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Our commitment to Petrel resulted in dramatic strides forward in the way we develop and deliver a software
platform, and with the Petrel 2016 Platform and update releases, we continue to deliver on our promise of better
integration, deep science, and productivity. Today we support an engineering team unrivalled in size and expertise,
empowered by the Ocean software development framework. More than ever before, we are positioned to help you
develop critical insights into reservoirs throughout the oilfield lifecycle.
This document is created for the 2016.3 release. The following sections are organized, as far as possible, by domain.
Within each section you will find the new features and any significant behavioral changes listed, grouped by the
Refer to the companion documents, Petrel E&P Software Platform 2016 Release Notes and Petrel 2016 Installation
Guide, for information on licensing and system requirements.
Documentation for all prior Petrel releases is available from the Software Integrated Solutions (SIS) Support Portal.
Stairstepped grids of structural models with reverse faults required additional layers in the grid in order to represent
the vertically repeated zones in the portion of the reservoir below the reverse fault. For reservoirs with complex
structure or closely space faults, the quality of the stairstepped grids can be improved by allowing additional layers to
With this release, these grids can all be used in the global grid refinement process and the dual-scale modeling
workflow, in the same as pillar grids and stairstepped grids without layer maps could be used in previous releases.
There are some minor differences in the mapping properties created by the process and in the use of these
properties:
The K mapping property created on the refined grid signifies the mapping of the grid layer of the grid in the
refined grid to their corresponding cell in the input grid, and not the geological layers.
An additional refinement property called Coarse grid geological layers is created which supplies a mapping
from cells in geological layers in the refined grid to their corresponding cell in the input grid. The property will
have values from 1 to the maximum geological layers in the input grid.
Refined geological Layers and Regions properties are created by default during the generation of the refined grid
for all stairstepped grids.
In the dual scale reservoir modeling workflow, the refined grid is used for property population and the original coarse
grid is used for simulation purposes. The I, J, and K mapping properties created during the Global grid refinement
are used by default in the Scale up properties process to perform fast and accurate upscaling between the two
grids using the Mapping with properties sampling method.
Behavioral changes
Make simple grid
In previous releases of Petrel, the rows within the Tartan grid tab could be reordered by dragging the rows, which
was a different user interaction to other tables within Petrel dialogs. Consistency of the user interface helps improves
usability, so the widely-used Up and Down arrow buttons have been introduced instead, in 2016.1.
Scale up properties
A number of algorithmic enhancements have been made to the flow-based and directional upscaling algorithms
In stairstepped grids with layer maps, the grid layer indices K for some grid cells differ from their simbox (geological)
layer index L. For example, below reverse faults extra grid layers need to be added to represent the repeated
geological layers. When upscaling between fine and coarse grids, Petrel needs to identify the correct cells in the
source grids from which to sample the geological properties, including, in most sampling methods, restricting the
source grids cells that are sampled to be from the same zone and fault block as the target cell. For fine grids created
using the global refinement method, a set of explicit mapping properties are created on the fine grid, defining in each
fine grid cell the corresponding coarse cell I, J, K, and L indices.
The directional and flow-based upscaling methods work by carrying out calculations using a mini-grid or box of cells
from the source grid that correspond to the target cell in the coarse grid. This box is constructed in IJL space, i.e.,
using the simbox indices, which means that it correctly selects the spatially adjacent cells from the source grid
included in these reverse faulted regions, and restricts sampling to the correct zone.
A pillar grid that includes a small number of stairstepped faults can in be constructed using the old IJK fault
option within the Scale up structure process. You can create a source pillar grid that includes all faults, then
upscale this onto your final pillar grid that has been built, excluding those faults that you want to stairstep.
Color limits are also available. You can manually change them by typing a number, clicking the plus or minus
buttons, or pressing the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard when the box is active. To reset the limits, you can
click Reset color table next to the color scale.
