Saudi Aramco Unveils GigaPOWERS-TM

DHAHRAN, January 30, 2010, SPA -- The Saudi Aramco EXPEC Advanced Research
Center (EXPEC ARC) debuted recently its giga-cell reservoir simulation
technology, GigaPOWERS-TM.


GigaPOWERS™ is the second generation of Saudi Aramco’s leading reservoir
simulator, POWERS (Parallel Oil, Water and Gas Enhanced Reservoir Simulator),
which is used to simulate fluid movement in the reservoir to optimize
production and injection, and the management of the reservoir.


GigaPOWERS-TM sets a new industry record of being able to simulate giant fields
at seismic or near-seismic resolution, thus doing away with the conventional
industry practice of averaging the simulation model cells in order to reduce
their number, which also reduces the amount of information in the model.


It can simulate models in excess of one billion cells (“giga-cell”),
producing a more accurate simulation, according to a press release of Saudi
Aramco.


Chief technologist Ali H. Dogru worked on the development of the POWERS and
GigaPOWERS system for 15 years to bring what may be the best reservoir
simulation tool to date to Saudi Aramco.


“This is an exciting day for Saudi Aramco and a testimony of our success in
providing cutting-edge technical solutions to manage our fields and
reservoirs,” said Amin H. Nasser, senior vice president of Exploration and
Producing, who kicked off the event with the live full-field simulation of the
largest field in the world, Ghawar. “This cornerstone technology,
GigaPOWERS™, allows us to more accurately simulate and predict the behavior
of our fields and reservoirs and better optimize our production strategies.”


--SPA

10:34 LOCAL TIME 07:34 GMT NNNN


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