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EarthVision enabled me to accurately model a highly faulted, complex reservoir. The software improved my interpretation of the reservoir geology; in particular, fault identification. EarthVision is also a
valuable asset for well planning and development drilling.
Steve Cardiff, Consultant
Advanced Modeling with Data Integration The model shown here was generated from digitized hand-drawn contour maps, then verified and updated in 3D for consistency. Well logs, shown in 3D, against a cross section, and in a well panel, aid in verifying the model. Geometric-restoration property-modeling creates a state-of-the-art 3D model. customizable interface allows workflow to easily suit project, user, or site needs
rotate, slice, peel, and clone 3D structural and property models for effective evaluation and verification
contour maps, isochore maps, and cross sections derived from 3D models provide easily understood representations of reverse faults, major fault gaps, and erosional and fault-wedge contours; these realistic views of layer juxtaposition are critical tools in fluid migration and hydrocarbon entrapment analyses
seamlessly integrate seismic interpretation in time with your depth model using EarthVision’s geo-model-driven velocity analysis and time-to-depth conversion update models or create new surfaces using the WorkFlow Manager during the visualization process
include property information from well data or other sources
model property distributions using geometric reconstructive techniques to better represent the true deposition history of strata in faulted reservoirs group properties by zone or fault block and use conformal or non-conformal gridding to accurately represent property distributions
examination of multiple models and co-located data sets, through the use of multiple model spaces and coordinated viewer windows
direct comparison and validation of fault and horizon interpretations, and easy in-viewer data editing
on-the-fly cross-sections (along wellpaths or arbitrary lines of traverse) through 3D models, seismic volumes, and cellular grids
integration of non-DGI file types, including ESRI Shapefiles, Paradigm GOCAD objects (e.g., Tsurfs, vertex sets), and USGS digital elevation data
visualization of temporal data, including reservoir simulations and microseismic events Streamline model building with the WorkFlow Manager’s geologically oriented process. Using one-time data entry, the WorkFlow Manager’s interface provides an intuitive environment, guiding users through modeling salt domes, diapirs, fluid contacts, and complexly faulted structures, and performing time to depth conversion.
The EarthVision 3D Viewer enables model examination and interrogation in the context of datasets from throughout the asset development team, which serves to improve and simplify quality control, well planning, and communication to management, investors, partners, and other team members. The EarthVision 3D viewer allows for::
Faster and Easier 3D Modeling
Streamline the model building process with EarthVision® 8.1, and its impressive
WorkFlow Manager®.
Train today, use tomorrow. Our easy-to- learn interface and advanced capabilities allow even inexperienced users to build expert models quickly and easily.
EarthVision’s multitude of visualization tools, including integrated seismic display and interactive well design, improve and simplify quality control, well planning, and communication to management, investors, partners, and the diverse members of the asset team. The Well Design Suite for strategic well positioning offers state-of-the-art accuracy. Combined with the 3D Viewer for Linux or PC laptop systems, EarthVision allows rapid MWD/LWD model updates and easy exports to reservoir simulation.
Art Paradis President Dynamic Graphics, Inc.
We provide 3D modeling solutions that
work forour clients. If you had to say what
Dynamic Graphics is best at, we’re the
best at making our clients money.
We’ve been proving that in field after field
after field. The way we’re doing it is
by focusing on making the most accurate
structural model in the industry, and by
making it possible to create and
update models in our clients’ critical time
frames. Our well-design software incorporates
what has traditionally been a number
of separate steps that would have taken one
to eight weeks to complete and combines
them so that you can get it done in one
morning—and do a better job.
Add in our models, because when you
are planning wells you want to be
working with the most accurate structural model
available, and then you’ve got a winner.
Now we’re making the same time-saving
strides in getting our models more quickly
and accurately into reservoir simulators.
We’re proud not only that our goal is to
help our clients, but also that we’ve been
delivering on that goal.
EarthVision allows rapid MWD/LWD model updates and easy exports to reservoir simulation.
