Petrel Workflow Tools

5 Day Introduction Course

Edit Input Seismic Well Fault Pillar Zonation and
data Correlation Modeling Gridding Layering
Edit Input Data
Intro to Petrel
Import data

Facies Petrophysical Plotting Volume Well Design

Modeling Modeling Calculation

Workflow Editor
Editing Input Data
Objectives

Recognize Common Problems after Import

Create and Edit Polygons
Create and Edit Surfaces
Use the Surface Calculator
Create a General Intersection
Common Problems after Import

Imported data will often need some editing to make

it suitable for modeling. Examples:

Fault polygons missing Z-values.

Irregular 2D Grid that needs

smoothing, and 2D grids or
seismic interpretations containing
spikes.
 Polygons are stored in the
Make Polygons/ Points Input pane
Activate the Make/Edit polygon
process. The Function tools will
appear in the bar to the right

Create a new polygon or start

on an active polygon

Create new line within

existing polygon

Create new polygon and

deactivate the old

Close polygons (polygon must

be active)

Create new Points

Edit Polygons Disconnect polygons by using
the Disconnect Polygons icon.
Edit polygon points by using
Edit/Add points icon.

Edit polygon lines by using

Edit line icon.

1. Select the point to edit

and move it.

2. Create a new point by

clicking on the line in a
polygon, new point that
appears.
To eliminate entire line segments
when cutting polygons
Polygons – Example of Calculations or Operations tab
Assign Z-values to fault polygon

1. Double-click on the object and

go to Calculations tab.

2. Select surface to use in

obtaining Z-values. Highlight in 1
Explorer and click the blue
arrow. 4
2
3. Click the Assign Z=A button. 3
The operation is performed
immediately.

4. A single Undo is available

after the operation is
completed.
Surfaces 2A
Create surface
- Make/Edit Surface
process
- Extract from 3D grid
- Import as ASCII file

1. Settings dialog controls the 1

visualization of the surface
Can be modified interactively
– Operations or calculations.

2. Surfaces are used for:

A) display 2B
B) volumes
C) input to 3D grid
2C
Can be converted to points or
polygons
 Make/Edit Surface Process
Gridding lines, points, well tops, fault cuts, and 2D grids to produce 2D
surfaces.
1. Double-click on Make/Edit Surface in 1
2
the Processes pane (under Utilities).
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2. Drop in data to be gridded

3. Name the new surface. By default the 4

name will be based on the main input. 5

4. Geometry specification in Geometry tab.

5. Suggest settings from input ; select type of input

data. Use the settings suggested by Petrel, or change
algorithm/ settings in the Algorithm tab. The Surface
is stored in the Input pane after pressing Apply/Ok.

Note: The use of Additional inputs are

available for some algorithms. This allows for
multiple simultaneous inputs to be used when
creating a surface.
 Make/Edit Surface – Example of Workflow
Input Output
Use the suggested
algorithm or user
defined. Apply

Drop in input data to be gridded Set Geometry (Automatic or

(optional to use Boundary and user defined)
closed faults).
Press Suggest
settings from Input
 Make/Edit Surface – QC or Recover Settings
QC: Generate settings for how a Surface was
made
1. Highlight a surface in the Input
pane. 1

2. Open the Make/Edit

Surface process and input 2
3
the highlighted surface in the
Result Surface field.

3. The settings used to create

the surface (geometry, 3
algorithm and input data) are
automatically filled in.
 Make/Edit Surface – Clearing Settings
Note:Parameters will be stored within the process, it is
therefore sometimes necessary to remove parameters set
previously:
1. Open the Make/Edit Surface 1
2 5
process.

