New software platform streamlines E&P data integration

In what the company calls “a new platform for processing and integrating all the disparate data types involved in exploration and production processes,” reservoir services provider Geotrace has recently introduced its Diamond Integrated Geosciences Environment system.

The first component of the two-phase system is now available, which is reportedly capable of processing and integrating different data types and formats, ranging from seismic data, well logs, core data, production data and reservoir models. The second component, which should be available by the end of 2007, will reportedly increase the software platform’s functionality.

The new platform, which was 17 months in the making, was created to take advantage of more modern hardware architectures, such as Linux clusters and various new distributed data storage solutions. Diamond was also developed to fully integrate with the Tigress range of software services and tools, which Geotrace recently acquired. Diamond provides a means for faster and more efficient processing of large seismic data volumes, while Tigress offers the same capabilities for petrophysical, geological, and production data types, to name a few.

In a statement announcing the new platform, Dr. Jaime Stein, Geotrace’s Chief Geoscientist, stated that this development brings the company one step closer to its goal of unifying subsurface information, “using seismic data as the ‘glue’ that holds it all together. Diamond represents our commitment to technological innovation and development. Its implementation and ability to work seamlessly with the Tigress suite underscores our intent to be the leading processor and integrator of data for the E&P industry.”

To learn more about the Diamond Integrated Geosciences Environment system, visit www.geotrace.com.