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| Paradigm™ Customer Newsletter, Vol.2
Ed.4 August 2009 |
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 Dear
Valued Customer,
For some time now, in user
group meetings and preview events, you have been
hearing about our imminent, next-version product
releases. On July 21, we proudly announced the
release of Paradigm Rock & Fluid Canvas™ 2009
| Epos™ 4.0, our multidisciplinary E&P suite.
It includes updates to anchor products such as
Echos™, VoxelGeo®, Probe™, Vanguard™, and Geolog®,
and introduces new applications such as Paradigm™
GeoDepth® Tomography and Paradigm™ StratEarth™
that enable unprecedented workflow solutions. Most
significantly, the new Epos 4.0 data management
framework integrates them all beautifully,
enabling you to access, manage and share all your
available data across the entire enterprise more
easily, efficiently and securely.
From the very outset of our
planning, we focused on providing opportunities to
learn about the new releases quickly and easily so
that you could experience the value as soon as
possible. To that end, we are offering technology
forums, hands-on workshops and user group events
around the world for introducing you and your
colleagues to Rock & Fluid Canvas 2009 | Epos
4.0. Be sure to read Susan Lockhart's article in
this issue describing a couple of the new training
offerings. To find an event near you, visit www.AskParadigmHOW.com .
Alternatively, click on the Learn
More link on the Rock &
Fluid Canvas 2009 product page. Check
back often, as dates may change and new events may
be added.
Your Rock & Fluid
Canvas 2009 | Epos 4.0 products are available by
DVD and online. To ensure that your product
migration of this major upgrade goes smoothly,
your Paradigm account manager will soon be
contacting you.
Please join us at a
Paradigm event and see the advances introduced in
our new releases, some the result of your valued
feedback. And, as always, we welcome your
immediate comments.
Best regards,
Cynde Hargrave
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New
Training Course and Deployment Services for Rock
& Fluid Canvas™ 2009 | Epos™
4.0
Because of the significant
changes to the data model and security in the
Epos™ 4.0 release, Paradigm™ is launching two
initiatives to help our customers prepare for a
smooth migration to Rock & Fluid Canvas™ 2009
| Epos™ 4.0. [...]
If you want to learn more
about the new courses that your regions will soon
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Paradigm™ SeisEarth™ BaseMap and
Section New Features in Epos™ 4.0
The Paradigm™
SeisEarth™ multi-survey interpretation system is a
composite of numerous windows that provide
different interpretation views and operations.
These windows (3D Canvas, Section, BaseMap, Well
Log) share common data, interfaces, data services,
and are in constant communication with one
another, enhancing their effectiveness.
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To read more
about all the new features and enhancements of
BaseMap and Section, continue here! |
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Recent
Events
Fresh from the
EAGE, we ran a series of Rock & Fluid Canvas™
2009 | Epos™ 4.0 technical forums at our Aberdeen
Training Centre and in our Woking Office. The
sessions were an opportunity for customers to
learn more about new workflows and capabilities
within the release. All were well attended with
enthusiastic feedback about the future of Rock
& Fluid Canvas™ 2009 | Epos™ 4.0.
Upcoming
Events
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Paradigm™ Geolog®
User Goup Meeting
Location: Training Centre,
Aberdeen,
Scotland
Date:
15-Sep-09 |
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Processing & Imaging
User Group Meeting
Location: Oslo,
Norway
Date:
6/7-Oct-09 |
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Interpretation and
Modelling User Goup
Meeting
Location: Twickenham
Stadium, London,
England
Date:
20/21-Oct-09
The UGM will
be held at the famous Twickenham Stadium, home
of England Rugby and situated in West London. It
has recently opened its amazing new South Stand,
integrating conference facilities with the 4*
Marriott Hotel.
This is the first Interpretation
& Modelling User Group Meeting to be held in
EA region and we hope to offer our customers an
opportunity to learn more about our products and
support them to ensure they benefit from our
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All UGMs
technical agendas will include sessions
on:
Practical
implementation of new workflows available within
Rock & Fluid Canvas™ 2009 | Epos™ 4.0
release.
Client
presentations and Paradigm demonstrations.
Roadmap
updates.
Q&A
sessions.
And there will be plenty of
opportunity for informal discussions with
representatives from Support, Geoscience Services,
Sales and Management.
