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Unearth A Masterpiece. EDITION Number 13

V16.7sp2 RELEASED

THIS ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE RECENTLY RELEASED V16.7SP2.

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Upcoming webinars are: pg 3 The Petrosys plug-in for Petrel - Integrated Workflows CHECKSHOT NOW IN WDF Presenter: Nathan Balls WE EXPLAIN WHAT A CHECKSHOT Date/time: June 28 2010, 3pm (UTC +1) SURVEY IS, HOW TO IMPORT A SURVEY INTO A WDF AND HOW TO USE THE Geoscientists and engineers using Petrel can SURVEY DATA IN PETROSYS. learn how to present their insight, integrated from several data sources, with the benefits of the Petrosys plug-in. pg 4 What's New in Petrosys v16.8 Presenter: Andrew Weller PPDM 3.8 CULTURE COMPLIANCY Date/time: July 8 2010, 1pm (UTC +8) CLIENTS WITH THE PETROSYS DBMAP SPATIAL OPTION WILL BENEFIT FROM Discover ways in which the features and SPATIALISATION OF THE PETROSYS enhancements of v16.8 can streamline your DBMAP CULTURE MODULE. DISCOVER workflows. HOW. Jump Start to Using Petrosys pg 6 Presenter: Andrew Weller Date/time: July 22 2010, 10am (UTC -5)

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Copyright © 2010 Petrosys Pty. Ltd. Highlights of Petrosys release v16.7sp2

Six Additional CRS Projections Available while the additional stereographic help for more details on the upgrade projections are useful in polar areas and process. Petrosys now supports six new are required by some national coordinate projections, which will be particularly systems. The simple projection Plate Support for Zone Intervals in WDF helpful to those creating maps in the Carree can be appropriate for mapping higher latitudes or on a global scale. The geographic coordinates where no true Well Data Files now allow users to define new projection methods enable projection information is available. zones that are intervals where the top dependent pre-defined EPSG CRSs and and base depth of the zone are based on are available when creating custom CRSs: Addition of these projection methods one of the following: enhances Petrosys' mapping capability and improves data compatibility with 3rd • Existing zone - pick the top or base party software packages (such as depth of a zone from another class, ArcMap, GeoFrame and OpenWorks). which does not contain intervals • Well header depth - choose either the Upgraded CRS Database: EPSG v7.4 Depth datum or Final TD of the well • User defined depth (SS) - enter a This release of Petrosys includes an specific subsea depth value • Polar Stereographic (Variant B) upgrade to the Petrosys CRS database to • Polar Stereographic (Variant C) bring it in line with EPSG version 7.4 (25 The most common use is to define an • Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Nov 2009), which allows the selection of interval between two existing zones. • Equidistant Cylindrical many new CRSs. The database upgrade Once you have defined the zone interval, • Equidistant Cylindrical (Spherical) (aka will be automatically applied whenever it is available for use with mapping and Plate Carree) possible during installation to ensure gridding in exactly the same way as a • Hammer access to the most current data is normal zone. available. Hammer and Lambert Azimuthal Equal Web Map Service (WMS) Image Display Area both represent area accurately, Please refer to installation guide or online WMS imagery can now be displayed on Petrosys maps using the Display/Picture/ Petrosys 17 Phases Out Solaris Support Raster option. WMS images are standard Petrosys is supported on a very diverse improved versions of our system in the raster data formats (such as png and range of operating systems. Over the past past 10 years. Our continuously improved jpeg) that are accessed from a web server few years our 'platform compatibility' has support for Linux provides an effective instead of being read from a file based steadily widened with the introduction of and state-of-the-art platform for sites source. All kinds of imagery are available 64-bit variants of Windows and RedHat that prefer a Unix-like environment or from WMS servers, including satellite and Linux, as well as with significant changes have a Unix based applications suite. aerial photography, with many sources in the Windows 32-bit environment. free for use. The Petrosys 16 stream will continue to Portability brings a range of costs with it, be supported under Solaris. This software as we have to maintain separate software will continue to operate in a stable build, testing and deployment processes Solaris environment for as long as the for each operating system on which you hardware will handle it. However, can run the Petrosys application. updates to Solaris beyond the end of 2010 may no longer be supported by To keep this overhead manageable, legacy versions of Petrosys. Petrosys will not be supported under the Solaris operating system starting with The operating system in which you chose Version 17. Petrosys 17 is currently in the to host your Oracle databases is not early stages of development. affected by this decision. Databases Petrosys allows for a pre-configured list hosted on Solaris systems will continue to of servers to be made available to all An informal survey of Petrosys sites and be visible to Petrosys. users on a project or site basis for easy other applications vendors shows that access and control. Providing images and having to include Solaris support would Please contact Petrosys support if you maps via WMS instead of files can assist be an unnecessary constraint on what have any questions or comments on this greatly with management of digital promises to be one of the most radically matter. assets.

