Analytical Software News

SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-headquartered provider of innovative technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas industry, is investing in one of the U.K.’s smartest supercomputers capable of carrying out more than 100 trillion operations per second. The supercomputer, dubbed the Claymore, is being developed in partnership with Dell and ANSYS and can solve problems at least 20 times faster than the industry norm. It will incorporate 75 times the RAM of a High-end workstation, allowing enhanced processing and graphics capability on complex simulation and modeling problems.

ABS is drawing upon the industry experience of Horton Wison Deepwater, a leader in deepwater technology development, to further strengthen its knowledge for the certification of risers and flowlines as a certified verification agent (CVA) for these installations. As part of its overall offshore platform verification program, the US Minerals Management Service (MMS) requires the use of a CVA specifically for riser systems. Risers connected to floating platforms are subject to stringent MMS requirements for design, fabrication and installation.

Moore Stephens Consulting Ltd., has been appointed by Sunderland Marine to implement a Business Intelligence solution on a Microsoft SQL 2000 platform, coupled with the award winning ProClarity analytical software. which is already underway, will help Sunderland Marine to improve control of risks underwritten and monitor key performance indicators. Stephen Downing, Director from Moore Stephens Consulting said, 'the Business Intelligence project will provide Sunderland Marine with access to powerful analytics and data visualisation, either on their desktops or via the web. Geoffrey Parkinson, CEO at Sunderland Marine said 'we chose chose…