A Symmetric mode is added, enabling you to change the minimum and maximum values for the color table
symmetrically. This means any changes that you make to one limit are automatically reflected on the other limit
symmetrically when the mode is selected.
Important: To enable Color table limits and Symmetric mode, in the Settings dialog for the seismic volume in
the Colors tab, you have to select Limits defined in color table for the minimum and maximum limits. You can
access the Colors settings directly from the Seismic Inspector by clicking the Settings icon .
It is also possible to navigate simultaneously between all rows marked as Favorite in all open windows by selecting
the Window specific favorites check box.
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where
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Average instantaneous frequency
Instantaneous frequency is expressed as partial derivative of instantaneous phase. Thus, average instantaneous
frequency is defined, as follows, using instantaneous phase () and instantaneous frequency F(t):
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where
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Sum of energy
Sum of squared amplitude within the specified range.
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Interval parameters control the amplitude ranges to include or exclude in the calculation. By default, the full range
of the amplitude is used in the calculation.
Resample parameters control the resampling ratio of seismic volumes to prevent banding artifacts in resulting
surface attributes due to discrete sampling of seismic.
Apparent Polarity
Cosine of phase
Dominant Frequency
Envelope
Instantaneous Bandwidth
Instantaneous Frequency
Instantaneous Phase
These changes are found in the Parameters tab for each attribute in the Volume attributes dialog box. The
maximum number of samples for the window length is now the sample count that corresponds to 1000 milliseconds
(in the time domain) or 1000 meters (in the depth domain) (previously it was 200 ms or 800 m). In some cases, for
example when the input is a folder or a variable in the Workflow editor, 1000 sample is applied as the maximum
limit size of the window.
Below are examples of results using the quadrature attribute, with 3 and 33 samples for the window parameter.
This solution requires additional PCIe-based hardware attached to the CPU local to Petrel process. If multiple PCIe
flash disks are attached, they can be utilized by creating a striped volume from the disk management tool in
Windows.
In System settings > Seismic settings, an option called Use local flash disk cache has been added. By setting
this directory, you can specify the local flash disk location.
Important: By selecting the Use local flash disk cache option, the Prefetch to cache option for a 3D seismic
cube is switched to fetching the seismic cache to the specified flash disk.
2016.2
Import prestack SEG-Y dataset
The SEG-Y loader to import 3D and 2D prestack seismic datasets has been improved with the following new
functionalities:
When launching the SEG-Y loader now, by default, it opens the File list tab.
In addition to *.segy, *.sgy and *.bin extensions, you can load a SEG-Y file with a *.dat extension or with no
extension.
Index files can be saved to a location other than to the SEG-Y file directory. By default, if an output directory is
not set, then the SEG-Y file directory will be used.
Because the index file contains information used during the import, you can load a SEG-Y prestack dataset from
an associated existing index file. If the Input index file option is turned on, the Import button is grayed out.
As part of the Seismic Interpretation offering, this new tool allows you to perform an extensive analysis of the power
spectrum of the seismic data. The tool has the following license dependencies:
Geophysics Core
Or Geoscience Core + Seismic Interpretation
Or Combined Core + Seismic Interpretation
2016.1
Import prestack SEG-Y dataset
The SEG-Y loader to import 3D and 2D prestack seismic datasets has been replaced with new functionalities to
provide robust and flexible handling of a wider range of file format descriptions, in particular, those not fully
compliant to the standard SEG-Y formats. Its main new features include:
Major improvements to QC capabilities with interactive graphs and tables
Preview plot of seismic data traces
Preview plot of gather locations and data grid definitions
Options in defining a data grid
Support for sparse gather geometry
Support for gathers of variable fold and gather traces of variable length
Support for custom trace header attributes
Ability to override key attributes in binary header and trace headers
Options to save/retrieve byte location definitions as well as session parameters
The majority of the scanning tasks executed during analysis are run in the background, as does the main task of
importing. To cancel a running task, press Esc or click the Stop button on the Status bar of the Petrel main window.
