Commenting on the announcement, Geoffrey Dorn, PhD., President of TerraSpark Geosciences, "By adding OpenSpirit connectivity to Insight Earth, we are making it easier to move data in and out of Insight Earth, which enables geoscientists to leverage the best-of-breed technologies that TerraSpark offers.  Additionally, this new offering will give our customers a way to augment their multi-vendor workflows through the seamless fit of Insight Earth technology and workflows into their existing environment."

The OpenSpirit-enabled application adapter will serve as a complement to Insight Earth's existing integration benefits - using SDKs to transfer data to and from Insight Earth. 

"We appreciate that the TerraSpark team sees the value of incorporating the OpenSpirit data interoperability framework as part of their solution foundation," said Dan Piette, President & CEO of OpenSpirit. "Insight Earth is a world-class data interpretation solution, and this enhanced level of integration will give geoscientists the flexibility to create more robust and value-added workflows using data from across their petro-technical environment."

TerraSpark is developing the OpenSpirit adapter in response to the E&P industry's demand for open-standards software tools that can connect disparate systems, driving cross-discipline collaboration. The company's new adapter will be available in late 2008.

The Insight Earth solution provides TerraSpark's customers with powerful, differentiating tools that take 3D visualization and interpretation to the next level - enabling geoscientists to do true volume interpretation of both structure and stratigraphy, not just the usual 'one-slice-at-a-time' method.  Each component of Insight Earth supports, informs and enhances the others throughout the interpretation workflow, which speeds up the entire process and increases the overall quality of the analysis and interpretation results.

 About TerraSpark:
TerraSpark Geosciences (www.terraspark.com), based near Boulder in Westminster, Colorado, leverages its unique blend of upstream industry experience, geoscience expertise and computer science skills to deliver groundbreaking software solutions. The company creates software tools for seismic data interpretation, seismic data processing, directional well-path planning and 3-D visualization. Their leadership in industry consortia, university partnerships, visualization and interpretation technology, and history of successful patents distinguish them in this highly technical field.

"For the upstream oil industry, data accuracy and efficiency mean better decisions," said Tony Fisher, President and CEO of DataFlux. "DataFlux helps organizations realize immediate value from their data improvement processes, and the addition of the OpenSpirit interoperability layer will allow geoscientists to better collaborate within their multi-vendor application and data store environment."

DataFlux provides a single platform that encompasses data profiling, data quality, data integration, data enrichment and data monitoring. Business users can design complex data improvement and integration rules to resolve data quality issues, and immediately apply and expose those rules via a service-oriented architecture (SOA) or other integration architectures.

"The DataFlux product family is built on the premise that streamlined, repeatable processes via an SOA create operational efficiency and bottom-line value for clients," says Dan Piette, President and CEO of OpenSpirit. "Their commitment to data accuracy, productivity and reduced costs is a perfect complement to our own goal of providing an integrated solution that streamlines exploration and production workflows and allows geoscientists to focus on the business of finding oil and gas."

About DataFlux
DataFlux enables organizations to analyze, improve and control their data through an integrated technology platform. With DataFlux enterprise data quality and data integration products, organizations can more effectively and efficiently build a solid information foundation that delivers a unified view of customers, products, suppliers or any other corporate data assets. A wholly owned subsidiary of SAS (www.sas.com), DataFlux helps customers rapidly assess and improve problematic data, building the foundation for enterprise data governance, compliance and MDM initiatives. To learn more about DataFlux, visit www.dataflux.com.

Oil companies rely on a variety of business-critical, but often disparate, applications. OpenSpirit provides the connectivity environment that drives cross-discipline collaboration and data sharing across the E&P network. However, it can be risky to use and modify data repositories from disparate systems if a layer of data quality or data validation is not in place. E&P technology managers use DataVera to improve data quality and reduce the overall business risk caused by poor data.

