[OpendTect_Announce] OpendTect Connector plug-in for Petrel software

[Judith Blood]

Dear OpendTect User,

ARK CLS, a developer of powerful geosciences solutions, is pleased to
inform you that it has released a direct data link between dGB's
OpendTect software and the Petrel* seismic to simulation software. The
new OpendTect Connector Plug-In for Petrel software is downloadable at
Schlumberger's Ocean store at http://www.ocean.slb.com
<http://www.ocean.slb.com/> . 

The OpendTect Connector plug-In for Petrel software which has been
developed using the Ocean* software development framework, will provide
users with the facility to directly import and export various data
objects between OpendTect and Petrel software. Additionally, this
plug-in will provide the Petrel user community with access to
OpendTect's industry leading commercial plug-ins relating to areas, such
as attribute and processing analysis, sequence stratigraphy, fluid
migration, rock property predictions and velocity modeling.

3D horizons, including time/depth horizons, and high quality attribute
volumes generated by OpendTect, can all be incorporated into Petrel
software, enabling users to build robust reservoir models, maximize
their geological data, and bridge the gap between seismic quantitative
interpretation and more production-focused reservoir models.

In all cases, interpreters will be able to seamlessly export and import
seismic data between the Petrel workflow manager and OpendTect with no
need to move separate SEG-Y files back and forth between applications as
was done previously.

 "This is a milestone moment for OpendTect," said Paul de Groot,
President & CEO of dGB Earth Sciences. "Our link-up with Petrel software
will enable interpreters to capitalize on the best features of both
systems - the powerful seismic interpretation tools of OpendTect
alongside the mainstream interpretation and modeling capabilities of
Petrel software."

"The result will be a seamless workflow from the acquisition and
interpretation of seismic through to reservoir modeling and simulation
and the reaching out of OpendTect throughout the geology, geoscience and
geophysics communities."

His words were backed up by Adrian Bennetton, Managing Director of ARK
CLS:

"One of the key roles ARK CLS plays is in the role of technology
facilitator, integrating some of the leading software offerings in
geology and geophysics to provide a more complete solution to the
operator."

He continues: "With the OpendTect Connector plug-in for Petrel software,
we believe that we have developed a highly effective cross-platform
seismic interpretation framework which provides a win-win solution for
all parties and, in particular, the geophysics and seismic
interpretation industry as a whole."

Future plug-in connectors with OpendTect and Petrel software are likely
to include the absorption of sophisticated well data, such as well
header information, time and depth curves, and wireline log data.

* is a mark of Schlumberger

Judith Blood
Office Manager, ARK CLS Ltd

 

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