Big Data in Exploration and Production: Silicon Snake-Oil, Magic Bullet, or Useful Tool?

Abstract Big data is a nebulous and much-hyped concept in IT. IT companies have noted that exploration and production involves handling and storing large, and ever-increasing, amounts of data. They are therefore positioning their various "big data" products as solutions in search of E the roles of IT companies and traditional service companies in implementing big data; the maintenance of security, privacy and accountability using big data and the use of big data in collaborative workflows and integrated operations.