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Volume 1, Issue 2 November 2008
NEXUS—The next Generation of
Reservoir Simulation
From time to time the Res‐ active diagrams. face and subsurface net‐
ervoir Engineer needs to Nexus offers great advan‐ works separately and re‐
work on multiple reservoirs. tage for Reservoir Engineers quire many iterations and
You need to spend lots of when dealing with Reservoir much time to yield an ac‐
time to perform the reser‐ Simulation as it covers tre‐ ceptable result.
voir planning. Landmark mendous TIME SAVINGS
together with BP has devel‐ from days to hours only. Nexus’s PowerGrid module
oped powerful software to Average 5 times faster, up introduces intelligent grid‐
solve this problem called to 20 times faster than ex‐ ding, upscaling, and down‐
Nexus. It is a Powerful Next isting simulators, Nexus scaling workflows to create Nexus improves productivity—multi reservoir design with the subsurface
Generation Reservoir Simu‐ simulates simple and com‐ a reservoir friendly model equations simultaneously
lation tools that can help plex reservoirs at unprece‐ while honouring geologic ity, Nexus will simulate the One of the key reasons for
your company maximize the dented speed with no tun‐ features where necessary. entire asset as one simula‐ performing reservoir simu‐ Platforms: Windows® XP®
revenue potential of existing ing required. Innovative methods allow tion system for a more accu‐ lation is to understand po‐ Professional, SP 2, Red Hat®
hydrocarbon reservoirs. user to intelligently com‐ rate representation of the tential reserves in order to Enterprise Linux Work‐
In Production forecasts the bine layers with similar full asset. Nexus simulates design your facilities. Facili‐ station 3.0, U7 (32 and 64
It contains a complete range Nexus approach utilizes a properties and perform multiple reservoirs, allowing ties modeling within an in‐ bit).
of feature that lets you build tightly coupled network local grid refinements different physics and formu‐ tegrated environment are
and initialize single or multi‐ model which allows the around wellbores, faults, lations to be coupled seam‐ often lacking from reservoir Visit our website at
reservoir model, run time‐ surface and subsurface and channels to achieve lessly. Multiple reservoirs management workflows. www.halliburton.com/
dependent simulations, de‐ model to be solved in tan‐ more accurate fluid flow tied to common surface Users are forced to loosely landmark for more informa‐
sign the surface pipeline dem resulting in a solution prediction. network are solved rapidly couple the surface design tion on Nexus, or call our
network, capture the results that is not only faster, but as one single simulation with subsurface to estimate office to arrange for soft‐
as a series of output files, also more accurate. This is Additionally, if you have system. reservoir productivity. ware demonstration at your
and view the results as re‐ opposed to traditional ap‐ multiple reservoirs tying to Nexus solves the surface office.
ports, 2D plots, or 3D inter‐ proaches that solve the sur‐ one common surface facil‐
Success Story
Landmark R5000 Update—Features
RTO Solution for PERTAMINA R5000 is the latest synchro‐ tive and efficient. With pansion of the horizon
Continuously monitor drilling operations from the office nous release from Landmark OpenWorks R5000 the In‐ data model in R5000 al‐
Graphics that implements dustry leading E&P database lows for OpenWorks to
time drilling parameter at data model changes in order brings seismic & horizon automatically create an
rig site remotely from any‐ to provide visionary new data management into audit trail for interpreters
where. What they need is workflows and key enhance‐ OpenWorks & provides the by capturing meta‐data,
just a web browser, user ID ments that make the geo‐ same rigor to these objects interpretation history, and
and password. scientist’s life more produc‐ which OpenWorks has long associated data relation‐
applied to wells and other ships without interpreters
After the Real Time Opera‐ expert can handle more geoscience data. taking any special steps. It
tion (RTO) Solution was than one rig site operation.
