GeoProbe® Volume Interpretation Software

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The industry’s leading 3D multi-volume interpretation and visualization solution

Add GeoProbe® software to your arsenal of geoscience interpretation and visualization software and you’ll find and replace reserves faster. GeoProbe software will accelerate workflows from basin scale exploration through detailed prospect and reservoir analysis.

Tightly integrated with SeisWorks®, PowerView®,Well Seismic Fusion™ and OpenWorks® software, GeoProbe software technology delivers interactive interpretation at the speed of thought. Interpreters can simultaneously analyze multi-attribute/multivolume seismic, well and cultural data, and reservoir models.

GeoProbe technology can scale from the desktop to the largest immersive visualization environments. You get breakthrough speed whether evaluating a targeted data volume on your desktop, or analyzing mega scale volumes with a team in a multiprojector immersive visualization center. GeoProbe software is the only solution that can harness the power of multiple graphics cards, and use the GPU’s on the cards, to offer breakthrough visualization techniques.

Benefits
Interpretation at the Speed of Thought
GeoProbe software’s parallel processing algorithms deliver high performance calculations in multiple areas such as tracking, attribute computations and interactive volume visualization. The dynamic 3D volume visualization environment allows geoscientists to see their data in ways that were simply not possible in the past. The result is faster interpretation cycle time compared to traditional “line-by line” methodologies.

Interpretation Accuracy
Revolutionary volume co-rendering technology improves fault and stratigraphic imaging. Powerful volume visualization techniques enhance visual pattern recognition, making identification of geologic structures and potential hydrocarbon trends much more obvious and intuitive. Interactive autotrackers enable precise structural framework construction. The result is quickly defined, accurate, optimized drilling targets.

Scalable to Any Dataset Size
GeoProbe software technology is designed to support efficient workflows on “real world” data volumes. Seismic volume size is limited only by the amount of available computer memory. GeoProbe software users have interactively viewed and interpreted 3D volumes covering areas as large as 45,000 square kilometers. This capability enables interpreters to build an earth model at the prospect level in context with the regional framework. Interpreters now have complete flexibility to choose the right solution, from large scale server based graphics systems to PC workstations.

Features
NEW Dynamic Integration
GeoProbe software offers unprecedented dynamic integration with other Landmark DecisionSpace® applications, which allows independent best-of-breed tools with a common look and feel to act as one application. Users now have an immersive environment in which they can quickly view and analyze data in the tool of their choice. DecisionSpace tools are easy to learn and use, sharing common icons for common tasks. Dynamic integration with SeisWorks, PowerView,Well Seismic Fusion and OpenWorks software enables interpreters to simply select one or more SeisWorks projects and begin work in GeoProbe applications.

Seamless information access provides for an integrated visual environment for seismic interpretation without the need for duplicating seismic volumes, horizon and fault data. GeoProbe Probe faces are displayed in PowerView section and map views, and users will always know where they are due to the universal cursor tracking. Data loaded into memory can be used by any of the 64-bit DecisionSpace applications. GeoProbe software extends poststack seismic interpretation with one-click access to pre-stack seismic interpretation in the Well Seismic Fusion application.

Full 3D Visualization
GeoProbe software provides many visualization features designed to enhance productivity.

  • Real time scanning through massive datasets using probes, planes, random lines and opacity volumes
  • Geobody and volume rendering
  • Simultaneous multiple volume viewing
  • Interactive well path builder and dynamic links to Landmark’s Wellbore Planner™ and TracPlanner™ applications
  • Well logs, tops and cultural data display
  • Volume sequencer
  • Orthographic and perspective views
  • Display of reservoir models via Rescue import
  • Image file and culture display
  • Real Time shading and lighting
  • Interpret multiple 3D seismic surveys and display multiple 2D seismic surveys

Voxel Tracking
Manual voxel interpretation options include:

  • Interactive voxel tracking constrained by probe movement
  • Autopicking limited by boundaries such as faults or surfaces
  • Multi-volume constraints

Automated Body Detection (GeoAnomalies)
GeoAnomalies is a new tool that uses the power of the CPU and GPU to extract features/bodies of interest from a volume of data. The user then rapidly analyses the bodies using a spreadsheet-type interface.

