Raster logs - Mnemonics naming was added to the raster log importer
Raster logs - Bug Fix: fixed a duplication problem with the raster log importer
Raster logs - Bug Fix: fixed an issue with the raster log importer where not all segments were imported
Well symbols - Well symbols can now be assigned on import and easily updated when new data is loaded
Well symbols - Users can save well symbol templates for quick assignment
Well symbols - A new utility is available that will add wellbores of a user-defined length to any well without a wellbore. This enables well symbols to be displayed for all wells
Well data imports - The OWX importer was updated to load legal location and drill type attributes when they are populated in the file
Well data imports - The well location importer now allows any attribute to be updated without requiring geometry fields to be specified when the selected Rule Profile is Update (Override) or Update (Preserve)
Well data imports - The directional survey importer now supports import using absolute X and Y values
Well data imports - The well and wellbore scalar attribute importers now support import of a description
Well data imports - A description can be provided for scalars created using the Well Targeting tool
Well data imports - The LAS file importer will save a user-defined mnemonics and property type mapping file to the corporate directory if one is specified, otherwise this is saved locally
Well data imports - The LAS file importer now supports import of a description and original unit
Well data imports - Core data details can now be imported using a new Core type available in the wellbore interval importer
Well Scout Ticket - The Scout Ticket was redesigned to show header attributes on a vertical ribbon on the far left
Well Scout Ticket - Well symbol is displayed and can be edited on the Scout Ticket
Well Scout Ticket - Legal location attributes are now displayed on the Scout Ticket
Well Scout Ticket - Drill Type (H, V, D) is now automatically calculated for wells with a trajectory and displayed on the Scout Ticket
Well Scout Ticket - Wellbore heel and toe, and bottom hole locations are now displayed on the Scout Ticket
Well Scout Ticket - A new Core wellbore interval type was added as a tab to the Scout Ticket
Well Scout Ticket - Wellbore X and Y values can now be edited directly in the Scout Ticket
Well Scout Ticket - The Scout Ticket well and wellbore scalar tables now display and allow editing of a description column
Well Scout Ticket - The Scout Ticket Well Logs table now has columns for description and original unit
Interpreter Manager - A new Interpreter manager was added to enable users to select data for specific users only for display in data trees and selection panels
Interpreter Manager - The interpreter field can be bulk edited, claimed, and cleared in the Data Cleanup Wizard
Data Cleanup Wizard - The Data Cleanup Wizard now analyzes well log data for outliers
Data Cleanup Wizard - The Data Cleanup Wizard now analyzes Wells, Wellbores, and Wellbore data. Duplicate wells and wellbores can be merged. Duplicate wellbore data (zones, logs, tops) can be removed
Data Cleanup Wizard - When data is added to the 3D scene it is now checked for outliers which would drastically change the dimension of the scene. If outliers are found the user will be asked if they want to reset the bounds of the scene. They are also presented with a button to launch the Data Cleanup Wizard.
Data Cleanup Wizard - Added a preview mode to the Data Cleanup Wizard
Multi-user data generation - Well Targeting no longer locks a well from other users
Multi-user data generation - Most of the data generation tools were updated to only lock access to the specific data being used in the operation
Seismic Interpretation - A consistent set of interpretation tools was added to both the Vertical Section View (VSV) and the three-dimensional view (3DV). These include: o Manual Mode o Draw Mode o Erase Mode o Snap Mode o Track Mode
Seismic Interpretation - 2D Manual picks can be integrated into the 3D auto-picking solution as seeds
Seismic Interpretation - Interpretation of a single surface as a single horizon version is now supported
Seismic Interpretation - Pick types can be stored in a single horizon property
Seismic Interpretation - Sequences of manual picking and automatic tracking are supported so surfaces can be interactively interpreted
Seismic Interpretation - Auto-picking is now optional in the 3DV and allows for propagation from seeds and from edges of the interpretation
Seismic Interpretation - Key bindings were adjusted to accommodate new tools, all interpretation is now a single left click, key bindings change the mode. This explained in app pop-up
Seismic Interpretation - Horizons can now be styled by the assigned solid horizon color
Seismic Interpretation - Transects moved in the basemap now update in the VSV
Horizon Editing - A new set of horizon editing tools was added, including: o Radius brush o Inline/crossline brush o User defined polygon
Horizon Editing - Editing modes include: o Erase o Smooth o Interpolate o Extrapolate
Horizon Editing - Interpolation, Extrapolation, and Smoothing can also be applied to an entire surface
Horizon Editing - Horizon editing supports Undo/Redo and Session Save and Restore
Velocity Modeling - Depth surfaces can now be used in Velocity Modeling in place of formation tops
Velocity Modeling - Velocity models can be Saved, Edited, and Restored
Velocity Modeling - Bug Fix: fixed an issue where a velocity volume model could not be restored from the Data Tree
Velocity Modeling - Bug Fix: Fixed a bug importing WTDM exports that were exported from Transform
Velocity Modeling - Bug Fix: Addressed an issue with importing WTDMs caused by the presence of a non-monotonic time-depth model. Transform will now proceed with import of all time-depth models except for any that are non-monotonic.
