This document contains the drafts of MOU's which were eventually
signed by all the partners to the project. The PI on this project
drafted these instruments, than gave them to the LBL ER-LTT office
for review. This project was not CRADA-eligible since there was no
intellectual property being developed as part of the project.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY AND BP EXPLORATION FOR
FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS TO ACTI PROJECT TITLED "ADVANCED FLUX VISUALIZATION
AND VIRTUAL REALITY FOR RESERVOIR ENGINEERING"
Parties to this Agreement:
The Regents of the University of California, a Constitutional Corporation
and instrumentality of the State of California (hereafter known as "LBL"),
who operate Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under prime contract to the
United States Department of Energy (hereafter known as "DOE").
BP Exploration, Inc. (hereafter "BP").
Background
----------
In response to the ACTI call for particpation, LBL, BP and Western Atlas
Software, Inc. (hereafter "WAS") jointly drafted a proposal titled "Advanced
Flux Visualization and Virtual Reality for Reservoir Engineering." Of
122 proposals submitted by Industrial participants and the nine national
laboratories, ours was ranked 9 of 122, and thus selected for funding.
The text of the proposal is provided herein as Attachment A.
Technical Objective
-------------------
The goal of this proposal is to bring to commercialization advanced
techniques for flux visualization, where said techniques are jointly
derived by a group consisting of working petroleum reservoir engineers
(BP), a service company with a product that is used for the visualization
of flux data (WAS) and reseachers in scientific visualization and
virtual reality (LBL).
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The purpose of this Agreement is to outline obligations of LBL and BP
to one another in order to fulfill the obligations created by the
funding of the proposal submitted to ACTI. BP and LBL agree:
(1) BP Obligations:
a. BP will provide no cash or other compensation to LBL;
b. BP will provide 1/4 FTE of staff resources to meet the
technical aspects of this project, which include:
1. Creative input to the design and assessment of
prototype implementations of algorithms for visualizing
flux data;
2. Primary responsibility for derivation of and assessment
of a single-component representation of multi-phase flux
data;
3. Co-authorship of a report describing the results of this
project to be submitted to a technical journal upon or near
the completion of this project.
c. BP will provide at no cost to LBL access to BP-proprietary
reservoir data for the purposes of testing prototype
visualization algorithms, subject to the non-disclosure
terms in Attachment B. This obligation fulfills the BP
portion of industry in-kind contribution required by the
ACTI program.
(2) LBL Obligations:
a. LBL will provide no cash or other compensation to BP;
b. LBL will provide 1/2 FTE of staff resources to meet the
technical aspects of this project, which include:
1. Project coordination and management;
2. Creative input to the design and assessment of
prototype implementations of algorithms for visualizing
flux data;
3. Primary responsibility for implementation of visualization
algorithms, in the form of working prototypes, in a suitable
software environment.
c. LBL will protect BP-proprietary data in accordance with the
terms of the non-disclosure agreement provided in
Attachment B.
DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT
This Memorandum of Understanding becomes effective on the date of signature
by both institutions and shall remain in effect for three years. It may be
amended by written request between both parties and terminated by mutual
agreement or by either institution giving a 30-day written notice to the
other institution.
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY:
By:_________________________________________
(date)
Reviewed and Approved as to legal sufficiency:
By:_________________________________________
(date)
Paul Martin, LBL Counsel
BY BP EXPLORATION:
By:_________________________________________
(date)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY AND WESTERN ATLAS SOFTWARE FOR
FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS TO ACTI PROJECT TITLED "ADVANCED FLUX VISUALIZATION
AND VIRTUAL REALITY FOR RESERVOIR ENGINEERING"
Parties to this Agreement:
The Regents of the University of California, a Constitutional Corporation
and instrumentality of the State of California (hereafter known as "LBL"),
who operate Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under prime contract to the
United States Department of Energy (hereafter known as "DOE").
Western Atlas Software (hereafter "WAS").
Background
----------
In response to the ACTI call for particpation, LBL, WAS, and BP
Exploration (hereafter "BP")
jointly drafted a proposal titled "Advanced
Flux Visualization and Virtual Reality for Reservoir Engineering." Of
122 proposals submitted by Industrial participants and the nine national
laboratories, ours was ranked 9 of 122, and thus selected for funding.
The text of the proposal is provided herein as Attachment A.
Technical Objective
-------------------
The goal of this proposal is to bring to commercialization advanced
techniques for flux visualization, where said techniques are jointly
derived by a group consisting of working petroleum reservoir engineers
(BP), a service company with a product that is used for the visualization
of flux data (WAS) and reseachers in scientific visualization and
virtual reality (LBL).
------------
The purpose of this Agreement is to outline obligations of LBL and WAS
to one another in order to fulfill the obligations created by the
funding of the proposal submitted to ACTI. WAS and LBL agree:
(1) WAS Obligations:
1.a: WAS will provide no cash or other compensation to LBL;
1.b: BP will provide 1/4 FTE of staff resources to meet the
technical aspects of this project, which include:
1.b.1: Creative input to the design and assessment of
prototype implementations of algorithms for visualizing
flux data;
1.b.2: Primary responsibility for derivation of and assessment
of a single-component representation of multi-phase flux
data;
1.b.3: Co-authorship of a report describing the results of this
project to be submitted to a technical journal upon or near
the completion of this project.
1.c: WAS will provide at no cost to LBL access to WAS-proprietary
visualization software (the WAS product called "3DVIEW")
in a form suitable for the purposes of testing prototype
visualization algorithms, subject to the non-disclosure
terms in Attachment B. This obligation fulfills the WAS
portion of industry in-kind contribution required by the
ACTI program.
(2) LBL Obligations:
2.a: LBL will provide no cash or other compensation to BP;
2.b: LBL will provide 1/2 FTE of staff resources to meet the
technical aspects of this project, which include:
2.b.1: Project coordination and management;
2.b.2: Creative input to the design and assessment of
prototype implementations of algorithms for visualizing
flux data;
2.b.3:. Primary responsibility for implementation of visualization
algorithms, in the form of working prototypes, in a suitable
software environment.
2.c: LBL will protect WAS-proprietary software in accordance with the
terms of the non-disclosure agreement provided in
Attachment B.
3. It is anticipated that there will be no patentable material to result
from this work.
DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT
This Memorandum of Understanding becomes effective on the date of signature
by both institutions and shall remain in effect for three years. It may be
amended by written request between both parties and terminated by mutual
agreement or by either institution giving a 30-day written notice to the
other institution.
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY:
By:_________________________________________
(date)
Reviewed and Approved as to legal sufficiency:
By:_________________________________________
(date)
Paul Martin, LBL Counsel
BY WESTERN ATLAS SOFTWARE:
By:_________________________________________
(date)