Drillinginfo is excited to announce the release of DI Transform 5.1, featuring two brand new tools: Well Targeting and Pad Planning, as well as significant improvements to our Well Interference, Data Analysis, and Raster Registration & Digitization tools. Additional data types have been updated to the unified data import process, and refreshable features released in 5.0 can now be modified and edited. Database instance and repository migration is required.
Well Targeting - With the click of a button, quantify key wellbore/stratigraphic parameters such as heel and toe landing zones, percentage and footage in zone, heeltotoe TVD differences, toe up or down, zone traversal, and heeltotoe areal deviations. Apply these parameters to big picture analyses. This tool creates a powerful data attribute library using stratigraphic horizons and wellbore surveys.
Pad Planning - The Pad and Field Planning workflow enables you to plan well pads over an entire field at once. Planning is done on a basemap, on any combination of layers, such as lease boundary polygons, production prediction maps, or both. Use tools to trim, move, and rotate individual wellbores. View development plans next to stratigraphy rendered in the 3D scene. Planned surveys can be exported for easy sharing with 3rd party drilling companies.
Well Interference - Rapidly quantify the effect on nearby producing wells of interference from new well completions. Legacy tools have been improved and combined into one intuitive workflow perspective. A bulk scan identifies well associations for preinterference, and interference wells with simple creation of distance attributes. These pairs are linked to the basemap and 3D scene for immediate quality control. Easily inspect time series data for interference signals, using slider bars to define comparative time windows, and generate attributes that can be used for additional analysis and predictive model building. The tool also features simple computation of preinterference cumulative production and automatic creation of attribute plots for instant analysis.
Data Analysis - Explore data more efficiently with the new and improved data analysis tools. Pie and bar charts are now available, and crossplots feature a new “shape by” option. Select attributes from axis dropdown menus, and take advantage of local and global filters for even greater flexibility and sidebyside data comparisons. Check out improved functionality for working with categorical variables. Connect to spreadsheet information, such as DI Engineering data, directly in Data Analysis, and bypass the well scalar importer.
Raster Depth Registration and Digitization - Massive improvements have been made to depth registration speed, incorporated offscale digitization with up to 10 side-by-side tracks, and colormatch settings that dramatically improve color log digitization.
Updateable Loaders - Wellbores, well tops, and perforations have now been added to the unified data import framework. See the relevant wells in a basemap before you import features, and choose how features are updated. This involves using rules to configure how new and existing features will be treated. For example, when features selected for import already exist in the database, override existing features with those being imported or alternatively, preserve existing features, and create new features only when there is no existing information.
Rehydration of Well Lists, Zones, and Well Zone Scalars - Existing refreshable well lists, zones, and well zone scalars now can be rehydrated from the refresh interface. The rehydrate icon launches the original user interface used to create the well list, zone or zone scalar. From this original UI, the user can change the original creation parameters, which will be monitored for changes from this point on when the well list, zone, or zone scalar needs an update/refresh.
Data Analysis - Overhaul addresses a large volume of bugs and frequently requested enhancements, Zone aliasing supported in Data Analysis plots, Filtering by operator no longer shows all operators alphabetically between selections, Add simple wellbore interval list builder, Data range filters can now use any zone, Plots update when scalar data is edited, Additional control of the Z Axis Symbol Size Axis
Geology - Overhaul of Raster Digitization and Registration UI addresses a large volume of bugs and frequently requested enhancements, LIVE checkbox and Listeners work in Mapping and normalizing logs simultaneously, Linux only: Raster workflows are turned on for 5.1, Linux only: Raster images display in Raster Registration pane
Import/Export - Export horizon depth options available with main toolbar export icon,
Microseismic - Microseismic Analysis recognizes attributes converted from processing events
Install/Administration - Supported Plugin License Key, Linux and Windows
Defect Fixes
Data Analysis - Filtering by operator no longer shows all operators alphabetically between selections, Spud date in Data Range Filters retains date format, Operator vs. Cum Oil crossplot from "Getting Started Panel Link" axis options no longer disappear
User Interface - Treatment curves are no longer displayed as duplicates in data tree
Import/Export - TFI (ASCII) importer now gives user an error when import fails, Error message provided if interval names in file do not match interval names in project will not fail silently
[Colorado] - Duplicated Production Improvement: Producing Entities that are pending review and approval by the COGCC are currently identified by the state with a reservoir name of “Not Completed”. There are some cases where the COGCC does not properly manage the transition of a well’s production from this pending status (i.e., “Not Completed”) to an approved and final reservoir name. This can result in duplicated production on the COGCC website as well as in the data they provide. We made changes to DI Desktop’s Colorado processes to help address these situations where duplication exists as a result of this error in transition to "approved" status. If the following two conditions are met, we will cull the monthly production record tied to the “Not Completed” Entity ID so that it doesn’t make its way into DI Desktop or any raw data feeds: (1) The well is horizontal, and (2) Production exists for the “Not Completed” stream and an approved stream for the same month
[Colorado] - Changes from the Customer's Perspective: The changes addressed in the bullet above only affect about 150 Entity IDs. However, the oil production associated with these is significant in the first half of 2015. When looking at production state-wide, customers will see drops in oil production as high as 700,000 bbls (or approximately 6.5%) in the early months of 2015. Drops in gas production are much smaller, averaging about 1.5% in early 2015. It is also important to note that since these changes involve correcting errors in the state’s data, DI Desktop’s data will now differ from state reports. For instance, DI Desktop will now report lower state-wide production during some months than reports available via the COGCC website.
Additional well filter options: Has Well Log (LAS), Has Digitized Trajectory, Has Well Headers, First Spud Date, True Vertical Depth, Perforated Interval Length, Max Trajectory Inclination, Log Mnemonic
Decline Curve Analysis Usability Improvements: Zoom into to chart axes, Arrow key control of table selection, Data table column headings and type curve results are fixed when scrolling, Data table column sorting
Defect Fixes
Basemap in a saved workspace does not always restore correctly
Production layer opacity setting is not saved with a workspace
Layer manager and map component interaction can sometimes result in a blank map in a saved workspace
Decline curve chart export does not include model parameter values
Well card can not be launched from the details tab for multiple well leases
Decline curve service fails to return an error message in some cases when well has no data
May 19, 2016
Enhancements / Updates
Leases - Added Latitude and Longitude attributes to JSON and XML responses