2. Highlight the Result Surface .

3. Press the Delete key.

4. Answer Yes to the question.

5. All the parameters are reset.

Clicking NO to the message will delete the output surface from the process
dialog, but keep its settings to use for a new surface
 Make/Edit Surface – QC and Interactive Smooth (local)
The new surface may contain 1
irregularities that needs to be
smoothed:
1. Make sure the Make/Edit Surface
process is active. 4A

2. Activate the Smooth Area tool in the

2
Function bar.

3. Select the area of influence in number of

grid cells from the bottom toolbar (active
when Smooth area is active).

4. Click on the surface area in 2D or 3D

Display window (A) and see the change (B).
4B

Note: This is a local smoothing option. To smooth the

entire surface; go to the Operations tab for the surface.
 Make/Edit Surface – QC and Interactive Peak Remover
If a surface is made and it contains spikes, there is an
alternate smoothing option, Peak Remover:

1
1. Make sure the Make/edit
Surface process is active.

2. Activate the Peak Remover tool

from Function bar.

3. Click directly on the base of the 3A

peak (A) and it will be immediately 2
removed (B).

4. If the removal was incorrect, use

the Undo button.

3B
Note: To go back to your initial generated
surface, right-click on the edited surface 4
and select Regenerate .
 Surface Calculator
To do operations on a surface or make new surfaces based
on already made surfaces, use the Surface Calculator:

1. Right-click on a Surface and select 1

Calculator .

2. Type in a new output name (here:

New) (A). Use the Calculator options to 2A 2B
create an algebraic expression (B).

3. Press Enter to execute (equation is

stored in History field at top of
calculator).

4. The new surface will be stored at the

bottom of the Input pane.
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2A
 General Intersection (Create)
General Intersection planes to QC data.
How to create a General Intersection (GI) 2B
Plane:

1. Right-click on the Intersection folder in

the Models pane or on any regular folder in
the Input pane.

2. Select Insert General Intersection (A)

and the toggle box in front of it
automatically displays the plane (B).

2B

2A
 General Intersection (Move)

Two main methods for moving a

General Intersection Plane:

1. Position the plane by using Manipulate

Plane icon located in the Function bar; left
mouse to move; left mouse+ctrl rotates it in
any 3D direction around its axis.

2. Position the plane by using the Player at

the bottom (active once GI is toggled on
and is activated (bold)).

“Blue button” Player options like Step, Play Align plane e.g. Cut in front Snap intersection
for visualization and Stop. The number indicates North/South or of or behind by 1 (parallel) 2 or
on plane step increment in project units East /West plane 3 points
 General Intersection (Display)

After generating and moving the GI plane it is

time to display data on the plane:

1. Make sure the GI plane is active.

2B
2. Click the Blue button (A) to activate all
objects that can be displayed on the GI plane,
the boxes will become blue (B)).
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3. Click on the boxes in front of the objects you
want to display on the plane.

Note: When the Blue button is active, you

cannot display any new objects in 3D.
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2A
General Intersection (Display)
The GI plane has Style settings to control visualization of Input and Model data on the GI. Right-click on the
GI and select Settings. Here the color, transparency, etc. is controlled from the Plane settings tab.
However, some style options depend on how the GI was created, either from the Input pane or the Models
pane:
 Horizon operations- Create Fault Polygons and Map

A high quality set of correctly intersected fault polygons can be created by accurately intersecting the
horizon data and the fault data:

1. Open the Settings for the Horizon

1
interpretation and go to the Operations
4
tab.
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2. Expand the Convert points
and/polygons/surfaces folder and select
Create fault polygons and map.
3

3. Drop in the folder containing the fault

stick interpretation in Faults folder and
use the interpretation horizon to Get
surface geometry and click Run

4. A new folder will be generated in the

Input pane containing A) Boundary B)
Fault polygons C) Surface (map)
More quality checking and mapping in Petrel
Mapping and Geological Workflows course (2 days)

Surface operations
Overview of gridding algorithms
Reservoir map generation
Plotting and scaling
Isochores processing
EXERCISE
Make/Edit Polygons
Make/Edit Surface
Operations Tab and Calculations Tab
Surface Calculator
General Intersection