ERC Tigress, the leading geoscience and reservoir engineering consultancy and software vendor, opened its office at the Technology Park in August 1994. A member of rapidly growing seismic acquisition, processing and reservoir services Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Group, ERC Tigress in Aberdeen is home of the Hedera software development team, and provider of a range of commercial services to the local petroleum industry.

Its prospect appraisal services include expert advice and independent study capabilities, rock property and geochemical databases, custom software development, software tools for exploration and production (Hedera and Tigress), software support and training.

Hedera is an innovative and advanced software tool for assessing the hydrocarbon potential of a basin. Based on the latest object oriented technology, its modelling options and database facilities offer the basin modeller/geochemist an intuitive and flexible system for predicting source rock maturity, generation and migration and estimating prospect charges.

Tigress is the leading integrated geoscience and reservoir engineering software system. Integrated software modules for geophysics, geology, petrophysics, mapping, engineering and reservoir simulation share a common and extensive database. Reservoir characterisation and evaluation is easier and faster through central data management and application integration. Tigress modules can be mixed and matched to suit a team's needs, working alongside legacy systems to maximise team and data efficiency.

For further information contact:
ERC Tigress Limited
PSTI Building
Aberdeen Offshore Technology Park
Exploration Drive
Bridge of Don
Aberdeen
AB23 8GX

Tel: +44 (0)1224 706763 Fax: +44 (0)1224 706082