verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message openspirit corporation type corporation industry oilfield services fate acquired 2010 successor tibco software inc founded 2000 headquarters stafford tx with major offices in london abu dhabi and perth key people daniel j. piette president and ceo clay harter chief technology officer mark godfrey chief architect number of employees 60 website tibco openspirit openspirit corporation an oilfield service subsidiary of tibco software provides software services and middleware for geophysical data integration . the company was originally headquartered in stafford texas a suburb of houston with offices in woking uk abu dhabi uae and perth australia . history edit development of the openspirit application integration framework began in 1997 as a project funded by the openspirit alliance a consortium of oil companies and software vendors seeking to address inefficiencies and high costs related to the poor integration capabilities of exploration and production applications and their related datastores . with research and development funded by consortium members a multidisciplinary team of technologists delivered a prototype of an application integration framework in 1999 . while consortium members and the exploration and production community as a whole supported the prototype it became apparent that it would need to be offered by a commercial entity . openspirit corporation began operations in july 2000 as an independent software company focusing on providing integration software for upstream applications and data . the original investors were schlumberger shell and chevron . in 2006 paradigm ltd 1 joined as an investor in the company . on september 23 2010 openspirit was acquired by tibco software inc. 2 references edit paradigm demonstrates commitment to open integration with epos openspirit link in rock & fluid canvas . paradigm ltd. retrieved 5 december 2014 . tibco software acquires openspirit corporation . tibco software . 23 september 2010 . retrieved 5 december 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title openspirit corporation & oldid 669034379 categories companies established in 2000oil companies of the united statescompanies based in texashidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 june 2015 at 12 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view