After the money made processing the oil there will be plenty more to be made with the distribution networks and gas stations themselves. While processing data is an interesting problem for geeks, the more mainstream problem will be visualizing data. I don't go down to the refinery and pull my car up to the spigot. I buy my gasoline at a pump where I can also pick up the milk and get a cup of coffee at the same time.

Cue flash-forward to Mel Gibson hauling a datacenter-in-a-box across the desert, escorted by mohawked Aussies with guns