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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Technology

Supercomputers for Beginners – Part III. GPU-Accelerated Computing

Lasse Amundsen, Statoil, Martin Landrø and Børge Arntsen, NTNU Trondheim
Many TOP500 supercomputers today use both CPUs and GPUs to give the best of both worlds: GPU processing to perform mathematically intensive computations on very large data sets, and CPUs…

Rich Petroleum Source Rocks

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
An inventory of petroleum source rocks in the World’s major sedimentary basins show that six geological intervals in Earth’s history generated over 90% of the World’s conventional oil and gas…

Supercomputers for Beginners – Part II

Lasse Amundsen, Statoil, Martin Landrø and Børge Arntsen, NTNU Trondheim
Energy companies need ever larger computers. This article is the second of three articles giving an introduction to supercomputers . Here, we look at the design of parallel software. Beta:…

Another all-time low

Halfdan Carstens
The year 2015 was a global all-time low in terms of conventional oil and gas discoveries, says Nils-Henrik Bjurstrøm in Rystad Energy.

Supercomputers for Beginners – Part I

Lasse Amundsen, Statoil, Martin Landrø and Børge Arntsen, NTNU Trondheim
Supercomputers analyse vast amounts of data, faster and more accurately. By 2020 they will be doing a quintillion calculations per second. This article provides a simple guide to supercomputers. ‘f…

Just Like the Real Thing

Thomas Smith
3D printing offers a novel non-destructive method of petrophysical rock analysis. Understanding the petrophysics of a reservoir rock, defined as the study of the physical and chemical properties of rocks…

Gas Hydrates Part IX – Hydrates in Outer Space (2)

Lasse Amundsen, Statoil, and Martin Landrø, NTNU Trondheim
Previously (Part VIII) we discussed the possibilities of gas hydrates on Mars. Here, we look at such possibilities elsewhere in outer space. I don’t think the human race will survive…