OpenEarth Community

What OpenEarth Community does

OpenEarth Community (OEC) is a free, open, cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service that enables geoscientists, engineers, and software developers in the oil and gas industry to collaboratively build and deploy exploration and production (E&P) applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Houston, the platform addresses pain points of proprietary closed E&P software ecosystems — high cost of ownership, restricted interoperability, and slow digital innovation — by providing an open-access development environment with standardized APIs and integration capabilities. It is governed by a Community Executive Committee with a multi-tier membership structure (Founding Members, Industry Companies, Non-industry Companies) and a Project Management Office operated by Landmark Graphics Corporation, a subsidiary of Halliburton.

The platform is composed of an open collaboration environment integrated with Halliburton's DecisionSpace 365 stack, including DecisionSpace Integration Server (DSIS) for E&P data consumption with Python hands-on capabilities, DecisionSpace 365 Seismic Engine for scalable seismic processing, Digital Well Program for well design customization, and a Business Process Management Engine for workflow orchestration. The technology stack is reinforced by partnerships with AWS (cloud infrastructure and hackathon sponsorship), NVIDIA (GPU computing), Dell EMC (infrastructure), Red Hat (OpenShift containers), Oracle (IoT AI), and Pivotal (Kubernetes platforms). The platform supports DevOps workflows that take applications from development to production in approximately 30 minutes, and is backed by Halliburton's Big Data Center of Excellence and iEnergy Cloud.

OpenEarth Community operates on a freemium model with no membership fees; revenue is not generated directly from the community itself, and the platform functions as a collaborative ecosystem whose economics accrue to Halliburton Landmark rather than as a standalone commercial entity. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on developer relations, eLearning resources, webinars, and an event cadence that includes Developer Summits, hackathons (e.g., 300+ participants from 40 countries at the 2018 Houston Summit; 41 students at the 2018 China Hackathon), Community Day events, and presence at industry conferences such as ADIPEC and LIFE. Customer segments span national and international oil companies, oilfield services firms, independent software vendors, and academic/research institutions, with technology and consulting partners (Accenture, Wipro, LMKR) rounding out the ecosystem.

Name

OpenEarth Community

Legal name

OpenEarth Community

Website

https://openearth.community

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

OpenEarth Community is a free cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service for oil and gas professionals, enabling geoscientists, engineers, and software developers to collaboratively build and deploy E&P applications. The freemium platform is managed by Halliburton's Landmark Graphics Corporation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oil and Gas Software Platform

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise PaaS (App Runtime & Managed Application Platforms) (HDAEAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

MOOC & Open Course Platforms (EDAFAIAA)

Keywords

• Oil and gas platform
• Petrotechnical computing
• Cloud-based PaaS
• E&P software development
• Open source collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Free Community Platform: The OpenEarth Community is a free platform for oil and gas companies, service companies, software providers, data vendors, and technology developers. Revenue is not generated directly from the community; instead, the platform serves as a collaborative ecosystem for accelerating innovation in the O&G industry, with Halliburton Landmark managing the Project Management Office.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

OpenEarth Community (OEC) is a free, cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables scientists, engineers, and software developers in oil and gas companies to collaboratively build, deploy, and integrate applications. The platform integrates DecisionSpace 365 services, the DecisionSpace Integration Server (DSIS), and a DevOps environment that supports the application lifecycle from development to production deployment.

Product overview

OpenEarth Community (OEC) is an open, collaborative development platform for the oil and gas industry comprising multiple integrated components. The core OEC platform serves as the open-access foundation where developers build applications. It integrates with DecisionSpace 365 Enterprise Services for service lifecycle management, DecisionSpace Integration Server (DSIS) for E&P data consumption, DecisionSpace 365 Seismic Engine for scalable seismic processing, Digital Well Program for well design customization, and Business Process Management Engine for workflow orchestration. The platform is powered by Halliburton's Big Data Center of Excellence (AI/ML capabilities) and iEnergy Cloud. The platform supports DevOps practices, provides collaborative development environment, and enables rapid application development-to-consumption workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OpenEarth Community (OEC) Platform A free, global, open community cloud platform for scientists, engineers, and software developers in oil and gas companies to collaborate on shared software development, accelerating innovation and reducing costs.
• DecisionSpace 365 Enterprise Services Modern enterprise software approach for service lifecycle management within the OEC platform, enabling scalable application development and deployment.
• DecisionSpace Integration Server (DSIS)

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ attendees from 40 countries representing 136 companies participated in 2018 Developer Summit
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• China University of Petroleum (CUP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 December 2018Hosted China Hackathon 2018 at CUP campus with 41 students participating. Students developed projects using OEC platform including GIS and geology challenges.
• Yangtze UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 December 2018Participated in China Hackathon 2018 alongside China University of Petroleum, providing students for the petroleum cloud development hackathon theme.
• HalliburtoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2018Halliburton Landmark manages the Project Management Office (PMO) for OpenEarth Community. Susanna Sabbagh, VP of Digital Solutions, participated as keynote speaker. The community leverages Halliburton's DecisionSpace platform and cloud infrastructure.
• LIFE (Large Integrated Field Experience)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 November 2018LIFE uniquely focuses on digital technologies applied to exploration, drilling, and production. Hosted Developer Summit at LIFE Abu Dhabi 2018 and LIFE Houston 2018 events.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 20 August 2018Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business Shanker Trivedi spoke at the 2018 Developer Summit keynote, highlighting GPU computing and AI capabilities for oil and gas digital transformation.
• Dell EMCcoreTechnology or Integration · 20 August 2018VP and CTO for Sales Patricia Florissi delivered keynote on emerging technologies. Dell EMC provides technology infrastructure support for the community platform.
• CGGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 August 2018CEO Sophie Zurquiyah delivered keynote at Developer Summit 2018. CGG participates as founding member collaborating on digital exploration and production solutions.
• GartnercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 August 2018Dimitris Geragas, Senior Expert Partner and Global Practice Lead for Data and Market Analytics, delivered keynote at Community Day 2019 on digital transformation strategies.
• AccentureminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 20 August 2018Neil Christianson, Sales and Delivery Lead at Houston Innovation Hub, presented on Delivering Innovation at Scale in the Oil and Gas Space.
• Wipro TechnologiesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 20 August 2018Shrinivas Kamalapur, Principal Consultant at Wipro, presented ASTRA project on Rapid Digital Transformation of Legacy to Cloud-Native Applications.
• LMKRminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 August 2018Asim Ghaffar, VP R&D at LMKR, presented on Design Thinking for E&P Software Innovation.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or Integration · 19 August 2018AWS sponsored the hackathon at the 2018 Developer Summit, providing an open-access development environment for participants. AWS Head of Enterprise Strategy Philip Potloff delivered a keynote on digitalization and rapid innovation through open-access platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OEC_Community

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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