Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for provisioning petrotechnical workflows in a cloud computing environment

• US 9,229,603 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2010
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Deimbacher, Franz X., Goggan, Walter H., Culley, Joseph, Pastor, Slavomir
• Primary Examiner(s): SWARTZ, JAMIE H
• Application Number:
  US12/979,794
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,834 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method, system, and computer readable storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, may provide a cloud computing environment (CCE) that includes a plurality of resources, and receives, at the CCE, a request from a user for performing a petrotechnical workflow. The user may be remotely located with respect to the CCE. Furthermore, embodiments of the present disclosure may provision one or more of the plurality of resources for performing the petrotechnical workflow; perform the petrotechnical workflow using the one or more provisioned resources; and associate a cost with usage of the one or more provisioned resources for performing the petrotechnical workflow.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a cloud computing environment (CCE) comprising a plurality of processing resources, wherein the processing resources comprise at least one virtual machine and at least one physical machine;

receiving, at the CCE, a request from a user for performing a petrotechnical workflow, wherein the user is remotely located with respect to the CCE and the petrotechnical workflow uses a three-dimensional visualization;

provisioning, using a processor system, by allocating, over a network, usage of one or more provisioned processing resources from the plurality of processing resources, for performing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein provisioning comprises;

determining a type of provisioning scheme with which the user, the request, or both are associated;

determining that the petrotechnical workflow is associated with a physical machine instance based on the petrotechnical workflow using the three-dimensional visualization;

determining to provision at least one of the processing resources for executing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein the at least one of the processing resources comprises one or more physical machines of the at least one physical machine;

automatically determining a load status of the at least one physical machine and assigning the one or more physical machines to the user based on an amount of usage of the one or more physical machines, wherein the one or more physical machines boot into a particular operating system; and

provisioning each of the one or more physical machines of the processing resources, wherein the one or more physical machines are provisioned based on hardware requirements indicated by the physical machine instance and based on the petrotechnical workflow using the three-dimensional visualization;

performing the petrotechnical workflow using the at least one of the processing resources, whereby the three-dimensional visualization is generated using the one or more physical machines;

providing the generated three-dimensional visualization to a remote client device of the user; and

associating a cost with usage of the at least one of the processing resources for performing the petrotechnical workflow.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the processing resources is automatically provisioned based upon one or more requirements of the petrotechnical workflow.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

defining a template for selecting one or more of the plurality of processing resources,

wherein the template specifies at least whether the physical machine instance is associated with the petrotechnical workflow, and

wherein provisioning one or more of the plurality of processing resources comprises selecting the template.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, in real-time, the cost associated with usage of the at least one of the processing resources; and

displaying to the user a comparison of the cost and a pre-determined budget.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring data related to seismic volumes between the CCE and the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a collaboration tool to the user, wherein the collaboration tool enables the user to collaborate with a second user in connection with performing the petrotechnical workflow.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the provisioning further comprises:

determining that the petrotechnical workflow requires resources that exceed a capability of the at least one of the processing resources; and

in response, provisioning one or more additional resources.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical machine instance includes an indication of a level of hardware resource requirements.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical machines are optimized for executing a petrotechnical application associated with the petrotechnical workflow.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the provisioning further comprises:

determining to provision a second processing resource of the processing resources for executing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein the second processing resource comprises one or more virtual machines of the at least one virtual machine; and

provisioning the one or more virtual machines of the processing resources, wherein the one or more physical machines are provisioned based on virtual machine requirements indicated by a virtual machine instance.

7. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor operatively connected to the memory and having functionality to execute instructions for;

providing a cloud computing environment (CCE) comprising a plurality of processing resources, wherein the processing resources comprise at least one virtual machine and at least one physical machine;

receiving, at the CCE, a request from a user for performing a petrotechnical workflow, wherein the user is remotely located with respect to the CCE and the petrotechnical workflow uses a three-dimensional visualization;

provisioning one or more provisioned processing resources from the plurality of processing resources, for performing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein provisioning comprises;

determining that the petrotechnical workflow is associated with a physical machine instance based on the petrotechnical workflow using the three-dimensional visualization;

determining to provision at least one of the processing resources for executing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein the at least one of the processing resources comprises one or more physical machines of the at least one physical machine;

determining a type of provisioning scheme with which the user, the request, or both are associated;

automatically determining a load status of the at least one physical machine and assigning the one or more physical machines to the user based on an amount of usage of the one or more physical machines, wherein the one or more physical machines boot into a particular operating system; and

provisioning each of the one or more physical machines of the processing resources, wherein the one or more physical machines are provisioned based on hardware requirements indicated by the physical machine instance and based on the petrotechnical workflow using the three-dimensional visualization;

performing the petrotechnical workflow using the at least one of the processing resources, whereby the three-dimensional visualization is generated using the one or more physical machines;

providing the generated three-dimensional visualization to a remote client device of the user; and

associating a cost with usage of the at least one of the processing resources for performing the petrotechnical workflow.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one of the processing resources is automatically provisioned based upon one or more requirements of the petrotechnical workflow.

9. The system of claim 7, the processor further having functionality to execute instructions for:

defining a template for selecting one or more of the plurality of processing resources, and wherein provisioning one or more of the plurality of processing resources comprises selecting the template.

10. The system of claim 7, the processor further having functionality to execute instructions for:

determining, in real-time, the cost associated with usage of the at least one of the processing resources; and

displaying to the user a comparison of the cost and a pre-determined budget.

11. The system of claim 7, the processor further having functionality to execute instructions for transferring data related to seismic volumes between the CCE and the user.

12. The system of claim 7, the processor further having functionality to execute instructions for:

providing a collaboration tool to the user, wherein the collaboration tool enables the user to collaborate with a second user in connection with performing the petrotechnical workflow.

22. The system of claim 7, wherein the provisioning further comprises:

determining to provision a second processing resource of the processing resources for executing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein the second processing resource comprises one or more virtual machines of the at least one virtual machine; and

provisioning the one or more virtual machines of the processing resources, wherein the one or more physical machines are provisioned based on virtual machine requirements indicated by a virtual machine instance.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, are configured to cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

providing a cloud computing environment (CCE) comprising a plurality of processing resources comprising at least one virtual machine and at least one physical machine;

receiving, at the CCE, a request from a user for performing a petrotechnical workflow, wherein the user is remotely located with respect to the CCE and the petrotechnical workflow uses a three-dimensional visualization;

determining a type of provisioning scheme with which the user, the request, or both are associated, wherein the type is one of a reserved resource scheme, a dedicated resource scheme, or a shared resource scheme;

provisioning one or more provisioned processing resources from the plurality of processing resources for performing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein provisioning comprises;

determining that the petrotechnical workflow is associated with a physical machine instance based on the petrotechnical workflow using the three-dimensional visualization;

determining to provision at least one of the processing resources for executing the petrotechnical workflow, wherein the at least one of the processing resources comprises one or more physical machine of the at least one physical machine;

automatically determining a load status of the at least one physical machine and assigning the one or more physical machines to the user based on an amount of usage of the one or more physical machines, wherein the one or more physical machines boot into a particular operating system; and

provisioning each of the one or more physical machines of the processing resources, when the physical machine instance is associated with the petrotechnical workflow, wherein the one or more physical machines are provisioned based on hardware requirements indicated by the physical machine instance and based on the petrotechnical workflow using the three-dimensional visualization;

performing the petrotechnical workflow using the at least one of the processing resources, whereby the three-dimensional visualization is generated using the one or more physical machines;

providing the generated three-dimensional visualization to a remote client device of the user; and

associating a cost with usage of the at least one of the processing resources for performing the petrotechnical workflow.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one of the processing resources is automatically provisioned based upon one or more requirements of the petrotechnical workflow.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

defining a template for selecting one or more of the plurality of processing resources, and wherein provisioning one or more of the plurality of processing resources comprises selecting the template.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, in real-time, the cost associated with usage of the at least one of the processing resources; and

displaying to the user a comparison of the cost and a pre-determined budget.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise transferring data related to seismic volumes between the CCE and the user.