IBM, Amazon Web Services join forces to help Oil & Gas industry

IBM, Amazon Web Services join forces to help Oil & Gas industry

IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will combine the benefits of IBM Open Data for Industries for IBM Cloud Pak for Data and the AWS Cloud to serve energy customers. 

 

The collaboration between IBM and AWS aims to accelerate reduction of data barriers in the oil and gas industry.

 

This comprehensive solution is built on Red Hat OpenShift and will run on the AWS Cloud, simplifying the ability for customers to run workloads in the AWS cloud and on-premises, the two firms announced at Adipec in Abu Dhabi, from November 15 to 18. 

 

The two companies also intend to collaborate on further co-development of future functionality to provide greater flexibility and choice on where to run OSDU applications.  

 

As an IBM and Reuters whitepaper, sponsored by IBM, found, the energy industry is facing pressure to reduce greenhouse gases as demand for affordable energy continues to rise. 

 

Energy companies need solutions that help drive efficiencies to free up capital, time and resources to invest in discovering new, more sustainable energy sources for the future. 

 

Data and digital technologies can help to navigate this transition, yet an IBM survey found that less than half of oil and gas executive respondents are using data to drive that innovation. This