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Geology & Geophysics user of data,” says they can’t bring in the new version until interpretation is concerned.

Michael Dunn, all of those dependencies are tested.” “While automation will play a role for senior director of Dunn says version control is easier to individual tasks, a lot of interpretation geophysics, geol- manage on the Cloud because the local steps aren’t easily automated,” he says. ogy and reservoir computing environment dependencies “For that reason and the signifcant varia- engineering for are removed and the software is simply tion in seismic data quality, a completely

Landmark. “How accessed through a browser. automated interpretation system will

Michael Dunn well you move data With infnite compute and data stor- most likely not happen in the next 10 across applications is important. You age, he says, if there is a large project years.” want to have a common platform for E&P that a user wants to run, and it requires a “I don’t see a fully automated inter- data, an enterprise platform, and we’re large computer infrastructure, the Cloud pretation system,” he continues. “Other working very hard on it.” is available 24/7. Today the cost for on areas can be automated: deep sea sys-

Dunn says cloud computing, which demand compute is high but it rapidly tems, robots that go out and place sensors offers essential infnite compute and data decreasing as the capacity continues to on the seafoor in deepwater. However, storage, could offer a solution. grow, Dunn says. it’s hard to automate those areas where “The benefts are pretty obvious,” he “If I had a steady state usage, and I human judgment is required.” says. “For oil and gas companies, in addi- need peak demand, the Cloud could

The bright side tion to increased capacity the Cloud also give me that as long as I have the dollars provides the ability to provide software to pay for it,” Dunn says. “Rather than Hobbs says the exciting aspect of the geo- version control much better than these build my own infrastructures to handle physical industry is being able to watch companies can today. those peaks, I could do that through the technology change and adapt.

“The geophysical industry is the “If you go to any large company and Cloud.” one industry in the oil and gas feld look at what they’re running, they are

Incorporating automation that has advanced the fastest,” Hobbs usually behind with regards to the latest says. “I’m biased because I’m a part of release. Automation is a big topic, especially as it, but it delivers more value than any “For example, it is not unusual for a companies seek to bring more workers other technology in the exploration large company to be two versions behind onshore, and reduce human error.

and production feld, in terms of being on Microsoft Offce. The reason is often Landmark’s Dunn takes a more able to predict what your drill bit will that they have a lot of programs that are conservative stance of automating the encounter.” dependent on a particular version and geophysical industry, especially where

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