With this release we have a allows new members of
implemented, soon enough vision of capturing as much an asset team to quickly
PT PERTAMINA EP can re‐ After the RTO Solution was knowledge & information as review the interpretation
duce NPT as team from the implemented, elaborate possible providing an audit history of a project, famil‐
PT PERTAMINA EP Drilling Department having a discussion using RTO office can help their field with expert from other de‐ trail throughout the inter‐ iarizing them with the
engineer to avoid problem partment/location becomes pretation process. project, the decisions
PT PERTAMINA EP has sev‐ the rig site. In that situation, or assist remotely whenever very simple. Travel expenses made, and the reasons
eral rig sites that mostly are they needed to have more a problem occurred. This can be reduced significantly. The following shows
in remote locations. With experienced people in rig reduces the necessity to amongst other things the Continued to page 2...
the conventional drilling site which is costly. send experienced people to Also training cost for new practical uses of these
operation people in the PT rig site which means reduc‐ hire is reduced since now R5000 data model changes
PERTAMINA EP office found Landmark offered an inte‐ ing cost. Hence, the RTO they can use RTO as an “e‐ along with several other Inside this issue:
it was difficult to follow the grated Real Time Operation implementation help PT learn” tool that they do not new innovations delivered
Note from Landmark Indo‐ 2
drilling process in rig site in Solution to enable PT PER‐ PERTAMINA EP to be more need to send new hire di‐ in R5000 applications such nesia Country Manager
timely manner. Communica‐ TAMINA EP team to monitor efficient in resource as one rectly to rig site. as PowerView, Well Seismic
tion was difficult, that if peo‐ their opera‐ Fusion, & GeoProbe: Past Events 3
ple in office would like to get tion second Today, Landmark has in‐ 2008 World Oil Award 3
drilling parameter plot they by second stalled RTO in 9 wells for PT Horizon & Seismic Proc‐ Knowledge Systems Acqui‐ 3
needed call people in the rig without hav‐ PERTAMINA EP, from Java essing History: Part of sition to Landmark
site first to ask them to print ing to be at area to small remote island the fundamental use of
and fax it to the office. If the rig site. in Kalimantan. PT PER‐ GeoAnomaly, a GeoProbe 3
the new data model in
Feature
they needed an ASCII data This solution TAMINA EP can continuously R5000 is understanding
file or even just to know the is a web‐ monitor drilling operation exactly where your hori‐ The newly upgraded Land‐ 4
latest update, they would based appli‐ from their office or home. zon came from & what mark Training Center
need to do that process that cation that For PT PERTAMINA EP, RTO decisions were made in From the Editor 4
A. Budiyanto, Former Drilling Manager, Pertamina EP
made them rely on the avail‐ people can pose for Landmark Indonesia Newsletter together with
is a must for every drilling the process of interpret‐
ability of the other person in get all real‐ Liony Ko, Special Technical Professional—RTO. operation. ing that horizon. The ex‐ Quiz—Just for fun 4
Landmark Indonesia Newsletter
A Note from Landmark Indonesia Country Manager, Rich Sanders
It’s been more than six tunity for Landmark to help In addition, Landmark’s soft‐ Hosting solutions, Earth technology and expertise,
months since I arrived in operating companies in In‐ ware technology users have Modelling Consultancy Ser‐ we are here to help operat‐
Jakarta in April 2008. I can donesia find and produce the assurance of our best vices, and Real Time Opera‐ ing companies find new hy‐
see the traffic is busier with more oil and gas. Our tech‐ support services. Service tions. By providing cost ef‐ drocarbon reserves and ex‐
lots of motorcycles on the nologies will enable operat‐ Strategies recently granted fective and best class service tend the economic produc‐
street these days than the ing companies in producing Landmark with the Service to the industry, Landmark ing life of brown fields using
last time when I was in Ja‐ faster first oil, and be more Capability and Performance has established itself as the cost‐effective and low‐risk
karta some years ago. accurate in finding well loca‐ (SCP) certification for 2008. preferred vendor of choice technologies. We turn criti‐
tions by allowing asset teams This year is the sixth con‐ when it comes to completing cal information into useful
Since my arrival here, I have to effectively manage their secutive year for Landmark complicated technical pro‐ knowledge and try to sim‐
met some clients and am project data. The recent ac‐ to receive the certification. jects. plify and integrate technol‐
glad to find long time users knowledgment from World Landmark is the only com‐ ogy to help our customers
of Landmark Software Tech‐ Oil that awarded Landmark’s pany in the industry that Working together with our make better decisions.
