VRcontext Announces the Opening of an Americas Headquarters

Oct. 1, 2007

HOUSTON , Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Brussels-based VRcontext has opened a subsidiary office in Houston to serve its oil and gas clients operating massive and complex assets. The Houston office will serve as headquarters for all the company's operations in the Americas.

According to Americas general manager Marc de Buyl, "Our product establishes live connections between a client's virtual asset model and operational data to deliver an intuitive decision-support tool that can be used by all disciplines for improved efficiency."

"Having a VRcontext office in the Americas will accelerate implementation of the Walkinside(R) solution at BP, which I see as helping us boost operational efficiencies, while reducing risk and managing field integrity in an enhanced safety environment," said Jim Thomson , Visualization Theme Lead for BP Information Management Solutions.

About VRcontext

VRcontext (http://www.vrcontext.com) is a privately owned company that develops virtual reality software applications for the oil and gas, process, energy, and homeland security markets.

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