Training
Webinars
As part of the
rollout for Rock & Fluid Canvas™ 2009 | Epos™
4.0 we are running a series of training
webinars:
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"What's New in Paradigm™
Geolog® 6.7.1"
Date:
2-Sep-09 (Wednesday) |
12:00 - 13:30
(GMT) |
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"Paradigm™ Epos™ 4.0
Best Practices"
Date: 9-Sep-09
(Wednesday) | 12:00 - 13:30
(GMT) |
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"Paradigm™ Epos™
4.0 Essentials"
Date: 16-Sep-09
(Wednesday) | 12:00 - 13:30
(GMT) |
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"Introducing
Paradigm™ StratEarth™"
Date: 23-Sep-09
(Wednesday) | 12:00 - 13:30
(GMT) |
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"Seismic Interpretation
Overview"
Date: 30-Sep-09
(Wednesday) | 12:00 - 13:30
(GMT) |
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"What's New
in Paradigm™ SKUA®"
Date: 14-Oct-09
(Wednesday) | 12:00 - 13:30
(GMT) |
To register for any of these events
or webinars please contact Samantha
Hammond.
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Well to Seismic Calibration -
Highlight of the New Synthetics
Package
Synthetic seismogram generation and
the calibration between seismic and well data are
key elements in seismic interpretation and
characterization. [...]
To read more about this
exciting new technology, click here. |
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(Paradigm Base Map and Section-
continued...)
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Fig. 1: Structure map
of time horizon with wells - notice the
fine
graphics and improved
fonts. |
Additionally, these windows are also found in
configurations of other Paradigm interpretation
products (e.g. Voxelgeo) or can be used in
conjunction with almost any Rock & Fluid
Canvas 2009 application that makes use of
interpretation, seismic, and well data.
Both Paradigm™ SeisEarth™ Base Map and
SeisEarth Section have been ported to Qt
to make the user interfaces consistent with
otherSeisEarth windows and products. Both
windows have adopted Qt graphics to bring improved
fonts and graphics. Section has been extended to
show culture data. Well displays are much quicker
and wells may be selected using well data
criteria.
BaseMap has many improvements for line
selection. When the user passes the cursor over
line intersections, both lines are listed in a
pop-up window. If the cursor is pointing at
overlapping or closely spaced lines, the shift key
can be used to force a pop-up dialog which allows
the user to select a particular line. Wells are
indicated by a pop-up window when using general
and advanced line selection modes. Wells are
identified in the status bar for all line
selection modes. General line selection is
changed, primarily for Paradigm StratEarth™ (cross
section and well correlation), to allow use of
free points, wells and borehole paths in the line
of section as well as 2D and 3D seismic lines.
This generalized "line of section" can also be
used by the 3D canvas.
BaseMap's
mistie application now preserves cumulative mistie
history for multiple applications of mistie
corrections. Mistie can use corrections computed
from horizon mistie. This gives users the
opportunity to manually pick horizons on multiple
vintage data with large misties and poor
correlation between vintages, to roughly correct
the seismic data and then use seismic mistie
analysis to fine-tune the time misties and to
calculate amplitude and phase
corrections.
BaseMap and
Paradigm iMap have been integrated into the same
window and the differences in functionality are
controlled by licensing rather than by choice of
application.
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Fig. 2: Variable
Area/Wiggle Trace display of a 3D Seismic Line
with Variable Color Background - notice fine
graphics,
improved fonts and clean user
interface | Picking
mechanics in the Section Window have been made
much more consistent with SeisEarth 3D Canvas.
Base Map also shows hints of the active block and
visible 2D lines in 3D Canvas, for improved
integration of Base Map, Section and 3D
Canvas.
BaseMap has
consolidated windows and now brings smoothing,
interpolation and extrapolation forward into the
main window for improved usability. Multi-survey
gridding allows choice of class, survey, data
source, Epos user and surface names for a
generalized gridding methods.
Plotting has
been improved for both Section and BaseMap. Traces
can be plotted using CGM Pip or CGM
+ for better rendering of the results.
Side labels record reference information by
default. Base Map can generate and annotate maps
in projections other than the project projection
to satisfy the needs of permitting
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and Deployment Services-
continued...)
First, Paradigm
Training has created a new course for system
administrators and data managers. The Epos 4.0 System Administration
and Data Management three-day course will
teach IT professionals how to install and
configure Epos 4.0, as well as introduce best
practices on migrating projects from Epos 3.0 to
4.0. The course will cover topics including Epos
architecture, the Epos License Manager,
Paradigm name service, Epos users, enterprise
installations, Epos data management principles,
data paths, project upgrades, data security,
third-party connectivity, and more.
When
students complete this course, they will have a
solid foundation for understanding the concepts
and skills required to install and maintain the
integrated environment provided by the Paradigm
Epos framework and associated technical
applications.
For an
additional fee, students have the option to
complete an Epos™ 4.0 System Administration
Certification Exam at the end of the
training. For more information on Paradigm
Certification, contact training_info@pdgm.com
Epos 4.0 System
Administration and Data Management training course
is highly recommended for all system
administrators and data managers who will be
working in the Epos 4.0 environment.
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This class is one among
our list of Rock &
Fluid Canvas™ 2009 | Epos 4.0 release
events.
