Halliburton’s Landmark and Software Services business line, premier provider of software and technology for the upstream oil and gas industry, and Appro, the leading provider of supercomputing solutions, and Intel, a world leader in computing innovation have  launched an Appro pre-configured Intel Cluster Ready certified supercomputing solution that is pre-tested to run Landmark’s new Seismic Coverage Validation Tools. The wave equation-based Illumination and Visibility software helps geoscientists design 3D seismic surveys and select processing parameters optimized for geologic targets in traditionally poorly imaged areas. The software runs on a pre-configured Appro GreenBlade System based on Intel Xeon processors featuring dual socket, 32 nodes with up to 12 CPU cores per node and 8GB of memory. The result provides geoscientists with an Intel Cluster Ready solution that is easy to deploy and maintain “out of the box.”
 
Complex subsurface environments, like deepwater and subsalt, present many challenges to seismic acquisition design and imaging, including azimuthal orientation, image shadows and amplitude variations in the data which can lead to incorrect interpretations and reservoir models. Landmark’s Illumination and Visibility technology analyze and model the seismic signal from source, to subsurface target, to receiver so that the geophysicist can optimize imaging parameters to a specific subsurface target or make the required design changes to future seismic acquisition surveys. These accurate wave equation-based techniques are compute intensive, requiring the high performance computing from Appro’s cluster deployment. This architecture, optimized to run Landmark’s Seismic Coverage Validation tools, will provide faster results so geoscientists can make improved and more timely exploration decisions while lowering overall exploration costs.
 
Demonstrations will occur at the SEG International Exposition October 17 – 20 in Denver, CO at Appro's booth # 1116, Halliburton booth # 1611, and Intel booth #2562.

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