Petrosys v16.6 builds on our reputation for providing the best geotechnical mapping for all EP application suites by adding support for seismic and well data from Zokero’s Seisware interpretation system and includes a dramatic improvement in IESX/GeoFrame performance and reliability.

The highlight of this release are:

  • 64-bit large regional/mega grid support
  • A Google Earth map data export
  • Display any data wizard
  • Shapefile export enhancements
  • CRS enabled SDF
  • Contouring is faster and better
  • SeisWare integration and support
  • Subsea negative volumetrics
  • IESX performance upgrades
  • Better map interaction
  • Streamlined XYZ grid import
  • Configuration improvements

Contact Petrosys support to gain access to these highlights and many more improvements. Review the release notes for more detail.

SeisWare integration delivers better decisions
This release sees the first direct integration between Petrosys and Zokero’s SeisWare product. The new functionality includes the ability to import seismic navigation & interpretation data to Petrosys SDF files and Import well header, formation tops and directional survey data to Petrosys WDF files. The familiar connection manager & import user interfaces ensure new and existing clients will find it easy to import their data from SeisWare and use it inside Petrosys mapping, Griding & Contouring and 3d viewer applications.

Support for high resolution grids improves performance + scaling
In response to a shift to larger and more detailed project areas Petrosys now supports very large (64bit) grids, lifting the previous 2GB file size constraint. Some practical examples known to require this sort of scale are; Importing merged 3d datasets or “mega”-surveys; World wide grids; Very large regional grids based on gravity/magnetic surveys.

Better Surface Modeling
Computing grids from contours provided in GIS sources such as shapefiles has been improved to match the established quality of our Petrosys contour to grid algorithms. New directionally sensitive contours enable the use of ‘up-side/down-side’ contour styles to improve map readability, whilst also enhancing the alignment of contour labels. The volumetrics module has been upgraded to support various combinations of positive-up and positive-down Z-value conventions, as part of a general improvement in processing true vertical depth data as subsea negative values.

New Spatial Data Translator
In addition to exporting rendered map content to GIS formats, Petrosys 16.6sp2 introduces a new spatial data translator that translates the spatial components of Petrosys well, seismic, contour, fault, polygon and culture files into Arc shape and other spatial formats, including back into Petrosys polygon and contour files.

Improved Ease of Use
Finding the best Petrosys display options for the rich diversity of data that our maps support has been automated through a new ‘Display/Any data’ option, which is also accessible through an icon and – on Windows – by simply dragging and dropping your data file into the Petrosys map canvas. New QuickStart segments have been added to the top level help topics for the related display options to enable new users to produce better maps in less time. Various menu options and file saving prompts have also been rearranged to improve usability.

For the experienced mapping user, a copy/paste option allows instant duplication of layers for faster systematic map building, and ctrl-F will now flash wells from the Edit/Wells menu.

Better Data Management
There are performance improvements in 3rd party applications links, such as in getting project lists from Landmark R5000 and formation tops from Petra faster. Petrel 2009.1 64bit is now supported by the Petrosys Plug-in for Petrel*. A migration of our IESX link to Schlumberger’s GeoFrame dev kit has resulted in dramatic improvement in IESX link performance and reliability.

As the final chapter in Petrosys’ CRS enabling, SDFs now include a Coordinate Reference System (CRS). Existing SDFs may be upgraded using the established “/File/Maintain/CRS/ Assign CRS to files” option.