Petrel Workflow Tools
5 Day Introduction Course
Data Import Seismic Well Fault Pillar Zonation and
Correlation Modeling Gridding Layering
Edit Input Data
Intro to Petrel
Import data
Facies Petrophysical Plotting Volume Well Design
Modeling Modeling Calculation
Workflow Editor
Seismic – Data Visualization
Objectives
Visualize data in 3D, 2D (Base Map) and Interpretation windows
Digitize a random lines
Create arbitrary and aligned seismic random lines
Crop a volume
Realizing a cube
Create a well intersection fence
Tile windows
Volume rendering
3D Window
1. Display seismic: Open the seismic cube folder. An In-line and
Cross-line are available. Add other seismic line types by right-
clicking on the seismic cube folder and select the seismic
intersection(s).
2. To display a seismic line in the active
display window click on the check box
in front of a seismic line.
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‘Base Map’ (2D) Window
A Petrel 2D window is used as a seismic base map, allowing you to display and manipulate seismic
lines as well as displaying other data (such as wells or interpretations). To create a seismic base map:
1. Open a 2D window. 1 3
Rename to Seismic
Base map
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2. Double-click on the
Survey folder to open
the Settings dialog.
3. Under the Style tab
specify the Base Map
annotation settings.
4. Select the check boxes in 4
the Input pane to display
seismic lines.
Selecting Seismic Lines
Method 1 A
A. Activate the Seismic Interpretation
process and activate the proper
cube (bold).
B. Use the icons in the Function bar. Select line (in-line, cross-line, random
B line) using the left mouse button.
Method 2
C. Activate line (in-line, cross-line, Select in-line. Scroll with the mouse,
random line etc.) in Input pane. click with left mouse button to select.
D. Use the player at the bottom of the
window. Select cross-line. Scroll with mouse,
D click with left mouse button to select.
Method 3
Step through volume
E. Click Manipulate Plane icon.
F. Drag in window using Left mouse Set step/play increment
Stop
button.
Note: these methods work for
Play through volume
both 2D and 3D windows.
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Create an Interpretation Window
You can interpret in a 3D window or an
Interpretation window. There are 2 ways
to create an Interpretation window: B
Method 1
A. Right-click on a seismic line and A
choose Create Interpretation window.
B. The line will automatically be displayed
in the window.
Method 2
C. Go to the Window menu on the
top toolbar and select New
Interpretation Window. An empty D
Interpretation window will appear.
D. To display a seismic line in the
Interpretation window toggle on C
the check box in front of a
seismic line
Interpretation Window
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1. To Pan, position cursor on the
lower, right white bar
(horizontal/vertical movement) or
anywhere else in window (free
movement) - move using the left
mouse button.
2. To Zoom, position cursor between
the white and the grey lower/right
area in the bars and move using
left mouse button (or use Left 3
mouse+Ctrl+Shift)
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3. To Squeeze, hit the line between
the grey/white area. Use Shift key
+ left mouse button to Note: It is also possible to zoom using
stretch/squeeze the Magnifying glass in Function bar
Drag a square using the left mouse
button.
To un-zoom use Shift+Z.
Random/Arbitrary Seismic Lines
In addition to displaying In-lines, Cross-lines and Time slices, you can create random or arbitrary
lines through a seismic volume. There are five methods:
1. Automatically. Similar to an in-line or cross-
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line in that it is a vertical intersection
extending through the seismic volume
without any bends or turns.
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2. Using an arbitrary polyline intersection. In
a 3D or 2D window, you define the desired
path of the line.
3.Using a seismic aligned polyline
intersection. Similar to an arbitrary polyline 3
intersection, you define the desired turning
points but the path between points is snapped
to either the in-line or cross-line direction.
Crop a volume
1. Select Insert virtual cropped volume from the right click menu on the seismic cube of interest
2. A new virtual seismic cube (identical to the original) is put under the original seismic cube folder in the
Input pane denoted with [Crop] 1 behind the original name
3. The virtual seismic cube can be cropped manually by (a) activating Select/pick mode then drag the green
handles or by (b) specifying cropping parameters in the Cropping tab under the Settings dialog.
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Note: A continuous
readout of volume size is
found in the lower right
corner when graphically
cropping down the cube
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Realise a volume
1. To make a new physical cube in the ZGY bricked seismic format, go to the Operations tab in
the Settings dialog, Realize sub-tab
2. Select the Source amplitude range and realization quality
3. Click on Realize. The process is asynchroneous and its status found in the Task manager
4. The new realized cube will be put under the seismic survey folder in the Input tab
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Note: If the values in the Source amplitude range has a
~ (tilde) in front, the range is estimated based on a
smaller part of the seismic object. By clicking on the
Scan button, the entire volume is scanned and the true
amplitude range is defined.
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Wells – Displaying Data in Time
In order to display well data in time, a time-depth relationship for each well is required. The
general procedure is:
1. Load velocity data for wells (e.g. check
shots, sonic logs, etc).
2. Create time log for each well. This will
determine the time-depth relationship to
use for displaying well data in time.
3. Display well bores.
4. Set domain and display picks and fault
cuts.
Wells – Import Check Shots
1. Import check shots
by right-clicking on
the main Wells 2
folder and select 1
Import (on
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Selection).
2. Select file(s) and
format and click
Open.
3.Adjust parameters if
necessary and click
OK.
Wells – Create time logs
1. Double-click on Wells
folder to open Settings 1
dialog.
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2.Go to Time tab. If there 2
are multiple entries,
make sure the preferred
time-depth relation is
first on the list, toggle on
and Run,click OK.
3. A time log will be created for each well.
Wells – Display Boreholes in Time
1. Toggle on the check box next to
the Wells folder to display all
wellbores. Alternatively, expand
the Wells folder and toggle on
individual wells.
2. Adjust display parameters by
double-clicking on the Wells
folder and going to the Style tab.
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Wells – Display Well Tops in Time
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1. In the top toolbar, change the
domain to TWT.
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2.Toggle on the check box
next to the Well Tops folder.
Expand the Attributes folder
under the Well Tops folder.
3.Toggle on TWT Auto attribute.
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Random Lines – Well Section Fence
How to create a Well Section Fence
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1. Open a new Well Section Window from
the windows menu. Go to the Wells
folder and toggle the wells you want to 3
include.
2. The Well Section Fence is placed in the
Well Section folder in the windows pane,
only active when 3D window is open.
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3. Click on the blue button: Toggle
visualization on plane.
4. Click on the blue check box in front of the
Seismic 3D cube.
Tile Windows Tile the 3D, Interpretation and 2D windows for better overview.
Interpretation is updated dynamically between windows.
EXERCISE
Seismic Visualization
