Aker Solutions AS is recognized for its development of new technology for deep water drilling based on field-proven drilling equipment. Satisfying the industry's requirements to efficiency, safety and operability has always been a prime objective.

ESRI was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm. ESRI products (particularly ArcGIS Desktop) have a one-third of the global market share, and are used by nearly 80 percent of GIS users worldwide from all professions.

Company has 10 regional offices in the U.S. and a network of 80 international distributors with about a million users in 200 countries. ESRI has 2,500 employees in the U.S., and is still privately-held by the founders. In 2006, year revenues were about $660 million. In 2008, ESRI ranked 70th on the list of largest software companies in the world.

Microsoft Corporation is an American-based multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.

Achilles Joint Qualification System (JQS) is a unique collaboration between Norwegian and Danish oil and gas operators and management contractors. The participating organisations use the system to provide information and to select suppliers and contractors when buying goods and services. Those buyers not subject to the EC procurement directives are actively using the system as a joint vendor database.

Verdande Technology AS is a spin-off from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and was established in 2004 by a group of students and professors from the University. Verdande Technology’s core technology is founded on the principle of case-based reasoning, a technology based on the principle that similar problems have similar solutions. DrillEdge, Verdande Technology’s software package is developed to assist drilling engineers in lowering risk, increasing rate of penetration and reducing non-productive time while drilling. We help operators to re-use knowledge in order to diagnose and avoid costly drilling problems before they escalate.
We are headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, with representatives in Stavanger, Norway and Houston, USA.