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Webinars Launched Newsletter of “The Mapping Guru” Unearth A Masterpiece. EDITION Number 13 V16.7sp2 RELEASED THIS ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE RECENTLY RELEASED V16.7SP2. Petrosys has introduced webinars to the range of events available to new and existing users. pg 2 The webinars are a free and easy way to get insight, information and demonstrations of Petrosys products and workflows. PETROSYS ASIA EXPANSION READ ABOUT THE EXCITING CHANGES TAKING Learn from Petrosys Mapping Gurus at your PLACE IN OUR KUALA LUMPUR OFFICE, AND desk, listen to software tips and tricks, learn CATCH UP ON GENERAL EVENTS IN THE REGION. about new features, get started with our products and more. 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) DEAR STEVE... A session to quickly get you acquainted with the core workflows and operations of our CHECK OUT OUR NEW HANDY HINTS AND TIPS COLUMN! IN THIS EDITION STEVE software. ANSWERS A QUESTION ABOUT EXPORTING TO SHAPE WITHOUT LEAVING THE MAPPING CANVAS. Click here to visit our website and register < pg 8 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. 2 Australasia: +61 8 8227 2799 Americas: 1888 PETROSYS Europe: +44 141 420 6555 Calgary: +1 403 537 5600 Petrosys Asia expands 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 Malaysia. 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 Penang. was Mr M.K. Mathur (Chief Manager Level 36, Menara Maxis Since graduating, she worked as a (Programming)) from ONGC GEOPIC. The Kuala Lumpur City Centre 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.