News and Events

Visit our new blog and website for Tobin Trends, the latest information we have gathered in the Haynesville, Eagle Ford, and Barnett Shale Plays.

In weekly posts in Tobin Trends, we'll give you a look into the lease activity and well data that P2 Energy Solutions collects on a regular basis.

Our latest post involves well data for the Eagle Ford shale play, well data for the Barnett shale play, and well data for the Haynesville shale play.

Here is a look at the last year of well permitting and completion activity for the Eagle Ford shale. You can see a spike in permits in January of 2010, and a downward trend of completions.

Note: a completed well doesn't necessarily mean a producing well.

There was an anniversary in October that most people in the E&P industry probably didn't know about. It was five years ago on October 4th that natural gas flowed from a test well in Pennsylvania. Range Resources proved you could get gas from the Marcellus Shale.

Three years later, Range had its first successul horizontal well in the Marcellus. Today, it has leased more than 350,000 acres. Range isn't alone in the Marcellus; Chesapeake, Newfield Exploration, Hess Corporation, Cabot Oil and Gas, EOG Resources, Atlas Energy and CNX Gas are also staking claims.

In the Fall 2009 Tobin Quarterly newsletter, we take a look at how you can use P2 Energy Solutions' software and map data to map your leases and strategy in the Marcellus.

We use Tobin Map Data, Tobin Enterprise Land, Tobin GIS Studio, and First American Spatial Solutions' ParcelPoint parcel ownership database to take your leases from paper, to the map.

Head over to our newsletter site to read the Fall 2009 Tobin Quarterly Newsletter. If you haven't already, click here to sign up for a free subscription.

As a bonus this month, we're also offering a free CD featuring a workflow screencast of this easy, efficient workflow. To get yours, click here.

If you weren't able to attend the 2009 P2 Energy Solutions User Conference in Orlando, we wanted to share one of the unique experiences we had.

Dave Sanderson was the last person out of the plane that crashed in the Hudson River in January of this year. He works with one of our software partners, Oracle, and was traveling for that job when the crash happened.

Dave shared his amazing story with us during our opening keynote address. It was awe-inspiring to hear how he helped get everyone safely off the plane and out onto the wing, where they were quickly rescued.

It was equally amazing to hear how quickly the events transpired. Dave walked us through those first 20 minutes, from when the plane crashed to when he found himself in a hospital bed in New Jersey.

Dave and the other survivors of the flight are releasing a book in January, detailing how their lives have changed because of the crash. From what we heard in Orlando, it promises to be quite a read.

Dave recently mentioned his experience at our conference on his blog. If you were at the conference, we encourage you to head there and leave him a comment about what you thought.

Rocket Software has purchased the UniData product line from IBM. P2 Energy Solutions is excited about the change in ownership and the long term benefit it will provide to Excalibur clients through expanded functionality in the UniData database.

 According to Andy Youniss, President and CEO of Rocket Software, "We are excited to explore bringing you new features, functions, and products from our vast intellectual property portfolio. We do not have any formal announcements to make at this time, but it is easy to get excited about Rocket business intelligence, performance management, database tools, legacy modernization, and terminal emulation technologies (to name a few) and U2."

UniData and Rocket: A Strategic Fit

Bob Dedecker, P2 Energy Solutions Sr. Director of Application Systems for Excalibur, attended a summit regarding the purchase, and is excited that Rocket Software will be announcing enhancement delivery timelines as early as November. One item they are trying to target for announcement is increased availability and support for integration with MS SQL Server. UniData is a very nice strategic fit for Rocket Software and Rocket specifically targeted UniData for acquisition to fill a need in their portfolio, which did not contain a database engine. Rocket offers many solutions, such as BI tools and User Interface technologies, that rely on database systems. There are many synergies between Rocket and UniData. In past acquisitions, Rocket Software has invested considerably in the acquired products and delivered significantly increased product features and functionality.

