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Built on a solid foundation of best-in-class critical information, decision-support tools and insights, IHS provides essential services to the Canadian energy sector.

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  • IHS provides experience, expertise, and foundational information to support pivotal decision-making. The depth and breadth of our offerings, listed below provide you with the resources needed to excel in your business endeavors.

    • Oil & Gas Information & Analytical Tools
    • Energy Strategy Services
    • Energy Company Research and Transaction Research
    • Commodities, Pricing & Cost
    • Country & Industry Forecasting

    IHS information can make the difference between average and operations excellence, conformity and innovation, standing still or leapfrogging the competition. With a solid foundation of best-in-class critical information, E&P applications and insight, IHS continues to support the Canadian energy sector from concept to market.

  • Understanding the driving forces affecting the upstream industry, price dynamics, and emerging trends and technologies, is essential to developing your short-term and long-term business strategies. IHS provides you with the right information, decision-support tools and insight to understand the outlook for the energy industry and formulate timely and successful plans.
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    Understand oil and gas market futures and the impact of the dynamic cost environment on your portfolio of projects
    • IHS CERA Advisory Research Services
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      IHS CERA Advisory Research Services

      Provides continuous analysis and insight into energy markets, industry trends, and strategies that have a direct impact on your portfolio.

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    • IHS CERA Industry Forums
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      IHS CERA Industry Forums

      Unique, timely insights concerning project costs, their direction, and the strategic implications associated with changes in the global cost environment. By developing and monitoring a set of indicators, specifically designed to reflect the critical issues in upstream project development, Forum members are able to better understand strategic issues.

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    Examine key forces that will shape the global business environment in the years ahead, and the possible implications for the energy industry
    • IHS CERA Multiclient Studies
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      IHS CERA Multiclient Studies

      Offers extensive and focused analysis on specific critical issues or opportunities facing energy decision makers today.

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    • IHS Herold: Energy Company Research and Transaction Research
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      IHS Herold: Energy Company Research and Transaction Research

      Information and insight focusing on valuation, strategy and performance measurement of energy companies worldwide.

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    Develop investment plans based on knowledge of global and regional energy supply, demand, and pricing outlooks
    • IHS Global Insight Energy Industry Analysis Forecasts and Data
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      IHS Global Insight Energy Industry Analysis Forecasts and Data

      Insights that anticipate the energy future offering scenarios to help formulate timely and successful plans.

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    Browse, query, map and model IHS oil and gas information
    • AccuMap
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      AccuMap

      Industry leading map, browse, query application for Canadian E&P information including subsurface land, well, pressure, production, pipelines, core, reserves, seismic and logs.

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    • IHS Enerdeq® Desktop
      Description of Product

      IHS Enerdeq® Desktop

      IHS Enerdeq® Desktop enables users to query, map, browse and report IHS and proprietary Canadian and global energy data from a single vantage point.

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    Stay abreast of advances in technology which have potential commercial implications for the global chemical and energy industries.
    • IHS Chemical Process Economics Program
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      IHS Chemical Process Economics Program

      Reports, reviews and process economics data on over 1,300 process technologies and 600 chemicals, polymers and refinery products.

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    Formulate timely, successful plans for growth based on downstream integration in the rapidly changing chemical industry.
    • IHS Chemical Consulting
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      IHS Chemical Consulting

      Strategic investment studies, benchmarking and commercial and technical advisory services based on deep understanding of the chemical industry and its relationship to energy, oil, gas and coal.

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    Assess the impact of high-profile topics of key interest to the chemical industry.
    • IHS Chemical Special Reports
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      IHS Chemical Special Reports

      Special focus studies delivering critical analysis of the most significant developments affecting the global chemical industry.

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    Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and markets for renewable chemicals, plastics, fuels and green technologies.
    • IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series
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      IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series

      Special reports providing data, insight and analysis to understand threats and opportunities facing the chemical and related industries for bio-based materials and green technologies.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics of specialty chemicals, including coverage by application or functional area.
    • IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program
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      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      Reports offering in-depth coverage by market or functional area for specialty chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

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    Determine carbon footprints for over 300 chemical processes, including bio-processes.
    • IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook
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      IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook

      Web-based tool for calculating carbon emissions by fuel type and geography for over 300 chemical processes.

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  • More competition for fewer prospects means moving quickly, with solid analysis. Asset teams, business analysts, consultants and geoscientists rely on IHS information and tools to evaluate undeveloped and exploratory areas and estimate their potential, match investment choices to strategic objectives, and manage risks and rewards.
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    Assess opportunities

    Monitor competitive landscape

    • IHS Land Data
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      IHS Land Data

      IHS Land Data provides the most comprehensive commercial land database available, amassing over 50 years of data accumulation on Freehold, Disposed Crown, First Nations, and Dominion Lands.

