GEOGRAPHIX
SEISMIC INTERPRETATION SOFTWARE SUITE
In 1984 David Armiitage
founded GeoGraphix with a goal of simplifying and automating standard
geology tasks using developing computer technologies. In the very next year, he
launched the industry's first automated base map generation and printing
solution for the PC. In 1987 he Launched IsoMap, the industry's first
PC-based surface modeling system. 1989 Released the original
GeoGraphix Exploration System (GES, Package included SeisBase, Wellbase and
IsoMap.) on Windows 3.0. In June 1995 GeoGraphix was acquired
by Landmark to address the technology needs of consultants and small- to
mid-sized operators. It was then in July 1996 Halliburton acquired
Landmark (and GeoGraphix) and later they established strategic alliance with
ESRI, the industry leader in mapping and map object technologies(ESRI 16-bit
technologies incorporated into GeoGraphix platform). By this time in 1998
geographix database was migrated from a flat file database system to Sybase
relational ODBC database.
Then came the Geographix Discovery Suite in
Aug-1999, the first suite of geoscience applications built on a shared data
management and common visualization foundation that provided dynamic
integration between geological and geophysical data. GeoGraphix Discovery
provided unprecedented integrated interpretation capabilities on the Windows
NT® desktop. All GeoGraphix geoscience interpretation solutions-SeisVision™,
GESXplorer™, and PRIZM™ - were incorporated into this first GeoGraphix
Discovery suite.
In 2000 Established first reseller partner in
China-GNT International and later in Nov 2001 they realeased significant
performance and capability enhancement to Discovery suite. Applications
performed as much as 2 to 10 times faster and included 90+ enhancements. In
June 2002 Wellbase was named a laureate to the 2002 Computerworld Honors
Collection and then in 2005 Established GeoGraphix regional champions
network.Later in Feb 2005 Halliburton acquired smartSECTION® geologic software
business from A2D Technologies, significantly expanding the well log
correlation and subsurface interpretation capabilities in the GeoGraphix suite
of software.
In Nov 2005 - Nov. Released GeoGraphix
Discovery on OpenWorks® Database, interpreters having their project in
geographix can migrate it to openworks and make use of the landmark's advance
interpretation technology .
In 2007 - 2008 established business relationship
with WhiteStar Data and Spatial Energy. It was then in Oct 2009 Haliburton
Launched GeoGraphix Discovery 3D software, one of the first oil and gas
solutions to leverage state-of-the-art interactive visualization tools from
Microsoft's Xbox gaming console and the 64-bit capabilities and performance of
the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
But things were different in the 21st century, many
small software company grew up and gave the industry such advancement that
previously used to be with unix based seismic interpretation softwares. SMT
came up in a larger way with its Kingdom advance seismic interpretation
suite.
Not later than in July 2010, Landmark and LMKR
signed an agreement transferring the management, sales, marketing and product
development of GeoGraphix to LMKR. Landmark remains vested in the success
of the GeoGraphix business. Customer support and training will continue
to be offered through the Landmark organization. With Kingoms Advance came
advance horizon auto-picker, horizon mapping, flex gridding, fulat mapping,
fault modeling, atrribute analysis, post processing attributes, AVO anaysis,
PostSTK Inversion, Geomodeling(Jewel suite application), Data migration(project
data/ASCII data), and 3D data vizualization while interpretation, network
security and project data transfer to different software through openspirit
tunnel technology. Still there are lot areas which needs to make them more
stronger. kingdom is stronger in geophysics and week in geology. They are
rather moving towards modeling world like Petrel.
Petrel is the leading in Geomodeling. Geologist
like petrel in many ways for its ability in geomodeling flexiblity.
Like for inversion and geostatistical mapping its
always been Hampson Russel at the top. Kriging is the most famous
geostatistical application, which more accurate method for time to deppth/porosity/permeability
mapping. Using minimum number of wells one can easily convert time to depth
maps.
In 2010 GeoGraphix released version
5000.0.2.0. New technologies released include streaming GIS, Geomodeling
While Drilling (smartSTRAT), Advanced 3D Visualization and Optimized Well and
Field Planning workflows. When Shale Exploration was capturing the major market
in India, then geographix came back with a breakthrough of technology
geosteering while drilling for horizontal wells for shale gas. Its a
breakthrough where u model the path of the well, through the horizon, so that
it doesn't misses the horizon and passes along the top of the horizon.