Stephen Smart, Subsurface Modelling Concepts, Inc. EarthVision has many time saving features, the most powerful being the ability to
customize and automate our geologic workflow for each specific asset. This capability allows the integrated teams to consistently use the most current models and maps for streamlining the decision making process.
import Landmark Graphics OpenWorks® well paths, log curves, tops and fault picks,
and completion data for direct display on cross sections, well panels, maps, and with 3D geologic models
import OpenWorks map data and Landmark Graphics SeisWorks® interpreted
horizon and fault data for gridding and contour maps
import SEG-Y and SeisWorks 3D seismic traces for 3D display integration with geologic models in fully supported rotated space
export to the industry-standard RESCUE model exchange format to send complete geologic models to reservoir simulator grid generation and upscaling packages import and export cellular models and time series in a wide variety of flow simulator formats using the optional geocellular gridding module
Simplify integration. Import and export direct links to industry standard and widely used data-formats provide the ability to:
EarthVision is an invaluable tool for quick generation of multiple iterations to verify a concept or structural hypothesis . . . many structural situations
demand [3D modeling] and the process was swept under the rug in the past, because there was no
computerized procedure to do it. Chip Story, Vision Resources, AAPG Explorer Dynamic Graphics reduces the cost of building 3D models. Available on
Windows® and Linux®,
the full suite of EarthVision modules operate on inexpensive PC hardware.
Updates of MWD/LWD data to the 3D Viewer at the rigsite facilitate real-time decision making during the drilling process Reservoir Navigation Supervisors Andy Poppit and Jon Skillings use real-time updates from Dynamic Graphics’ synchronized 3D Viewer to discuss wellpath adjustments while drilling a horizontal well in the North Sea.
Dynamic Graphics’ geospatial modeling products are an important component to Baker Hughes’ well planning and rigsite processes. Combined with Baker Hughes’ advanced BHA systems, Dynamic Graphics’ geospatial models greatly reduce the uncertainties while drilling complex horizontal wells
In the well planning phase, it validates wellbore placement relative to the reservoir and acts as an effective communication tool between all levels of participants, drillers, geoscientists, managers, and investors. At the rigsite, it facilitates the real-time decision making process that ultimately allows the Reservoir Navigation Supervisor to optimize placement of the well in the most productive section of the reservoir.
spreadsheet-based well design with interactive target selection using the shared-earth 3D model and based on user-specified path parameters, including DLS control
immediately viewing the designed well path with the 3D model, surface intersections, and automated 3D annotation
unlimited hierarchy of planned sidetracks from new or existing wells, with automatic updating when the parent well is changed
uncertainty calculation and collision avoidance analysis with traveling cylinder diagrams that decrease risk and increase confidence
rapid updates to both the well position and 3D structural model, including adjustments for MWD/LWD data
calculation of well path/structure intersections to reduce drilling risks and safely steer wells to optimum positions
synchronized 3D viewing of models and well paths between the office and the drill site for team decision-making
EarthVision integrates interactive 3D well positioning tools with geologic models to provide precise well planning and analysis. Geosteering and well display capabilities include:
Accurate Model-Based Well Design
Model courtesy of Shell Expro
Display Multiple Data Types in a Variety of Ways: rotated contour maps; annotated well logs on cross sections; and seismic sections, well paths, fault picks, and 3D properties and surfaces in 3D. In the bottom image, seismic data displayed in 3D allows for easy model verification and fault picking. (Seismic model data courtesy of Union Pacific Resources.)
quick, easy workflow: generate new geocellular grids in minutes, not days
precise cell modeling handles complex fault geometries with ease
lightning fast calculations
numerous upscaling options, including arithmetic, geometric, harmonic, and power mean, plus hybrid schema for heterogeneous properties such as permeability
export formats including EclipseTM, RESCUETM, VIPTM, CMGTM,
GRIDGENRTM, and more
importing popular reservoir simulation outputs into EarthVision
visualization of inputs and outputs within the familiar 3D Viewer environment
Steve Taylor, Head of Geology, Northern Business Unit, Shell UK Exploration and Production Steve Taylor, Head of Geology, Northern Business Unit, Shell UK Exploration and Production
EarthVision software has allowed us to model
the highly complex eastern flank of the
Brent field accurately for the first time.
This has helped us to mature several
development targets which may
otherwise have remained on the shelf.
Starting from an EarthVision structural model, the optional Geocellular module generates geocellular grids suitable for export into a wide variety of reservoir simulation software. Highlights include:
Images of Carpinteria Field, Santa Barbara Channel, California, Courtesy of Pacific Operators Offshore, Inc.
