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INT Supports OpenZGY and OpenVDS to Enhance Workflows and Data Collaboration

In the world of geospatial analytics and subsurface interpretation, streamlined access to vast seismic datasets is crucial. The rise of the Open Subsurface Data Universe™ (OSDU™) has propelled the development of innovative formats like OpenZGY and OpenVDS, designed to optimize seismic data storage and retrieval. As an active member of OSDU™, INT is committed to empowering our users with cutting-edge tools, which is why we’ve seamlessly integrated support for these essential OSDU formats within our platform.

The Limitations of Traditional Seismic Data Formats

As we explore deeper and more complex geological structures, the amount of seismic data collected continues to skyrocket. Unfortunately, traditional seismic data formats, such as SEG-Y, often struggle to handle this ever-growing volume effectively. These formats typically store data in a linear fashion, leading to several limitations: slow access times, limited scalability, and interoperability issues.

The OpenZGY and OpenVDS Revolution

OpenVDS and OpenZGY represent a revolutionary approach to seismic data storage and retrieval, addressing the limitations of traditional formats. Here’s how they transform data handling:

  • Superior Performance: These formats organize data into “bricks” and further into “micro-bricks,” enabling lightning-fast access in all directions (inline, crossline, and Z-slice). Projects utilizing OpenZGY and OpenVDS benefit from unparalleled responsiveness.
  • Enhanced Collaboration: As OSDU-compliant formats, OpenVDS and OpenZGY foster easy data exchange and knowledge transfer among teams and organizations. This breakdown of data silos leads to more informed decision-making.
  • Cloud Compatibility: OpenZGY and OpenVDS pave the way for seamless cloud integration. Geospatial professionals can leverage scalable cloud storage and processing for large-scale projects.

INT’s Commitment to Open Data Standards

At INT, we are strong advocates of open data standards in the geoscience realm. Our work with and early adoption of the OSDU Data Platform and our integration of OpenVDS and OpenZGY formats exemplify this dedication. Here’s how this benefits our users:

  • Streamlined Workflows: With the superior performance of OpenVDS and OpenZGY, INT users experience accelerated interpretation cycles. Complex analyses and visualization become significantly faster.
  • Data Interoperability: Projects involving various software tools become more effortless. Data can move freely between INT and other OSDU-compliant applications.
  • Future-Proofing: As the industry continues to embrace OSDU, INT ensures our users are well-positioned to take advantage of the evolving data landscape.

Leveraging INT with OpenZGY and OpenVDS

INT’s powerful visualization platform — IVAAP — offers numerous use cases for datasets stored in OpenVDS and OpenZGY formats:

  • Rapid Survey Evaluation: Quickly visualize and assess seismic surveys for quality control and planning purposes.
  • Efficient Attribute Generation: Accelerate attribute calculation and analysis on these optimized data structures.
  • Collaborative Interpretation Workflows: Share insights and seamlessly merge interpretations from location-dispersed team members working with OSDU-compliant data.

The Road Ahead

INT is actively engaged in the ongoing development of the OSDU platform. We’re dedicated to extending our support for OpenZGY and OpenVDS and other emerging data formats within the OSDU ecosystem. By continuing to optimize our platform for cutting-edge data standards, we strive to provide our users with industry-leading tools for unlocking valuable insights.

If you’re ready to propel your geospatial workflows with the power of OpenZGY, OpenVDS, and INT, don’t hesitate to contact us. Explore how our tailored solutions and commitment to open data can transform your subsurface visualization.


INT Brings OpenVDS Java Binding to the OSDU Community

Recently, INT announced our partnership with Bluware and our integration of Bluware’s OpenVDS format into IVAAP, our enterprise data visualization platform. We are very excited about this partnership, as well as our collaboration with OSDU. This new format was designed to empower users to browse seismic data in the cloud with high performance and lower cost.

If you are not familiar with its capabilities: OpenVDS is a cloud-native way to store seismic data in the cloud. Unlike SEG-Y, which is linear, OpenVDS data is broken into small objects and stored in the cloud object store to provide very fast access to any part of the data. OpenVDS is serverless and supports any type of seismic data, including pre-stack.

