Here's the wording about the OS: This new operating system will be able to analyze everything happening on a rig in real time, boosting both efficiency and saf

Here's the wording about the OS: This new operating system will be able to analyze everything happening on a rig in real time, boosting both efficiency and safety. It also serves to lock customers into a single ecosystem that the company hopes will act as an incentive to use Schlumberger services and (now) equipment for all their drilling needs. So their requirement is real-time. Their real requirement though is vendor lock-in. They're really just looking for a way to lock companies into their platform so that the cost of switching is prohibitive. That's a way of decreasing safety and efficiency. I think the real-time requirement is just a cover for them to increase their customer retention through the worst way possible. Offering a little "extra" to the client in the form of lock-in is despicable. Old-school operators in the energy space are all about going with “the best in breed” equipment and service providers. They have deep relationships with salesmen in certain companies and tend to be very loyal to them, so it will be hard to sell many of them on the idea of buying from just one source. Oh I see, they're exchanging gifts at different levels and if you lock yourself into one vendor you won't be able to get a wide variety of gifts for closing a sale. I wonder how "best of breed" is measured, if it's measured at all or if it's just based on marketing and sales brochures.