Chevron, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Schlumberger havebecome equal partners in a new Houston-based company, OpenSpiritCorp., which will offer a standardized software infrastructure forthe energy industry. The initial framework was funded by OpenSpiritAlliance, a three-year-old collaboration of exploration andproduction companies and software vendors that studies ways tobetter develop, deliver and use E&P applications. OpenSpiritCorp.’s vendor-neutral and platform-independent applicationframework is expected to be available before the end of the year.Neil Buckley, former president of U.S. operations for Merak, adivision of GeoQuest, will serve as CEO. More information isavailable at www.openspirit.com.

Strategic Energy has announced a five-year Power SupplyCoordination agreement with The City of Pittsburgh to provide andmanage the electricity supply to city facilities as well as providerelated energy management services, including summary billing andassumption of energy price risk. Pittsburgh-based StrategicEnergy’s Power Supply Coordination Services will provide Citylocations with an initial 10.8% annual electricity savings plus thelikelihood for additional savings over the term of the contract.Pittsburgh City Mayor Tom Murphy said “we are anticipatingimmediate cost savings of more than $300,000 next year, and believewe will continue to see our energy costs drop.

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