Elsevier Invests in the Explorers of Tomorrow by Collaborating With ExploHUB

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Trainees undertaking the exploHUB course at the University of Aberdeen to be given
free access to Geofacets

Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services, has today announced that it is working
together with exploHUB, a unique professional training centre located at the University of
Aberdeen. exploHUB provides full time training to better prepare explorationists for the
challenges of discovering the earth’s remaining hydrocarbon resources. As part of this
collaboration, Elsevier is committing to provide exploHUB trainees with free access to
Geofacets, its web-based research tool specifically designed for geoscientists working in
upstream exploration.

Started in January 2011, exploHUB seeks to provide a one of a kind training course
that brings together industry and academic perspectives in order to deliver comprehensive
training to geologists in the fundamentals of hydrocarbon exploration. The programme
encompasses training on planning, designing and implementing exploration projects. The
University of Aberdeen offers access to a vast wealth of geoscience expertise that is
renowned across Europe and the globe. The organisation has a number of strategic
relationships with and sponsorships from companies such as Halliburton and Schlumberger
and industry bodies such as the PESGB (Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain) and
the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) to help it achieve its goal of
supporting trainees with state-of-the-art technology and experienced mentors.

The majority of people on the course are employees from major oil companies, national
oil companies, independent oil companies, service companies and data providers. The course
lasts for nine months and successful trainees obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in
Hydrocarbon Exploration. There is also the option available to extend the nine month
course to twelve to obtain an MSc in Hydrocarbon Exploration through the addition of an
independent dissertation project.

“Collaborating with Elsevier and Geofacets helps us to extend and enhance the quality
of tools that our trainees can interact with as part of their studies. This is
exceptionally important as our aim is to make exploHUB feel like a small exploration
company and provide a fully immersive training environment,” said Dr Stuart Archer,
Director of exploHUB at the University of Aberdeen. “We want individuals from the course
to graduate with a pioneering spirit that will last for all of their professional careers
and technology has a key role to play in that. To drive better business outcomes and
recommendations, we believe that geoscientists need high quality technical content
delivered in a simple and searchable way. That is why we are so delighted to be working
with Elsevier as we know that both organisations are working to the same vision of the
future.”

The back to basics and ‘learning by doing’ teaching philosophy advocated by exploHUB
provides great context for the application of an innovative resource like Geofacets.

“Relationships such as this are vital to the future of the oil & gas industry,” said
Friso Veenstra, Director of Market Development at Elsevier. “Our work with exploHUB not
only helps geoscientists to enhance their skills, but also ensures that we can keep in
touch with these future leaders and evolve Geofacets based on the elements they consider
to be most valuable to their work to ensure it remains as pioneering as their
explorations.”

About Geofacets

Geofacets [http://www.geofacets.com/info ] is a web-based research tool developed for
geoscientists working in upstream exploration. It provides access to an extensive database
of over 190,000 geological maps from Elsevier’s Earth science journals and the Geological
Society of London’s Lyell Collection, as well as map overlays from leading information
providers such as Wood Mackenzie. With intuitive map-based search features and over
115,000 of all available maps downloadable as georeferenced files, Geofacets integrates
seamlessly with the geoscientist’s workflow in upstream exploration. Its unique interface
delivers relevant and high quality content for scientific analysis and seamless
integration with GIS and other presentation software. For more information on Geofacets,
please visit http://www.geofacets.com/info

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information
products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health
communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet
[http://www.thelancet.com ] and Cell [http://www.cell.com ], and close to 20,000 book
titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier’s online
solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], SciVerse Scopus
[http://www.scopus.com ], Reaxys [http://www.reaxys.com ], MD Consult
[http://www.mdconsult.com ] and Mosby’s Nursing Suite [http://www.confidenceconnected.com
], which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal
suite [http://www.scival.com ] and MEDai’s Pinpoint Review [http://www.medai.com ], which
help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ]
employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC
[http://www.reedelsevier.com ], a world-leading publisher and information provider, which
is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN
(Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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