MADRID, Spain, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — World Petroleum Congress — Driven by the increasing demand and rising costs for energy worldwide, Repsol YPF and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) today
announced research results using IBM supercomputers powered by the Cell Broadband Engine(TM) as the standard for future hydrocarbon exploration. The preliminary findings show IBM(R) BladeCenter(R) QS22 supercomputers,
powered by the IBM PowerXCell(TM) 8i processor, enable searching for oil fields at greater depths up to six-times faster than conventional technology currently deployed by the oil and gas industry.

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