HOUSTON and LONDON, November 2, 2026 — Peter Eales, Founder of KOIOS, has been appointed Chair of the PIDX Catalog/Classification Work Group by the PIDX Board, which develops and maintains standards for describing products and services across the oil and gas industry.
The appointment follows the recently announced collaboration between KOIOS and PIDX to support the development and use of the Petroleum Industry Data Dictionary (PIDD). Together, these developments reinforce a shared focus on interoperability, conformity to industry standards and the trusted data needed for AI readiness.
The work group brings together industry expertise to improve how products and services are described and understood across operators, suppliers and service providers. Its responsibilities include maintaining PIDD and the Petroleum Industry Glossary, reviewing dictionary content and supporting the adoption of shared definitions.
For organizations exchanging equipment, materials and service data, those definitions have practical value. Consistent descriptions make information easier to compare, validate and exchange between systems and trading partners.
Peter brings more than 25 years of experience across asset-intensive industries and industrial distribution. He founded KOIOS to address persistent industrial data quality challenges and contributes to international standards development through BSI AMT/4 and multiple ISO committees. His work includes leading standards projects involving ISO 8000-110:2021 and ISO 29002.
As Chair, Peter will work with PIDX members to support the group’s remit: developing dictionary and classification standards, reviewing industry requirements and encouraging their practical use.
“People across the energy sector know the frustration of finding different descriptions for the same item. Concise definitions help remove that uncertainty,” said Peter Eales, Founder of KOIOS. “I look forward to working with PIDX members to develop PIDD and help more organizations put it to use. Consistent data meaning supports better day-to-day decisions and gives AI a stronger foundation.”
“Shared standards are strongest when they reflect the experience of the people who use them,” said Mimi Stansbury, Chair of the Board, PIDX. “Peter brings deep knowledge of industrial data quality and international standards. His leadership will help the work group develop PIDD and support its practical use, giving oil and gas organizations a stronger foundation for interoperability and AI readiness.”
The collaboration gives PIDX members an additional way to access PIDD through the KOIOS Semantic Data Intelligence Platform, supporting data mapping, validation, multilingual use and machine-readable exchange. PIDD remains governed by PIDX’s standards process. Peter’s appointment complements that work through industry participation and standards development.
PIDD V5.1 remains available as a royalty-free spreadsheet from the PIDX website.
KOIOS is the Semantic Data Intelligence Platform for data-intensive enterprises, regulated organizations, public bodies and complex ecosystems. It transforms fragmented master data into trusted, standards-aligned meaning that people, systems and artificial intelligence can understand and exchange consistently.
Combining international standards expertise, a global concept dictionary and AI-assisted semantic enrichment, KOIOS interprets, maps, validates and standardizes complex data across systems, organizations and languages. The result is interoperable, machine-interpretable data that strengthens governance, regulatory confidence, AI readiness and operational decision making. KOIOS provides the trusted semantic foundation organizations need to make complex data portable, explainable and ready for action—everywhere, at scale.
Based in Houston, Texas, PIDX International is a trusted professional organization of energy industry leaders dedicated to working together to standardize data exchange for digital business. PIDX has developed global standards by and for all participants in the energy industry. With a strong antitrust framework at its foundation, PIDX provides a trusted and proven environment for operators, suppliers and network providers to communicate, collaborate, and transform. To learn more, visit www.pidx.org, and follow us on LinkedIn.
PIDX contact information
Michelle Lanh, Operations Manager
mlanh@pidx.org