To support the variety in gather geometry and an ever-increasing dataset size, a new indexing method of the prestack
dataset is implemented. This has been streamlined into a single new companion file *.pidx, which is created during
the import process and is located in the same directory as the SEG-Y file.
Differences in the vintage line geometries could arise from several factors, for example:
Slight XY coordinate discrepancies due to precision differences in storage format and systems, but, which were
above a matching threshold.
Different or incorrect annotations for Shot point and CDP. For example, SP or CDP numbers could have been
scaled differently.
Using the Reassign 2D line geometry tool, you can scan your project to automatically compare and detect potential
pairs of seismic for line geometry reassignment. Upon analyzing the proposed matches, you can accept to reassign all
or selected candidate seismic lines, along with its associated horizon interpretation.
To access this tool, right-click a seismic folder containing both the 2D seismic for reassigning and the target line
geometries and select Reassign 2D line geometry.
Like the regular seismic ghost, you can access the polygon ghost tool in the Seismic interpretation Tool Palette.
Once created, you will find the bitmap polygon ghost located at the bottom of the main Seismic folder on the Input
tab. In comparison, the regular seismic ghost that is a small-scale window view plot is located under an
Interpretation window in the Windows tab.
Via the Seismic interpretation process dialog, you can also set a default viewpoint orientation for future
Interpretation windows that are created.
Cardinal (for example, E-W) and ordinal (NE-SW) directions are now also annotated at the top-left and top-right
corners.
To interactively pick seed points on mixer intersections, different selection modes are available depending of the
mixer type: Flip/Roll, RGB/CMY, Data weighted blend or Mask.
A new option is available to invert the masked area in the Mask mixer.
3D Horizon interpretation
New default display style for 3D horizon interpretation (Behavioral change)
The 3D horizon interpretation now displays as a triangulated surface (Style setting: Triangle surface) for better
rendering quality and faster display performance, replacing the Cell box style.
For easy reference, information on the last picked or selected point is also displayed towards the bottom of the
dialogue
Multi-Z interpretation
Robustness and performance
The overall robustness in the multi-Z interpretation object has been improved. Previously, multi-Z interpretation was
using the same structure as faults. Now it is renewed as a new object with various improvements. Petrel will perform
a one-time upgrade on opening the Petrel projects and it will be saved when you save the project. In the Input tree,
you will not see any differences before/after the upgrade. All the attached objects, such as attributes, will be shown
in the same way in the Input tree. Also in visualization windows, if the object was visualized in the Petrel windows in
All data in the old multi-Z object will be copied to the upgraded object. However, the number of the points could be
different between before/after the upgrade since points duplication found in the old object will be removed in the
new object.
This operation is available in the Operations tab for a multi-Z interpretation, in Seismic operations.
Detect self-intersections
The Detect self-intersections option allows you to quickly QC the editable triangle mesh object for the presence of
self-intersecting triangles and ensure the quality of the object. If the editable triangle mesh object includes self-
QC on self-intersection
Volume interpretation
CMY color blending
The CMY color blending workflow is now available for all types of probes to supplement the existing RGB color blend.
All types of probes can be now visualized on intersections by clicking on Visualize on intersection button.
Velocity Modeling
Realize and move cubes in velocity models to Input pane
When velocity cubes were used in the velocity modeling process, seismic cubes may be attached to the output
velocity model in the Models pane. Such cubes are always physically stored inside the projects .ptd folder. To avoid
folders becoming very large and to enrich velocity modeling data management workflow, it is now possible to realize
those cubes to an external location and move them to the Input pane.
Due to the improvements made, the performance of the above activity is now limited by the available storage and
network configurations.
Treatment data
Treatment data intervals can now be easily selected in the Perforation depth tab in the Treatment interval Settings
dialog.