nologies. However, as it is OpenWorks® Project Data won this certification. clients, we have been shar‐
elsewhere in the world, our Management System as the ing our knowledge and ex‐
greatest challenge is our 2008 Best Data Management I am proud of the work done perience so that the others Glossary:
http://www.worldoil.com/awards/
changing workforce. Most Solution Award winner once by the Landmark Indonesia’s can succeed. Our goal is to
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Richard Sanders, Landmark be retiring within the next as the industry leader in the with clients to carry out pro‐ by constantly developing solutions/scp%2Dstandards/
Indonesia Country Manager ten years. This is an oppor‐ energy software market. jects such as Application new technology. With our
lator where you
Landmark R5000 Update can input your
...continuation from page 1 favorite equations,
save them, and use
them again &
why they were made. It keep its original name again. Complex
gives them a level of con‐ whilst updating the ver‐ grid calculations
fidence in what the previ‐ sion (or attribute). Uses covering multiple
ous interpreter actually include tracking a horizon 3D surveys & 2D
did, and whether they from its original seed, to termine whether new esses & decisions that Grids. lines can be built &
need to re‐do any of that an auto‐tracked output, work needs to be done & went into any “Decision GeoProbe also allows you shared with your asset
work. The interpretation to a final amplitude ex‐ leaving an audit trail for Point”. These Notes can to shift single or multiple team. Multiple runs can
of a horizon is intrinsically traction. Other uses in‐ the future. be attached to any map or 2D lines for balancing. be set up & run at one
linked to the seismic that clude a more coherent section in your interpreta‐ Being able to see your 2D time to quickly visualize
was used in the interpre‐ way of managing overly‐ Interpretation Sets: tion. lines in 3D space is a very different scenarios.
tation, thus the expansion ing thrusted horizons. Within projects it is a data Critically you can also at‐ powerful way to more
of the R5000 data model Similar to horizons, you management nightmare tach documents to these accurately balance your Data on Demand (Dod):
to include seismic data can now have multiple trying to determine which notes. A lot of work is 2D survey. Dod disc caching technol‐
ties in directly to the hori‐ seismic files with the horizons & faults belong done outside the project Previous GeoProbe inno‐ ogy allows huge seismic
zon interpretation history. same name but different to which formation, play in meetings etc & the vations such as Combo‐ volumes to be interpreted
Seismic processing histo‐ Version & Attributes. or scenario. Using Inter‐ notes, reports, & presen‐ Mambo are also available in GeoProbe without huge
ries are also now auto‐ Many of these Versions & pretation Sets users can tations from those events on 2D lines in R5000. workstation memory be‐
matically captured provid‐ Attributes are automati‐ now group collections of are usually stored some‐ ing necessary (you can
ing the user with an audit cally updated by various data together into inter‐ where separate from the Wiggle Trace: Interpreters work with volumes orders
trail of data history and applications & processes pretation scenarios. These project itself. Most com‐ can now interpret their of magnitude larger than
lineage information track‐ run within the R5000 sets can be used multiple panies do not have a seismic data in the 3D your available memory).
ing from the initial load of environment. The Ver‐ of ways including: structured document world in exactly the same Unique in the market‐
the seismic all the way sions & Attributes are Smoothly handing off a management system, and way as they would in a place, GeoProbe truly
through its processing and also tightly tied into the project to a new user if they do it is usually dis‐ traditional inline/xline enables basin‐scale to
its final interpretation. Processing History Track‐ with all the appropriate connected from the pro‐ workflow by displaying prospect‐scale interpreta‐
The horizon & seismic ing. They are also cus‐ knowledge in place. ject data, & thus critical their seismic as wiggle tion in one application.
