Non-profit Organizations

Public Petroleum Data Model (PPDM)
Bringing world-wide industry experts together in a round table approach to engineer a business driven data model, the Public Petroleum Data Model Association ensures that the model will meet today and tomorrow's needs. With existing computing infrastructure and data, this model becomes the foundation positioning companies to move aggressively towards the future, embracing new technologies and business strategies. Formed in 1989 and incorporated in 1991 as a not-for-profit association, its membership of 100+ organizations - Canadian, International and US, include a broad range of petroleum companies, government agencies, software application and data vendors, and service companies.Managed by volunteers, the low membership fee encourages a large number of companies involved in the oil and gas business to participate in the model definition. Working experts in each of the business topics are invited to participate in an open process to create the integrated modules of the standard model. Each member is encouraged to be an active participant in PPDM's evolution and votes on the business acceptability of each model.