For this EVSP project, an offshore oil field was analyzed for developing bankable reserves. The field contains 58 zones, 24 producing intervals, normal, reverse, and low-angle thrust faults, and a plunging anticline. Using EarthVision, a petrophysical model of oil saturation using existing field data was generated to model the distribution of hydrocarbons and water conforming to the structure’s anticlinal shape. The resultant model was used to perform reservoir characterization, to verify remaining reserves, to exploit the field using extended-reach drilling to get at bypassed oil, and to minimize cost risks in planning expensive horizontal wells. EarthVision’s interactive well positioning tools were extensively used in the process to avoid drilling into existing wells, to determine positions for maximum production, and to visualize drilling results in real-time.
companies who wish to evaluate EarthVision’s geospatial analysis in a “real world” context prior to lease or purchase
Proof of concept . . .
projects with deadlines too short to allow time for in-house purchase and personnel training
Short deadlines . . .
business environments that dictate minimal capital expenditures on hardware/software purchases
No capital investment . . .
firms with intermittent projects requiring geospatial analysis
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limited or down-sized staff that rules out training in-house personnel or keeping in-house personnel up-to-date on software application techniques
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companies who wish to receive valuable “real world” training without a delay in project completion
Project-based training. . .
businesses that must demonstrate and build demand for this innovative technology internally or with their client base prior to lease or purchase
Build demand. . .
EarthVision Solution Projects (EVSP) offers a data technical-assistance service for our customers, both at Dynamic Graphics offices and at customer sites. EVSP projects are performed by EarthVision Project Specialists using our innovative EarthVision three-dimensional geospatial analysis software and optionally, Dynamic Graphics’ equipment (graphics workstations, full-color printers, etc.).
Our current EVSP customer base results from a number of scenarios:
Deliverables from EVSP projects include volumetric reports, full-color hardcopy (maps, cross sections, fence displays, raster images, geocellular grids with upscaled property data, etc.), reservoir simulator preprocessor grids, real-time interactive models, automated display presentations, live presentations by Dynamic Graphics staff, and Windows/PC/Macintosh®-compatible
image files. Daily progress reports and project summary reports are also available.
EVSP projects can be performed by Dynamic Graphics personnel at a Dynamic Graphics site or at a site chosen by the customer. EVSP services are typically charged on a time-and-materials basis. In most cases, labor and a combined hardware/software charge comprise about 90% of the cost of a project, with the remainder made up of charges for deliverables, shipping, etc.
A variety of standard data formats can be supplied as input for EVSP processing, such as ASCII analytical lab data, paper plans and contour maps, 2D grids, aerial photographs, 3D arrays, Landmark OpenWorks/SeisWorks projects, ESRI ARC/INFO®
coverages, AutoCAD DXF® files, LAS log data, Microsoft Excel®
spreadsheet data, etc.
For more information about an EVSP project using your data, please contact us at [email protected].
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Solution Projects
Dynamic Graphics’ Cellular Gridding software, EVCELL, enables users to quickly and efficiently build cellular reservoir grids that accurately portray the structure and/or property in an EarthVision 3D model. This 2-day course covers defining the cellular model space, treating faults as grid-conformal, stair-step, or vertical, defining flow units based on stratigraphic geometry and lithologic character, limiting the cellular grid to a portion of the original EarthVision model, upscaling properties according to industry standard methods, and export of the cellular portrayal to industry standard simulation formats, including, EclipseTM, RESCUETM, VIPTM, CMGTM, and GRIDGENRTM.
Using consistent 3D structure ⁄ property models as a basis, this 3-day class explores well data display and presentation, and the use of the EarthVision Well Design Suite. Planning the location of entirely new well paths and locating sidetracks and multi-lateral bores from existing wells are covered. Rapid model revision and path refinement based on MWD and LWD data are also treated, as is the export ⁄ transmission of shared data and models. The objective of the class is drill-path optimization based on changing geologic, economic, and technical constraints
This 4-day class covers modeling of more complex structural geometries, as well as property distributions within the various containers defined by the structural components. Also covered are iterative refinement of the model, time-to-depth conversion, volume calculation, an introduction to well bore planning, and extensive use of the program’s 3D Viewer for model analysis, validation, and understanding.
A 4-day introduction to EarthVision, with a primary emphasis on the program’s WorkFlow Manager. Class topics include: data visualization and validation, data editing in 3D, constructing fault hierarchies, building stratigraphic sequences, and constructing the final 3D volume model.
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Advanced Structure Modeling and the
WorkFlow Manager
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Well Design Suite
Dynamic Graphics’ users are skilled scientists whose time is both limited and costly. We maximize the use of client time by using real data and application-based, hands-on problem solving in our courses. As such, our courses turn new users into more skillful and productive investigators quickly and efficiently. Our students learn about techniques and capabilities in the EarthVision software that allow them to construct realistic maps and models in two and three dimensions. EarthVision is very intuitive and does not require an extensive sequence of courses to master.
Open enrollment courses are held at our Alameda, California corporate training center, as well as at our regional offices. Clients may also arrange with Dynamic Graphics’ Educational Services for custom or proprietary training courses at client locations. Email us or contact Educational Services at 1.510.522.0700 to discuss your training needs. Training schedules are available at www.dgi.com.
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