HPE Supercomputing Capabilities Increase Exxonmobil's 4D Seismic Imaging Capacity
HPE News, Thursday, March 13th, 2025
Seismic imaging of the earth's subsurface with supercomputing creates more accurate, high-resolution analysis for identifying oil and gas reservoirs; ExxonMobil's Discovery 6 supercomputer, built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and accelerated by NVIDIA, delivers up to 4 times faster performance compared to Discovery 5
Did you know that modern oil and gas discovery techniques are a bastion of innovative scientific approaches and cutting-edge technology? Precise analysis of dense rock is required to discover new energy sources.
Mapping the earth's subsurface with HPE supercomputing-powered 3D seismic imaging
Nearly 50 years ago, ExxonMobil, one of the world's leading energy providers, revolutionized oil and gas exploration with 3D seismic imaging, sending sound waves deep into the Earth's subsurface and recording the echoes that bounce back to create detailed maps of underground formations.
Researchers use supercomputers, which are purpose-built to handle complex data, to turn sound wave data into detailed 3D images of the earth's geological formation.