Impact of technical data bases: Converting chemical laboratory experiencesinto strategic information for the oil business

To implement technological advances for information and telecommunication p urposes, organizations have been using computerized systems to preserve, cl assify update and disseminate the information, in order to achieve higher c ompetitiveness in the global market. A company of the petroleum and petroch emical area, which performs R&D, and technical assistance, requires, as par t of the dynamics of business, data bases created through these automated s ystems, to register and timely recover the information concerning to operat ions performed Analysis and Evaluation Department (A&E) of PDVSA-Intevep ca rries out the physicochemical essays of crudes and products, as well as che mical and molecular characterization of chemical products required in the d ifferent operations of the oil industry To efficiently carry out the analys is, A&E has developed and applied several computer tools which guarantee th e storage and prompt recovery of the information to expedite the work. Amon g these data bases "Faja Petrolifera del Orinoco " (FPO) -Orinoco Oil Belt in English-, and "Insumos Quimicos" -Chemical Inputs in English- are includ ed.