Intel Case Studies Taking Oil and Gas Exploration to the Next Level

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	Taking Oil and Gas Exploration to the Next Level Intel

Taking Oil and Gas Exploration to the Next Level

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Technology Category	Processors & Edge Intelligence - Embedded & Edge Computers
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Challenge	DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) wanted to increase computing performance by 5 to 10 times to improve seismic processing. The solution must build on current architecture software investments without sacrificing existing software and scale computing without scaling IT infrastructure costs. Read More
About Customer	DownUnder GeoSolutions is an innovative geosciences company with a diverse range of capabilities. Their products and services are at the cutting edge of exploration and production services to the global oil and gas industry. Read More
Customer Name	DownUnder GeoSolutions Read More
Solution	DUG deployed SGI Rackable cluster powered by Intel coprocessors and Intel Xeon processor. DUG was able to scale its software to the latest highly parallel architecture for faster seismic processing and imaging while enhancing algorithmic gains in existing software. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Seismic Processing Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Processors & Edge Intelligence - Embedded & Edge Computers

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Challenge

DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) wanted to increase computing performance by 5 to 10 times to improve seismic processing. The solution must build on current architecture software investments without sacrificing existing software and scale computing without scaling IT infrastructure costs.

About Customer

DownUnder GeoSolutions is an innovative geosciences company with a diverse range of capabilities. Their products and services are at the cutting edge of exploration and production services to the global oil and gas industry.

Customer Name

DownUnder GeoSolutions

Solution

DUG deployed SGI Rackable cluster powered by Intel coprocessors and Intel Xeon processor. DUG was able to scale its software to the latest highly parallel architecture for faster seismic processing and imaging while enhancing algorithmic gains in existing software.

Data Collected

Seismic Processing

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - R&D] Ongoing application development and improvements are relatively quick and inexpensive to implement due to the system's flexibility.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Installation] Deployment was efficient due to transparency.
Impact #3	[Cost Reduction - IT] Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in IT maintenance.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - R&D]

Ongoing application development and improvements are relatively quick and inexpensive to implement due to the system's flexibility.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Installation]

Deployment was efficient due to transparency.

Impact #3

[Cost Reduction - IT]

Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in IT maintenance.

Benefit #1	The solution achieved up to 8 times node-to-node performance improvement.

Benefit #1

The solution achieved up to 8 times node-to-node performance improvement.

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Taking Oil and Gas Exploration to the Next Level

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