Here’s an example of how seismic data can be stored in the cloud:

seismic-data-cloud
Graphic courtesy of Bluware Corp.

 

But with OpenVDS, you have the option to store headers in the hot tier and trace data in the cold or cool tier (to restore as needed).

openvds-anatomy
Graphic courtesy of Bluware Corp.
 

Through our process of integrating this format, we realized that we could offer a bit more functionality to help more users adopt OpenVDS by offering also a JAVA binding option. Here’s a timeline of our process:

Late March 2020

After completing the VDS integration into IVAAP, we started work on OpenVDS compatibility.

Unfortunately, there was no Java binding for OpenVDS at the time. With Java being the most popular platform for complex web application backends, it seemed it would be profitable to all if the OpenVDS technology was easily usable in these environments.

Thus, we decided to bring our expertise to the community and started working on an open-source Java binding.

April 2020

Our expert team worked on the binding. After testing different approaches, we decided to avoid automatic binding technologies (Swig, …) and to write the JNI code manually.

This decision would allow us to ensure finer control over memory management, allowing us to reduce the cost of memory transfers between Java and native C++ worlds.

We also paid particular attention to the stability and error management since this library is to be used in server backends with huge uptimes.

May 18, 2020

We’re done! We are proud to announce that the work of our experts has been accepted and merged into the OpenVDS repository.

A special thank you to Bluware for their support and to Roman Matyaschuk, Ilia Mikhailichenko, and Camille Perin with INT for making this a success story.

For more information on IVAAP, please visit int.flywheelstaging.com/products/ivaap/


INT Releases Latest IVAAP Version Supporting OSDU Release 2

IVAAP on OSDU R2 supports seismic visualization, data aggregation with unparalleled performance in the cloud to serve large seismic volumes using IVAAP’s HTML5 technology combined with OpenVDS format.

HOUSTON, TX — May 21, 2020—Interactive Network Technologies, Inc. (INT), a leader in advanced HTML5 domain visualization in oil and gas, is pleased to announce their contribution to the new release of The Open Group’s Open Subsurface Data Universe™ (OSDU) Data Platform Release 2.

The OSDU R2 release integrates INT’s robust seismic visualization capabilities and Bluware’s open source Volume Data Store (OpenVDS). Additionally, INT contributed a Java-native interface wrapper to support the adoption of OSDU across the industry. OpenVDS and IVAAP™ work together to support fast rendering of large seismic dataset in the cloud in 2D and 3D views. 

INT’s enterprise upstream visualization platform, IVAAP, enables full data aggregation and visualization of domain data across multiple cloud platforms and data storage. Using a microservices architecture, IVAAP supports most industry data standards, including OSDU, PPDM, WITSML, and several commercial databases, and enables user co-visualization. IVAAP’s unique dashboard capabilities combine data types—real-time, historical, 2D/3D seismic, reservoir, and more—to provide a unified view of exploration, drilling, and production operations in a web browser. 

INT collaborates closely with the OpenSDU team to help validate the platform and create a powerful framework that developers can embed to deliver cloud-based digital solutions much faster than ever. Using the powerful OSDU search and delivery API, IVAAP allows users to search, find, display, and analyze data on the fly, including log, trajectories, tops, seismic, horizon and fault data. 

Creating a common environment hosted in the cloud enables oil and gas companies to efficiently access massive amounts of data, reduce data silos, collaborate remotely, implement machine learning (ML), and lower the cost of operations.

“Working closely with The Open Group, IVAAP made it possible for users to visualize seismic data. We are very proud of the work the team—including our partner Bluware—has done to ensure IVAAP offers the best possible user experience and the fastest data visualization and aggregation. Interacting with a 100G+ 3D seismic volume in a web browser with great performance is now possible,” says Dr. Olivier Lhemann, founder and President of INT. 

Read the press release on PRWeb >

For more information on INT’s newest platform, IVAAP, please visit int.flywheelstaging.com/products/ivaap/

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