Cloud computing in the upstream oil & gas industry: A proposed way forward

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 732-737

  Perrons, Robert K ^a,b   Hems, Adam ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Apps; Cloud computing; Oil gas

Indexed keywords

APPS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HYBRID CLOUDS; LARGE DATASETS; MARKET SECTORS; PUBLIC CLOUDS; STEPPING STONE; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

CLOUD COMPUTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

GAS INDUSTRY;

DATA SET; GAS INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OIL INDUSTRY; SECURITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84875213500     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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