SOMERVILLE, Mass., Dec. 13, 2004 -- Spotfire Inc., a market leader in visual data analytics applications for decision-making, today announced that Kerr-McGee Corp. (NYSE: KMG), an energy and inorganic chemical company with worldwide operations and assets of more than $14 billion, has selected DecisionSite as the visual analytics platform for its oil and gas group. DecisionSite enhances a company's ability to evaluate exploration risks and more quickly identify prospects, helping to optimize economic returns of production operations.

Geoscientists and business analysts at Kerr-McGee are using Spotfire DecisionSite to analyze information on potential drilling opportunities. This information is further analyzed against economic and business-critical intelligence data to evaluate risks and support drilling decisions. With DecisionSite, decision makers can access information and share their findings to make faster, more informed decisions.

"As we assess decisions such as where to drill, we need to sift through an abundance of data from many different data sources," said Vicki Phelps, Kerr-McGee engineering applications information technology manager. "Spotfire DecisionSite helps us accelerate the process of analyzing key data through advanced visualization technology and is an important component in our information delivery strategy."

Kerr-McGee also chose the software based on its key differentiators, including its ease of use; interactive, visual environment; collaborative decision-making capabilities; and ability to integrate with existing systems.

"The ability to rapidly and accurately analyze information is an important competitive advantage in the oil and gas market," said Rock Gnatovich, president of Spotfire. "DecisionSite offers an interactive, collaborative environment that helps ensure the most strategic and efficient decisions pertaining to exploration and production are being made within the organization."

About Spotfire

Spotfire(R), Inc. provides interactive, visual data analytics applications and services that empower enterprises and their end-users to make fast, accurate business decisions. Over 25,000 users in more than 800 organizations around the world use Spotfire DecisionSite software to analyze their business information in an intuitive, visual environment that speeds analysis and drives confident decision-making. The company maintains U.S. headquarters in Somerville, Mass., and European headquarters in Goteborg, Sweden. Additional information can be found at www.spotfire.com.

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