histories are displayed in tomizable so you can set Collate data within a work is frequently lost. By trace; either on its own or
an easy to read graphical your own Version & At‐ project that delineates being able to attach this over a variable density Summary
process diagram that tributes based on the different formations and unstructured data to your display. A host of impor‐ Regardless of whether you
shows exactly who did processes or policies you plays. interpretation project you tant information is hidden are a Geologist, Geophysi‐
what & when, and even have in place for your Quickly look at & assess can guarantee that critical in the detail of the wiggle cist, Drilling or Production
the individual steps & company. Have your different interpretation work is never lost. trace that has until now Engineer, IT professional or
parameters used in any business decisions drive scenarios around a play. been unavailable in the data manager, using Open‐
processing jobs. All of this how the software works, Monitor the progress of Complete 2D Seismic In‐ 3D world. New blending Works R5000 software im‐
helps minimize one of the not the other way a project. terpretation in GeoProbe: technology also allows proves data accuracy,
critical problems in to‐ around. Interpretation Sets are a GeoProbe now directly multiple volumes to be streamlines workflows, re‐
day’s interpretation proc‐ lot more sophisticated accesses traditional Seis‐ blended together (e.g. duces workflow‐duplication
ess, the reproduction of Synthetic History: Knowl‐ and flexible way of man‐ Works/PowerView 2D amplitude & impedance) and reduces the need to
work. edge capture has also aging those scenarios than lines without any need to to aid in the interpreta‐ manually conduct audit
been extended to syn‐ using session files and convert data or load new tion process. trails. It is the only viable
Horizon & Seismic Ver‐ thetic generation within allow you to track all of data. Within GeoProbe next‐generation data‐
sioning: The horizon & Well Seismic Fusion giv‐ the data that went into you can now interpret PowerCalculator with management solution avail‐
seismic data models have ing you the complete list producing a model. both horizons & faults Grids & 2D horizons: The able today that is open in its
been expanded to include of Time Depth Curve, across multiple 3D surveys expansion of PowerCalcu‐ architecture and matched
new meta‐tags such as Sonic, Density, and even Interpreter’s Notes & & 2D lines. These horizons lator to work with grids & with a comprehensive suite
Versioning & Attribute the Wavelet used in gen‐ Document Management: and faults are stored in 2D horizon data as well as of applications covering geo‐
which gives you much erating a synthetic. Again These allow you to liter‐ OpenWorks & are accessi‐ 3D horizons capitalizes on logical and geophysical inter‐
more flexibility over how this gives the new user ally add “sticky‐notes” at ble to other R5000 appli‐ GeoProbe’s new 2D work‐ pretation, well planning/
you manage your data. critical information about any data point in the in‐ cations. The horizons can flows. PowerCalculator is engineering, production op‐
The same horizon that has the history of a synthetic terpretation process re‐ also be quickly gridded an extensible, program‐ erations and economics.
been processed can now allowing the user to de‐ cording any thought proc‐ and converted into T‐Surf mable, geoscience calcu‐
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Volume 1, Issue 2 November 2008
Past Events tion, the software solves
the surface network simul‐
taneously with the subsur‐
2008 IPA Convention and 2008 IAGI
Reservoir Management face equations for more
stable and accurate full‐
Convention
Technology Forum field modeling. The unique
volume balance formula‐ Landmark presented in two our office. Call us to arrange
tion in Nexus achieves conventions this year, the for demonstration.
Gorell, Director simulation acceleration on IPA Convention and IAGI
Reservoir Man‐ average five times faster Convention. Showing the Although we did not show
agement Technol‐ than leading industry simu‐ latest technology that has this monitor at the IAGI Con‐
ogy, presented lators. been developed, Landmark vention that was held in
Landmark’s Reser‐ is proud with the attention Bandung on August 26—29,
voir Management In this opportunity, presen‐ that was given by the audi‐ the sophistication of our
software called tation on Landmark’s ence who came and spent software technology can still
Nexus that’s being DMS™ software helps asset the time to see the theatre be seen in DELL monitor that James Farmer, Sr. Technical Advi‐
sor Landmark Indonesia, talked
developed in cor‐ teams integrate uncer‐ presentations as well as we used to demonstrate our about Landmark M5600™ 56” LCD
poration with bp. tainty, risk factors, and software demonstration. technology in this conven‐ monitor to two clients who came
business objectives into tion. by to our booth.