Velocity Modeling - Restricted the volume velocity tab to only show average velocities
Miscellaneous Enhancement and Bug Fix - Runconfig: A new variable (X4M_DYNAMIC_WORKFLOWS) was added to disable the dynamic workflow engine in Transform. This may improve performance in large well-based projects.
Miscellaneous - Runconfig: Removed experimental algorithms as an environmental variable. These are now always visible in the list of seismic processing algorithms.
Miscellaneous - Data Generation: A preview mode was added
Miscellaneous - DBAdmin: repositories can now be deleted without requiring migration to current data model
Miscellaneous - Calculators: the Well/Zone attribute calculator now has a Preview button to preview results in table instead of automatically computing them
Miscellaneous - Calculators: variable names from MVStats will no longer create extra underscores in the names
Miscellaneous - Bug Fix: Fixed an issue in the Advanced Property Estimator (APE) where incorrect units were displayed on logs
Miscellaneous - Bug Fix: Fixed a structural model problem in the APE with caused by migration or region deletion
Miscellaneous - Bug Fix: Fixed a geometry ID migration error in older projects
Miscellaneous - Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where minimizing the basemap removes the legend
Miscellaneous - Bug Fix: You can now clone projects with multiple auxiliary directories
Well Spacing Update - New attributes for Total, Horizontal, and Vertical distances between child and parent wellbores now compute and are available in Well Spacing views. Also create scalar attributes and logs from these values. [X4M-304]
Well Spacing Update - Video help is now available. [X4M-314]
Well Spacing Update - The “Copy to clipboard” option now captures all attributes. [X4M-321]
Well Spacing Update - A new option to expand the Results Map view. [X4M-332]
Filter boxes in New Tables - Use the wild card * character once or multiple times in search strings. [X4M-325, TB-9485]
Geosteering Update - Turn Pilot log trace off and on with a checkbox option.
Geosteering Update - A new "Scale" option to stretch and squeeze the pilot trace log curve.
Geosteering Update - In the Strat Block pane, the well tops are now shown in true position, and welltop annotation boxes no longer truncate text
Geosteering Update - Hot key "Z" zooms into Strat Blocks, and "T" zooms into horizons.
Geosteering Update - A new capability to project a strat block along its current inclination by using Shift + Left Drag with the blocks grab handle.
Gesteering Update - Set the min and max inclination for strat block modeling. This option limits up and down movement of strat blocks.
Geosteering Update - Zoom states now save for the Strat Block pane and Stratigraphic Matching pane.
Cross Section - The “Show Log Header” option now shows the mnemonic name instead an empty space. [X4M-317]
Gamma Ray LAS and Raster Logs – Units of “ug-Ra(equiv)/ton” are now available for the import and display of old gamma ray logs. [X4M-311]
Conversion factor: ug-Ra(equiv)/ton = gAPI/10
Setup: File > Session Properties > View and Edit Display Units
3D Scene - The horizon properties for Number of Peaks and Number of Troughs now color scale correctly for display in 3D Scene. Create these properties in Data Generation > Extract Seismic to Horizons. [X4M-320]
Log Normalization – New checkbox selection of logs removes double-click selection confusion. [X4M-331]
Defect Fixes
Well/Zone Attribute Calculator - Defined variables again work in equations. [X4M-322, TB-9502]
Well/Zone Attribute Calculator – The calculator now opens if there are no zones in the project. [X4M-333, TB-9530]
Data Generation - A "java.lang.NullPointerException" no longer impedes extracting seismic attributes between two horizons. [X4M-308, TB-9496]
Import Well Paths - MD, Inclination, and Azimuth imports now calculate dy = 0 where MD = 0. [X4M-310, TB-9421]
Cross Section - Log Alias no longer reverts to a Log Mnemonic when Saving a well log template. [X4M-312, TB-9499]
Well Targeting and APE – When switching session units between English and Metric, the well lateral now positions correctly relative to the depth scale and layers. [X4M315, TB-9499]
Perforations in 3D Scene – Now all perforations instead of just one display when using a well list to display perfs from the data selection panel in the 3D Scene. [X4M-305, TB9111]
