Technology Adds Powerful Turbo Engine to SIS Software
HOUSTON - Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) today announced the acquisition of Trondheim, Norway-based VoxelVision (www.voxelvision.com). The powerful visualization engine and seismic functionality developed by VoxelVision are specifically designed to manage, visualize and interpret massive 3D volumes in a PC environment, leveraging a Linux cluster in the most cost-effective way.
It provides an order of magnitude increase in speed and efficiency for exploration or production interpretation.
"SIS is committed to delivering the best technology on affordable platforms," said Schlumberger Information Solutions President Ihab Toma. "The VoxelVision turbo engine, coupled with our industry-leading applications, brings the power of high-end visualization and seismic applications to a PC. This is the most cost-effective combination of interpretation applications and technology available today."
The unique VoxelVision technology is designed and optimized for cluster environments. It allows applications to run concurrent, multi-level dynamic parallel tasks, giving the user exceptionally fast results. The engine is fully scaleable and provides outstanding price performance on single CPU and distributed cluster configurations.
The first SIS commercial offering incorporating the turbo engine -- GeoFrame GeoViz 3D interpretation and visualization application -- will be released by year-end. The VoxelVision technology will become a key component of other SIS applications, such as Petrel and Inside Reality. Combined with existing SIS intellectual property, VoxelVision technology and seismic applications will form the foundation for a new interpretation paradigm.
"We started to explore this technology because we saw the need in the industry for applications that could take advantage of PC clusters," said Ola Fjeld, VoxelVision founder. "Incorporating the VoxelVision technology and expertise into SIS preeminent software offers tremendous opportunities for us to realize this vision on a global scale."
The power of VoxelVision provides additional speed and flexibility to the Living Model open seismic-to-simulation workflows, delivering a timely and dependable model to drive business decisions.
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About Schlumberger
Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS), an operating unit of Schlumberger Oilfield Services, is the global industry leader for the supply of integrated business solutions comprising information management, information technology, a complete range of expert services and GeoQuest software. SIS enables petroleum companies to drive their business performance and realize the potential of the digital oilfield. SIS is on the Internet at sis.slb.com.
Schlumberger is a global oilfield and information services company with major activity in the energy industry. The company employs 78,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in 100 countries and comprises three primary business segments. Schlumberger Oilfield Services is the world's premier oilfield services company supplying a wide range of technology services and solutions to the international oil and gas industry. WesternGeco, jointly owned with Baker Hughes, is the world's largest and most advanced surface seismic company. SchlumbergerSema is a leading supplier of IT consulting, systems integration, and network and infrastructure services to the energy industry, as well as to the public sector, telecommunications and finance markets. In 2002, Schlumberger operating revenue was $13.2 billion. For more information, visit slb.com.
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