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Geolog 6.6
Connect Tutorial
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Contents
This tutorial is designed for new users of Paradigms Geolog Connect product, and for users
familiar with Geologs Load/Unload products, which Connect now replaces. You will learn the
basics of using Connect through a typical workflow and procedures to:
Perform file transfers such as project to project and from one format to another
Prerequisites
The Geolog Basics tutorial and a basic knowledge of industry data formats is advantageous.
Document Conventions
In this document, all INPUT to the computer is in Bold Courier New, while all OUTPUT from
the computer is in Courier New, but not bold.
Tutorial Data
The following additional files (files not supplied with software) are used in this tutorial:
Connect Overview
Data Format
A wide range of industry standard formats (both binary and ASCII) can be accessed using
the Connect application:
Binary Format LIS, DLIS*, Western Atlas BIT, Century, BPB, SEG-Y, ELF FIMAGE,
RMS,
Amoco-A, Zycor ZMAP
Note: *DLIS is an optional module
ASCII Format LAS, Geolog-ASCII, User Defined Flat ASCII
Data Sources
:
Geolog Projects: Directly from other databases (via the well data server) which may be,
for instance, Geolog, OpenWorks or Geoframe.
Disk: Files on local hard drives in either their native file format or in Tape
Image Format (TIF).
I/O devices: Standard input/output devices can be used to read or write data.
Common devices include CDROM, floppy, EXABYTE tape, 9-track, and
DAT Tape. The setup of these devices is covered in the Geolog Site
Administration tutorial.
Networks: Files located on networked disks, remote disks, and devices via dial-up,
or VPN.
Exercise 1
Starting Connect
from a Tcl shell (select Project > Terminal(Shell)... on the Launcher Bar)
change to the project directory, if desired, and enter the following command:
% mui_connect &
to display a window similar to that shown in Figure 2.
Message Log
After Connect is started, all error and warning messages are logged to the Message section
at the bottom of the Connect window.
The More Info icon can be selected at any time during scanning or loading/unloading/
transferring to display the Feedback window which shows detailed message information (see
Figure 3).
In order to obtain a more complete listing of all diagnostic and error messages, redirect them
back to the Feedback window by setting the environment variable. This can be done before
launching Connect or from the Run command (Connect > Run...) as follows:
Windows 2000/XP:
tcl shell (tcl): set env(MIN_FEEDBACK) debug
Procedure
In this step, a typical data load procedure is outlined.
Overview
Connects Load function enables users to import data from various sources into a
Geolog or other recognized database. The Load function requires minimal user
interaction because of the following features:
User defined ASCII formats need to be set only once and, from then on, are
recognized as a standard format.
A Load dialog box controls all aspects of the load procedure (input type, limits, set/
log skipping, name changes, reporting specs). However, for a basic load, it is a
simple matter of:
Select Connect > Load... to display the Load Scan dialog box.
Click the File Select icon next to the Device/File field to open the File
Select dialog box.
Locate and select the input source (project, file, tape, network).
Fine tune your selection, narrowing it down, using the Connect window, to only
those sets, constants, logs, ranges required (see Figure 4).
Click to start
loading data
Procedure
In this step, you will learn how to:
Exercise 1
2. Click on File Select icon next to the Device/File field to open the File
Select dialog box.
4. Click OK.
Geolog immediately scans the schlum_lis.tif file, recognizes it as a TIF (tape
image format) file with a contractor format of LIS, and displays the file name in
the Scan Load dialog box.
Note: Name translation is automatically set to lis. Name translation applies to both log
names and constants names. Name translations are defined by specification files
(.names extension) in the specs directory. Specification files are discussed in detail
later in the tutorial.
) The Reporting function is only relevant when loading the following binary file
types: AMOCO-A, ATLAS, DLIS and LIS.
9. Click OK on the Load Scan dialog box to complete the scan and obtain a list
of data in the file.
FILES table
In the FILES table, the file is shown to contain 1 well with 1 set of data
(Deep_#1, GTS) with data over a depth range of 5000 ft (1524 m) to
10396.9816 ft (3169 m).