2D line display in 3D Scene – This fixes the issue of bent 2D seismic lines loosing tiles of data when making changes to the colormap range. [X4M-326, TB-9488]
APE – The Well Log Interpolation view now lists the correct alias or mnemonic instead of Gamma Ray. [X4M-329, TB-9514]
New features - [X4M-260] - Installer improvements: guided installation wizard for download of latest entitled software version, installation of database, and configurations
New features - [X4M-273] - AutoSave added to prevent accidental loss of data/interpretation
New features - [X4M-276] - Data Cleanup Wizard added
Data Analysis and MVStats - [X4M-253] - TB-9339 MVStats Unsupervised Classification now honors facies styling
Data Analysis and MVStats - TB-9387 Horizon Data Analysis: can now clear facies assignment in classification models
Well Interference and Well Spacing - [X4M-275] - TB-9352 Well Spacing now properly considers both source and target well lists in its calculation
Cross Section - [X4M-284] - TB-9397 Auto Tops Correlation: can now select active top from cross section or 3D scene
Database and Data Loading - [X4M-255] - Beta RESTful data API
Database and Data Loading - [X4M-261] - DB backup improvements
Database and Data Loading - [X4M-283] - Added polygonal geometry gridded surface shapefile export
Data Generation - [X4M-267] - TB-9353 Max inclination now displayed in data generation of horizontal section
Data Generation - [X4M-274] - Horizon extraction results are identical regardless of method used (Data Generation or Seismic Extraction)
Data Generation - [X4M-268] - TB-9317 Well top aliases now work with geologic zone data generation
Data Generation - [X4M-280] - TB-9376 Data scalar from data generation now displays correct units
Data Generation - [X4M-281] - TB-9350 Extract Horizons to Well Zones now saves correct scalar
Data Generation - [X4M-282] - TB-9349 Extract Horizons to Well Zones now gives relative distance values
Miscellaneous - [X4M-264] - Improved handling of session views: can now add new views from new button in main toolbar and can right-click delete views from Views panel
Miscellaneous -TB-9236 Added ability to export Fault TriSurfaces from either data tree or export wizard
Miscellaneous -TB-2285 Added ability to export regions from basemap as shapefile
Defect Fixes
Data Analysis and MVStats - [X4M-272] - Well Log Data Analysis/MVStats no longer throws exception error when clicking on table to launch histogram
Data Generation - [X4M-263] - Data Generation refreshability restored
Data Generation - TB-9317 Generate Zones from Tops no longer creates zones in additional wells
Data Generation - TB-9369 Create Geologic Zones from Top Aliases works properly
Miscellaneous - TB-9364 Geobody tracking mode no longer gives "no associated seismic crossplot was found" error
Miscellaneous - [X4M-270] - DBExpress removed
Miscellaneous - [X4M-271] - Dashboards removed (Geology functionality mostly in Basemap; Production functionality dropped; Landman functionality represented in DI layers available in Basemap and DI Web App)
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
When using the 5.0.0 release and reloading well data, in some cases (generally if well logs were loaded) it can cause corruption to the data within the wellbore table in the database. The problem in itself does not stop the data being loaded into the session – the error generally shows up when the corrupt wellbores are displayed in the 2D or 3D view. The problem was fixed in the 5.0.1 release and this 5.0.2 release contains a new maintenance option in DBAdmin, which will allow users to inspect a database for corrupt wellbores and, if found, allow them to be fixed.
The 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 release contains a pair of related issues which can stop a project being loaded into DI Transform. This does not cause data loss, but users are unable to use the database until the 5.0.2 patch is installed. The reason for the problem is that the refreshability option inspects data upon loading from the database – if an error occurs during this phase, the exception will stop the data being loaded. This can occur if a wellbore corrupted (due to item 1) is used in refreshability or if a previously populated well list is empty (causing a NullPointer error). In the 5.0.2 release the NullPointer error has been fixed (as has item 1), and refreshability has been disabled at data load – so future problems will not stop data being loaded.
