OpenSpirit Corporation

For other uses, see OpenSpirit Corporation (disambiguation).

OpenSpirit Corporation

Type	Corporation
Industry	Oilfield Services
Fate	Acquired 2010
Successor	TIBCO Software, Inc
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Stafford, TX with major offices in London, Abu Dhabi and Perth
Key people	Daniel J. Piette (President and CEO) Clay Harter (Chief Technology Officer) Mark Godfrey (Chief Architect)
Employees	60+
Website	www.openspirit.com

OpenSpirit Corporation, an oilfield service company, provides software services worldwide. The company provides middleware that specializes in geophysical data integration. The company is headquartered in Stafford, Texas (suburb of Houston), there are also major offices in Woking (UK), Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Perth (Australia).

History

Development of the OpenSpirit Application Integration Framework began in 1997 as a project funded by the OpenSpirit Alliance, a consortium of oil companies and software vendors seeking to address inefficiencies and high costs related to the poor integration capabilities of exploration and production applications and their related data=stores.

With research and development funded by consortium members, a multidisciplinary team of technologists delivered a prototype of an application integration framework in 1999. While consortium members and the exploration and production community as a whole supported the prototype, it became apparent that it would need to be offered by a commercial entity responsive to market needs. OpenSpirit Corporation began operations in July 2000 as an independent software company focusing on providing integration solutions for upstream applications and data.

The original investors were Schlumberger, Shell, and Chevron. In 2006 Paradigm Ltd^[1] joined as an investor in the company.

On September 23, 2010, OpenSpirit was acquired [1] by TIBCO Software, Inc.

External links

• OpenSpirit web site

References

1. ^ "About Paradigm: Company Profile". http://www.pdgm.com. Cayman Islands: Paradigm ltd.. http://www.pdgm.com/company/default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-10. "Paradigm Ltd. is an industry leader in subsurface knowledge and software innovation. [...] Paradigm is an active supporter of industry consortia and educational sponsorship in geophysical research and development."