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Who is PIDX?

The Petroleum Industry Data Exchange, PIDX, is the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) committee on Global Electronic Business Standards in the oil and gas industry. For almost 20 years oil companies, their customers, suppliers and other business partners have collaborated on scores of projects. These projects have re-engineer entire business processes and operations for greater efficiency and profitability through the implementation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and emerging Electronic Business technologies such as the Internet and eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

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List of Subcommittees

Vision and Mission
PIDX’s vision is to achieve petroleum industry and enterprise-wide integration of business processes through seamless electronic business communication. PIDX’s mission is to influence the architecture and facilitate implementation of effective standards and processes for electronic business communications within the petroleum industry community. In addition, PIDX seeks to leverage the inherent value in existing EDI standards as well as actively pursue the benefits of emerging e-Business technologies.

Value in Participation
PIDX is the place where companies come together to address the oil and natural gas industry's electronic business requirements. We welcome your participation. PIDX is an aggressive, goal-oriented organization that offers benefits and services that assures you and your company will always be a part of the electronic business standards development process. The benefits of PIDX membership include:

 • Voting privileges on the PIDX General Committee, which sets the overall direction and activities of PIDX. Potential to participate in the PIDX Executive Committee.

 • Opportunities to network with peers, share information and learn about best practices around e-business issues and initiatives. PIDX members include integrated oil and natural gas companies, independents, and service and supply companies. These opportunities include attending the PIDX Conferences at reduced rates and unlimited participation in all PIDX Subcommittees, Workgroups, and Specific Interest Groups (SIGs), including PIDX Europe.

 • 25% discount on API XML training provided by Software AG for you and your staff. This discount applies whether you take the training at Software AG facilities in Denver, CO or Reston VA, or at training held at your own facilities. Software AG will also provide training at Houston, TX and Austin TX in the near future.

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PIDX Charter - This has been recently revised in Spring of 2007.