Drillinginfo is pleased to announce the release of DI Transform 5.0.2. This is a patch release primarily intended to provide fixes for two major issues from previous 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 releases. The release addresses database and data loading issues. When using the 5.0.0 release and reloading well data, in some cases (generally if well logs were loaded) it can cause corruption to the data within the wellbore table in the database. The problem in itself does not stop the data being loaded into the session – the error generally shows up when the corrupt wellbores are displayed in the 2D or 3D view. The problem was fixed in the 5.0.1 release and this 5.0.2 release contains a new maintenance option in DBAdmin, which will allow users to inspect a database for corrupt wellbores and, if found, allow them to be fixed. The 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 release contains a pair of related issues which can stop a project being loaded into Transform. This does not cause data loss, but users are unable to use the database until the 5.0.2 patch is installed. The reason for the problem is that the refreshability option inspects data upon loading from the database – if an error occurs during this phase, the exception will stop the data being loaded. This can occur if a wellbore corrupted (due to item 1) is used in refreshability or if a previously populated well list is empty (causing a NullPointer error). In the 5.0.2 release the NullPointer error has been fixed (as has item 1), and refreshability has been disabled at data load – so future problems will not stop data being loaded. It is STRONGLY recommended that users of 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 download and install this patch release to prevent possible corruption of databases. This release does not require new licensing, database instance migration, or repository migration. Simply load the release and start working. Software downloads are available using your company FTP login credentials from the DI Customer Resource Center Portal at http://training.drillinginfo.com/. Login and then use the “course” section to view the DI Transform Downloads. You can also download them from our FTP site at ftp://ftp.transformsw.com/.
Fixed problem in new LAS importer in which manual correction of units was applied incorrectly
Performance improvement to slow opening of well top alias selection in mapping
New option to specify a uniform mnemonic when exporting well logs using aliases
Faster opening of the well log viewer on Linux
Performance improvement to slow opening of the Reliquish Features dialog
Ability to manually set the time shift from seismic datum to well KB in a well time depth model (but previously rendered tops in 3D may need to be re-rendered)
Highlight Wells in Cross Section from Cross Plot Selection
Center Well in Cross Section from 3D Scene
Auto-pick tops on logs in Cross Section or from a Basemap, and QC in Basemap
Load a stratigraphically ordered list of tops into Cross Section for picking
Auto-picked tops can be distinguished from manually picked tops in 3D Scene
Improved Layer Manager for adding Web Map Layers to Basemap
Large Projects run faster as tested in the following environment: Test Project Size: 36,000 Wells with 800,000 Well Logs ; Test Computer: Intel Xeon CPU E5 @ 3.3 GHz (2 processors), RAM: 128 GB, 250 GB ssd
Mnemonics add and remove faster to alias lists in the Well Log Alias Manager (Display times dropped from minutes to seconds)
Faster Cross Plot performance for log data (The first cross plot access loads all logs into memory and subsequent cross plots load faster from memory. Display times decreased by 12% for first access; and 62% for subsequent access to a cross plots of 36,000 wells x 2 logs per well = 72,000 logs)
Well logs display quickly in the Well Log Viewer (Observed display times were 5 seconds in a project of 36,000 wells and 800,000 well logs)
Well logs display faster in Cross Section (Display times for a 1500-well cross section decreased from 40 to 15 to seconds; > 60% improvement)
Logs display faster in 3D Scene (Display time for 7000 wells logs decreased from 21 to 1/3rd minute; > 90% improvement. Display of 7000 logs or less is recommended on a computer with a 128 GB of RAM)
Resize well track now functions in cross sections with 1,000-plus wells
Data selection panel no longer stutters when it is closed in Basemap
Improved rendering for geobodies, wells, and logs from faster frame rates in 3D Scene
Geology: Center cross section on a wellbore by right clicking on a selected wellbore in 3D Scene; Improvements made to the auto-correlation tops picker in cross sections (Less distinct log signatures pick more consistently); Algorithm tuning was conducted on log datasets from two large basins
Geology: Remove wells missing logs from cross sections using the filter options
Geology: Recreate Well List from original filter is working; Display a Well Log Alias as line instead of lathed cylinder in 3D Scene
Geology: Well-to-well cross section no longer flips when a wellbore is removed; Extract tops from horizons no longer hangs
Import/Export: Well-number identifier type for selected wells in the Data view can be changed between UWI, API, WWN, and Unknown to help match wells after new imports
Import/Export: C and F designations in Distributed Temperature Survey (DTS) files are recognized during import and saved in the database as degC and degF units
Import/Export: The OpenSpirit loader imports KB for the wellbore when different from the well
Transform X4M User Layer and Raster Documents now have the appropriate entitlements access for each DI Subscription level. (X4me-free, DI Basic, DI Plus and DI Pro)
Inconsistent bouncing results between queries issue in the Pden Pep Service is now working correctly
Arcgis-pep-service has been modified to correctly authorize access layers for x4me-free, DI Basic and DI Plus/Pro users