Shell and HP to develop Ultrahigh-resolution Seismic Sensing Solution
Exploration / Seismic, Mar  01  2010 (Digital Energy Journal)

- At International Petroleum Week 2010, HP and Shell announced a collaboration to develop a wireless sensing system to acquire extremely high-resolution seismic data on land.

The oil and gas industry requires high-quality seismic data to accurately assess exploration prospects for commercial viability and to effectively monitor producing reservoirs. By delivering a much higher channel count and a broader sensor frequency range than are currently available, the new system promises to vastly

improve the quality of seismic data.

HP and Shell will use their complementary knowledge and experience to produce a solution to sense, collect and store geophysical data. The system is designed to integrate seamlessly with Shell’s high-performance computing and seismic imaging environment and to be deployed safely and more cost-effectively

than current systems.

It will be delivered by HP Enterprise Services and includes a recent breakthrough in high-performance sensing technology from HP Labs – the company’s central research arm – and the company’s

Imaging and Printing Group. Additionally, the system uses HP ProCurve networking products along with HP storage, computation and software products.

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