You can select a set of perforations from the Completions folder.
Top and bottom MD values for the treatment interval are automatically generated from the perforations selection
when clicking Get MD values from selection.
Input to these attributes would typically be a baseline and a repeat survey for Time Lapse Analysis, and the available
attributes that analyze their differences are the following:
Correlation: Commonly used to analyze the correlation coefficient between two seismic traces f and g, by
quantifying the sample reflective correlation.
Normalized Root Mean Square (NRMS): Computes the difference between two seismic traces f and g inside
a specific window t1-t2, by quantifying the normalized rms difference.
Predictability: Another measure of repeatability or coherence between two data sets, where the result is
expressed as a percentage, where 100 represents perfectly repeatable data.
Root Mean Square (RMS) Ratio: This attribute is commonly used to analyze the difference between two
seismic traces f and g inside a specific window t1-t2, by quantifying the rms ratio.
The ability to fill bodies with interpolated log values. In Petrel 2016.1 and 2016.2, only constant value body fills
are available. Interpolation can be proportional, follow base or follow top.
The ability to manually digitize events in a model so that any geological structure can be defined.
The ability to create a 2D model by defining a 2D section through a seismic survey with events and bodies
defined by Petrel horizons and wells projected into the section, allowing modeling to be applied to real world
data.
Figure 12: Tuning wedge with Vp for Reservoir interval interpolated. Over and Underburden set to constant.
Figure 15: Seismic line model with 2 wells and Seismic Interpretation, Vp logs interpolated.
As a result of these extensions, there have been some resultant modifications to the interfaces.
Similarly, with the Fluid Substitution tab, each body can have different fluid substitution parameters supplied for
modeling.
A new process, AVO anisotropy, has been added to the Quantitative Interpretation (QI) module to model the
anisotropic conditions along a wellbore. The AVO anisotropy is equivalent to the native RokDoc Log Anisotropy Model
Builder and the RokDoc Anisotropic Synthetic Generation modules. It has a similar look and feel to the Petrel Rock
Physics module and requires a QI license to run.
The model input is logs, fluid saturations and properties, mineral properties, and a definition of the Anisotropic
system. The model output is verticalized Vp and Vs logs, the Thomsen parameters (delta, epsilon and gamma), and a
This module allows you to understand the nature, magnitude, and azimuth of anisotropy in the area under study.
In the Input tab, the well and the required logs are selected.
2016.2
QI Volume Attributes Cleanup
Most of the QI Volume attributes were able to be executed also in the Volume Attributes (VA) interface, but as the
usability was compromised in the VA dialog, some of them had to be removed from this user interface. However, they
are still available in the original dialogs from the Quantitative Interpretation domain tab.
The same changes will be observed in the workstep of Volume attributes inside the Workflow editor. Workflows
that used these attributes before will not be affected by this change, unless you select another attribute in the VA
2016.1
Quantitative Interpretation Ribbon Update
With the objective of enabling a better user experience and logical workflow guidance, the Petrel Quantitative
Interpretation (QI) Ribbon has been reorganized. You will find new tools, and that the access to some of the existing
tools in previous Petrel versions, has changed:
Access to the QI tool palette is now through a single button located in the QI analysis tools group.
The new QI crossplots button, in the QI analysis tools group, allows access to the PDF viewer and the QI
crossplot window.
The QI crossplot window toolbar contains all the necessary buttons to create and activate the crossplot
collection. Also, the button to create classification data and open the crossplot collection settings is located on
the windows toolbar.
When a Rock physics study is copied using the Reference project tool:
The Rock physics study itself is copied
The parameters and variables are kept for the selected Rock physics study
And some of the inputs are transferred together if they do not exist in the working project
Elastic impedance is a generalization of acoustic impedance for the variable incidence angle. The EI log can be used
to calibrate far-offset angle stack seismic data in the same way that acoustic impedance logs are used to calibrate
zero-offset seismic data.