Constants
11. With the row still selected, toggle on the Constants... checkbox to display the
CONSTANTS table, a list of all well constants to be loaded. The original
names and their name translations, where applicable, are displayed (see
Figure 7).
Constants table
Logs
Logs table
14. Ensure the log names are GR, LLD, LLS and MSFL.
15. Close the CONSTANTS and LOGS tables by toggling off the Constants...
and Logs... checkboxes.
16. Click the More Info icon to display the Feedback window.
Messages regarding reports, frames loaded, reference sets, and when loading
is finished are displayed in the Message window as the load proceeds
(see Figure 9).
18. Repeat the process, by reloading the schlum_lis.tif file, but this time set
reporting to Only and compare the results.
19. Change the reporting options a few times and test the results.
These translation files reside in the specs directory of the software installation
with a .names file extension. Figure 10 is an example of the lis.names
translation file. New Name Translation files may be created and stored locally, or
in the site/specs directory.
DEPT DEPTH
SETX SET
Procedure
In this step, you will:
Load a Western Atlas binary data file (BIT format) with name translation while
limiting the sets and logs to be loaded.
Exercise 1
2. Click the File Select icon to open the File Select dialog box.
4. Click OK.
After scanning the file header, ATLAS is displayed in the Contractor Format
field and an atlas Name Translation file, which exists in the STARS specs
directory is also automatically selected (see Figure 11).
Figure 11: Load Scan Dialog Box After Selecting an ATLAS BIT File
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5. Click Reporting....
8. Click OK on the Load Scan dialog box, to display the contents of the file (see
Figure 12).
9. Deselect all sets to be loaded except those displayed in Rows 2 and 10 by:
Selecting Select > None.
Clicking on the checkboxes in the Use column for Rows 2 and 10.
) When loading extremely large data files, use the Sets... and Logs/
Constants... selection functions on the Select menu to open filter dialog
boxes to specify parameters for quick selection. See the Connect online
help for further information on these functions.
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Alternatively, you could just change each name in Rows 2 and 10.
11. Change the Set names in Row 2 to WIRE1 and in Row 10 to WIRE2.
Your load window should be similar to Figure 13.
Figure 13: Wells Selected For Loading From the at_bit.tif File
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12. Select a cell in Row 2 (this is now the well.set, OCSG_1316_BB2.WIRE1) and
toggle on the Logs... checkbox to display the LOGS table with a list of all the
logs that will be loaded into the well.set with name translation.
) Data is NOT displayed in the CONSTANTS and/or LOGS tables until a row
is selected in the FILES table. If multiple rows are selected, data from the
focused cell (current location of the cursor) is displayed.
Name Translation
Note: The name translation being done to convert Western Atlas names to equivalent
Schlumberger names.
13. Skip loading logs TEN and SPD by deselecting them (remove the tick in the
checkbox in the Use column).
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Procedure
In this step, you will:
Overview
In addition to the binary formats, Geolog can also load log data in a range of ASCII format data
files. These include:
Geolog-ASCII A standard ASCII output used by Geolog incorporating all data stored
within the database and using the standard mnemonics.
LAS Log ASCII standard designed for log data on floppy disks.
User Defined Any flat ASCII format datafile can be specified and saved within the
Connect application, then used again for other files of the same format.
Exercise 1
2. Click the File Select icon to open the File Select dialog box.
4. Click OK.
After scanning the file, Geolog recognizes the format and LAS is displayed as
the Contractor Format field and a las Name Translation file is also
automatically selected (see Figure 15).
Figure 15: Load Scan Dialog Box After Selecting a LAS File
Note: In the FILES table if a Set or Tool String has not been specified, then Geolog inserts a
default of UNKNOWN. Also, note the WELL IDENTIFIER name.
7. In the Load Scan dialog box, change the Primary Well ID to API_NUMBER.
9. Double click in the Set field, click on the Dropdown List button and
choose WIRE from the displayed list.
Exercise 2
2. Click the File Select icon, to open the File Select dialog box.
4. Click OK.
Geolog recognizes the GEOLOG ASCII format. The Primary Well ID is
"WELL", Geologs default name for the well identifier.
