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Going Underground
May-June 2012 (vol. 29 no. 3)
pp. 17-20
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Michiel van Malkenhorst, Lex Mollinger, "Going Underground," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 17-20, May-June, 2012.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2012.62,
author = {Michiel van Malkenhorst and Lex Mollinger},
title = {Going Underground},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {29},
number = {3},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2012},
pages = {17-20},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2012.62},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Software
TI - Going Underground
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PY - 2012
KW - software
KW - oil
KW - exploration
KW - Shell
KW - dynamic
KW - modeling
KW - IT
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KW - impact
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Software for oil exploration and production has been a topic for software R&D for decades, and Shell is one of the main players. The role of such applications can't be underestimated. For example, what's the cost of a defect if you drill in the wrong place as a result of a software bug, knowing that without software you wouldn't have a clue where to start drilling? Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, is very specific about which software it wants to develop and which software it wants to buy elsewhere, even for a core competence like oil exploration and production.

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Index Terms:
software, oil, exploration, Shell, dynamic, modeling, IT, drilling, Dynamo, MoRes, Modular Reservoir Simulator, impact
Citation:
Michiel van Malkenhorst, Lex Mollinger, "Going Underground," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 17-20, May-June 2012, doi:10.1109/MS.2012.62
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