HOUSTON, TX, March 1, 2004 -  R7 Solutions provided a Gold Sponsorship to the 2004 ESRI Petroleum User Group Conference in Houston, Texas. Highlighting geographic information systems use in the petroleum industry, the conference was held February 23 through 25th, 2004.

"We sponsor the PUG conference because we have a strong interest in the growth of GIS usage in exploration and production. GIS is an increasingly important tool not only for the traditional geotechnical user, but also for scientific and business users. We see the PUG as supporting the dissemination of GIS knowledge to new users and educating the next generation of users," said K. Lawrence Epperson, CEO of R7 Solutions.

R7 Solutions demonstrated its GeoRoom application suite during the conference Vendor Faire. GeoRoom is a location-aware business process management application. Designed to reduce the cost and time required to deploy fully integrated geographic information system (GIS) with existing non-spatial enterprise applications, GeoRoom provides enterprises with a way to link multiple GIS, database, and other enterprise and legacy data sources into a single unified web interface for frontline business users.

During the three-day PUG Conference, people representing 487 organizations and 30 countries participated in workshops and technical presentations, met with GIS business partners, and grew their networks with peers in the petroleum industry.

About R7 Solutions

R7 Solutions develops and implements award-winning enterprise software for the energy, transportation, government and real estate industries. The company's flagship product is GeoRoom, the real-time web-based map and data integration suite. Founded in 2001, the company has unique expertise in geographic information systems, enterprise integration of geospatial data, document management and workflow systems. For more information, please contact R7 Solutions at 713.529.3300 or visit www.r7solutions.com.