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A lot has been happening in the Petrosys Banu and Siau Ch'ing both graduated Other News SE Asian Regional Office over the past with honours in Geology at the University few months, with the hiring of 2 new of Malaya in August 2009. Banu's final Hyderabad 2010 Conference staff and a change in office location. project was a geological and geohazards Earlier this year Petrosys exhibited at the study of Northern Pulau Pinang, SPG 2010 Conference in Hyderabad, Petrosys has opened an office in the . Since graduating, Banu worked India. It was a very successful show with Menara Maxis Tower, next to KLCC - as a research assistant at the University one of the highlights, a Dhonni cricket centrally located to all our clients. Our and tutoring school students. Siau bat and ball which were raffled off, new address is: Ch'ing's final project was a geological attracting a lot of interest from study focusing on the oil spill vulnerability registrants. The lucky winner of the bat Petrosys (SE Asian Office) of the coastal region of northern . was Mr M.K. Mathur (Chief Manager Level 36, Menara Maxis Since graduating, she worked as a (Programming)) from ONGC GEOPIC. The research assistant at the University and bat proved to be a winner in every sense Kuala Lumpur 50088 as a junior geologist in a construction - we later heard that the first time it was Malaysia company in Seremban. used, the batsman scored a century! The winner of the cricket ball was Prem Phone: +60 3 2772 7357 Banu and Siau Ch’ing have both spent 3 Kumar (Geophysicist) with Cairn India. Fax: +60 3 2615 0088 weeks in the Petrosys Australian offices Email - support: [email protected] (Perth and Adelaide) meeting the Email - general: [email protected] Petrosys staff, learning about the software and enjoying the Australian summer.

Clients in the Middle east / Asian region can now call the Petrosys Kuala Lumpur office directly for support. Banu and Siau Ch’ing will be happy to take your call and to answer all your questions - but From left: Rakesh Sharmar (Reservoil), Mike please be patient with them as they Brumby, bat winner Mr M K Mathur (ONGC) are still in the process of learning the and ball winner Prem Kumar (Cairn Energy). software. Banu is fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin and Petronas Carigali support Tamil, whilst Siau Ch’ing speaks As part of Petrosys’ agreement with English, Bahasa Malaysia and Petronas Carigali, Banu and Siau Ch’ing Mandarin. will be spending a few days a week onsite providing Petrosys support to the Petronas user base. Their recent first visit Left: Menara Maxis building with the saw them assisting with some data Petronas Twin Towers in the background. transfer.

PGCE 2010 Conference Petrosys also recently exhibited The Petrosys Asian office is at the PGCE 2010 Conference in managed by Michael Brumby, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was a who has been based in Kuala very buoyant event with many Lumpur for the past 2 years. We guests from Petronas and other recently hired 2 additional staff Malaysian based companies to assist Mike in supporting and attending, many of which growing Petrosys usage in the stopped to visit our booth. Asia and Middle East regions. Congratulations to the winner of We would like to take this the IPOD raffle prize - Mark Flynn opportunity to introduce you to from Carigali-Hess. Banuprevathy A P Panjateharam Above: Banu (left) and Siau Ch’ing (right) at Cleland Wildlife Park, (Banu) and Siau Ch'ing Tan (Siau just outside Adelaide. Ch'ing).

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The latest version of Petrosys Mapping Software can utilize checkshot surveys in the Well Data File (WDF). Here we explain how to import a survey into a WDF and how to use the checkshot survey data in Petrosys. What is a checkshot survey? Once imported, the data will now be accessible via the Checkshot Survey option in the WDF tree widget or via the A checkshot survey records time and depth measurements checkshot icon (underneath the help menu in image below). down a borehole and is used to tie the well data (in depth) to the seismic data (in time). A checkshot survey allows the geoscientist to calculate velocity data at discrete well locations. Velocity data derived from checkshot surveys may then be used to perform time to depth conversions.

The Checkshot Survey Details Tab (shown below) allows points to be added, deleted or changed. Selecting the Plot tab will enable you to view the data as a depth versus time plot.

How to load checkshot surveys into a WDF

Checkshot surveys may be loaded into a Petrosys WDF in two ways. The first method is a bulk load from an ASCII file containing multiple surveys and the second method is to load a survey for a single well. Both methods utilize a checkshot survey saved as an ASCII file and require depth values (MD or TVD) and time measurements (seconds or milliseconds). Step by step importing instructions are available in online help.

Once data is imported the WDF will automatically compute average and interval velocity information.

Left: ‘Define the format’ of importing checkshots into the WDF. Use the /file/import/general option.

