BP flexes computing muscle in search for oil

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/eagle-ford-energy/article/BP-flexes-computing-muscle-in-search-for-oil-4927142.php

BP flexes computing muscle in search for oil
By Zain Shauk, Houston Chronicle : October 25, 2013 : Updated: October 25, 2013 8:41pm

HOUSTON — BP opened a new computing center this week that it says is home to the world's largest supercomputer for commercial research, part of the oil giant's efforts to out-geek its competitors in finding more crude. “This is a facility that other nerds are going to be quite jealous of,” said Keith Gray, manager of BP's high-performance computing.

The computers in the center have a combined 2.2 petaflops of processing power, which means they can make 2,200 trillion calculations per second.

The added speed will help BP basically cut in half the time it takes to process data from seismic surveys — in some cases from one week to 3.5 days, Gray said.

The computers also will help with future data challenges, some of which are already underway, said Jackie Mutschler, head of upstream technology for BP.



unhappycamper comment: This is one of those articles that make me go "Hmmmm." Does BP also use computer cycles to determine the short and long term effects of oil spills? Corexit?

Like I said: "Hmmmm."