On May 8th, 2008, two Res‐ Software demonstration was technical analysis work‐ At the IPA Convention that
ervoir Management Ex‐ also given to show how flows and field develop‐ was held in Jakarta on May The 2008 IAGI Convention
perts came from Houston Nexus® software allows mul‐ ment planning. Using Deci‐ 27—29, Landmark showed was attended by 1000 mem‐
to give us update on Reser‐ tiple reservoirs of varying sionSpace DMS software the Landmark M5600 Quad bers who came from all over
voir Management Software fluids and formulations to be reduces the cycle time for Full High‐definition LCD Indonesia. In this occasion,
development. Ron Moss‐ coupled seamlessly and development project plan‐ monitor. Visitor can see we showed Geoanomaly, a
barger, Product Manager solved as one fully coupled ning from months to the advantage of this moni‐ GeoProbe features that rap‐
Prabawanto, Landmark Consult‐
Nexus, and Dr. Sheldon simulation solution. In addi‐ weeks. tor that can give incredible idly identify three dimen‐ ant, at the IAGI Convention, show‐
amount of detail, within its sional bodies of interest likes ing GeoAnomaly, a GeoProbe
geologic context, without stacking channel bodies, the feature that rapidly identify and
visualize three dimensional bodies
R5000 Technology Day having to truncate data.
The monitor is available in
interpretation does with one
click.
of interest likes stacking channel
bodies with just one click .
On 26th August 2008, Land‐
mark Halliburton Indonesia
held the Information Man‐ Landmark has Earned the 2008 World Oil
agement Infrastructure
Technology Day featuring Award for Best Data Management
R5000, the latest release of
Landmark Solutions. Solution
In this occasion, came visit‐
ing Craig Beebee, Practice The Landmark OpenWorks implemented. For the past
Manager Asia Pacific; Vicki Project Data Management 20 years, OpenWorks has
Jowell, R5000 Practice Di‐ System earned the 2008 aided the industry in produc‐
rector from Houston, Best Data Management ing faster, more accurate
Texas, US; and Adalberto specialists and managers of the mugs that was pro‐ Solution Award for being a well locations by allowing
Sanchez, R5000 Sr. Project came attending. vided for the clients who viable workflow solution asset teams to effectively
Manager from Houston. asked questions. Lucky the focused on storage, delivery manage, access and analyze makes it accessible to inter‐
Many questions were raised office is close by so we man‐ and management processes their project data. Open‐ pretation applications re‐
The event was well at‐ showing good interest from aged to get more mugs! and technologies that pro‐ Works stores key well and quired for exploration work‐
tended with geoscientist, IT the clients that we ran out vide tangible results when subsurface information and flows.
Knowledge System Acquisition Extends Pore Pressure and Wellbore
Stability Workflows
On May 1, 2008, Landmark reduce uncertainty and risks The combination is ex‐ leveraged from Open‐ these two service organi‐ ways to provide leading
announced the acquisition in the drilling process. pected to provide the fol‐ Works® for pore pres‐ zations provides clients technical solutions to help
of Knowledge Systems, the lowing benefits: sure prediction. The with a more holistic ser‐ reduce the risk and uncer‐
leading provider of pore Knowledge Systems pro‐ integration of Landmark vice offering covering the tainty our clients face. We
pressure and geomechanical vides services, based on Pore pressure and ge‐ and Knowledge Systems’ complete well design and are excited about the new
analysis software and ser‐ their software offerings, for omechanical analysis products will improve delivery workflow level of support we will be
vices. This acquisition, com‐ pre‐drill geopressure and will be integrated into access to seismic source providing to you. Feel free
bined with Landmark’s ex‐ geomechanical prediction current drilling work‐ data and interpretations. Real‐time access to pore to contact us for more infor‐
isting Drilling and Comple‐ and post‐drill analysis for flows. With the integra‐ This can help to reduce pressure and geome‐ mation.
