Updating a large geophysical software system from a central site in a multiple‐vendor computing environment

Abstract

In the summer of 1985, Texaco's Exploration and Producing Technology Department initiated a project to develop a modern seismic processing system. It was stated at the outset that the software comprising the system must be portable. This was considered important due to burgeoning advances being made in computer technology. It was also seen as desirable to purchase a base seismic processing system on which to build. In March, 1986, the Seismic Kernel System (SKS) from Merlin Profilers (Research) Ltd. was selected. The new Texaco system, to be called Starpak, would be built around the