Figure 16: Load Scan Dialog Box after Selecting a Geolog ASCII File
Procedure
In this step, you will:
Overview
Simple well data, headers or log data, data from spreadsheet formats or original
site information can be loaded into the Geolog database using the Flat Ascii
Format Definition facility (select the Define... button in the Load Scan dialog box).
A Flat ASCII Format file consists of rows of consistently formatted data with one or
more lines of header information. An example file is shown in Figure 17.
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Exercise 1
2. Click on the File Select icon to open the File Select dialog box.
4. Click OK.
Because Geolog cannot locate a relevant specification in the specs directory
which defines the format, the Flat Ascii Format field is left blank and the Name
Translation field displays "NONE" (see Figure 18).
Figure 18: Load Scan Dialog Box after Selecting a Flat ASCII File of Survey Data
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5. Click Define... to display the Flat Ascii Format Definition dialog box.
Display Lines
Input File
Sample Sample
Data Scroll Bar
File Loading
Parameters Parameters
Table
Within the Flat Ascii Format Definition dialog box you can perform the
following:
SECTION DESCRIPTION/FUNCTIONS
Specification When defining a new spec file Geolog automatically displays
the extension of the input file name, in this example, the "ds"
of "smith-1.ds". You can Save the specification to a file name
for repeated use.
You can specify a different name, specify another spec to use,
or open the spec and make modifications, as and when
required.
Sample You can preview a sample of the input file, and using the data
provided adjust the file loading parameters, and define new
values for the Start and Length fields.
You can also specify how much of the input file is displayed
using the Lines pull down list options of 100, 1000,10 000,or
All.
Use the Scroll Bar to move up and down the displayed
Sample data.
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Parameters Geolog scans the data file and completes the dialog box with
a best estimate of log names, starting lines and field positions.
Within the Parameters section you can:
Define the default set into which the data is loaded, and the
type of interpolation to be used.
Define the start and finish lines to read from the input file.
Specify the delimiter used in the original data file.
Set the values Geolog will store internally as a missing
value.
Specify every parameter to be loaded from the file with log
name, unit, data type, parameter class, starting position and
length of field plus number of decimal places.
Use Figure 22 as a guide to adjust the parameters to match the sample data:
7. To populate the "First line of data" field, in the sample data click anywhere on
the first line of data.
8. To insert a row for AZIMUTH, click the Table Menu icon and select
Append Row.
.. populate the
Name field
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10. Change the Units to (by double clicking in each Units field):
DEPTH: METRES
DEVIATION: DEGREES
AZIMUTH: DEGREES
11. Change the Type and Class fields for DEPTH, DEVIATION and AZIMUTH.
12. To populate the Start and Length fields for DEPTH, DEVIATION and
AZIMUTH in the Parameters table (see Figure 21 as an example):
Click in the Start field to select it.
Use the Sample scroll bar to locate the longest value in the required
column.
Click and drag the cursor over the value in the required column.
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13. Enter the decimal places for DEPTH, DEVIATION and AZIMUTH.
Figure 22: Set and Unit Changes for Flat ASCII File Specification
17. Click Start Load to load the data. Messages advise of the load progress.
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Exercise 2
2. Click on the File Select icon to open the File Select dialog box.
4. Click OK.
Geolog scans the files and recognizes ASCII data but not the format used.
Figure 23: Load Scan Dialog Box after Selecting a Flat ASCII Image File
5. Click Define... to display the Flat Ascii Format Definition dialog box.
6. In the Specification section, change the Name to images. The spec file
created will be named images.flat_ascii_format and stored in the
projects specs directory.
7. You can accept the default description or, if desired, change to one more
relevant (e.g., "Format for image data (space delimited).").
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8. In the Parameters section, check and change the following, where required:
Default Set: IMAGES
Interpolation: TOPS
First line of data: 2
Last line of data: the entire file is to be read, so leave blank
Missing Value: -999.25 (ASCII representation for missing numeric
values)
Figure 24: Parameter Changes for Flat ASCII Image File Specification
) when you are creating text files for loading, ensure the first character in the
first header line is a # symbol as Geolog does a better job of estimating if
there is a header line or lines consisting of log names, or log names and unit
names.
