Elsevier Invests in the Explorers of Tomorrow by Collaborating With ExploHUB

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Elsevier Invests in the Explorers of Tomorrow

by Collaborating With ExploHUB

PR Newswire

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2012

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania

,

May 30, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Trainees undertaking the exploHUB course at the University of Aberdeen to be

given free access to Geofacets

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical

information products and services, has today announced that it is working

together with exploHUB, a unique professional training centre located at the

University of Aberdeen. exploHUB provides full time training to better prepare

explorationists for the challenges of discovering the earth's remaining

hydrocarbon resources. As part of this collaboration, Elsevier is committing to

provide exploHUB trainees with free access to Geofacets, its web-based

research tool specifically designed for geoscientists working in upstream

exploration.

Started in

January 2011

, exploHUB seeks to provide a one of a kind training

course that brings together industry and academic perspectives in order to

deliver comprehensive training to geologists in the fundamentals of

hydrocarbon exploration. The programme encompasses training on planning,

designing and implementing exploration projects. The University of Aberdeen

offers access to a vast wealth of geoscience expertise that is renowned across

Europe

and the globe. The organisation has a number of strategic relationships

with and sponsorships from companies such as Halliburton and Schlumberger

and industry bodies such as the PESGB (Petroleum Exploration Society of

Great

Britain

) and the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) to help it

achieve its goal of supporting trainees with state-of-the-art technology and

experienced mentors.

The majority of people on the course are employees from major oil companies,

national oil companies, independent oil companies, service companies and data

providers. The course lasts for nine months and successful trainees obtain a

Post Graduate Diploma in Hydrocarbon Exploration. There is also the option

available to extend the nine month course to twelve to obtain an MSc in

Hydrocarbon Exploration through the addition of an independent dissertation

project.

"Collaborating with Elsevier and Geofacets helps us to extend and enhance the

quality of tools that our trainees can interact with as part of their studies. This is

exceptionally important as our aim is to make exploHUB feel like a small

exploration company and provide a fully immersive training environment," said

Dr Stuart Archer, Director of exploHUB at the University of Aberdeen. "We want

individuals from the course to graduate with a pioneering spirit that will last for

all of their professional careers and technology has a key role to play in that. To

drive better business outcomes and recommendations, we believe that

geoscientists need high quality technical content delivered in a simple and

searchable way. That is why we are so delighted to be working with Elsevier as

we know that both organisations are working to the same vision of the future."

The back to basics and 'learning by doing' teaching philosophy advocated by

exploHUB provides great context for the application of an innovative resource

like Geofacets.

"Relationships such as this are vital to the future of the oil & gas industry," said

Friso Veenstra, Director of Market Development at Elsevier. "Our work with

exploHUB not only helps geoscientists to enhance their skills, but also ensures

that we can keep in touch with these future leaders and evolve Geofacets

based on the elements they consider to be most valuable to their work to

ensure it remains as pioneering as their explorations."

About Geofacets

Geofacets is a web-based research tool developed for geoscientists working in

upstream exploration. It provides access to an extensive database of over

190,000 geological maps from Elsevier's Earth science journals and the

Geological Society of

London's Lyell Collection

, as well as map overlays from

leading information providers such as Wood Mackenzie. With intuitive map-

based search features and over 115,000 of all available maps downloadable as

georeferenced files, Geofacets integrates seamlessly with the geoscientist's

workflow in upstream exploration. Its unique interface delivers relevant and

high quality content for scientific analysis and seamless integration with GIS and

other presentation software. For more information on Geofacets, please visit

http://www.geofacets.com/info/

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical

information products and services. The company works in partnership with the

global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals,

including

The Lancet

and

Cell

, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major

reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include

SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult and Mosby's

Nursing Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health

professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help

research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-

effectively.

A global business headquartered in

Amsterdam

, Elsevier employs 7,000 people

worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading

publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC

and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL

(London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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