tions technologies, repre‐ wells, fields or basins. tion of Knowledge Sys‐ uncertainty in pore pres‐ chanical information.
sents a significant step to‐ Knowledge Systems also tems’ products into Land‐ sure predictions and aid Pore pressure and geome‐
ward providing a complete provides geopressure and mark, pore pressure and in the calibration of the chanical information, inte‐
well design, delivery and geomechanical surveillance geomechanical informa‐ pore pressure model. grated real‐time into the
monitoring solution to our while drilling, either at the tion will become native well plan and delivery
customers. wellsite or remotely from to Landmark applications Drilling services will be process, will allow clients
the office. The addition of and complete the well enhanced with pore to see the complete pic‐
The acquisition of Knowl‐ pore pressure prediction design and delivery work‐ pressure and geome‐ ture 24/7. This will allow
edge Systems will expand and geomechanics solutions flow. This will greatly chanical analysis. Land‐ early insight into potential
Landmark’s portfolio by to Landmark’s well planning reduce cycle time and mark has expertise in trouble situations,
providing the integration of and engineering solutions reduce risk by ensuring wellbore fluid mechanics thereby reducing NPT.
pore pressure and geome‐ will help ensure that wells seamless integration of and directional drilling,
chanical analysis into drilling are placed optimally and data throughout the well while Knowledge Sys‐ As the industry continues to
workflows. This will reduce economically, minimizing design workflow. tems has expertise in push the envelope into de‐
the cycle time needed to non‐productive time during pore pressure and ge‐ veloping ever deeper more
plan, drill and complete the drilling process. Seismic source data and omechanical analysis. complex reservoirs, Land‐
wells, and ultimately help interpretations can be The combination of mark continue to look for
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Landmark Indonesia Newsletter Deeper Knowledge. Broader Understanding
GeoAnomaly, An enhanced workflow for automated body detection, an
interpretation work with just one click
During the last IAGI Conven‐ mark’s booth were found to If you are a user of GeoProbe
tion 2008 in Bandung, Land‐ be not aware about one of and is not sure about using
mark Halliburton Indonesia it’s feature called GeoA‐ technology, you certainly will
had a booth supported by nomalies. GeoAnomalies is a need to attend a GeoProbe
Dell, where we show Geo‐ interpretation feature within Advanced training course. In
Probe, one of Landmark’s GeoProbe that provides an this class you will learn ad‐
finest software technology. enhanced workflow for auto‐ vanced Fault analysis work‐
Left picture shows seismic slice on amplitude volume wich is much
GeoProbe is the industry’s mated body detection, as more definable on Semblance volumes (right picture)
flows; how to search for,
leading volume visualization well as efficient anomaly define and analyze strati‐
and interpretation software tools. In addition, GeoA‐ graphic features in 3D seis‐
that renders 3D seismic data nomalies use advanced mic volumes. Students will
more accurately and with wrapping and graphical tech‐ Geobodies compared to be taken through a workflow
greater speed and versatility. niques to enhance visualiza‐ the Semblance Volume from the initial reconnais‐
Unlike applications where 3D tion performance when deal‐ Anomaly bodies extracted sance of a seismic volume
data is displayed and inter‐ ing with large anomaly from GeoAnomaly GeoProbe’s speed is un‐ through planning a horizon‐
preted in 2D segments, Geo‐ groups. matched in the industry for tal well. At the end of the
Probe allows you to use the visualization and interpreta‐ training course, you will be
power of voxel technology tion, with precision down to able to maximize the use
for true three‐dimensional a single seismic sample, and GeoProbe and simplify your
interpretation. where hardware configura‐ interpretation work. Call us
tion is the only limitation to at the telephone number
Many companies have been data size. A geoscientist can stated at the back page of
using this software for in‐ go from a regional recon‐ this newsletter or send us e‐
terpretation job however naissance to reservoir‐scale mail to get more information
during this event some of interpretation in one single on GeoProbe Advanced
Picture showing multi probes
the users who visited Land‐ working session. training.
with different attribute volumes Recognized geobodies
Art Designer: Dian Manginta