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    • AccuMap Mineral Land Database
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      AccuMap Mineral Land Database

      AccuMap® Mineral Land Database compiles over 50 years of data accumulation on Freehold, Disposed and Open Crown, First Nations, and Dominion Lands, making it the most trusted resource in the Canadian oil and gas industry. Find out how you can add our land text layer to manually position text labels within AccuMap.

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    Assess opportunities, understand their reservoir structural and stratigraphic characteristics

    Determine reservoir structure and reserves in place and opportunities

    Integrate IHS information with your proprietary data

    Develop exploration, exploitation and new venture proposals including unconventional and A&D opportunities

    • AccuLogs
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      AccuLogs

      View over 2.2 million depth registered raster well log images, annotated with DSTs, perfs and cores from original source documents.

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    • AccuMap
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      AccuMap

      Industry leading map, browse, query application for Canadian E&P information including subsurface land, well, pressure, production, pipelines, core, reserves, seismic and logs.

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    • Well Documents
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      Well Documents

      Web access to current and historical well, well test pressure data and reservoir information.

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    • PETRA®
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      PETRA®

      Provides geoscientists an integrated application with a common data base and interface for all project and data management, well log analysis, mapping, cross-sections, seismic integration and interpretation, production and reservoir analysis, 3D visualization and Production Group Normalization Tool.

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    Effectively manage your exploration and production data

    Integrate IHS information with your proprietary data

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      Data Management Services

      Consulting service providing decision support framework to effectively manage data in E&P companies.

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    • Data Manager (Canada)
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      Data Manager (Canada)

      Rapid well log and related information delivery system.

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    Benchmark reservoir production to similar reservoirs
    • Production Information
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      Production Information

      Detailed production history information fully integrated with the IHS general well data, and includes production figures for all fluids, operation hours, injection records, rations and cumulative values.

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      Fluid Analysis Information

      Comprehensive and accurate oil, gas and water chemistry attribute database.

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    • DST Information (Canada)
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      DST Information (Canada)

      Provides a complete and comprehensive interpreted DST dataset apturing basic information, detailed recoveries, quality codes, maximum extrapolated pressures, formation damage, bottom hole temperature, permeability and hydro factor and more.

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    Understand environmental and land use constraints and identify governmental jurisdictions and interests
    • IHS Surface, Near-Surface Data
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      IHS Surface, Near-Surface Data

      Surface features and topography including municipal, park and First Nation boundaries as well as railways, lakes, rivers and streams with an accuracy level of +/- 5 meters.

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    • Ortho Imagery
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      Ortho Imagery

      Valtus Ortho Imagery (Canada) provides high resolution ortho-rectified photographs that depict the earth’s surface at a resolution of 0.4-1.0 meters for the Western Canada and the US.

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    • Transportation Infrastructure Database
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      Transportation Infrastructure Database

      Comprehensive and accurate source of transportation infrastructure information for Western Canada and the Territories.

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    • IHS Well Data
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      IHS Well Data

      IHS Well Data contains all the data you need on wells across Canada and in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming for your upstream projects.

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    Understand the global supply and market dynamics of oilfield chemicals
    • IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program
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      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      In-depth coverage of oilfield chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

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  • Design, build and maintain plants and facilities that are efficient, safe and compliant with the world’s largest collections of engineering and design standards, codes, specifications, and product/supplier information.
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    Access and manage approved and validated design standards and engineering best practices
    • IHS Standards Expert™
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      IHS Standards Expert™

      Standards Management Solution providing desktop access to critical standards, codes and specifications from professional societies, trade associations, and national/international standards developing organizations, with tools to manage standards across departments and divisions.

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    Access best practice design methods for process engineering
    • ESDU
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      ESDU

      Validated engineering methods, data and software for improving fundamental design and analysis.

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    Order and manage parts, materials, equipment and supplies used in plants and facilities
    • CatalogXpress
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      CatalogXpress

      CatalogXpress provides a single point of entry to a vast array of manufacturer catalogs and essential information about products and components.

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    Optimize indirect/MRO materials inventory by describing parts and materials properly in ERP/EAM systems, and avoid over- or under-stocking
    • Intermat
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      Intermat

      Intermat helps organizations optimize and manage their maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) part content. Cleaning, standardizing, and enhancing unstructured MRO parts data.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics of specialty chemicals used in energy applications, such as oilfield chemicals.
    • IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program
      Description of Product

      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      Reports offering in-depth coverage by market or functional area for specialty chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

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  • Predicting demand and delivering oil & gas profitably to end-markets are ongoing challenges. Does the post-recession demand pattern differ in key ways from the previous demand landscape? What differentiates the emerging markets’ demand structure from that of the OECD? How can oil & gas companies improve strategic access to infrastructure?
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    An integrated perspective on oil price, supply/demand trends, investment patterns and geopolitical issues

    Monitor current technologies in conjunction with available fuel choices and market/demographic trends

    Understand the impact of policy on the industry

    • IHS CERA Global Oil - Strategic Reports
      Description of Product

      IHS CERA Global Oil - Strategic Reports

      Strategic Reports are driven by IHS CERA's Global Oil Advisory Service big questions that have implications for corporate leaders, investors, government policymakers, and energy users. The answers to these questions set the stage for the strategic future of the industry.

