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The annual Microsoft/Accenture Upstream Oil and Gas Survey results were posted this month. The...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 04/01/2012

GEF 2012 Keynote Demo

Check out the Microsoft Oil and Gas vision of how Scorecarding, Big Data, Unified Messaging, and...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 02/14/2012

Gaining New Insights with your data by leveraging Big Data repositories

We spent some time at the recent Global Energy Forum discussing the power of Big Data and the...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 02/03/2012

Global Energy Forum is just around the corner!

Every year, GEF proves to be a great event to hear what others in the industry are doing to use...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 01/03/2012

Momentum is Building

In the last few weeks and months on this blog, we’ve discussed some events, trends, and technology...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 03/11/2010

Improve the flow, improve efficiency: Standards are key

No, I’m not talking about oil and gas flow, at least not directly. I’m talking about the flow of...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 03/05/2010

Already Realizing the Benefits of Windows 7

With the October release of Windows 7, those clever advertising people at a competitor...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 02/05/2010

“Real Energy” at Microsoft GEF

By Ali Ferling One of our Microsoft slogans is “People. The real energy in oil & gas.” This year...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 02/05/2010

CEO sees bigger role in energy for Microsoft

Yesterday, the Microsoft Oil and Gas Industry team hosted the Global Energy Forum in Houston, Tx....

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 01/22/2010

Powerful New Excel Capabilities Make both Engineers and Auditors Happy

Almost every technical and business professional will agree—Excel is their favorite tool. Its ease...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 12/11/2009

Gaming Technology and Windows 7 Deliver Serious Usability Benefits

Anyone who uses or develops interactive software applications has been saying it for years: wouldn’t...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 12/11/2009

Azure and creating cloud based offerings in Oil and Gas

iStore was on had at PDC yesterday to show off their new Azure cloud based offering. Check out...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 11/18/2009

Yes, you can have it all

The Oil and Gas team at Microsoft thinks that our solution approach means that you, our customers,...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 11/06/2009

Windows 7 RTM and Windows 7 XP Mode

A couple big events happened the last few days. Window 7 was released to manufactoring and the...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 08/04/2009

First-ever Oil & Gas Industry Collaboration Survey 2009 results posted

At the Global Energy Forum in February, Microsoft and Accenture released the results of the Oil and...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 03/23/2009

What to do about Oil Price?

My last visit to this chart in November showed oil at $60/ bbl, and I had thought we were near the...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 01/07/2009

Bio - Chris Van Dyke

Chris joined Microsoft in December of 2008 as Chief Technology Strategist for the Oil and Gas...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 12/17/2008

What is the short term future of Alternative Energy?

We all know we need alternative energy solutions in the next decade. However, I am wondering what...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 12/02/2008

Oil & GAS Budget Cuts in 2009 - smart Implementation

I am hearing about CAPEX budget cuts ranging from 15% to 40% for next year. The question on my mind...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 11/25/2008

Oil Price reverses yet again

Front month crude oil prices increased 9.2% today. Such a huge daily movement shows once again the...

Author: Chris Van Dyke Date: 11/24/2008