North Caspian Operating Company B.V. Selects Paradigm

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:10 ET

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm™ (www.pdgm.com) announced today that it has been selected by North Caspian Operating Company B.V. (NCOC) (www.ncoc.kz) to provide onsite technical services to support NCOC teams working at the Technical Data Center in Astana and Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

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"Paradigm was selected from several candidates through NCOC's competitive tender selection process. Their winning proposal offers a complete and robust technical solution, staffed by skilled and experienced national staff operating a service structure that is designed to successfully support business critical functions at a competitive cost. We are pleased to work with Paradigm and look forward to successful operations at our Technical Data Center," said Allen Greenwood, Technical Services Manager at NCOC.

The agreement for Paradigm onsite support services includes the management of a full and continuously supported, secure, backed up and disaster recoverable data management center in NCOC's facilities in Astana, Kazakhstan and a service center in NCOC's facility in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The agreement also includes geological and geophysical application support, and infrastructure, data management and IT consultancy services. This is the first such project of its kind and complexity for Paradigm in the Caspian region.

"We are delighted to expand our relationship with NCOC and the Kazakh oil and gas industry. Paradigm's onsite technical customer support services will support NCOC geoscientists, petrophysicists and engineers in their commitment to the optimal, safe and successful exploitation of the hydrocarbon assets of Kazakhstan," said Richard Jefferies, Paradigm's vice president for the EMEA.

For more information on Paradigm products and services, visit www.pdgm.com, or e-mail [email protected].

About Paradigm™

Paradigm (www.pdgm.com) is the largest multi-national software company exclusively focused on the delivery of analytical and information management solutions for the discovery and extraction of subsurface natural resources. Serving the oil & gas and mining industries since 1987, Paradigm, with its 700 employees, operates globally via its 32 client service, technology and administrative facilities located in 27 countries.

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