Petrel and Studio 2020.2 Now Available
Friday, 26 June 2020
Product overview
The Petrel E&P software platform offers geoscientists and engineers a single platform for collaborative workflows with best-in-class technology and leading innovation. From seismic processing to production, the Petrel platform enables seamless integration across all subsurface domains, enabling you to deliver your best field development plan.
Our commitment to technology and quality is one of Schlumberger’s guiding principles. Petrel 2020.2 delivers the latest updates in domain workflows, functionality and productivity. It also leverages the power of the DELFI cognitive E&P environment’s data ecosystem to bring the latest advances in cognitive technology to your favorite E&P platform—whether you’re working in the DELFI environment or on-premise.
Committed to openness, in 2020 we are making the Petrel platform data accessible across the DELFI cognitive E&P environment through its open data ecosystem. This enables us to enrich everyday tasks and workflows, while delivering unparalleled productivity and integration, ultimately enabling you to make better informed decisions faster.
Learn more about Petrel and Studio
Release updates
DATA AND FOUNDATION
Real-time data management
Real-time streaming of trajectories and log data from the rig allows rapid access to data inside the Studio E&P knowledge platform and efficient management. This latest update to the Studio platform allows the WITSML™ connector to autodetect the trajectory azimuth reference and now supports both Grid North and True North surveys.
Automate interpretation tasks
More than 80% of work steps in the Petrel platform can now be completed in the workflow editor. Save time and automate everyday tasks, such as converting wells to polygons, creating isochore points, inserting well top attributes, performing well top attribute operations, and more. Share these workflows easily by taking advantage of the new ability to export and import workflows. Share knowledge and expertise, and create a workflow library accessible to everyone in your organization.
EXPLORATION
Simulate geological processes in 2D
GPM geological process modeling is now available in 2D. GPM provides a methodology to model siliciclastic and carbonate reservoirs based on the principles of mass and energy conservation, which can then be used in combination with geostatistics to better predict both the lithology distribution and properties. GPM 2D offers the unique ability to build forward stratigraphic models in a user-defined crosssection.
When using GPM 2D, multiple alternative geological models can be created in seconds to minutes, thereby enabling you to quickly explore the effects of controlling parameters, such as tectonics and sea-level variations on the resulting basin-fill stratigraphic architecture. This enables you to capture complexities and intricacies that conventional modeling techniques cannot.
GPM 2D ultimately helps you gain a robust geological understanding of the sedimentary processes that govern your reservoir, which can then be used as proxies for more complex and comprehensive 3D modeling.
Tightly integrated into the Petrel platform, GPM leverages visualization capabilities to propose a focused working environment and dedicated hand-drawing tools. GPM 2D is available at no cost as part of the Petrel Geoscience Core and Petrel Combined Core.
DEVELOPMENT
Open data exchange using RESQML
You can now export grid data for structured grids (pillar and stair-stepped grids) in RESQML format as part of your INTERSECT high-resolution reservoir simulator case. This facilitates the open and seamless exchange of data in subsurface modeling and simulation workflows. This first release supports grid geometry and properties, faults and fault properties, non-neighbor connections (NNCs), aquifers, and thermal boundary conditions. Local grid refinements, grid coarsening, dual porosity, and dual permeability are not supported in this release. Refer to Petrel platform Help for more details on supported features.
Only available with INTERSECT Connector 2020.1 or later.
Build powerful workflows
The “Initialize from Maps” process in the Petrel platform enables you to model areal variation in the depths of the fluid contacts that could arise from a regional hydrodynamic gradient. You can now use the “Initialize from Maps” process in workflow editor, and in uncertainty and optimization, to build powerful workflows for task automation, uncertainty assessment, and history matching.
PRODUCTION
Quantify reservoir quality
In this latest version of the Petrel platform, we introduce a new well log averaging algorithm for the calculation of reservoir quality during workover candidate analysis. The new “treat log as lines” method takes the well-log sample spacing into account and therefore calculates a more representative reservoir quality indicator for irregularly sampled logs.
Users
The Petrel E&P software platform and the Studio E&P knowledge platform bring benefits to all geoscientists and engineers, including seismic processors, seismic interpreters, geologists, reservoir modelers, reservoir engineers, drilling engineers, production geologists, and data and information managers. It can be deployed by companies working in exploration, development, and production for either unconventional or conventional reservoirs.
