ENERGY

Extract every ounce of value from your most critical information assets

Organisations in the oil and gas sector face data management challenges that are truly unique and daunting. Because exploration and production is data-intensive - and that data needs to be retained for decades - organisations accumulate vast quantities of information, which is costly to acquire and indispensable in establishing the characteristics and value of energy assets.

Yet this data is typically scattered across many different locations and stored in a wide mix of physical and digital formats, including legacy media that may be up to 50 years old. This fragmentation makes it difficult to manage information in a timely way to support investment and divestment decisions, run daily operations, and respond to regulatory matters.

Enhance visibility, control and protection of exploration and production data With its 30 years of experience in the energy industry, Iron Mountain is uniquely qualified to provide energy companies and government bodies with solutions that enhance visibility, control, and protection for their asset data.

We have worked with more than 1,000 global customers, from the SuperMajor, multi-national oil companies to the local Independent Exploration Companies, helping them to:

• Integrate physical and digital asset data to provide a unified view and simplified management, via our eSearch asset management software
  
• Enhance the ability to search, access, and share asset data across global organisations and with partners and regulators
  
• Consolidate physical and digital storage to reduce storage and management costs
• Quickly convert legacy data to the format best suited to its intended use and means of distribution
  
• Enhance the safety, security, and longevity of high-value information through best practices for information storage, management and handling

Industry expertise and a global footprint

Iron Mountain's comprehensive solutions bring together our unsurpassed records management expertise with in-depth experience managing exploration and production data for the oil and gas industry.

Our global presence ensures you have access to the same breadth of resources, service offerings, and consistent delivery and support worldwide. We operate nine specialised facilities, focused on the needs of the energy industry, in energy centres around the world including sites in the US, Canada, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands Germany, Russia, and Australia.

Iron Mountain's industry-specific expertise is complemented by extensive resources and services for storing, protecting, and managing conventional business records, such as financial data, operations data, and corporate email.

Solutions that let you focus on your core business

Our managed services allow you quickly deploy new capabilities without the capital expense and lengthy implementation times of an in-house solution. Because Iron Mountain keeps pace with ever-changing storage technologies, security measures and best practices, your people are free to focus on your core business - bringing energy to market.