tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203302732026-09-23T11:50:55.596-06:00Welcome to People, Ideas & Objects Solution to Turn Shale Accountable and ProfitablePeople, Ideas & Objects — Synallagi is a North American oil & gas ERP system that elevates marketplaces, the Joint Operating Committee, and our user community to core operating priorities. <br><br>Built for producers facing chronic overproduction, intermittent shortages, unprofitability, value destruction, and poor accountability. Synallagi defines, develops, and delivers the means for all categories of producers to compete as innovative and profitable oil & gas firms.Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3579125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-4757106787464953482026-09-18T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-18T05:30:00.117-06:00A Day Off!The numbers are getting a little slim, so I’m learning to cherish these birthdays. I’m taking my 68th off.Back in May 1991, at 32, I never imagined I’d still be doing this at 68, or that the work would mean decades of living in such poverty. Yet here I am, and I'm more than willing to accept that I am wrong but I just can't reconcile that with the fact their investors have been similarly ignored Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-58341956423337141632026-09-17T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-17T05:30:00.188-06:00The Digital Revolution Will Not Wait for Oil & Gas Officers and directors of North American producer firms may soon find the pressure to act becoming impossible to ignore. For years, I have argued that the industry’s financial performance has been inadequate. Now a larger question is emerging: can the industry finance and deliver the energy the continent will need?The expectations are growing. So is the distance between those expectations Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-79010437970379715292026-09-16T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-16T05:30:00.115-06:00Consider This... AI is the Killer App of IPA technical glitch (user based) left this in Monday's spot for publication, as draft. It is the last post of this series and is not out of sequence by publishing it today. Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property as the Killer AppGeorge Sivulka, CEO of Hebbia, made an important distinction in this presentation:Individual Artificial Intelligence breeds chaos.Institutional Artificial Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-80144128245919162822026-09-15T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-15T05:30:00.121-06:00Debate # 41, AI + IP = Orchestration Consider This… AI + IP = Orchestration — The DebateI’ll begin with the usual caveat: producing these podcasts can feel like herding 100 cats into the same room. Some compromises are inevitable, and at a certain point we publish what we have. The presenters’ ever-changing pronunciation of Synallagi captures the challenge perfectly. Their first attempt is almost correct—a hopeful start—beforePaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-85198839473301807772026-09-11T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-11T05:30:00.123-06:00Consider This... AI is the Killer App of IP GuardrailsThe Synallagi Targeting Framework will be examined comprehensively in a forthcoming paper within our 21st Century Marketplace Vision series. For this paper's purposes, it is sufficient to establish the guardrails within which it must operate.The Targeting Framework is intended to identify, evaluate, monetize, and distribute a portion of the incremental benefits generated through Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-66622953332310642942026-09-10T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-10T05:30:00.121-06:00Consider This... AI is the Killer App of IPOrigins and Applications of Synallagi Intellectual PropertySeveral events during the 1990s convinced me that the Information Technology industry’s treatment of Intellectual Property had reached a low point. Software companies—organizations whose revenues, profitability, and enterprise value depended almost entirely upon their Intellectual Property—routinely behaved as though “what’s yours is minePaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-74132940534798800452026-09-09T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-09T05:30:00.113-06:00An Announcement, We Have Deadlines!Publishing our deadlines gives prospective participants a clearer understanding of where Synallagi stands, what remains to be done, and the commitment required to reach its initial commercial release. Some will consider the schedule ambitious; others will regard it as too comfortable. Both perspectives have merit. The task ahead is enormous, and the pace depends first on securing the resources toPaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-57060320848298265092026-09-08T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-08T05:30:00.119-06:00Consider This... AI is the "Killer App" of IP Today we have another paper in the “Consider This…” series of relatively short discussions on topics of interest. This one raises several points that people in oil & gas may wish to debate. I’ve opened the blog to comments and welcome that discussion, although I encourage participants to protect their identities. We continue to attract the wrong kind of attention from producer officers Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-69039190842502582832026-09-04T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-04T05:30:00.121-06:00Security & Access Control - Target Architecture BriefTarget Architecture BriefDate: 2026-08-12The original Security and Access Control specification describes the business objective and vision for the module. The following companion architecture expands that vision into the trust, authority, accountability, cybersecurity, market, artificial intelligence, blockchain, stablecoin, wallet, and implementation concepts required to support Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-3654746978281857862026-09-03T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-03T05:30:00.118-06:00Security & Access Control - People, Ideas & Objects and Oracle CorporationDate: 2026-08-11PurposeSynallagi is based on Oracle Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning and the related capabilities of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This provides People, Ideas & Objects with a current, secure and extensible foundation for financial management, procurement, projects, identity, access governance, integration, data protection and cloud operations.The purpose of this relationshipPaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-80058535951578220212026-09-02T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-02T05:30:00.117-06:00Security & Access Control - Architecture BriefArchitecture BriefDate: 2026-06-27This brief establishes the target direction for the Security & Access Control module and defines the architectural structure through which its business vision is to be implemented. The module is a central specification for trust, authority, accountability, cybersecurity, markets, transactions, artificial intelligence and cross-organizational participation in Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-91093475328389485692026-09-01T05:30:00.000-06:002026-09-01T05:30:00.116-06:00Security & Access Control - Conceptual ModelConceptual ModelDate: 2026-06-271. Design intentSynallagi operates across organizational boundaries. A person may work for one producer, represent another party under contract, participate in several Joint Operating Committees, perform a specialized duty for a limited period, support a marketplace, and possess different authority in each context.A conventional statement