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Table of Contents
REMOVING START AND STOP READINGS..................................................................................................2
DATA CLIPPING..................................................................................................................................................8
CUTTING/SPLITTING CURVES .....................................................................................................................14
SPLICING AND MERGING..............................................................................................................................16
DEPTH SHIFTING .............................................................................................................................................19
BLOCK SHIFTING.............................................................................................................................................25

We recommend filtering the project so that just the LQC harmonized dataset is active
before continuing with this tutorial. The procedure to perform this filtering is covered in
the Tutorial on QC Field Data Preparation and the Tutorial on Data Import and Data
Structure.
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Removing start and stop readings

From the main Techlog window, click on to open a layout.

In the project browser, select a curve. In the current exercise, we have selected a GR
in the Well1.

Drag the selected curve into the layout. Then adjust the scale to 20000 in the properties
window and activate View with cursor and View value using the and buttons.
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From the main tool bar, click on the Point selection mode icon . Note the cursor
changing to the brush symbol. Then select the upper part of the log by maintaining the
LMB pressed and moving up/down. The selected sections will be highlighted in blue.

Then click on the log and press the RMB to pop up the following drop down menu:
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In order to delete the selected data points (highlighted in blue), choose Delete selected
values. In order to delete the non-selected data points, choose Delete no-selected
values. By looking at the layout below, one should guess the action to take for the
current example. Note that a dialog box will open offering either to give a new extension
to the curve or to save it with a new version number.

In the current exercise, we elect to give the output a new version name. The GR will then
appear under the project browser, and will be added to the layout header. To visualize
the action taken, the new GR has been copied in a second track as shown below:
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Then hit the Escape key to suppress the blue zones. Turn the cursor back to normal by

clicking in the main tool bar.

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Another approach to remove start/stop readings is described hereafter: Open a layout

and drag in the curve called DT (Well 6). Adjust the layout and scale to get the
following:

Select the curve and click RMB. Under variable, select Processing \ First/Last
readings.
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The following dialog box opens:

Value of the tolerance is to be expressed in the unit of the measurement.

If more than one curve has been selected and the same tolerance is to be used for the
computation for all the selected curves, tick the Apply to all box. In the current
example, enter 1.

See in the layout below, the variation between the original and processed curve in the
bottom section.

Saving of the output is accessible by clicking RMB, under variable.

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Data Clipping
The "data clipping" tool allows the user to replace values which are larger or lower
than threshold values. They can be replaced either by null values (-9999) or by
values computed by the "spline" function.

To access this tool, right click on a log, select "Variable", "Processing" and "Data
clipping" (as indicated in the window below)

Change the scale to 500 and adjust the layout to visualize the following:

Select the curve and press RMB. Under variable, choose Data clipping.
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The following dialog box opens:

Three modes are available: "replace", "spline" and "flag only":

- Replace: In this mode, the user can define the threshold values (minimum and
maximum values) and the replacement values (default is -9999)

- Flag only: In this mode, the user can only define the threshold values. A flag will
be applied on all the values which are lower or larger than these minimum and
maximum values. In this mode, the "replace min value" and "replace max value"
are in grey and can not be modified

- Spline: The same options as in the "replace" mode except that instead of being
replaced, the values are reconstructed with a spline function. In this mode, the
"replace min value" and "replace max value" are in grey and can not be modified.

- Acceptable neighbourhood threshold: This option (which is only available for the
"spline" mode) allows the user to limit the spline reconstruction when the interval
between two consecutive points is too big. The user has to enter a distance value
(in the unit of the depth reference). When the distance between two consecutive
points is larger than this value, no spline reconstruction will be performed.
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Independent of the selected mode, two options are available:

- Transition: if this option is selected the shoulder bed effects will be accounted for
- Flag: if this option is selected, some blue lines will appear where the data clipping
is applied

In the current exercise, the Gamma Ray values larger than 100 gAPI would be replaced
by the absent value, -9999.

Press ok and see the output automatically created in the layout:

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To save the new curve, select it and hit RMB. Under variable, two options are proposed:

The Save option will save the output with the Clipped extension, when the Save as
new version will save it with a new version number. You may choose to save it (or not)
as per you preference.
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Back to the original GR_2 curve, we now apply the following clipping:
- Remove values lower than 50 and larger than 100
- Reconstruct the clipped curve with the spline function

The zones highlighted in blue indicate the intervals where the operation has been
performed. One has to save the new curve as previously described. When done, hit the
Escape key to unselect the blue sections.

Assuming a clipped curve has been saved, it is possible to check its editing history by
going in the properties dock, under the History tab, as presented below:
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Cutting/Splitting curves
Close all previous windows and open a new layout. Then drag any curve in it (the
same GR as the previous exercise is being used in this example). Adjust the layout
window and scale to get approximately the same as below. In the main window, click

on the variable split mode icon . At the depth where the curve cutting has to be
performed, click in the track; a red anchor bar will then appear.

Then select the curve, and position the cursor on top of the red anchor bar. Using the
RMB, select Variable/Edit/Split. When done, the curve splits in two as seen in the
right hand side plot above. This operation will not be effective if the cursor is not
positioned over the red anchor line.