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    Determine whether increased product demand will translate into profitable production
    • Power and Transmission (Canada)
      Description of Product

      Power and Transmission (Canada)

      The Power and Transmission Data dataset provides greater contextual background information useful for planning and modeling purposes and can create a better overall picture of an area of interest to help mitigate unexpected concerns before entering the field.

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    Locate and evaluate pipeline assets and opportunities

    Comply with emergency preparedness and response requirements

    Manage integrity management programs

    • IHS Midstream Data (Canada)
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      IHS Midstream Data (Canada)

      Offered through our partnership with Canada's premier pipeline data source, Geomatics Data Management, IHS Midstream Data delivers the most precise and comprehensive pipeline, plant and facility data, spatially corrected and adjusted to surveyed right of ways and imagery.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics for over 300 high-interest industrial chemicals.
    • IHS Chemical Economics Handbook
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      IHS Chemical Economics Handbook

      In-depth information on over 300 industrial chemicals, including producers and capacity, overview of technology and key trends, supply and demand, end uses and markets.

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    Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and markets for renewable chemicals, plastics, fuels and green technologies.
    • IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series

      Special reports providing data, insight and analysis to understand threats and opportunities facing the chemical and related industries for bio-based materials and green technologies.

      Learn More

    Understand global supply and market dynamics of specialty chemicals, including coverage by application or functional area.
    • IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program
      Description of Product

      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      Reports offering in-depth coverage by market or functional area for specialty chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

      Learn More

    Determine carbon footprints for over 300 chemical processes, including bio-processes.
    • IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook

      Web-based tool for calculating carbon emissions by fuel type and geography for over 300 chemical processes.

      Learn More

  • Increasingly, EHS and sustainability concerns have become central components to strategic planning and resource management that drive efficiency and competitive advantage. IHS has been helping organizations achieve their EHS and sustainability goals for decades. IHS brings together software, data and expertise into a comprehensive suite of sustainability management solutions to help you assess and respond to emerging issues, meet your company's global compliance obligations.
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    Implement, document, measure and report on company's sustainability and corporate responsibility programs
    • IHS Corporate Responsibility Solution™
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      IHS Corporate Responsibility Solution™

      Software that addresses your company's need for sustainability management and reporting in a manner that is transparent, auditable and verifiable. The solution helps you implement your corporate sustainability strategy organization-wide while developing and promoting a culture of proactive sustainability management.

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    Monitor, manage and report environmental regulatory compliance
    • IHS Environmental Performance Solution
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      IHS Environmental Performance Solution

      Software and services enable fulfillment of U.S. and international regulatory and voluntary reporting requirements for air, water, waste, refrigerant and chemical inventory

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    Track, manage and report GHG emissions
    • IHS Energy & Carbon Solution
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      IHS Energy & Carbon Solution

      Provides corporate-wide management of your greenhouse gas program in an auditable, verifiable manner. The solution includes: Emissions Inventories, Compliance & Verification, Reporting, Cap and Trade Management, Energy Management and Strategic Planning

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    Comply with workplace health and safety regulations
    • IHS Health & Safety Solution
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      IHS Health & Safety Solution

      Automate, streamline, and manage your compliance activities from start to finish including: Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and Chemical Management. Manage, Material Request & Approval Workflow, Incident Management Industrial Hygiene, Job Hazard Analysis, Liability Claims & Case Management, Training Management.

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    Streamline planning and procedures for more effective incident and emergency management
    • IHS Operational Risk Solution
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      IHS Operational Risk Solution

      Helps mitigate risks ranging from routine safety incidents and workplace injuries to natural disasters or terrorism.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics for over 300 high-interest industrial chemicals.
    • IHS Chemical Economics Handbook
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Economics Handbook

      In-depth information on over 300 industrial chemicals, including producers and capacity, overview of technology and key trends, supply and demand, end uses and markets.

      Learn More

    Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and markets for renewable chemicals, plastics, fuels and green technologies
    • IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series

      Special reports providing data, insight and analysis to understand threats and opportunities facing the chemical and related industries for bio-based materials and green technologies.

      Learn More

    Determine carbon footprints for over 300 chemical processes, including bio-processes.
    • IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook

      Web-based tool for calculating carbon emissions by fuel type and geography for over 300 chemical processes.

      Learn More

    Understand global supply and market dynamics of specialty chemicals, including coverage by application or functional area.
    • IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program
      Description of Product

      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      Reports offering in-depth coverage by market or functional area for specialty chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

      Learn More

 

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