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12. In the Load Scan dialog box, select the Flat ascii format dropdown button
and note the available flat_ascii load specssee Figure 25.
14. Click OK. The file named core_plotfiles.flat is scanned using the
images definition, and returns the selection information.
15. Change the Well Identifier to Big_John_1. Geolog loads the core plotfiles
information into this new well.
16. Click Start Load to load the data; messages advise of the load progress.
Exercise 3
2. Click the File Select icon to open the File Select dialog box.
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4. Click Define... to display the Flat Ascii Format Definition dialog box which
shows an estimate of the data format based on a delimiter of spaces.
Geolog recognizes the file as being tab delimited, and sets the Delimiter
accordingly.
7. Save the spec using the default name of tab, then Close the dialog box.
8. In the Scan Load dialog box, ensure the Flat ascii format field is set to tab.
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Exercise 4
2. Click on the File Select icon next to the Device/File field to open the File
Select dialog box.
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4. Click Define... to display the Flat Ascii Format Definition dialog box which
shows a format estimate (see Figure 28).
Figure 28: Flat Ascii Format Definition Dialog Box for picks.zone Data File
5. Click on the File Select icon in the Specification section and select
interval.flat_ascii_format from the displayed list of flat ASCII format
options.
) The data file format has a value for well name, depth, lithology, and zone
separated by tab delimiters. The interval.flat_ascii_format
specification file was created previously to deal with this type of data output.
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) The Units are set to "Feet" as the load file is in imperial units but, if you leave
"Unit Convert" toggled on in the Scan Load window, conversion occurs on
load, if required.
8. In the Load Scan dialog box, ensure the Flat Ascii Format field is set to
interval.
9. Click OK. Geolog scans the file and displays how the data will be loaded into
3 wells.
10. Select each well in turn and confirm the logs that will load are correct.
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Procedure
This step explains how to load data using batch methods.
log_load_batch
Enter:
geolog6 log_load_batch file_in = ./data/*.las name_translation=las
From the Geolog Launcher Bar, select Project > Terminal (Tcl). This opens a
Tcl terminal window with the Geolog6 environment set for you.
OR
From the Geolog Launcher Bar, select Project > Terminal (Shell).
If you prefer to use the GUI interface, you can concatenate files of the same
contractor type (e.g., all las files) into one file and then load the concatenated file
using Connect.
For example:.
Note: Ensure you have sufficient disk space before concatenating the files and consider
archiving/deleting the concatenated file when the load is complete.
More Help
To view UNIX online help for all the options and arguments available with this
facility, enter:
Procedure
This step explains how to unload data from Geolog or compatible databases to various file
formats. You will:
Overview
Connects Unload function has the following features:
Unload selectivity, ensuring only data needed and the depth interval required is
unloaded.
Data unload to diverse sources: files (local or from network), TIF (tape image
format), and tape (magnetic 9-track, EXABYTE, DAT).
Connects Unload function controls all aspects of the unload procedure. The
format of this function is consistent with the Load function except the Unload
function requires wells to be selected from the Geolog database.
Exercise 1
1. Select Connect > Unload to display the Unload Scan dialog box.
2. Click on the Well Select icon to display the Select Multiple dialog box.
3. Select ATLAS, BOTEIN and CAPELLA, and click the right arrow button to move
the wells into the Selection list.
4. Click OK.
5. Click on the Contractor Format dropdown list button, and select GEOLOG
ASCII from the list of formats displayed.
7. Click OK. Geolog interrogates the database and display the FILES table with
all well.sets to be unloaded (see Figure 33).
Geolog is now ready to unload all the data from the 3 wells into a single ASCII
file (threestars.dat). This file is saved to the projects data directory.
9. Leave the Connect window open to continue with the next exercise,
Exercise 2.
Exercise 2
LAS Version 2
1. In the Connect window still open from the previous exercise, Exercise 1,
select Connect > Unload to display the Unload Scan dialog box.
5. Middle click on the Use column header (on the word "Use") to deselect all.
6. Click in the Use checkbox to select the WIRE data () for each well.
7. Toggle on the LOGS table, and in the FILES table, for each well (ATLAS,
BOTEIN, AND CAPPELA):
click on the well row containing the WIRE data, then
change the Name to Use, for GR_1, from GR to GR_COR (see Figure 34).
