Online Energy Resources

Thomson Dialog

Matthew Ansbro& Alban Smith

October 2005

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Agenda

• Introduction – Thomson Dialog Introduction – Thomson Dialog

• Energy Industry content

• Accessing information– Information Professionals

– End-users

• Summary

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Thomson Corporation & Thomson Dialog

Legal & R egulatory Scientific & H ealthcare F inancia l Learn ing

Thom sonC orporation

•NewsEdge

•Westlaw

•Trademarkscan

•Thomson DialogThomson Dialog

•Derwent

•SciSearch

•Biosis

•First Call

•Investext

•Disclosure

•NETg

•Prometric

•Gale Group

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Thomson Dialog

• Largest aggregator of on-line information– 80% not available free on the internet– Thomson, Elsevier, Tulsa, Georef, CSA etc

• Global organisation – 32 countries

• Working with the majority of major energy companies – Information specialists– End-users – geoscientists, engineers etc

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Needs Issues

• Information must be – comprehensive – easy to retrieve – timely

• No library or searches may take time

• Breakdown in communication

• Key information may be missing

• Numerous sources can mean numerous interfaces

• Functionality and indexing will vary across end-user tools

• Difficult to locate relevant information in journals

• Not enough support – training, helpdesk etc

Energy Industry Content

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Oil & Gas Company

PATENTS CURRENTAWARENESS

R&D

MARKET SURVEY

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Derwent EPOWIPOUSPTO

DatamonitorFreedonia

F&S…

Energy Science and TechnologyPetroleum Abstracts

GeorefFluidex

Geobase…

NewsRoomPROMT

Gale Trade & IndustryTablebase

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Oil & Gas Company

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R&D/E&P sources

Key Databases

• Petroleum Abstracts (TULSA) – Produced by University of Tulsa. A&I literature covering E&P.

1965-present

• GeoRef– Produced by AGI. Worldwide literature on geology & geophysics.

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Content - Georef – Summary

GeoRef (American Geological Institute)

• 1966 to present

• covers the geoscience literature of the world.

• the most comprehensive database in the geosciences

• contains over 2.6 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses

• growing by more than 80,000 references a year (85,000 in 2004).

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Content - Petroleum Abstracts – Summary

Petroleum Abstracts

• is the world's leading source of information about published knowledge related to oil and gas exploration, production, transportation and storage.

• Every week, PA's petroleum engineers and geoscientists select, abstract and index material relevant to the upstream sector of the petroleum industry.

• This material comes from 300 journals and more than 200 conference proceedings, plus patent gazettes and full-text patents, government documents and reports, dissertations, books, maps and many other sources.

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Benefits - Petroleum Abstracts & Georef

• Helps eliminate costly mistakes caused by failure to stay up-to-date with current practices and technology

• Ensures a comprehensive search – 3 million references to E&P related literature and patents, in English from in 28 languages

• Improves efficiency though access to vital scientific and technical knowledge for all professionals in an organization

• Enables precise retrieval of relevant information through use of industry-specific index terms

• Dramatically reduces time required to find scientific and technical information

• Alerts users to new developments in their field

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GeoRef & Petroleum Abstracts – Source comparison

TITLE

GeoRef Petroleum Abstracts (since

1979)

AAAPG Explorer 847 232AAAPG Bulletin 29245 2520Canadian Petroleum Geology 0 662Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 2211 491Engineering Geology 2381 3European Association of Exploration Geophysicists 761 0Geomorphology 1221 0Noroil 25 391Ocean Industry 77 1073Offshore Engineer 35 1081Oil and Gas Investor 0 0Oil and Gas Journal 4975 8525Petroleum Economist 16 370Tectonophysics 9649 2702Upstream 0 0

NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS

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R&D/E&P sources

• Ei EnCompass Lit– Used to be owned by API. Literature related to the petroleum,

petrochemical, natural gas & energy related industries.

• Ei EnCompass Pat– Used to be owned by API. Comprehensive coverage of patents

related to the petroleum, petrochemicals, natural gas, and energy industries. Can MAP through to Derwent patents in WPI.

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R&D Sources

Secondary files

• Patents files – cover all novel inventions and methods. Vast majority unavailable elsewhere.

• GeoBase - research literature in physical & human geography, earth & environmental sciences

• Geoarchive - Covering geoscience, hydroscience & environmental science

• Energy Science & Technology - Provided by US Dept of Energy, covers all aspects of basic and applied science as they relate to energy

• Fluidex - Global literature in the use, control & and management of fluids for engineering applications

• NTIS - Summaries of government sponsored research development & engineering

• Ei Compendex - World’s foremost Engineering and Technology database

• Chemical Abstracts - Worldwide literature of chemistry and its applications

• Inspec – Key database covering electronics, physics and computing

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Specific industry sources

•Dialog NewsRoom (files 989-996)

•WORLD OIL •JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY • OIL AND GAS JOURNAL • PETROLEUM ENGINEER INTERNATIONAL •SPE PRODUCTION ENGINEERING • POWER ENGINEERING •OCEAN INDUSTRY •PETROLE ET TECHNIQUES • SEKIYU GIJUTSU KYOKAISHI •THE LOG ANALYST • WELL TESTING • WORLD PUMPS

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Specific Business Sources

• McGraw-Hill Publications (file 624)•Includes Gas Daily, EU Energy, Platt’s Oilgram, Platt’s Petrochemical Report…..

•Dialog NewsRoom (files 989-996)•PETROLEUM ECONOMIST •ENERGY ALERT •OIL DAILY • OIL WEEK •OFFSHORE • PR NEWSWIRE • ABERDEEN PRESS & JOURNAL (UK) • NORTH SEA LETTER • OCEAN INDUSTRY • BUSINESS WIRE •AFRICA NEWS SERVICE • ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE • CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION • ENERGY REPORT • EUROPEAN POWER NEWS • IMPROVED RECOVERY WEEK

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Accessing the information

•Information Professionals •End-Users

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Information Professionals – current situation

• Many web options – command language – guided search – customised search forms

• Post-processing – format reports instantly– brand reports– alerts to end-users in report format

• Professional development – share challenges & experience– ROI – promoting the information centre

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End Users - Issues v Solutions

• Key information may be missing

• Numerous sources can mean numerous interfaces

• Functionality and indexing will vary across end-user tools

• Locating relevant information in journals

• Not enough support – training, helpdesk etc

• Breadth and depth of content

• One interface designed to suit client needs

• Powerful search functionality behind simple interface

• E-Links to full text of subscribed journals

• Bespoke training, 24 hour helpdesk, Alerts Bureau etc

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Summary

• Information should be – Comprehensive

– Easy to retrieve

– Timely

• Objective to keep in mind….

“Help people make better decisions more quickly.”