Thanks to the technology powering your office and worksites, you can produce quality work more efficiently than ever. You can share files, communicate across long distances, perform equipment maintenance, and collect essential data about all of it. But many business leaders can’t address problems with their digital systems because they’re focused on their core business […]
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5 Ways to Reduce Your Oil and Gas Operating Expenses
Your firm has experienced a few good months recently. Maybe you’ve successfully acquired additional wells, finally have a smooth land administration process or efficient transportation strategies. Yet – when viewing your most recent quarterly reports, you notice the margins appear tighter than forecasted – thanks to inadequate controls on your operating expenses. This article provides […]
Cloud Migration Strategy – The Types, The Implications, and The Costs
Since 2010, many companies have capitalized on Cloud Services, taking advantage of the large amounts of compute, memory, and storage that can be easily scaled up and down. However, there are still several industries that are reluctant to the change or remain cautious for various reasons. Terms and acronyms like, “SaaS”, “PaaS”, circulate their industry, […]
How Can Digital Solutions in Oil and Gas Scale My Operations?
The energy industry is tumultuous. Between COVID-19, booms and busts, and historically low prices, 2020 proved to be one of the most frustrating years to date for the industry. Yet, many businesses have positive outlooks for 2021 and beyond because they decided to embrace digital solutions. Whether you’re upstream, midstream, or downstream, implementing a digital […]
9 Tips for Improving the Automation in Your IT Services
So your company has implemented various software applications to complete necessary tasks – great! But while that technology has helped the business streamline specific processes, you’ve recently noticed that not everything works together as it should. Departments have stopped communicating effectively, and the workflows are either at direct odds or unrelated to each other. In […]
IT Automation and How It Can Benefit Your Oil & Gas Company
We’ve all been there, and it’s never fun. You have all the right components and software to address the needs of your departments and services. Yet, you arrived at work one morning only to learn that your technology had let you down. Batches were missed, data was corrupted, and the programs stopped working together. That […]
A Case for Cloud – Costs to Consider
It can be difficult to determine if a move to the Cloud makes financial sense for your company, but there are some techniques and tools that can be applied to build a business case. Jeff Hutchens is the Chief Information Officer at a leading IT Outsourcing firm EAG 1Source, and he and his team specialize […]
What You Didn’t Consider About the Oil and Gas Due Diligence Process
Combining two companies can be complex, especially in the oil and gas industry. You aren’t just buying a customer base, the products, and physical equipment sitting in a warehouse — you’re purchasing the rights and titles necessary to produce. More than other industries, you have to confirm you’re getting what you’re paying for, which is […]
5 Tips for Hiring Effective Technical Desktop Support
Imagine logging into your computer early in the morning in anticipation of a busy day. In the middle of constructing a critical email, your computer crashes. To top it off, you have to wait 45 minutes to get a hold of technical desktop support. By the time you connect with an IT support agent, you’re […]
EAG Spotlight – Erica Mendoza
Our EAG 1Source Employee Spotlight for May is…. Erica Mendoza! She has over 14 years of upstream oil and gas experience in Field Data Gathering, Production Management, Upstream Accounting, Division Order Management, Master Data Management, Land Management, and Enterprise Resource Planning. Erica currently serves as our Senior Manager of Application Support here at EAG. Erica […]
What You Didn’t Know About Land Administration in the Oil & Gas Industry
The land administration department of your average oil and gas company manages the crucial back-office functions for the firm’s exploration and production efforts. This critical work involves all manner of land asset care, including negotiating agreements, maintaining leases and contracts, analyzing their production and profitability, and more. In this article, we will discuss: The three […]
How Your Reporting Architecture Can Improve with BPO
As technology becomes more powerful and more accessible, our expectations of its abilities grow in equal measure. The power of pure number-crunching and the reports generated from Big Data reflect such assumptions. However, all of these advancements are for naught if your company struggles to build a reporting architecture that makes your information usable. Thankfully, […]