Extended elastic impedance is a method for fluid and lithology prediction, which allows a better distinction between
anomalies caused by lithology and those associated with fluid content.
The tool allows you to create a single virtual volume where you can interactively define the Chi projection angle, or
create multiple EEI reflectivity volumes in a single click.
Stabilization of the wavelet is performed by estimating and compensating for the space variant component (which is
associated with the propagation effects in the overburden) and the non-space variant component (contributed by
acquisition or processing systems) of the wavelet. The wavelet processing operators are individually designed for
each trace to convert the varying wavelet to zero phase. Extreme care is taken to minimize spectral coloration due to
reflectivity and noise.
The process works on 3D seismic cubes. The following image shows a panel of seismic data with inserted well
synthetic before and after the application of Wavelet equalization. A wavelet estimated from the panel is also
included. After Wavelet equalization, the data are now zero phase and the tie to the well synthetic is improved.
The complete functionality includes 3D crossplot data selection, and the edition of any selection done in the crossplot
to properly define the classification data.
The 3D Density map, in the 3D visualization mode, in conjunction with the 3D selection mechanisms, improves the
manual post-stack seismic data classification.
REM utilizes fluid and formation properties from a simulation case in a Petrel project and calculates the effective bulk
and shear moduli, bulk density, and compressional and shear velocities, accordingly. Moreover, it has the flexibility of
assigning user-defined values to some or all of the input parameters required in fluid substitution.
The process is completely integrated with the interactive X-section creation tools, and allows you interaction with
multiple synthetic generation studies, at the same time, by using a single Well section window.
Once the desired Wavelet length is selected in the table or in the chart, the Wavelet length parameter to be used
during the extraction will be overwritten.
You can add and apply a bulk shift with a single click, based on the Maximum cross-correlation time shift or
Input wavelet time shift.
2016.1
Wavelet frequency as filter in Log Conditioning
When the wavelet used is modified with the Wavelet toolbox, the changes in the virtual log will be reflected on the
fly and the QC is done using the Well section window and the Frequency spectrum of the inputs.
The algorithm for this Deterministic wavelet calculation is Extended White. After the deterministic wavelet has been
extracted, the Statistics are calculated, providing the NMSE Confidence (%), the normalized mean square error
(NMSE), and bandwidth ratio.
These tests allow an evaluation of the closeness of the fit between the synthetic generated from the extracted
wavelet and information about the time and trace location of the seismic data used for the extraction.
In the following example, you can see that previous versions, you could only create one folder per study; however, in
Petrel 2016, you can create a single results folder containing any amount of wells.
Studies deletion
In previous versions, a Seismic well tie study was completely linked to the Well section window used during its
creation, and you were able to delete the study by deleting the assigned Well section window.
2016.1
Isochore gridding improvement
The handling of isochore data with zero values using Isochore interpolation algorithm in Make/edit surface process
has been improved to effectively control the placement of a zero contour line in the isochore map. The Use zero
contour proximity factor check box is now available in the Settings dialog of Isochore interpolation to make
zero contour line have the same representation like any other contour.
Visualization of isochores with zero contour line in 2D/3D and Map windows Schlumberger Private Customer Use
The isochores with zero contour line visualized in 2D/3D and Map windows now show a smooth display without zig-
zag edges. The rendering in 2D/3D and Map windows are controlled by a new zero contouring method in the
Contouring method sub-tab.
Figure 24: Example of the Use zero contour line visualized in Map and 2D windows with Zero contouring method
Modifying the Width/Vertical scale by entering a value in the field requires you to click Apply/OK to reflect the
changes in the display.
Figure 25: Example of the changes to Log signatures UI in well settings tab and labeling settings.
On upgrade, log signatures are not stretched and produce a consistent image properly scaled with a very good visual
and high print quality.