Similar to the previous exercise, the resulting split curve is not automatically saved
and one may do it manually. Select the curve to be saved and RMB click. Under
variable, select between save to give the curve a new name and Save as new
version. In the current case, the upper and lower GR curves have been saved
independently and displayed in the layout below.
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When done, switch the cursor back to .

As an example, and to prepare the next exercise, the original GR curve has been cut
into 3 as seen below. The middle portion has been saved with the _Middle
extension.
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Splicing and merging

Open a new layout and drag in two curves to be spliced (GR_Upper and GR_Middle in
the current example). These MUST be in the same track. In the example below, the
curves do not overlay.

Select both curves and click RMB. Select Variable/Edit/Merge. The output is displayed
in blue in the right plot above.
Similar to the previous exercise, the resulting merged curve is not automatically
saved and one may do it manually. Select the curve to be saved and RMB click. Under
variable, select between save to give the curve a new name and Save as new
version.

Note: If the two curves to be merged overlap, the second one selected would become
the reference for scales/types/etc, and would be extended using the first selected
curve readings.
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From the main Techlog window, click on the icon to open the data editor. When
done, drag the original GR curve in.

In the upper left field, type GR_50. In the right field, input GR+50 then hit return.
When the new curve has been calculated, save it (RMB/save).

Drag the GR_50 curve in the current layout to get the same as below:
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Select the variable split mode icon and select the exact depth the logs need to
be spliced, and click in the track. A red horizontal anchor will appear. Then select both
curves from the header and RMB click. Choose Merge under Variable. The two
curves are merged as seen on the right plot above. Save the merged curve manually

when done then switch the cursor to .

Note: the first curve selected will constitute the lower part of the merged log, and
the second selected curve forms the upper part.
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Depth shifting
Open a layout and select two curves to be depth shifted, as presented below. Select
the two curves and click RMB. Select Open a depth shifting window.

Note: The curve to be shifted should be selected first.

To activate the depth shifting, left click in one of the two first tracks and press at the
same time on the shift button. At each left click, a red anchor bar appears. By positioning
the mouse cursor on one of the bars (at the log level) the mouse cursor will change. To
shift the log, press LMB and drag the shift bar up and/or down. See the curve react in the
right two tracks:
- Track 3: shift curve versus reference
- Track 4: shift curve versus itself in original.

In the right plot above, see that at start, the two curves overlay (Track 4).
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Notes:
- When only one anchor bar is present, the depth shifting is equivalent to a block
shifting as the curve is displaced in one block (see above)
- When at least two anchor bars are present, the depth shifting is equivalent to a
stretching as one of the bars locks the curve (see below)
- To remove an anchor bar, click on it and press on the Delete key
- It is possible to zoom in or out at any time during the operation to make the
operation easier
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When the depth matching is finalized, one may save the output by selecting the _sft
labelled curve (in the last track on the right) and clicking on the RMB. Select either the
save or save as new version as preferred.

In addition, while pressing the RMB, the following options are proposed:

Selecting the Save the transformations option, it is possible to save the depth match
transformations in the project browser.

It is then possible to apply the same depth match to any other curve from the same well.
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Open a new layout and drag in any curve from the Dataset1. In the current example,
RT_DUCK is selected:

Click on the curve, then press RMB. The following pops up. Select Apply
transformations:
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In the following dialog box, select the depth matching transform to apply (filter field may
be used to filter the available transforms):

Select and click OK. The selected curve (RT in the current case) will automatically be
depth matched. Save it using the RMB. By overlaying the original curve on top of the
depth matched one, the change is visible as shown below:

Special features:
- It is possible to block shift any curve just by selecting it and using the keyboard
arrows (top and bottom) while pressing Ctrl.
- It is possible to laterally shift a log, for example to match two curves before
splicing them. To apply a horizontal shift to a curve, left click on it; then press at
the same time Ctrl + Alt and move the mouse from left to right or from right
to left.
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Block shifting
Close all previous layouts and open a new one. Drag in any curve you want to block
shift (DEN in the current example).

Select the curve and click RMB. Under variable, select Create a block shift window. A
red box pops up in the track. Use the mouse to adapt the size of the block shift window,
to the log interval to be shifted as shown below. When selecting the block shift window,
its associated properties are displayed in the properties dock. As an exercise, one may
change its colour.
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Once done, invoke the Block shift mode cursor by clicking on the icon. Then move
the block shift window up or down, as required.
When satisfied with the block shift, select the curve and save it.

One may also want to delete the block shift window. To do so, switch back to , select
the box plot and delete it by pressing the DEL key.
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Notes:
- It is not possible to block shift a curve when two curves are present in the same
track.
- It is not possible to insert a log in a track where a block shift window is already
present.
- The block shifting tool can also be applied to a continuous curve or to a point data
curve
- Block shifting will not allow loss of data; no overlay is possible.

Block shifting may also be used from a depth matching window. Open a layout and drag
two curves (DEN and GR in the current example). Then open a depth matching window:

Once done, open a block shift window and adjust its size according to the interval of the
curve to be shifted as shown below:
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Invoke the block shit mode by clicking on the icon. Then, move the block shift
window up/down to match the reference log. Note in track 3 the shifted curve compared
to the reference:

Once satisfied with the shift, save the shifted curve as previously explained. One may
also save the shifting transformations as previously described.