All form of energy production, whether derived from fossil fuels, nuclear or renewable sources, are likely to need computer simulations. In the case of oil production the output of an oil field needs to be carefully managed, and a computer simulation in the only way to predict what will happen under various production schemes. Similarly wave and wind power may need fluid mechanics simulations. Over the years EPCC has worked on several projects with market leaders in the energy sector…
CODA (1998)
Coda Technologies Ltd, a Scottish SME, develop products for the world’s offshore survey industry with applications such as seafloor mapping, subsea structure inspection, search and recovery, and environmental monitoring. Projects can range from searching for World War II submarines to checking the integrity of pipelines.
With support from the Scottish Enterprise Software Group, EPCC worked with […]
EPS-REO (1996-1997)
EPS (Edinburgh Petroleum Services), a Scottish SME, provided a range of services and software to the upstream oil and gas industry. EPCC worked with EPS to enable them to use HPC to model large oilfield production facilities using their product called Resource Optimiser (ReO).
Firstly, EPCC produced a commercial quality, portable and scalable parallel version […]
EUFORIA
EUFORIA (EU fusion for ITER Applications)is a European-funded project that aims to provide HPC and Grid resources to the European fusion research community. It will provide European fusion scientists with the simulation modelling tools and platforms that they will need to obtain experimental time on ITER.
EPCC is involved in three areas of work in […]
EUPHRATES (1992-1994)
The EUPHRATES project was collaboration between Shell UK Exploration and Production and EPCC with the aim of allowing scientists at Shell to perform data processing on state-of-the-art parallel hardware and workstation clusters without the need for them to write parallel programs. The scale of data now in routine use within companies such as Shell is […]
OHM Surveys
OHM Surveys plc supplies CSEM technology and services.
Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) imaging is a rapidly developing technology in the global oil industry. It has been applied in a range of geological environments. The method uses a high powered source to transmit a low frequency electromagnetic field through the seafloor to an array of receivers.
By analysing […]
PROCLIPSE (1993-1995)
The PROCLIPSE project was part of the EUROPORT 2 initiative funded by the European Union. The consortium consisted of GeoQuest, owners of the ECLIPSE 100 code, EPCC and the end-users AGIP and Statoil who supplied data sets with which to benchmark the code. The aims of the project were -
To produce a commercial quality […]