Rest everything remaining same as before
seisvision, Geoatlas, Prizm, coordinate manger, well base, but with
introduction of tree in modules like as in kingdoms
Geographix
Hardware
Recommendation :
a) Windows7/10
- 64 bit OS, Ram 8gb, cache memory > 2gb, recommended for Discovery 3D
b) Windows7/10
- 32 bit OS, Ram 4gb
c) DirectX
10
d) V-Ram
~ 1gb
e) .Net
Framework 3.5 sp1
OS:
Discovery 3D viewer runs in Windows7/10.
Database:
Oracle client/Sybase.
Discovery 3D is much advance 3D viewer: multiple surface views and blending them ( no interpretation done through 3D Viewer).
Seisvision;
Well base; Seisbase; Geoatlas; Prizm is same as before, with few more
interactive tools inbuilt.
Arc
GIS capability: (transparency tool added)
a) Live
streaming satellite image (require url)
b) Geo-Tiff
images import
Smart
Section
a) Well
correlation
b) SmartSRAT
using frame builder geomodeling : Model the surface
c) Geosteering-along
LWD data Shale formation
d) Mircoseismic
data analysis: manage and plan wells.
Field
planning for shale exploration – GeoAtlas- Wellbase- SSL Google Earth;
Discovery 3D-TrackPlanner Xpress
Attribute
a) Seisvision
has curvature attribute
b) Semblance
coherency attribute in PStax
Importing
well data from excel file: SSL
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Version
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GeoGraphix
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Kingdom 2017
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Database:
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Database:
Oracle(Track Planner); Sybase® SQL®
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SQL
server / Express 2012 or 2014 or 2017 (Auto/Manual) /Oracle
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OS:
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· Windows XP, but needs Windows 7 for Discovery 3D
View Advance visualization / windows 10
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· Windows 7/10
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Data
Management
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· Import/export
isn’t so flexible
· Project backup
has to taken before leaving the desk
· It can handle
data of different projection into a single Project.
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·
Stable Database
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Very flexible import/export.
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Portable project - copy paste.
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It can’t handle data with different projection system into a single
project, have to have other method to get through
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3D
Visualization
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Yes
(Require Windows7 and high VRam), But No interpretation can be done, only
view
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Very fast
interactive interpretation can be done
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Mapping
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· GeoAtlas is
excellent
· Streaming
Satellite Images(require URL)
· Attaching
Geo-referenced image
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·
No separate mapping Tool; inbuilt in basemap
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Webmap services over internet streaming geo-referenced images
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Microseismic
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Yes
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Yes
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Geomodeling
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· Geomodeling While drilling: Geosteering of
horizontal wells
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·
3D Geomodeling
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Geosteering available
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Field
Planning
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Yes, Map
fracture Ellipse by padding required specially for shale Gas to optimize
field production
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Not yet
available
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Attribute
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Curvature
attribute and Coherency;
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·
50+ Attribute Geometrical, Wavelet, Instantaneous & Spectral
Decomposition (Gabor-Morlet Method).
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Generates math based attribute
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Volumetrix
& Reserve Estimation
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· Volumetrics can
be done
· Deterministic
Analysis and no probabilistic, analysis can be done
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· Multi-layer
Volumetrix
· Probabilistic
Analysis(Monte Carlo Simulation)
· Economic Analysis
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Inversion
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No
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Yest ;
Works with gather also for
AVO;
1DFM; Colored Inversion
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Synthetic
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Yes
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Yes;
Advance GeoSyn module available
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Petrophysical
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Deterministic
Interpretation
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Available
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Post
Stack processing
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Yes
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Yes
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Velocity
Modeling
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No
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Yes
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Direct
Data Transfer
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· SeisXchange;
· WellXchange:
· GridXchange to
openworks
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· Open
spirit;
· Landmark connect
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· Kingdom Petrel
Gateway available to transfer data to petrel;
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Data can be directly transfered on the fly from mapping software
like Petrosys and pushed back to Petrel
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A comparison based on industry based
seismic interpretation software
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