From the Stratigraphic chart editing Tool Palette, click to select the discrete facies editing tools:
- Paint discrete curve and drag to assign the selected pattern and color in the interval. It will use the first
discrete pattern in the template to paint. If no pattern is selected, right-click to select the code and pattern
for use in painting.
- Flood fill discrete curve: Right-click the discrete curve to select a pattern and click any of the intervals to
automatically assign the pattern to the interval.
- Pick up a discrete pattern: Click a discrete curve in the Stratigraphic chart window. The selected
pattern is assigned to the selected pattern in the interval.
It removes the burden of either duplicating a Well tops folder or selecting Use by Geo Mod in the Well tops
spreadsheet in order to filter on a specific well tops horizon.
Well identification
Figure 28: Well is highlighted in yellow indicating that it could be selected to include in the cross section
Figure 30: Background points displayed on curtain section with background surfaces
The Well section window settings allow for Data padding to extend the view past the deepest posted object. An
index range can be defined for the Well section window to restrict the amount of data displayed in time or depth.
The Well section window can now receive cursor tracking events, and this is controlled in the Well section
window settings.
The placement of the deviated path can be manually adjusted in relation to the deviated tracks in the Cross section
settings. It is also possible to extend the cross section by adding beginning and/or ending padding hinges in the Cross
section settings.
1D Juxtaposition
Calculate reverse throw
Calculates reverse throw for 1D juxtaposition analysis.
Worksteps
Stairstep grids
The following stairstep grid operations have been added as worksteps to the Workflow editor:
Fault throw
Fault displacement
Fault clay content prediction
Fault permeability prediction
Fault thickness prediction
Column Height prediction
Transmissibility multipliers
Other worksteps
The following worksteps have been added to Structural Fault Analysis (SFA) operations in the Workflow editor:
Seismic horizon isochore
Surface isochore
Residual difference for structural framework
Through the MIP editor, it is possible to copy and paste the Multipoint simulation parameters:
From zone to zone within the same property
From property to property in the same 3D grid
From property to property in different 3D grids
2016.1
Truncated Gaussians with trends
Local editing of transition lines in section view
In Petrel 2015.1, it was possible to edit the facies boundaries of the trend model in the section view. The editing
functionality in the section view had a global effect, which mean that the changes to the facies boundaries in a
selected section are proportionally applied throughout all the cross-sections, parallel to the selected azimuth line. In
Petrel 2016, it is now possible to also perform local editing of facies boundaries in the section view; that is, the
changes to the facies boundaries will affect only the neighboring parallel intersections located within a user-
specified distance.
A new two-state Global/local editing button and text box allow you to select between global or local editing
options in the section view and, when in the local mode, to input the lateral extent of the local changes.
Figure 37: New Regenerate upscaled operation in discrete and continuous properties settings
Figure 38: Example of the Use estimated facies proportions from Data analysis in
Multipoint simulation method of Facies modeling process
Figure 40: Directly save changes and run modeling process from MIP (left). This is equivalent to using run modeling
process right-click command (right) on MIP-edited property
Figure 41: Scale up well logs dialog with the Zone correction setting
Figure 42: Geopolygon set with holes (yellow lines on the left picture) used as boundary polygon in the Assign between
surfaces and polygons method in Geometrical modeling process. Resulting property is on the right picture
Figure 43: Example of a workflow using object variables for primary property in Facies modeling
Figure 45: Well top spreadsheet and Well tops filtering with Studio synchronization status
You also have the option to Send a filtered set of markers to the Studio repository from the spreadsheet, which is an
alternative to using the Studio transfer tool.
It is now also possible to load explicit trajectories by using only four channels. You can load either X/DX, Y/DY, Z, MD
or X/DX, Y/DY, TVD, MD as inputs and Petrel will calculate the Inclination and Azimuth. To do so, you only need to
clear the use (INCL, AZIM) from the file check box when importing well path/deviation.
