Oil group Total hopes new supercomputer will help it find oil faster and more cheaply

PARIS (Reuters) - Energy major Total said its new supercomputer - which has propelled it to a world ranking as the most powerful computer in the sector - will enable its geologists to find oil faster, cheaper and with a better success rate.The Pangea III computer build by IBM will help process complex seismic data in the search for hydrocarbons 10 times faster that before, Total said on Tuesday.The computing power of the Pangea III has been increased to 31.7 so-called 'petaflops' from 6.7..