Dragão, the Petrobras supercomputer, with 200 TB of RAM, starts operations; machine will be destined to exploration and production projects of the state-owned company

Petrobras announced, yesterday (16/06), in a material fact, that it started operations at Dragão. The supercomputer of the largest oil company in Brazil marks its debut with 200 TB from memory RAM and power equivalent to four million smartphones or a hundred thousand laptops. The device will be used in strategic exploration and production (E&P) projects.

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The assembly of Petrobras' supercomputer was announced in December, and lasted about three months. The state-owned company stated that it needed ten trucks to transport all parts of the Dragão to its installation site. The machine weighs 20 tons and is divided into rows of eight to nine blocks, totaling 34 meters in length.

Operations began in early June. The Dragon has 200 TB from memory RAM, network of 100 GB/if millions of math processors. According to the company, it surpasses other state-owned supercomputers, such as Atlas and Fenix, and has the performance of four million cell phones or one hundred thousand "laptops modern”.

Petrobras starts operations of the supercomputer Dragão

The device will be used in the company's strategic projects. Among the initiatives are the EXP100 and PROD1000 programs, which aim to leverage the exploration and production business of the Brazilian state-owned company. In addition, the machine increases the performance of geophysical data and reduces geological and operational risks.

“With the evolution of the geophysical data processing capacity, we reduce the risk in E&P projects and we can better scale the projects, which brings great savings, and even better position the wells, increasing the exploratory success rate”, said Fernando Borges , Director of Exploration and Production at Petrobras.

According to Nicolás Simone, director of Digital Transformation and Innovation, Dragão continues the strategy of guaranteeing “more economy, agility, security and resilience” to the state-owned company's operations. The executive also points out that nine supercomputers were put into operation in about two years.

“We expect to reach the end of 2021 with around 40 petaflops of capacity, not counting cloud use,” he concluded.

Petrobras and SENAI CIMATEC launched, in 2019, the OGBON Supercomputer