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What can you do with them in Petrosys?

Petrosys has the ability to store a single checkshot survey for each well in the Well Data File (WDF). The data can be loaded, saved, viewed and edited through the Petrosys well editor.

Zone velocity values are computed automatically and can be viewed by adding the velocity attributes to a spreadsheet in the well editor. These velocities can also be used in depth Below: Zone velocity spreadsheet, along with direct posting of velocity conversion or can be displayed on a map. information at well location or along well path.

They can also be displayed as an annotation on the map by modifying the layer displaying the WDF and setting the display parameters under the Zones + Data tab. They may also be used as inputs for gridding operations. Below: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Velocity grids can be used in grid arithmetic to perform time to depth conversions. These can be handy if there is a lack of depth data, but a large amount of seismic data over the area of interest. You can also use these velocity attributes to create bubble maps representing zone velocity values at discrete locations.

A quick guide to gridding zone velocities.

1. From the main Petrosys menu, open Grid, Contour, Volumetrics. 2. Select Grid/Create grid. 3. Select Input data and add Wells/WDF as the data type. 4. Select your WDF and set up the panel (right) to grid one of the zone velocity attributes. 5. Once the input data setup is complete, go back to the main Petrosys gridding control panel and set the output grid name. 6. Set the options on the other panels as required and run the gridding process.

Right: Choose the zone velocity attributes to be used in grid and depth conversion workflows.

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Spatialisation in Detail

Clients with the Petrosys dbMap Spatial option will benefit from spatialisation of the Petrosys dbMap Culture module. While the underlying dbMap Culture module database structure has changed and is now based on the PPDM 3.8 "SP" Module structure, storing Points, Lines, and Polygons separately, all of the existing dbMap Culture functionality and front-end look-and-feel has been retained, including edit and security functions. The Seis3D / Bin Grids module structure was already implemented using the same/shared PPDM 3.8 database structure, so it too, is now spatialised.

As in all other spatialised dbMap modules, the "spatial" Culture coordinate data is automatically synchronised with the "classic" Culture coordinate data. However, please note that this is a one-way street: when the Petrosys Spatial Data Translator (see below) is used to directly import "spatial" coordinate data into dbMap Culture, it will NOT automatically generate "classic" coordinate data (for the "spatial" data that is imported). Petrosys has decided on this approach, for performance reasons and to maintain data integrity (with the original source data). All "spatial" Culture data is (only) visible in dbMap's new "Display/Spatial/Petrosys dbMap Culture" option.

Every Petrosys dbMap module has now been spatially enabled, making it possible to process all dbMap coordinate data in a spatial context, eg. selecting only wells within a certain (culture) permit, or only seismic lines going through a (culture) basin, has become very simple indeed (top picture). including all attribute data, into new or management together like never before. existing dbMap Culture groups (or GIS data is now easily imported into Working with Spatial Data Translator "layers"). dbMap (bottom picture)

As touched on earlier, dbMap Culture Petrosys dbMap has been turned into one [Note: identifying the shapefile's feature: data has also been included as a data of the easiest-to-use spatial data identifying column name at import time is format for the Spatial Data Translator management tools on the market, while highly recommended and will see this (released in Petrosys 16.6), allowing easy at the same time offering seamless value imported into the Petrosys Culture - conversion of data from various spatial integration with structured E&P Industry Feature Name. See "Attribute name" formats to and from dbMap Culture. One data and associated spatial components. down bottom of "Spatial Data of the new functional highlights is the Translator" Panel.] ability to effortlessly import shapefiles, Petrosys dbMap brings GIS and E&P data

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Cathy has been in Today, Cathy is still involved with testing, Public Training Courses the Oil and Gas as well as writing help documentation. industry for over If you want to improve your skills, 15 years after Her role has recently broadened into project or team capabilities, our training gaining her training after completing the ‘Train the programs and resources can help you honours degree Trainer’ course and becoming an achieve your goals. in Geophysics at accredited trainer. The program is run by Australia - various Adelaide the Australian Institute of Management, University. She and is designed to provide new trainers 2 Day Overview - Perth Jul 1-2 initially worked for Santos, first in the with the skills and knowledge to plan and 2 Day Overview - Sydney Aug 19-20 Operations Geophysics department and present effective and interactive training Europe - Glasgow then as an interpreter in the Moomba sessions. 1 Day Overview Sep 15 Team. It was during this time that she developed a keen interest in Currently Cathy is running the Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur Geostatistics. Introduction to Petrosys course to 1 Day Overview Jul 12 Australian clients, both in a public forum Mapping of Geological Well Data Jul 13 A move overseas saw her working for and in-house, but is looking to expand Mapping of Interpreted Seismic Data Jul 14 Rohoel Aufsuchungs (RAG) in Vienna, into other areas. Austria, which gave her the opportunity USA - Houston to broaden her skill set, both geologically, She enjoys the travel opportunities that 2 Day Overview Jun 15-16 linguistically and on the slopes! training provides, meeting new people Unearthing the Reservoir Limits Jun 30 and showing them the vast array of Calculating Accountable Volumes Jun 30 An impending expansion of her family possibilities that Petrosys software offers. saw a return to Australia where she She particularly likes working with clients Consult the Training page on started working for Petrosys in 2003, on a one-on-one basis to help them www.petrosys.com.au for more courses initially as a user oriented tester. develop their Petrosys workflows. throughout 2010, up to date schedules, prices and booking. Displaying a file listing from the click of a well

