Accurate and Flexible Subsurface Modeling

New Features

Why It Matters

• Performance when working with large data
• Workflow stability
• Improved data visualization, well correlation and mapping

Adding Value to Workflows 

• Structural restoration
  • New automatic UVT structural restoration
  • New tectonic analysis tools in Kine3D-3
• New, advanced and optimized property modeling algorithms
  • MPS with direct sampling for joint facies and petrophysical simulations
  • Turning bands for faster simulations
  • Improved geostatistics and mapping on unstructured grids
• Gridding improvements

• Better understanding of structural and stratigraphic history and more reliable QC and validation of interpretations and trap geometries
• More accurate and realistic reservoir models obtained faster 

Uncertainty and Risk Assessment

• Use velocity uncertainties along with interpretation uncertainties
• Revamp structural uncertainty result display and analysis
• Manage complex fluid contacts for structure uncertainty
• Fault seal and displacement analysis in the presence of uncertainties

• Mitigate risk in reservoir and target locations by integrating all model uncertainties 

New Energy

• Improved connectivity to TOUGH2 groundwater and heat simulator
• New macros for:
  • Estimating geothermal potential
  • Estimating carbon storage capacity in saline aquifers

• Leverage advanced subsurface workflows for better and faster assessment of new energy resources  

Scripting and Automation

• Expanded customization and scripting capabilities:
  • Strengthen scripting of structure, grid and property modeling
  • Improved JavaScript API
  • New Python API

• Accelerate time to results by automating and customizing model building for subsurface characterization workflows  
  A pathway to fully automated reservoir modeling

Connectivity

• Expanded I/O capabilities with RESQML and ETP (SKUA-GOCAD)
• Exchange SKUA Model and grids with RESQML
• Improved connectivity with RMS and Petrel 
• Export data to glTF format

• Improved productivity through increased cross-application connectivity