Callaghan,
F. Ackerman and J. Cao, "A Catalogue of Crude Oil and Oil Product
Properties," Environment Canada Report EE-144, Environment Canada, 1993.
You can ask for a copy by contacting:
Emergencies Science Division,
Environmental Technology Centre,
3439 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0H3
Phone: (613) 998-9622 Fax: (613) 991-9485
In case it is not immediately obvious, Environment Canada is a
ministry of the Canadian government.
The U.S. Materials Management Service provided financial support for the
project. You may be able to get a copy through them, but I don't have a
contact address. The MMS is on the web though; you may want to check their
site.
I know that a revisied edition is being prepared right now and is in the
final proofing stage. The catalogue is as comprehensive as possible;
it includes a lot of published oil specs, but also a very substantial fraction
of the entries were measured at ESD and are availiable no where else.
Hope this helps,
Bruce.
--
Bruce Hollebone Clearwater Consulting
hollebon@cyberus.ca
Re: Reasons for allowing E&P; employees access to Net?
jenny@neosoft.com (Jenny Sharrock-Pecore)
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:48:11 UNDEFINED
In article <32EB8DD6.3E32@net-connect.net> jerry yunker writes:
In article <32EB8DD6.3E32@net-connect.net> jerry yunker writes:
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>Subject: Reasons for allowing E&P; employees access to Net?
>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 09:01:10 -0800
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How about access to the TX Railroad Commission. Many state regulatory
agencies are now on the web and many are publishing rules and regulations for
E&P.; It's a lot easier point and click on the web to find an answer than
searching through volumes of reference materials. Also to manage any
environmental compliance there are web pages to help you out there including
the EPA's homepage among others. One more reason for internet access: how
about when you are out logging a well and need the results back at the office
right away, now service companies can ftp your logs back to the home office,
saving a lot of time and we all know time is money.
My opinion is that companies need to keep up with change or get left behind.
Internet access is definitely keeping up with the future.
Jenny Sharrock-Pecore
>My company (60 employees-independent E & P-US Gulf Coast onshore and
>offshore offices in Houston and Lafayette, LA) is currently debating the
>pros and cons of internet access by the employees. Opinions range from:
>"No access allowed; viruses might invade our local area network" "people
>will spend too much time surfing and not enough working" to, "it's the
>greatest need we have-to get and move info quickly."
>What I'm looking for here are some good reasons to at least allow net
>access by some if not all our employees. What can we get from the net
>that is unavailable elsewhere, or would take forever to track down using
>non-net research methods? Data from the MMS is the one thing i can think
>of right away. There must be others.
>Any suggestions?
>jy
Re: Reading segy tapes with windows NT
will@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Will Morse)
27 Jan 1997 10:43:12 -0600
In article <19970126001500.TAA23632@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
WesleyP wrote:
>Hello,
>Does anyone have experience reading SEGY tapes under windows NT?
>The tapes are 8-mill exabytes written by a Unix system. NT seems to want
>fixed length records, a particular partition scheme, etc. Is there
>something
>I can do on the windows end to read these tapes or is there something I
>should
>do on the Unix end when writing them?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Wesley
SEG-Y uses a very unusual multiple block size scheme that confounds
many standard drivers. You will need a special SEG-Y utility. I
don't know of an NT utility, although it wouldn't surprise me if
there was something in Seismic Unix. Kingdom - from Seismic
Microtechnolgy - and SeisX - from CogniSeis - both have PC based
versions. One of them might be able to help you (although possibly
at some cost).
I have perl routines, which I am not at liberty to give anyone, that
do this on Unix. I have no idea if they would work on NT, but it is
a thought.
Will
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Re: Will goes to Sun Starfire announcement
donr@viper.Central.Sun.COM (Don Rumsey - Reseller SE - Houston)
27 Jan 1997 21:11:52 GMT
Will & Others if you have any technical questions about
the Enterprise 10000 I'll be happy to take 'em.
Those that I cant personally answer, I'll do my best
to try to find answers too.
In article gur@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM, will@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Will Morse) writes:
**>
**>Hi,
**>
**>I went to the Sun Microsystems Starfire announcement. This is the
**>new SPARCserver 10,000 based on the stuff they got from Cray after
**>SGI bought Cray.
**>
**>Basically, the announcement was targeted at the commercial mainframe
**>crowd. There is supposed to be a technical computing announcement in
**>February.
**>
**>They also anounced a new RAID system and a tape robot for DLT (4000)
**>backup.
**>
**>This was a much more dignified and less bullshit and clowning around
**>announcement than the last couple I was at, and I liked it much better.
**>
**>The only down side was the "panel discussion" which was pure Barney
**>marketing (I love Sun, and Sun loves me).
**>
**>I will follow up when I go to the technical announcements
**>
**>Will
**>
**>
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Re: JOB
"Bill Matlin"
28 Jan 1997 01:46:26 GMT
> > As Grady Russell has ably explained, looking for a job is itself a
> > full time job. Accordingly, those who wish to learn a subject
> > deeply face a conflict of interests which tends to divide them
> > roughly into two groups:
> >
> > (1) the body builders
> > (2) the estate builders
> >
> > The former keep their minds on the subject they are learning.
> > The latter keep their minds on their personal advancement.
> >
> > It would be nice if one could focus on perfecting oneself in
> > the subject one is learning and be rewarded for it. Instead,
> > one is rewarded for neglecting the subject one is learning
> > and concentrating on administrative work; in the present
> > instance, the adminstration of one's job hunting and career
> > development.
> >
> > There needs to be a place, and not a dismal one, for the idea
> > that it is worthwhile to develop oneself in ways that are not
> > specifically related to one's marketability.
> >
> > Allan Adler
> > adler@pulsar.cs.wku.edu
I would not be too quick to underestimate the skill it takes to effectively
manage in industry. In every single technical project I have been involved
with the technical questions were the easy part. The hard part has been
succesfully implementing a solution. In industry there will always be more
problems than resources. A person that can efficiently manage people,
money, and equipment to get the most "bang for the buck" is worth a lot to
a company. You can always find people that will tell you what your
problems are. Finding people that can solve them is another matter.