"We've built a world-class platform"

"Rocket has made over 25 acquisitions over the course of our life. Rocket has never "killed" anything we've acquired. We acquire businesses that we can help grow, which in turn helps Rocket grow. Like anything else in life, some of our acquisitions have been more successful than others. We are no different than you and your business in this regard; not everything we do is wildly successful. But we think we've built a world-class platform that can identify, acquire, and integrate businesses and provide them with an environment that gives them a great chance to succeed. I don't think you can ask for more than that," stated Youniss.

Purchase Means Investment for Growth

The entire U2 Team within IBM, over 100 people, will be moving to Rocket Software and Rocket Software intends to let this unit operate independently. This will ensure very little disruption in processing, contacts, etc. Susie Siegesmund, formerly IBM's Director of U2 Data Servers and Tools and the highest-ranking IBMer to move to Rocket Software, says the sale will allow the new owner to invest for growth. In the short term, the products will continue on their current release schedules.

"We expect very minor changes to currently published schedules, mostly due to the transition of all our development systems to a new network," Siegesmund comments. "In the future, customers can expect more investment in development, resulting in more frequent releases."

If you have any questions about Excalibur and Rocket Software's purchase of UniData, please send us an email at info(at)p2es.com, or call our sales department at 800-662-9144.

About Rocket Software
Rocket Software was founded in 1990 with an initial focus on developing and delivering software solutions to IBM mainframe customers. Since that time, Rocket has greatly expanded its software OEM business to cover a wide spectrum of enterprise infrastructure products in the areas of Business Intelligence, Storage, Networks, Terminal Emulation, Integration, Security, and Database. Rocket has licensed its products to a number of major OEMs and is engaged in business and technology partnerships with IBM, EMC/RSA, HP/EDS, Nortel, Motorola, and many others.

In parallel with a significant R&D investment in developing software products, Rocket Software began a series of strategic acquisitions in 2000. As a result, Rocket now has well over 100 software products that are licensed both through OEM partners and VARs/resellers, and via direct sales through Rocket's acquired branded sales channels, such as Areotext, ARKIVIO, BlueZone, CorVu, LegaSuite, Mainstar, Seagull, Servergraph, SmartDB, and U2.

We endeavor to keep the teams intact and entrust them to manage and expand the product lines that they initially created. This philosophy has allowed Rocket to grow to more than 700 employees around the world, including Eastern and Western Europe, Australia, Asia and North America.

About UniData
UniData is a nested relational database system that is designed for high performance, low cost of ownership, high uptime and reliability. A nested relational database shares a similar underlying structure as XML, which is one of the latest trends in data management, and is a way to manage large amounts of transactional data such as in financial management systems. In these cases, nested relational databases offer exceptional performance. The U2 products are installed at over 62,000 sites with over 3 million end users. Clients include Suncor Energy, John Deere, Bloomberg, American Express, Hyatt, Dell, Petco.com and thousands of others. According to a white paper from IDC, the U2 products had a 9.4% share of the $1.2 billion embedded database market in 2004. Additionally, 40 percent of higher-education institutions and 55 out of the top-100 leasing businesses worldwide run UniData. For more information on UniData, please contact Rocket Software at http://www.rocketsoftware.com/u2.

About P2 Energy Solutions
P2 Energy Solutions focuses on the development and support of data, software and enterprise services to meet the information and business process needs of the energy industry. P2 Energy Solutions is the oil and gas industry's most comprehensive source of asset management solutions including Entelligent, Enterprise Upstream, Reserves Management, Excalibur, Qbyte, Tobin Enterprise Land, Tobin GIS Studio, Tobin SuperBase and Wellcore. With solutions deployed at more than 500 companies worldwide, P2 Energy Solutions enables clients to achieve greater productivity while maintaining effective controls.

The company has an 80-year history of serving the oil and gas industry and understands its workflow processes. P2 Energy Solutions has the breadth and depth of expertise to meet the expanding financial, operational and data management needs of energy companies from private independents to super-majors.

The Eagle Ford Shale is getting more attention. The Houston Chronicle is calling the Eagle Ford Shale a "mammoth discovery," and "the hottest prospect energy companies have seen in some time."