Ever wanted a quick way to find out what files are associated with a well without the need to navigate through endless levels of directories?

To produce the Well Report file listing you simply click on a well with the right mouse button, select Run External Script and choose the report you wish to run, such as the example, ‘Find Well Reports’. The script will search through your nominated filing area from the top directory level through all subdirectories for all matches it finds for the well.

Simply navigate through the file list and double click a file to view.

This feature can be run from any dbMap or third party connection. e.g. SMT, OpenWorks, GeoFrame etc. Contact Petrosys Support if you wish to know more about this feature. This script is Linux and Windows compatible. It can also be run against seismic lines.

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Petrosys welcomes Andrew Weller Andrew's route to Petrosys has been Dear Steve... mostly academic. He received a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of There are probably very Southampton (UK), which he followed few Petrosys users who with a MSc in Computing in Earth haven’t at one point or Sciences from Keele University (UK). After another liaised with taking some time out having fun teaching Steve about their English as a foreign language at a support queries. Whilst kindergarten in Taiwan, Andrew pursued Petrosys is equipped a PhD in Micropalaeontology, Image with a team of highly qualified industry Analysis and Pattern Recognition at the experts providing technical support University of Glamorgan (UK). services across the globe, support On the slopes of the Üetliberg in Switzerland, questions are still often addressed to After his PhD, Andrew spent time in enjoying the outdoors he so likes. “Dear Steve…”. As a result, Steve has Switzerland gaining postdoctoral come to know many of the commonly experience at the Swiss Federal Institute his spare time plays the drums, jamming asked questions and user concerns. In of Technology ("ETH"), Zurich. As well as regularly with friends. He's an this column he will share with users making the most of the Swiss Alps as a "outdoorsy" person, who enjoys hiking, some of those little tricks and tips he backdrop, he had the opportunity to fishing and diving, when he has the comes across. teach a number of MSc courses and opportunity. Andrew also has an supervise PhD students - research that he enthusiasm for travel and other cultures, still attempts to keep abreast of. Prior to and looks forward to visiting and liaising Petrosys, Andrew was a Technical Analyst with clients in different places. Dear Steve for Geosoft Australia where he was the regional training geoscientist. He was As a Support and Training Geoscientist at How can I export to shape if I also involved in the delivery of support Petrosys, Andrew will be assisting the don’t want to leave my Mapping and software demonstrations. Petrosys global support team and providing training services to our client Canvas? Andrew has a passion for music and in base. We can now export to many formats, including shape, without The Bash: MIB at it again GEO 2010 Conference leaving the canvas. Simply click on the layer you wish to export, Right Mouse Button and select Car 225, piloted by ‘MIB’, EP industry Petrosys exhibited at yet another show in Export Spatial Data. pilots Wence Sulda and Andy McGee recent months - GEO 2010 in Bahrain. (and his son Jem McGee), is hitting the tracks again later this year to raise funds for Variety SA. The Petrosys sponsored Tradeshows 1965 Buick Electra is currently being Petrosys invites you to visit our booth at prepared for the outback drive which this upcoming tradeshows and exhibitions, year will see it commencing at Murray where you can get a hands-on Bridge, passing through remote areas of demonstration of “what's new” and how South Australia and interstate, and “what's new” can make you even more finishing in Clare. effective. Upcoming events include: The show saw some 4000 registrants Variety, best known as The Children’s pass through, mainly from the Middle EAGE - Barcelona Jun 14-17 Charity, is an international volunteer East, Europe and Asia, and gave Petrosys ASEG - Sydney Aug 22-26 based charity devoted to assisting an opportunity to get a first-hand feel of AAPG - Calgary Sep 12-15 SEG - Denver Oct 17-20 children in need. the scope and nature of the Middle East oil industry. Last year’s bash raised over Visit the Events page on $7.9m nationally, with the If you would like to join us next time we www.petrosys.com.au for a complete list SA Bash raising the highest exhibit, please check out our events of exhibitions and meetings in 2010. donations of $1.904m. schedule (right).

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