What does this research mean for the field?

The upstream software industry is undergoing significant changes despite facing a crisis, driven by data migration efforts and new initiatives like Shell's OpenAI project. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To explore current trends and challenges in upstream software amidst industry turmoil.

February 20, 2026Oil IT Journal.0 citations

A Software Supercycle?

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NMNeil McNaughton

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To explore current trends and challenges in upstream software amidst industry turmoil.
Editorial review of industry developments and reports.
Analysis of the OSDU data migration efforts.
Examination of industry responses to emissions data management.
Significant data migration efforts are underway for OSDU.
Concerns arise from the SPE regarding OSDU initiatives.
Shell's OpenAI program shows innovation outside OSDU framework.

Abstract

Despite an industry in crisis, a lot is happening in upstream software. Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton reports on the huge data migration effort required to power-on OSDU, on OSDU pushback from the SPE, on Shell’s own (non OSDU) OpenAI initiative, on the strangeness of ‘hiding’ emissions data, on the great conflation of IT and ‘green’, on the sadness of Total’s putting its measurement center on the block, and on Schlumberger’s OSDU endgame. There is a lot in this month’s editorial (and even more in the full issue for subscribers).

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