2016.1
Explicit well path/deviation loader
Import of explicit surveys/plans
It is now possible to import an explicit trajectory in the import well path/deviation (ASCII) (*.*) files of type format.
The trajectory type can be a plan/survey selected from a drop-down arrow.
These trajectory type files allow loading of well deviation files with six channels and are generated with a third-party
trajectory algorithm into a Petrel project without recalculation. An example can be a well path data computed from
There can be distinct differences between the explicit survey and the new MD, INCL & AZIM survey, particularly,
when the well was originally loaded in another format. It is recommended to QC the survey. An upgrade report
detailing the differences is written to the Output sheet.
Figure 53: Upgrade explicit trajectory command from well folder context menu
The following table summarizes the objects supported by the Translate and Rotate well operation commands.
You can use the commands in the Workflow editor to change the standalone wells and well plan locations.
Moving a well with an active explicit plan creates an explicit plan if the move is purely a translation of the well. If the
well head is fixed or the moved well is constrained by surfaces, the process will create an XYZ plan.
Other improvements
Geopolygons as a boundary in well operations
It is now possible to use geopolygons as a boundary in Saved searches and Move wells inside boundary
operations. If a geopolygon is filled and the top/mid/base (TD) of a well falls inside, it is treated as inside, but if the
geopolygon has holes, any part of the well that falls in the hole is treated as outside.
Figure 59: Performance improvements of 1.5 3 times when comparing the new deflation solver
with legacy (Jacobi) solver
When shear slowness or/and density cubes are not available, it can calculate these on the fly, using empirical
correlations (Castagna and Gardner, respectively).
Figure 62: Mud weight predictor window allows to calculate the shear failure and breakdown limits
along a wellbore trajectory
Figure 70: Petrel case pane - right-click a simulation case to access the message search tool
Note 1: For INTERSECT cases where T&PV calculations are still exported by Petrel, the display of cell transmissibility
must be done only through the Ti property generated by Petrel (transmissibility values imported back into Petrel from
simulation results will significantly differ from Ti, as they are reworked during the export process becoming only
relevant for INTERSECT).
The Reference depth for bottom hole pressure (Item #5) is reverse-engineered into a well completion gauge
indicating the required depth.
Figure 73: Completion manager showing exponents entries for oil, water and gas flowing fractions
Support for LAB units was implemented in ECLIPSE and INTERSECT 2016.1.
Figure 74: Default reservoir engineering unit system set to lab units
In addition, the new set of ECLIPSE keywords SSWL, SSWCR, SSWU, SSGL, SSOWCR, SKRO, SKRORW, SKRW
and SKRWR for scaling miscible saturation functions are also supported.
Figure 76: Function tab on define simulation case high salinity relative permeability
These worksteps enable RCA-based results analysis using the Workflow editor.
Figure 78: Initial conditions sets supported by FRONTSIM and Dual porosity cases
3D Erosion
Include the effect of erosion in 3D petroleum systems models
Include erosion and hiatus events in the 3D petroleum systems model.
Define erosion and/or hiatus events in the chronostratigraphy. Assign the chronostratigraphy to a 3D model, then
define the amount of erosion and the facies and property distribution in the eroded parts.
The eroded part of a zone is defined by the difference between the present day thickness and the originally deposited
thickness. It is possible to use the new simulation preview to go back in geologic time to the event before an erosion
occurred. You can now re-construct the geometry at that time and assign the resulting maps to the Facies and horizon
assignment table in the Make 3D model process.
Figure 83: New Facies and horizon assignment table in the 3D model process
This workflow differs from the unconventional assessments in the way of how part-plays and assessment units are
generated. The main differences are in Make assessment units. Stacking for conventional assessments is done in
two steps:
1. Stacking of risk play elements to create part-plays with shared play risks;
2. Overlay of a geopolygon set that represents identified prospects. After the assessment units are created, the
conditional risks are defined for each risk element.
