ExxonMobil, Microsoft strike cloud computing agreement for U.S. shale
February 22, 2019 | Company Operations, Products, Services & Techniques
London, UK | – Exxon Mobil Corp and Microsoft Corp have agreed to use cloud technology in the U.S. oil producer’s shale operations, they said on Friday, helping to boost profitability in the nation’s largest shale field. The companies will collect data from Exxon’s wells and other production assets in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, where the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company holds 1.6 million acres, and make it immediately accessible to Exxon workers. The value of the …