In 2018 a group of oil and gas companies met and decided that their digital ambitions required industrial collaboration at a level never seen before, and the OSDU Data Platform was born a an Open Source software and standardization project governed by “The Open Group”. Now three years after inception the community counts more than 200 companies including cloud providers, tech companies, consultancies, energy companies, and ISVs. The first version Mercury was released in March 2021 supporting oil and gas industry data types related to seismic and wells with plans for renewables, hydrogen, carbon capture, engineering as quickly the community is able to deliver. The platform is open and therefore sector agnostic.

This talk will address the drivers behind the initiative, functional cover, high-level architecture, and the main learnings from running the initiative. Within a conservative asset-heavy industry the initiative represents a radical change in mindset and willingness to collaborate never seen before, but as the representative from one of the founders stated it, “none of us can do this alone”. Key takeaways will be:

Decoupling data from applications
Open Source community
Industry wide collaboration
Meritocracy based influence
Opportunities for other sectors

In 2018 a group of oil and gas companies met and decided that their digital ambitions required industrial collaboration at a level never seen before, and the OSDU Data Platform was born a an Open Source software and standardization project governed by “The Open Group”. Now three years after inception the community counts more than 200 companies including cloud providers, tech companies, consultancies, energy companies, and ISVs. The first version Mercury was released in March 2021 supporting oil and gas industry data types related to seismic and wells with plans for renewables, hydrogen, carbon capture, engineering as quickly the community is able to deliver. The platform is open and therefore sector agnostic. This talk will address the drivers behind the initiative, functional cover, high-level architecture, and the main learnings from running the initiative. Within a conservative asset-heavy industry the initiative represents a radical change in mindset and willingness to collaborate never seen before, but as the representative from one of the founders stated it, “none of us can do this alone”. Key takeaways will be: Decoupling data from applications Open Source community Industry wide collaboration Meritocracy based influence Opportunities for other sectors