Assessment units are always in a part-play, so they cannot span part-plays. Issues handling methods (centroid or split
segments) are available to resolve any occurring problem.
Figure 92: Renaming part-plays and assessment units in the Make assessment units process.
To edit the port number, click GeoX databases and then Login in the Decision Support tab. Open Connection editor
from the Login window, and click Edit to enter a new port number.
Figure 93: Option to edit port number for GeoX Oracle databases connections.
Figure 94: Bubble map snapped to a geology surface at a specified time step, presented together
Type wells are used to get a statistical overview of the field production from the all the wells production history. The
four statistical type wells are P10, P50, P90 and Average type well.
Type wells can be created on well, completion, and normalized production data. The groups of wells can be easily
selected based on saved search, polygons and vintage (start year of production). You have options to calculate type
wells considering flowing time, minimum number of wells and time since maximum production to remove the effect
of flow back. You can compare type wells with production from any well, as you are creating the type wells. Decline
curves can be used to forecast production from type wells.
Figure 104: Select well data selection dialog in the project data table
Display of polygons
You can now display open polygons from the Input pane. This will display a dotted line in the color of the object. This
can be useful for hard-lines or faults
Right-click the project in the list to find other actions, such as:
Pin to list - Ensures the project stays in the list. It will appear at the top of the pane above a separator line.
Clone window
Clone window is a new tool in the Home tab. It creates an identical copy of the active window to speed up the
creation of window layouts.
Paint appearance
Supported objects now feature tools to Copy their appearance and Paint it to another, or to a view of the object in
another window:
1. Right-click the object you want to copy in the explorer pane or window and click Copy appearance.
2. Right-click the object you want to update. This must be another object of the same type (for example, a surface),
but can be in a different window of the same type. Go to Paint and choose one of the following options:
o Click Paint to update all the display properties of the object. This includes the color table settings and other
properties that are important for the object you want to update.
o Click Paint style to update only the contents of the Style tab.
o Click Paint color table to update only the color table settings.
Check out functional Stack on Start (SOS) license modules while Petrel is running directly from the feature icon in the
Petrel ribbon interface. This enables easy access to additional functionality without prior knowledge about the
specific module required to enable the selected functionality.
Icons in the Petrel ribbon that are greyed out and show a lock overlay indicate that a license is required to enable
them. For example, the little lock in the lower right corner indicates that a license is required to enable the selected
feature.
Right-click the icon in the Petrel ribbon and select Get license
This will launch the License selection dialog box and highlight and select the license module required to enable the
feature. If the feature is enabled by multiple license modules, then, all valid license modules are highlighted and you
have to select the appropriate license module.
Click OK in the License selection dialog box. The icon in the ribbon changes from gray (to indicate that the process
is not available) to a colored icon (to indicate that the process is available) and the lock is removed.
This will launch the License selection dialog box and highlight the license module that enables the feature.
Guru Quality reporting provides a testing and reporting framework. You can import a library of tests or create your
own custom tests. Tests can be applied to all aspects of Petrel, to any data object type in any part of the Petrel
workflow and be written in any language.
From the Quality Control domain tab in the Data Management user perspective.
The new test templates include data validation checks for migration from Petrel into Studio, image rich quality checks
of seismic, seismic horizon, 3D grids, structural frameworks, volumetric cases, and general image capture tests on
any suite of properties on any type of data object.
Workstep developments have enabled further quality assurance and quality confidence workflows.
A series of new worksteps have been made to enable the development of these workflows. Worksteps can be found
in the Workflow Editor > Processes tab > Quality reporting.
Capture seismic section test template will step through a seismic cube in either inline or crossline
orientations at a prescribed step increment in a pre-configured Intersection or Interpretation window,
capturing high resolution images which can either be output to disk or included in a summary report.
Reporting enhancements.
o Links to data objects. Direct links from a report to the Petrel panes allowing you to efficiently find data
objects from which their reports have been generated.