Editor's Corner -- The first quarter of 2007 brings spring to the northern hemispheres, along with continuing change and advancements in the energy business. With strong demand and healthy prices for oil and gas, our industry is seeing a level of activity that appears to outpace even 2006.

This is the first edition of PetrisNEWS in the new year; please continue to let us know your thoughts and comments.

Petris continues to offer a complete suite of training services for all of its products and solutions. Upcoming courses cover PetrisWINDS Enterprise, Recall, DrillNET and Dashboard and are offered in our London and Houston locations.

The following courses are being offered at the Petris London (Hendon) offices in April and May:
Introduction to Dashboard – April 16, 2007
Introduction to Project Monitor – April 17, 2007
Introduction to PetrisWINDS Enterprise (PWE) – April 18, 2007
Recall Advanced DBA – May 15-17, 2007

The following courses are being offered at the Petris Houston offices in May:
Petris Maurer Drill Software – April 25, 2007
Casing Wear (CWEAR) – April 27, 2007
PetrisWINDS DrillNET – May 1, 2007
Introduction to Recall – May 7, 2007
Recall Data Loading – May 10, 2007
Recall DBA Overview – May 11, 2007

At the recent Underground Construction Technology (UCT) Conference in Houston, Petris showed a product suite designed to assist companies with horizontal guided drilling programs for planning the installation of underground piping. PetrisWINDS DrillPATH, DrillMUD and DrillEST provide integrated capabilities covering drill path trajectory design and pipe stress calculations, drilling fluid usage and critical flow parameters, and recommendations and estimations.

Petris exhibited recently at the UCT, PPDM and ESRI Petroleum Users Group Meetings, with plans to attend several upcoming events: PNEC in Amsterdam and Houston, the SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition in Houston and the AADE Conference in Houston. If you are planning on attending, please do visit us at these events.

Petris is making the news through a recent article, “Dirt to the Desktop”, in the February edition of Pipeline Oil and Gas Journal. Petris’ Ray Dillahunty presented a paper at the ESRI PUG entitled “Data Mining OneCall Information using ESRI Tools.” Pennwell’s Oil and Gas Journal will feature a special 20 page insert about Petris solutions, shrink-wrapped with its March 26th issue – be sure to watch for it.

View "Data Mining OneCall Information using ESRI Tools"

Read "Dirt to the Desktop"

There is still time to register to attend the upcoming Petris Pipeline User Group meeting on March 20, 2007. If you are interested in attending, please visit the Petris web site to register your attendance.

Petris has recently joined the Rice Alliance for Entrepreneurship. The Rice Alliance supports entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures in Houston and Texas through education, collaboration, and research. Petris will also be sponsoring the UC Berkeley team at the Rice Business Plan Competition this month; Petris’ David Archer will be participating as a judge in the competition.