Schlumberger Information Solutions acquires VoxelVision
Posted: 9 September 2003
Technology adds powerful turbo engine to SIS software
Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) announced the acquisition
of Trondheim, Norway-based VoxelVision (www.voxelvision.com).
The powerful visualisation engine and seismic functionality developed
by VoxelVision are specifically designed to manage, visualise 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 visualisation 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 optimised 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 visualisation 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 realise 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.
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 realise 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 www.slb.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
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