The Oil & Gas RFID Solution Group (OGR) brings together select industry subject matter experts, academic researchers and technology service providers to identify, define, develop, and deploy cutting edge solutions for Exploration, Production, Drilling, Refining, Petrochemical Processing and Field Product Manufacturing in the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical markets. By educating and refining the customers understanding of what the technology can do for them, and developing systems with the help of a consolidated effort of industry professionals, the solutions group is creating scalable application systems and data standards, and helping to generate understanding and adoption of Radio Frequency Identification within the Industry. Its founding members include Texas A&M University, Motorola, Merlin Concepts & Technology, Shipcom Wireless, Avery Dennison, Dow Chemical, BP, University of Houston, and EPC Global.