LAS Version 3
The following table explains the differences between the LAS 2 and 3 formats:
Figure 35 shows the resulting output of both formats using the default file names.
LAS3
unloaded using
{WELL}_{SET}.las
and unloaded as
{WELL}.las, the first well
name found is used.
LAS2
unloaded using
{WELL}.las
and unloaded as
{WELL}_{SET}.las
Figure 35: Output files using LAS Contractor Format
Procedure
This step explains how to transfer data between projects, or from one file format to another.
You will:
Transfer data directly from LIS format into a user defined flat ASCII format.
Exercise 1
In this exercise you will transfer some of the data from a single well in the STARS
project to the MOONS project.
1. Select Connect > Project to Project to display the Project to Project Scan
dialog box (see Figure 36).
3. Click the Well Select icon to display the Select Multiple dialog box.
4. Select ELECTRA, click the right arrow button to move the well into the
Selection list, and click OK.
6. In the Output section, click the Project icon to display the Project Select
dialog box.
7. Select the MOONS project for the destination project and click OK (see
Figure 37).
9. For this transfer, we want all logs to be transferred except the RUN2 set.
Make the necessary changes and click Start Project Transfer.
10. Once the transfer has finished, open the MOONS project and start Geologs
Project application to check the new data.
Data transfer can also be done between diverse sources/targets: files (local or
from network), TIF (tape image format), and tape (magnetic 9-track,
EXABYTE, DAT).
Exercise 2
In this exercise you will transfer data directly from LIS format into a user defined
flat ASCII format.
1. Select Connect > File to File to display the File to File Scan dialog box
(see Figure 38).
2. Click the File Select icon to open the File Select dialog box.
3. Locate and select the schlum_lis.tif file as the input file, and click OK.
The header of the file is automatically scanned, and its type and appropriate
name translation is determined by Geolog to be LIS.
5. Click Define... to open the Flat Ascii window so you can create the new
definition.
You may recall (from "Load LIS Data" on Page 9) that the input file contains
only one set of data which has the following logs in it: DEPTH, GR, LLD, LLS
and MSFL. In this exercise, we want to transfer all these logs to an ASCII
format file.
11. Click OK to scan the original file and display the data to transfer.
12. Change the name of the set in the Deep_#1 well to be WIRE.
13. Toggle on the LOGS table to check the logs that are to be transferred.
14. Select Connect > Change Output to open the File Select dialog box.
18. Look in the data directory to confirm that the transfer has been successful.
Procedure
This step explains the functions available on the Utilities menu. You will:
Delete the wells you have loaded into the STARS project.
Exercise 1
Data Maintenance
It is strongly recommended you use either Geologs Connect or Project application
to add and remove data from a project. All maintenance functions are available in
both applications.
Includes
Using the Include Wells and Remove Well Includes functions is explained in
"Using the Catalogues" in the Project Tutorial.
Copy Wells
When using Connect, wells from other projects can be copied into the currently
open project. This function is the same as copying wells while using the Well
Catalogue (see "Using the Catalogues" in the Project Tutorial for further details).
Delete Sets
Use this function to remove sets that have been, for instance, inadvertently loaded.
1. Select Utilities > Delete Sets... to open the Select Multiple dialog box.
2. Select the Paradigm well and click the right arrow button to move the well
into the Selection list.
Delete Wells
In this exercise, you will delete all the wells you have loaded into the STARS
project, as they are not be required for the remaining tutorials.
6. Select Utilities > Delete Wells... to open the Select Multiple dialog box.
8. Click OK.
Delete Files
10. Select Utilities > Delete File... to open the File Select dialog box.
11. Locate and select the threestars.dat file you created in the Unload
exercises.
12. Confirm the deletion. Note this PERMANENTLY removes the file.
Select Utilities > Define Flat Ascii Format... to open the Flat Ascii Format
Definition window. For more information refer to "Flat ASCII Format Data Load"
on Page 25.
Specify your parameters and save the file for future use.