DATA SCOUT SERVICES
Data Scout is a leading independent provider of Geotechnical Support Staff and expertise to the oil & gas industry.
Data Scout is part of the GTS Geotech Group, which also has offices strategically located in Aberdeen, London and The Hague. From our local presence in Houston, Texas, Data Scout is able to leverage its domestic and global talent pool of high-quality contract support staff to best serve the needs of our valued oil and gas clients in North America.
Data Scout's US consultants represent decades of global experience, as well as the focussed insight that comes from working through the ups, downs, and changing landscapes of the Houston and Calgary markets through the last three decades.
Data Scout's core expertise covers:
- Data Management
- Application Support
- GIS Geographic Information Systems & Remote Sensing
- Unix and Linux System Administration
- Consultancy Services
Data Scout is proud to recruit the best Geotechnical Support staff from around the world and to offer our clients a one-stop solution to their staffing requirements, leveraging our expertise to suit their business needs, teams and budgets.
Data Management
Data Management Services are the foundation stone of the Data Scout service structure, and have been since the company began.
Our data management personnel are to be found working on site in oil & gas companies across the Americas, UK and Europe, seamlessly fitting into existing Data Management structures and teams.
From day-to-day support roles to project implementation or data clean-up, we have the right candidates to supply on a short, medium or long-term basis.
With many years cumulative experience between them and an exponentially developing internal knowledge-sharing base to draw upon, you can be sure that your data is safe in the hands of Data Scout's Data Management specialists.
Data Scout offer a wide range of data related services, including:
- On-site Seismic Data Loading into multiple formats (e.g. SeisWorks,IESX, Charisma, Petrel) OSDU consultancy
- On-site Well Data Loading into multiple formats (e.g. OpenWorks, Finder, Petrel, ODM)
- On-site Data Management - both digital and physical across multiple applications including Livelink
- On-site Petrophysical Support - Curve Management, Loading and Quality Control
- Data Management Consultancy and Workflow
- Data Science audits, machine learning, BI dashboards etc
- Implementation and/or maintenance of existing Data Management Systems
- Implementing Data Management Solutions and Best Practices suited to your data flow and controls
- Data Capture, Reformatting and Quality Control.
- On-site Mapping Services (Z-Map, CPS, Petrosys)
- Project and Data conversion between multiple systems
- Data Consolidation - from simple to complex projects.
- E&P Database Population - (e.g. Finder, GeoFrame, OpenWorks,Recall, Petrel, Geolog and ODM)
- Data Process Redesign, Cleanup & Project Building
Application Support
Data Scout is a component of GTS Geotech Group, the largest independent supplier of E&P Application Support staff in the UK and Europe. Our knowledge, experience, and 'can-do' attitude ensures that our clients receive the very best in service delivery.
Data Scout's talent pool is drawn from a highly experienced team of application support specialists who provide first & second line support, one-to-one help & mentoring and workflow analysis in oil & gas companies worldwide.
As a non-vendor specific supplier, Data Scout can offer support in all applications that may be in use within your organisation, not just a limited range.
Examples of the software and systems Data Scout can support include :
| Landmark suite | GeoQuest suite | 3rd Party applications |
|---|---|---|
| Openwork | GeoFrame | Recall |
| SeisWorks | IESX | Petrosys |
| StratWorks | Petrel | Kingdom Suite |
| Z-Map | Charisma | GeoLog |
| PetroWorks | CPS | Geographixw |
| OpenExplorer | Finder | Petrobank |
| OpenJournal | Eclipse | Tigress |
| TDQ | StratLog | VoxelGeo |
| SynTool | WellPix | Isatis |
| Rave | WellEdit | Probe |
| Depth Team Express | PetroView Plus | Stratimagic |
| EarthCube | LogDB | AVO |
| OpenVision | ODM | |
| SeisCube | Esearch | |
| ProMax | Traxx | |
| LogM | Livelink | |
| PostStack | ||
| StrataModel |
Consultancy
Data Scout's Consultants are some of the most experienced and technically competent in their field with the ability to provide cost-effective and impartial advice to your business.
Our Consultants' solution-based-service culture, their continual drive for quality and knowledge are why we enjoy lasting partnerships with our clients.
Although fiercely independent, we have built strong relationships with the key application and systems vendors and professional bodies within the oil and gas industry. This ensures that our Consultants stay at the forefront of technology and industry standards and allows us to recommend solutions best suited to our clients’ requirements.
Recent group Consultancy Projects include:
- GeoFrame & OpenWorks workflow analysis & re-engineering
- Business continuity planning
- Unix/Linux and Windows systems implementation & optimisation
- Data management systems (Finder, OpenWorks, GeoFrame) implementation, integration and population
- Data Migration between GeoQuest & Landmark
- Electronic document and knowledge management systems implementation & population
- Geotechnical data validation and quality control
Data Scout (Re)Solve - Systems Support
Data Scout also has significant experience in specifying, installing, optimising and maintaining various computer platforms together with a variety of peripherals and storage solutions including.
For all your systems support needs, Data Scout can help.
- Unix & Windows administration
- Oracle administration
- Cloud solutions, AWS/Azure etc
- Consultancy
- Full systems support outsource
- Service level agreements
- Design & implementation of client/server strategies for E&P systems
- Site auditing & system "Health Checks”
- System, network and application integration & tuning
- Design and implementation of LAN & WAN infrastructures
- Unrivalled experience of implementing IT solutions within E&P environments
The Data Scout (Re)Solve service presentation can be downloaded Here.
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