Chronicle reporter Brett Clanton writes that companies believe the Eagle Ford has "a virtually recession-proof combination of highly productive wells and low drilling costs," that can bring profits even when natural gas prices are as low as they are.

 P2 Energy Solutions' Tobin Map Data has released well activity figures that show a steady rise in drilling activity in the Eagle Ford since January; this, at the same time that most companies have been pulling back or halting their drilling activities.

We also have statistics showing the Eagle Ford Shale drilling activity by month and by county on our website. 

P2 Energy Solutions' Tobin Map Data is the industry-accepted standard in map data for the digital oilfield. We have several data products in the Eagle Ford to help you shape your strategy. Find out more by contacting us here.

Also - stay up-to-date on news from P2 Energy Solutions by subscribing to our blog and subscribing to our Tobin Newsletter.

Despite a down year for the energy industry and low natural gas prices, companies are still drilling in active shale play areas such as the Haynesville shale area. P2 Energy Solutions' Tobin Map Data now reveals new permits and completion numbers for the Haynesville-Cotton Valley-Bossier shale areas.

Taking a look at permits and completions from January to August, there's a spike in June, but a fall-off to August in the Haynesville shale play. The August numbers are likely artifically low because not all the reporting has finished for that cycle.

Take a look at a deeper dive into the numbers by month and county by visiting our Tobin Monthly newsletter site here.

Tobin Map Data provides several data layers in the Haynesville shale area. Contact us here and tell us what you're looking for. 

DENVER (September 30, 2009) -- P2 Energy Solutions, the leading provider of business software, map data and enterprise services to the oil and gas industry, announces the release of Tobin Enterprise Land Version 3.1. Tobin Enterprise Land was created for land professionals to provide visibility, clarity and accuracy to the management of land assets.

 Click here to visit our news page for the rest of the news release.

In the September 2009 Excalibur Monthly...

Excalibur Special Interest Group update: We recap the first meeting, and tell you how to join our next meeting to keep our customers informed about the roadmap for Excalibur Energy Management Software.

Sneak Peek - Excalibur Dashboard: See a new screenshot from the management tool that gives you key performance indicators like well production, lifting costs, and current well counts - all at a glance.

Countdown - the Top 5 Most Popular Excalibur Sessions at the P2 Energy Solutions User Conference: Check out what sessions your peers are registering for (so far).

Excalibur Tip of the Month: A better way to do screen captures.

Welcome to the Excalibur Family: More energy companies are choosing Excalibur to handle their back-office needs.

Are you subscribed to the Excalibur Monthly? Click here to sign up for free.

We know it's a short work week, but don't let it slip by without taking advantage of our Early Bird registration discount for our user conference. If you haven't heard by now, this year's conference promises to be the best yet.

With a theme of "Achieve More With Less," all our sessions focus on helping you and your company get the most out of P2 Energy Solutions' suite of software solutions for the oil and gas industry. 

The conference will be held in the beautiful Loews Royal Pacific Resort on the grounds of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Register on or before Friday, September 11th to take advantage of Early Bird rates that will save you up to $365 on registration for our Business Process Improvement sessions, and up to $500 off our training classes.

Click here to register today!

 
The Eagle Ford Shale Play has been gaining attention over the last six months due to gas, gas/condensate and oil discoveries with good producing rates. It isn't uncommon to hear "Haynesville" uttered in the same breath, and that has many companies excited.

P2 Energy Solutions has seen an increase in interest in the area, and that's why this month's Tobin Monthly takes a look at where the lease activity is surrounding this emerging - yet old - South Texas shale play. 

Read more about the Eagle Ford Shale play here.

Take a look at the major players in the Eagle Ford shale play here.

We also have a map showing the lease activity for the counties of the Eagle Ford shale play here.

We can also make custom GIS maps for the Eagle Ford, displaying competitor lease and well spot information. 

Read the 2009 August Tobin Monthly, or contact us for a free needs assessment for Tobin Map Data here.