Petrel is a software application used to aggregate oil reservoir data from multiple sources and support the seismic-to-simulation workflow. It can be used to interpret seismic data, perform well correlation, build reservoir models, calculate volumes, and produce maps. The document provides an overview of Petrel fundamentals including data import, visualization, making and editing surfaces and grids, geometrical modeling, and plotting. It also discusses the hardware, data, and Petrel license needed to use the application and highlights some of the interface improvements in recent versions.

1. Petrel Fundamentals: An Overview
Monye Vivian Amalaonye
Industrial Trainee-Geology

2. Agenda:
Overview of Petrel Fundamentals
• Introduction
• Petrel Basics
• Data Import
• Interface-Visualization
• Make/Edit Surfaces
• Make Simple Grid
• Geometrical Modeling
• Plotting
• Conclusion
• Q&A

3. What is Petrel?
• A Windows PC software application
intended to aggregate oil reservoir
data from multiple sources.
• In summary, it addresses the need
for a single application to support the
‘Seismic-to-Simulation’ workflow,
reducing the need or a multitude of
highly specialized tools.
Uses
• To interpret seismic data
• Perform well correlation
• Build reservoir models
• Calculate volumes
• Produce maps
• Etc. simulate
A Geological model?
• A computerized representation of portions of the Earth’s crust(reality).

4. Hardware and Application Needed:
• A PC with a minimum of: For Petrel 64-bit:4GB of RAM; however
16GB of RAM is recommended for optimum performance.(6GB)
• For Petrel 64-bit:Microsoft Windows 7,Vista 64 or XP 64
• A graphic card compatible with Petrel
• A Petrel license and license key
• Petrel Seismic to Simulation Software with the latest updates(Petrel
2012.5)
• Training datasets

5. Data
Sets

6. Setting Units and
Coordinates for a new
project

7. User Interface

8. The Favourites pane:
New
Studio Functionality
– Favourites pane
has been introduced.

9. Petrel Interface: Help Manual:
Search tab simplifies the use of the online
manual

10. Data importation- Formats, Import(on selection), Import.

11. Reference project tool:
Filter icons signify the
objects age or presence
in comparison to its
counterpart
QC of imported data is
important

12. Well section window
• Knowledge sharing made
easier.
• Enables interactive view of
different windows
simultaneously

13. Well Top Spreadsheet
• a collection of all info
associated with each well
bore.
Well Tops; intersection
points between well
trajectories and stratigraphic
surfaces.

14. Visualization from a 2D Window vs. a 3D Window

15. Visualization of the simple grid with edges and horizons toggled
on.

16. Geometrical Modeling
Use of pre-defined functions to
generate properties.
Geometrical Properties are
• 3D properties
• Created using predefined system
variables.
• Important in volume calculations
and in math operations between
petrophysical properties.

17.  Montage Plot-
viewed from a
Plot window,
showing
histogram, two
intersection
and a map
window.
Plotting

18. Conclusion
Petrel Fundamentals:
• Essential for beginners of the Petrel courses
• Teaches the elementary usage of Petrel
• Wide range of functionality was not introduced,
hence
• Basic courses should be taken in order to have in-
depth understanding of the software.

19. Thank you for listening…