Emirates Computers has won contracts from two companies involved in the UAE's oil and gas industry for the supply of customised solutions designed to facilitate exploration and reservoir simulation.
An Emirates Computers announcement said one of the contracts was for the supply of the new Origin 300 server to Landmark Graphics Corporation, a wholly owned business unit of Halliburton Company and the leading provider of software and services for the upstream oil and gas industry. The other related to the upgrade of the existing 32 CPU Origin2000 with an additional 32 CPU Origin3400 parallel supercomputer at Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations.
"Premium companies like Landmark and Adco have always led technological advances in the oil and gas industry with their investment in specialised equipment, systems and solutions that will help them achieve greater output in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. Emirates Computers has successfully won this niche segment in the oil industry and established itself as a reliable supplier of high-tech equipment customised to the needs of the industry," said Hani Harik, president of Emirates Computers.
Landmark Graphics is the first company in the UAE to acquire the Origin 300 server, within a few months of its release. The Origin 300 server will be used in the Failsafe mode to run an Oracle database and NFS shares and to be a holding place from which applications are launched.
"Landmark Graphics first established a new standard in the energy industry when it helped launch an era of computer-aided exploration that focused on 3-D seismic interpretation. Since that time, the company has continued to lead the industry through the development of new, innovative technologies and integrated solutions to the customer," the statement said. "Landmark's software, information management technology, computing infrastructure and professional services enable petroleum companies to find, produce and manage oil and gas reserves more effectively than ever before," the statement added.
Nigel Benthall of Landmark Graphics Corporation said it had always recognised the need for an integrated and open data management environment for a broad range of applications. "Today, we offer applications for seismic processors and interpreters, geologists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, drilling engineers and production engineers - in short, every professional involved in modern exploration and production," said Benthall.
At Adco, the need to keep up with the size of data resulted in the company upgrading its existing 32 CPU Origin2000 computer and acquiring a new Origin3000 class parallel processing supercomputer to be installed in its technical computing section.
The upgrade will also facilitate work at the Petroleum Development Division of the company. Eclipse benchmarks prove the SGI Origin3000 to be three times as fast as SGI Origin 2000, Emirates Computers said.
"Adco has to continually balance the need to adopt further drilling projects against the expenses involved. Hence, we are always on the lookout for systems that will help us in reservoir simulation as this will lead to the optimum placement of wells and facilitate us in maximising our oil and gas output," said Bernard Potier, Petroleum Development Division, Adco.