  • Automated volume isolation using amplitude, connectivity and size criteria
  • Horizons can be used as additional constraints
  • Spreadsheet user interface to isolate bodies of interest
  • Powerful post-processing tools to analyze isolated bodies
  • Constrain GeoAnomalies by horizon
  • Operate on cells within GeoAnomalies

ezFault™ and ezSurface™ Application 
ezFault and Surface application use unique surface fitting algorithms to generate smooth, geologically reasonable surface representations.
Fault and surface interpretation features include:

  • Multiple simultaneous fault and surface interpretation
  • Build new faults or interpret geobodies such as salt
  • Interactive editing capability at any time during interpretation
  • Interpret multiple-z valued surfaces

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NEW swFault™ Applications
swFaults applications enable the conventional, segment based fault interpretation methodology within the 3D environment. In areas where data quality is low, segment based interpretation and correlation can prove very powerful.

swFault interpretation features include:

  • Read and display SeisWorks or OpenWorks segments interpreted in any orientation
  • Interpret segments in any orientation, on any object
  • Correlate and uncorrelate groups of segments
  • Triangulate planes and control display style
  • Save to SeisWorks OpenWorks

ezTracker Plus™ Application
Automated horizon interpretation features include:

  • Waveform-based surface tracker
  • Multiple seed input with flexible gate structure
  • Use existing interpretation as boundaries
  • Define Tile size for super accurate picking that mimics the interpretation process
  • Editing tools including delete by track path and region
  • Simple slider bar GUI to guide non expert users on optimal parameter selection

Manual Horizon Interpretation
In addition to automated horizon picking, GeoProbe software offers manual and semi-manual horizon picking.

  • Point-to-point
  • Waveform-based picking (auto dip/track)
  • Preview track before pick

NEW ezModel™ Framework Building Module
Interpreters are challenged to make sealed frameworks from their interpretation. These sealed models are used for workflows from depth imaging all the way through to reservoir modeling and basin simulation. ezModel software puts a suite of tools in the interpreter’s hands that allow quick and interactive framework building as part of the interpretation process.

Key features include:
Fault Network Generation

  • Send swFault applications or ezFault to framework module
  • Adjust shape and smoothness of faults
  • Compute contact lines and assign relationships
  • Seal Framework
  • Edit contact lines
  • Validate framework

Structural Model

  • Send horizons to model
  • Adjust horizon trimming zones around faults manually or automatically
  • Seal faults against horizons

Structural Validation

  • Generate horizon polygons
  • Display throw, heave and slip in polygons
  • Q/C with seismic in place
  • Examine areas of juxtaposition

Export to modeling systems

  • Save sealed horizons, faults and fault polygons to OpenWorks

Attribute Analysis
GeoProbe software has been designed from the start as a multivolume interpretation system, enabling interpreters to maximize the value of seismic data.

Key features include:

  • A comprehensive suite of volume attribute calculations
  • Volume calculations computed by using multiple cpu’s
  • On-the-fly calculation and display of horizon-based attributes
  • Horizon filtering and merging
  • Tight Links to 3rd party attribute generation tools for advanced computations

NEW Module PostStack™ Advanced Application
Attribute Calculator

  • Multi threaded computation of 26 seismic volume attributes
  • Attributes include volumes of: Phase, Frequency, Amplitude, combination attributes and many more

Volume Illumination
The GeoProbe patent pending real-time multi-attribute co-rendering technique enables interpreters to graphically merge two volumes into a single 3D probe, where unique shaded displays provide unprecedented insights into the geological world. Users have described this technology as making “the seismic look like rocks”.

Well Planning
Integration with Landmark’s well planning applications facilitates “real-time” workflows; enabling collaboration between geoscience and engineering disciplines, leading to optimized drilling targets. GeoProbe software links to both the Wellbore Planner and DecisionSpace TracPlanner applications.

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Support for Linux 64-Bit
GeoProbe application on Linux 64-bit enables interpreters to manipulate and interpret large data sets at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems.

Unmatched Scalability
GeoProbe software offers unmatched scalability and the flexibility to choose the right solution, from the desktop to large-scale visualization centers.

System Requirements
Supported Operating System
RedHat® Enterprise Linux® 64-bit

Supported Graphics Cards
NVIDIA® Quadro® FX High End, Ultra High End and
QuadroPlex® Graphics

GeoProbe® 64-bit Upgrade Promotion

Please see your Landmark representative for the latest recommended platforms. Pre-configured systems are available from Landmark.