The Houston Training Center
will offer this new class on August 11-13, August
18-20, and August 25-27. The Calgary Training
Center will offer the class on September 15-17 and
November 3-5. The course will also be offered in
other regions throughout the remainder of the
year.
To register
for one of these dates, customers should visit
the Paradigm
Training Website , select the location,
Epos 4.0 product, and the Epos 4.0 System
Administration and Data Management
course.
Second, pre-deployment
planning is essential with this release so
Paradigm has also established a new Epos 4.0
Deployment Service to help our customers move from
Epos 3.0 to 4.0.
Upon request, our Epos 4.0
consulting team will perform a site audit jointly
with client IT staff, prepare a detailed report
with recommendations for updating hardware, and
present a proposed plan for deployment including
resource/time estimates.
Our consultants are
also available to assist with any project
upgrades. Interested clients should
contact their account manager for details on
this new service.
Susan
Lockhart
Global Training
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(Well to Seismic
Calibration - Highlight of the New Synthetics
Package - continued...)
The recent Rock
and Fluid Canvas™ 2009 | Epos™ 4.0 release
provides a new high-end system for performing this
workflow in a manner that is transparent to users
of Paradigm's next-generation seismic
interpretation and characterization solutions.
Well-to-seismic
calibration is the technology which links seismic
data and well data and provides the transition
from quantitative interpretation to qualitative
interpretation. It has a very unique central
position that ties disciplines, data, and
workflows, and as such serves as an integration
tool.
The objectives
of well to seismic calibration are to:
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Generate
synthetic seismograms from well measurements
that best match the seismic
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Place the
synthetic seismogram inside the seismic data -
at the well
location |
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Tie the
synthetic seismogram to the seismic data in time
or in depth |
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Use the
synthetic seismogram - which is produced from
well information - to interpret seismic events,
extending them laterally from the
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Create a
time-depth tie that links the seismic data and
the well data |
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Use rock
physics procedures to play what-if scenarios -
substituting different rock properties and
predicting synthetic seismogram that result from
these changes - to help interpret the seismic
data
quantitatively |
The enhanced Rock & Fluid Canvas
2009 Well-to-Seismic Calibration (synthetics
utility) offers new solutions for both basic and
advanced well tie issues, several of which are
described below:
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Fig. 1: Well Log
Window - Customized layouts
for synthetics
generation. |
- One of the
difficulties encountered in well to seismic
calibration is consolidating the information
from many wells. The new Epos 4.0 utility is a
multi-well utility which enables multi-well
workflows as well as multi-well visualization of
all the elements involved in the process.
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The wavelet,
which is a main component of the procedure,
theoretically represents a property of the
seismic data. However, in reality, a different
wavelet for each well is obtained, because it is
highly dependent on the quality of the well data
and the seismic data around the well. Users
therefore currently have to follow complex
workflows in order to obtain, at the end, a
single wavelet for multiple wells. With
Rock & Fluid Canvas 2009, the wavelet
extraction procedure is done for multi wells
simultaneously. Users can perform the process
and maintain visual control for all the wells
simultaneously. Moreover, a new algorithm can be
used to extract a single wavelet for multiple
wells, quantifying the procedure that used to be
qualitative and greatly simplifying
it.
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Advanced interpretation
workflows often involve using multiple
attributes. Angle stacks for example are very
popular, and interpreters need to perform
interpretation on more than one dataset. Well-
to-seismic calibration means that each attribute
needs to be calibrated separately, making it a
very tedious procedure. Rock & Fluid Canvas
2009 calibration is one of the few commercial
systems that performs automatic calibration of
multiple wells. This means that each attribute
obtains its own synthetic seismogram with its
own wavelet. Simple data management supports
this workflow.
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Standard well ties are done on
time datasets, but with modern depth migration
it is very desirable to perform the process
directly in depth. This is not straightforward
because synthetic seismograms are inherently a
time property. The new utility enables a direct
calibration and wavelet extraction in depth
hiding from the user the complex internal
workflow which is required in order to achieve
this "simple" task. From the user's perspective
calibration in time or in depth is the same
procedure.
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Modeling and calibration away
from the well is a unique feature of the
Well-to-Seismic Calibration (synthetics
utility). It enables users to easily calculate
synthetic seismograms away from the well in
order to include it in their interpretation
workflow.
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Fig. 2: Well to
Seismic Calibration Utility - Wavelet
Analysis. | The
synthetic seismogram, at any location, is
created by geostatistically predicting the well
logs at that location and automatically
calculating and inserting the synthetic
seismogram at that location. Users can now
compare this prediction with the actual seismic
data, and infer from this the subsurface rock
properties.
The full seismic to wavelet
calibration functionality described above is
provided for all Paradigm Probe™ and Vanguard™
users currently under maintenance. Basic functions
are provided to users of Paradigm interpretation
products with advanced capabilities available
through optional licensing.
Ana
Canning
Product
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