Client-server computer architecture saves costs and eliminates bottlenecks

Journal Article · Mon Aug 10 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7233704

Darukhanavala, P P; Davidson, M C; Tyler, T N; Blaskovich, F T; Smith, C ^[1]

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1. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., AK (US)

This paper reports that workstation, client-server architecture saved costs and eliminated bottlenecks that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. experienced with mainframe computer systems. In 1991, BP embarked on an ambitious project to change technical computing for its Prudhoe Bay, Endicott, and Kuparuk operations on Alaska's North Slope. This project promised substantial rewards, but also involved considerable risk. The project plan called for reservoir simulations (which historically had run on a Cray Research Inc. X-MP supercomputer in the company's Houston data center) to be run on small computer workstations. Additionally, large Prudhoe Bay, Endicott, and Kuparuk production and reservoir engineering data bases and related applications also would be moved to workstations, replacing a Digital Equipment Corp. VAX cluster in Anchorage.

• OSTI ID: 7233704
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:32; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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