PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Schlumberger opens Breakthrough Performance Center

In September Schlumberger opened its Breakthrough Performance Center, a state-of-the-art Innovation Lab and executive briefing center in Houston to showcase, create and test the latest digital technology innovations in the oil and gas industry.

“The Breakthrough Performance Center is a think tank devoted to helping our customers position their companies for future success—using open collaboration to fuel innovation,” said Olivier Le Peuch, president, Schlumberger Information Solutions.

“To ensure that our clients can meet today’s critical business needs and plan for tomorrow’s challenges, we have embraced a spirit of openness that will speed the development of innovative solutions.”

Schlumberger Information Solutions is collaborating with technology leaders—Barco, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, NVIDIA, Panoram Technologies and The Whitlock Group—to make the Breakthrough Performance Center the industry leader in next-generation exploration and production technologies.

The center offers Schlumberger clients the industry’s first Innovation Lab, a collaborative environment to create and test solutions integrating technologies and services—from Schlumberger and industry partners.

“The Innovation Lab is a venue where we can work collaboratively with our customers and industry experts to pioneer ground-breaking solutions to solve the tough challenges of exploring and producing increasingly complex reservoirs,” said Le Peuch. “Combined with our open development framework, it gives us a unique opportunity to create customized solutions that provide a competitive edge for our clients.”

The wide variety of advanced technologies available for solution development in the center highlights the open and collaborative approach of Schlumberger and its technology partners. Regularly scheduled briefings are planned in the coming months.

Clients will learn from industry and company experts how they can use the latest SIS solutions to solve the tough problems associated with complex reservoirs, challenging operational environments and increasingly sophisticated geoscience and engineering workflows.