"OpenSpirit extends our capability to apply data quality solutions interactively as users select and work with their E&P data across applications," says Paul Gregory, President and Managing Partner of Intervera Data Solutions.

For example, E&P data users are able to simultaneously select or copy data through the OpenSpirit framework, broadcast this data to the DataVera application and view data quality metrics within seconds. Users can also select the best quality data from DataVera and broadcast the results via OpenSpirit to other applications.

DataVera Monitor is a module that leverages industry standard web services framework or adaptors to integrate with other middleware applications, such as OpenSpirit. Monitor is part of the DataVera product suite which leverages a complete and independent rules repository. This repository enables Intervera's customers to reduce their cost of ownership through repeatable processes and thousands of reusable business rules. The full suite helps E&P's measure and improve the accuracy and trust in their well, interpretation, seismic, reservoir, production, and land data.

"Effective quality assurance is a crucial part of any geoscience workflow, and Intervera delivers flexible, smart data quality solutions that make this process virtually effortless," said Dan Piette, President and CEO of OpenSpirit. "End users will be able to apply these consistent and efficient processes across their multi-vendor, cross-discipline environments."

ABOUT INTERVERA DATA SOLUTIONS
With major and intermediate E&P clients all over the Americas, Intervera Data Solutions is setting the standard for practical data quality services and software in the oil and gas industry. The company's professional energy consultants coupled with an automated and reusable DataVera technology enables customers to quickly achieve and maintain premium data quality. From initial data profiling, to large scale data consolidations, to Master Data Management implementations, Intervera's repeatable solutions help data managers effectively deliver the best data to support complex E&P decisions.  Established in 1999, Intervera is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. To learn more, visit www.intervera.com or info@intervera.com.

“Our fourth appearance on the FastTech 50 list is a testament to our commitment and sole dedication to integration,” says Dan Piette, President and CEO. “The next significant step in the E&P software industry will revolve around efficiently enabling workflows through sound integration practices. By providing the connectivity that drives cross-discipline collaboration, OpenSpirit is letting geoscientists and data managers leverage the resources that make the most sense for their business.”

The Houston FastTech 50 awards are presented annually and recognize thriving technology companies. Sponsors include Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas and the Houston Business Journal, along with Pierpont Communications, Oracle, Phillips & Reiter, Fox 26 KRIV, Capital One Bank, the Houston Technology Center, and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.

"Geoscientists should be evaluating, not searching for, subsurface data. Streamlined user workflows that allow access to data regardless of location, is vital," said Grant Monaghan, Managing Director of Perigon Solutions. "OpenSpirit provides the application interoperability and data store connectivity layer, allowing us to focus on the best wellbore co-visualization science for our clients, and get commercial solutions to them quickly."

Perigon, based in Aberdeen, meets the demands of geoscientists who require easy access to their subsurface data, displayed in a uniquely intelligent and integrated way. The iPoint product suite provides powerful co-visualization of any wellbore data type, allowing geologists, petrophysicists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, drillers and data managers to benefit from a single tool and interface with tailored workflows.

"Perigon excels at meeting the needs of clients by looking at problems from the end users' point of view," said Dan Piette, President & CEO of OpenSpirit. "Rapid adoption of the recently released iPoint solution shows that the Perigon team was able to meet their goal of using the OpenSpirit developer kit for agile connectivity to OpenSpirit-enabled data stores and applications within their clients' infrastructure. Perigon was founded on a vision of integrated solutions for the enterprise, and we are pleased that they have selected OpenSpirit to help expand their reach."

About Perigon and iPoint
Perigon Solutions is a software, services and data management company that provide proven solutions for managing and visualizing subsurface wellbore data. Perigon's success has been founded on enabling Geoscientists to spend quality time evaluating data and not just looking for it. The iPoint Visualization System is the exciting result of four years of interactive, customer focused developments to produce a unique and powerful co-visualization tool for all borehole data. www.perigonsolutions.com or info@perigonsolutions.com