Viridien-NVIDIA partnership shakes up subsurface exploration

Viridien, an advanced technology and digital solutions company, has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to revolutionize seismic imaging workflows. The partnership will leverage NVIDIA's HPC platforms and Viridien's expertise in subsurface imaging technologies and HPC and cloud technologies.

The collaboration aims to optimize Viridien's seismic imaging algorithms on NVIDIA accelerated computing platforms. This includes integrating advanced techniques such as tensor cores and mixed-precision computing. By combining Viridien's decades of experience in fully managed HPC technologies for seismic imaging with NVIDIA's powerful accelerated computing platforms, the partnership seeks to deliver continued improvements in system performance, imaging accuracy, and operational efficiency for energy and geoscience clients worldwide.

"By combining NVIDIA accelerated computing platforms and AI with Viridien's expertise in seismic imaging and HPC, together we are enabling subsurface teams to deliver sharper, more reliable images faster and more cost-effectively. Better imaging reduces uncertainty, improves prospect screening and well placement decisions, and ultimately lowers the cost of exploration by cutting dry hole risk and minimizing the time and compute required to reach decision-grade results," John Josephakis, VP of HPC and supercomputing at NVIDIA, commented on the collaboration.

"We are delighted to work with NVIDIA to accelerate the evolution of HPC for seismic imaging. Viridien is the industry leader in subsurface imaging based on our pioneering expertise in industrial and customized end-to-end HPC and over fifteen years of experience in optimizing complex scientific workflows on GPU accelerators," Anil Vattalai, SVP of HPC and cloud solutions at Viridien, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership.

Vattalai added: "This agreement underscores our commitment to continuously improving our full HPC stack (hardware, software, and algorithms) to deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions that empower our clients to achieve greater performance and higher-quality outcomes more efficiently."

Viridien's HPC-powered advances in subsurface imaging have been shown to reduce exploration risk and inform better drilling decisions. The company continuously optimizes its hardware, software, and algorithms, working with strategic partners to deliver bespoke, industrial-scale compute technologies for seismic imaging. A recent example of their work can be seen in the Laconia Phase I 12Hz E-TLFWI dataset in the US Gulf.

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