GeoDataSync® Accelerate Petrel*

Plug-in
Installation Guide
Version 2.1.0, November 10, 2015
ARK CLS Limited
www.arkcls.com

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Copyright © 2000 - 2015 ARK CLS Limited - All rights reserved

ARK CLS Limited

Bedford i-lab
Stannard Way
Bedford
MK44 3RZ
United Kingdom

Web: http://www.arkcls.com/
Support: support@arkcls.com
Tel: +44 1234 834864

ARK CLS Limited acknowledges the trademarks of third parties used within
this document

* is a mark of Schlumberger

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Introduction

The GeoDataSync® Accelerate plug-in for Petrel E&P software platform from
ARK CLS Limited allows easy access for viewing, importing, and exporting of
data between OpendTect and Petrel.

3D Seismic cubes from OpendTect can be viewed and used within a workflow
in Petrel without the need to import the volume first. A variety of data types
can be imported and exported between Petrel and OpendTect. These include
3D Seismic cubes, 2D Seismic lines, 3D Horizon data, well, fault, pickset and
wavelet data.

Before starting, Petrel and OpendTect must be installed on your system, and
then the appropriate plug-ins to both Petrel and OpendTect must be installed.

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Country of origin

This plug-in originates from The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

License features

The license key feature required by this plug-in is:

 OCEAN_ARK_GDSACCOD (vendor name slbsls)

Support

For support with this plug-in, please contact:

 Email: support@arkcls.com
 Web: http://www.arkcls.com/
 Tel: +44 1234 834864
 Address:
ARK CLS Limited
Bedford i-lab
Stannard Way
Bedford
MK44 3RZ
United Kingdom

Public key token

The public key token of signed .NET dlls distributed by ARK CLS Limited is:
0b4443e5b3c96d95

Hardware and software requirements

To install and run the plug-in, you will require:

 A Petrel software installation of appropriate version (see release notes
for supported versions)
 Any prerequisites of the above (versions of Windows, .NET etc.)
 Hardware requirements, software/operating system requirements of the
above
 300Mb free disk space
 Appropriate license for Petrel core software
 Appropriate licenses for the plug-in as required
 OpendTect installed and the Petrel Connector plugin loaded

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Installation

Installation overview
 Before starting, both Petrel and OpendTect must be installed on your
Windows machine.
 Once these applications are installed then the appropriate plug-ins to
both Petrel and OpendTect must be installed (see below).
 Make sure you install the appropriate version/platform of the plug-in for
the version/platform of Petrel and OpendTect you are using. The
version supported by an installer is specified in the installer file name.
 Review the chapter on managing plug-ins in the Petrel Installation
Guide.

Prerequisites for installation

 An installation of Petrel of appropriate version (see release notes for
supported versions).
 An installation of OpendTect (commercial version) of appropriate
version (see release notes for supported versions).
 Any prerequisites of the above (versions of Windows, .NET etc.).
 Hardware requirements, software/operating system requirements of the
above.
 An appropriate license for Petrel.
 The GeoDataSync Accelerate opendtect plug-in must also be installed.

Installing the plug-in to Petrel

 Petrel plug-ins may be installed using either pip or msi installer files.
These instructions will describe using an msi file to install the plug-in
for all users. Installations using pip files should not be mixed with
installations using msi files for the same plug-in in a Petrel installation.
Similarly single user and all user installations should not be mixed. See
the Petrel Installation Guide for more information on using pip files.
 Close all running instances of Petrel.
 Uninstall any previous version of the ARK CLS GeoDataSync
Accelerate for Petrel plug-in.
 Double click the msi installer file (e.g.
GeoDataSyncAccelerate_2.1.0.0_Petrel2015_Windows7.msi) and
follow the instructions of the installer.
 Restart Petrel.

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Installing the plug-in to OpendTect
 Close all running instances of OpendTect.
 The plug-in to OpendTect is available via the OpendTect Installation
Manager (Utilities->Installation->Installation Manager). Select
‘GeoDataSync Accelerate’ as shown below:

 The OpendTect Installation manager will inform you, if you already

have GeoDataSync Accelerate installed, whether a more up to date
version is available.

Uninstalling the plug-in to Petrel

 Close all running instances of Petrel including any GeoDataSync
Accelerate help documents that might be open.
 Visit the Programs and Features section of the computer’s Control
Panel.
 Select the ARK CLS GeoDataSync Accelerate for Petrel 20xy item.
 Click the Uninstall button, and follow instructions.

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Verify the installation

To verify the installation has succeeded:

 Start the Petrel software.
 In the “License packages” window, select “ARK CLS GeoDataSync
Accelerate”.

 Once the Petrel software has started, select the Data Management
perspective. The “GeoDataSync Accelerate” command will be visible
on the ‘Input/Output’
tab

 Note: At Petrel 2014, there is no Data Management perspective. The

“GeoDataSync Accelerate” command is visible on the ‘Home’ tab.

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Uninstallation
 Before uninstalling, close all running Petrel software applications.
 Open the Windows control panel “Programs and Features” utility and
find the “ARK CLS GeoDataSync Accelerate for Petrel” for the required
version of the Petrel software.
 Right-click the entry and select “Uninstall”.

 Depending on your user permission and operating system

configuration, you may be asked a question such as “Do you want to
allow the following program to install software on this computer?” This
question should show a verified publisher of “ARK CLS Limited”. Click
“Yes” to continue.
 A progress window will show the progress of uninstallation. This will
disappear when uninstallation is complete.

Files added, removed or modified

 The following files are added during installation or removed during

uninstallation in the folder “{DefaultDirectory}\ARK CLS\GeoDataSync
Accelerate 2.1.0.0”, where “{DefaultDirectory}” is the user’s default
location for installing Petrel plug-ins, e.g.: “C:\Program
Files\Schlumberger\Petrel 2015\Extensions”, and where version
numbers differ according to the release.

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ArkCls.GdsPlugin.dll The main dll of the plug-in
doc\ Folder containing
documentation
ArkCls.Ocean.Gds.GdsPlugin_Manifest.xml A list of all the files added
during installation
Plugin.xml Information for adding to
PluginManagerSettings.xml

 Using the MSI installer will also create a “{DefaultDirectory}\ARK CLS

GeoDataSync Accelerate for Petrel 2015” folder to hold files necessary
for the installation.
 To register or unregister the plug-in with the Petrel software, the
following configuration file will be modified:
“%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Schlumberger\Petrel\2015\PluginManagerS
ettings.xml”.
 Changeable files: no other files are changed by the plug-in
 No third-party libraries are required by the plug-in

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Unattended installation/uninstallation

The installation and uninstallation using an MSI file may also be performed
without the interactive user interface in “unattended” mode.

Follow the same steps and procedures as for normal installation, but instead
of running the MSI file directly, run the MSI from an elevated command
prompt.

 Obtain an elevated command prompt from the Windows Start menu:

o Start->All Programs->Accessories->(right click)Command
Prompt -> Run as Administrator

 Install with the MSI file without user interface interaction using the
command:
o msiexec /I
“GeoDataSyncAccelerate_2.1.0.0_Petrel2015_Windows7.msi”
/qb

Other information
 The public key token of signed .NET dlls distributed by ARK CLS
Limited is: 0b4443e5b3c96d95

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