Petrel Fundamentals: An Overview

Monye Vivian Amalaonye

Industrial Trainee-Geology

Agenda:
Overview of Petrel Fundamentals

Introduction
Petrel Basics
Data Import
Interface-Visualization
Make/Edit Surfaces
Make Simple Grid
Geometrical Modeling
Plotting
Conclusion
Q&A

What is Petrel?

A Windows PC software application

intended to aggregate oil reservoir
data from multiple sources.
In summary, it addresses the need
for a single application to support the
Seismic-to-Simulation workflow,
reducing the need or a multitude of
highly specialized tools.

Uses

To interpret seismic data

Perform well correlation
Build reservoir models
Calculate volumes
Produce maps
Etc. simulate

A Geological model?
A computerized representation of portions of the Earths crust(reality).

Hardware and Application Needed:

A PC with a minimum of: For Petrel 64-bit:4GB of RAM; however

16GB of RAM is recommended for optimum performance.(6GB)
For Petrel 64-bit:Microsoft Windows 7,Vista 64 or XP 64
A graphic card compatible with Petrel
A Petrel license and license key
Petrel Seismic to Simulation Software with the latest updates(Petrel
2012.5)
Training datasets

Data
Sets

Setting Units and

Coordinates for a new
project

User Interface

The Favourites pane:

New
Studio Functionality
Favourites pane
has been introduced.

Petrel Interface:

Help Manual:

Search tab simplifies the use of the online

manual

Data importation- Formats, Import(on selection), Import.

Reference project tool:

Filter icons signify the
objects age or presence
in comparison to its
counterpart

QC of imported data is
important

Well section window

Knowledge sharing made
easier.

Enables interactive view of

different windows
simultaneously

Well Tops; intersection

points between well
trajectories and stratigraphic
surfaces.

Well Top Spreadsheet

a collection of all info

associated with each well
bore.

Visualization from a 2D Window vs. a 3D Window

Visualization of the simple grid with edges and horizons toggled

on.

Geometrical Modeling
Use of pre-defined functions to
generate properties.
Geometrical Properties are
3D properties
Created using predefined system
variables.
Important in volume calculations
and in math operations between
petrophysical properties.

Plotting

Montage Plotviewed from a

Plot window,
showing
histogram, two
intersection
and a map
window.

Conclusion
Petrel Fundamentals:
Essential for beginners of the Petrel courses
Teaches the elementary usage of Petrel
Wide range of functionality was not introduced,
hence
Basic courses should be taken in order to have indepth understanding of the software.

Thank you for listening