such as "assign the user aPaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-32990725132908137692026-08-31T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-31T05:30:00.113-06:00Security & Access Control — Business and Technical Specifications. Part INote to Our User CommunityThis specification represents the beginning of the development process rather than its conclusion. It establishes the purposes, operating concepts, essential capabilities, responsibilities, controls, and architectural boundaries presently understood to be necessary for Synallagi. It does not contain every requirement that developers will eventually need, nor should it bePaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-79592480244415429642026-08-28T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-28T05:30:00.115-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXVIII- Producers ContinuedPrice Maker Strategy In this section we look to describe the role the service providers play in ensuring producers achieve and maintain their renewed cultural objectives of reserves preservation, performance and profitability. Synallagi prepares monthly standard and objective financial statements for each and every Joint Operating Committee. In addition this would Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-72101960016376828072026-08-27T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-27T05:30:00.211-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXVIIProducers ContinuedProducers’ Enterprise Resource Planning / Artificial Intelligence Issue Corporate leadership is increasingly focused on the competitive implications of Artificial Intelligence across their organizations and industries. The issue is not limited to what executives know they do not know. The greater risk lies in what they do not know they do not know. That risk is Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-42105239381890710892026-08-26T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-26T05:30:00.221-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXVIProducers ContinuedPeople, Ideas & Objects Capacities & Capabilities The vision set out in this paper is not short-term. It reasonably extends Synallagi through 2045–2055. That is intentional. Durable architecture requires long horizons. A long horizon aligns incentives, protects participants’ interests, and signals seriousness of purpose to those considering Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-80344728018485178112026-08-25T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-25T05:30:00.221-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXVProducers The reconstruction of the North American oil & gas industry begins with a fundamental reconsideration of the producer firm itself. Central to this transformation is the establishment of the Joint Operating Committee as the industry’s primary Organizational Construct, complemented by elevating the Markets Organizational Construct to a position equal in strategic importancePaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-31967630279916067012026-08-24T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-24T05:30:00.170-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXIVMarkets, as an Organizational Construct The Role of Service Providers in Synallagi Where do our user communities service providers fit in an environment such as the Synallagi crypto and stablecoin transaction example? Please remember Synallagi are applicable to every form of transaction involved in oil & gas. The example being used is only the most complex for the issuesPaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-15025677134045634152026-08-22T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-22T05:30:00.189-06:00Podcast # 40: Security & Access Control Business & Technical Specification People, Ideas & Objects is pleased to present Podcast No. 40, discussing the Business and Technical Specification for Synallagi’s Security & Access Control module.This is the first of eleven Synallagi modules that will be advanced to the level of a complete Business and Technical Specification. This greater level of detail will provide the foundation our user community needs as Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-58826102658749226242026-08-21T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-21T05:30:00.173-06:00Consider This... Hayek on Prices Part IIPart II of Consider This... Price Maker Strategy and Hayek Industries Current PracticeAnalysis of this graph (@soberlook) from the perspective of producer firms suggests that total costs across the major shale basins range from approximately $48 to $54 per barrel of oil produced. Within that total, operating expenses and royalties account for roughly $28 to $37 per barrel, while capital Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-87594608289935745092026-08-20T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-20T05:30:00.245-06:00Consider This... Hayek on Prices Part I Introducing our new series of papers entitled "Consider This..."The intellectual collision between the Keynesian framework and Hayekian thought remains a compelling chapter of the late 20th century. Following 1945, the consensus leaned toward the former, yet Hayek's perspective on spontaneous order eventually found its footing. This resurgence was most visible during the 1980s, when leadersPaul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-37917693448002078312026-08-19T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-19T05:30:00.113-06:00A Debate # 39 - Consider This... Hayek and Synallagi Price Maker Strategy Today's podcast introduces a different format from our previous Synallagi discussions. It reflects the launch of our new Consider This... series, a collection of concise, focused papers intended to engage more directly with our user community and the broader North American oil & gas industry.Our objective is straightforward. Each paper examines a single topic central to Synallagi, our Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-45361377964544864432026-08-18T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-18T05:30:00.265-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXIII Markets, as an Organizational Construct Continued A Vision for Crypto, Stablecoins, and Synallagi Transactions The global financial system is entering a period of profound transformation as digital currencies, stablecoins, and tokenized assets mature into practical instruments of commerce. Blockchain technology enables transactions to be executed directly between digital Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-19989997340873559812026-08-17T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-17T05:30:00.115-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXIIMarkets, as an Organizational Construct People, Ideas & Objects’ Synallagi is founded upon nine Organizational Constructs that define the administrative and operational architecture of producer firms, the Joint Operating Committee, and the broader North American oil & gas industry. These Organizational Constructs are Markets, the Joint Operating Committee, the sharing of Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330273.post-60320002635123255102026-08-14T05:30:00.000-06:002026-08-14T05:30:00.120-06:0021st Century Marketplace Service Providers Sec 2 - Part XXXIJoint Operating Committees ContinuedRevenue Per Employee People, Ideas & Objects has established Revenue Per Employee as a core performance measurement within Synallagi. It is a practical, revealing and strategically useful metric because it reflects the productive capacity of the producer firm. When a company understands this measurement and works deliberately to improve it, the Paul Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311415353913869734noreply@blogger.com0