1. By Sentry Energy Production LLC

2.  As the world’s energy needs continue to increase,
so does the oil and gas sector’s need for state-
of-the-art data capabilities. Growing global
demand, regulatory changes, market
fluctuations, and technological advances have all
increased the amount of data collected and
analyzed by oil and gas operators for strategic
purposes. Additionally, industry analysts have
projected that, due in part to innovations in
oilfield investigations, the amount of oilfield data
is increasing at least fivefold annually.

3.  All of these factors have created a need for new
forms of data storage and transfer, as e-mail
attachments and USB devices can no longer
contain the sheer volume of data required. To fill
this gap, firms such as Ziebel, a Stavanger,
Norway-based well intervention services
provider, use specialized equipment to facilitate
massive data transfers.
Recently, Ziebel reported that it had completed
the largest data transfer in oil and gas sector
history while conducting well monitoring
operations in the North Sea.

4.  Ziebel used its proprietary Z-System, a real-
time monitoring and visualization tool
consisting of fiber-optic composite rod
technology, to acquire information necessary
to reservoir modeling, well flow optimization,
and other crucial production activities. Over
the course of the eight-month operation,
Ziebel gathered and transferred a total of
1,708 terabytes of data. Once compressed, it
filled approximately four and a half of
Ziebel’s 120-terabyte servers.