Landmark GeoProbe OpenWorks DataServer

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................1

SeisWorks Options ................................................................................................3

Selection Screen ....................................................................................................4

Add GeoProbe Project .......................................................................................6

Make Selection ...................................................................................................7

Grid Coordinates .................................................................................................10

Set Transfer Parameters .....................................................................................15

Names and overwriting .....................................................................................15

Seismic Volumes ..............................................................................................16

Horizons ...........................................................................................................19

Faults ................................................................................................................21

Wells .................................................................................................................23

Run Transfer .........................................................................................................30

Editing GeoProbe Projects .................................................................................32

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Introduction

GeoProbes OpenWorks DataServer is a utility to move data between

SeisWorks and GeoProbe. This release supports transfer of the
following data types:

SeisWorks to GeoProbe
Seismic Volumes > Volumes (*.vol)
(*.cmp, *.bri, *.3dv)

Horizons <> Horizons (*.hzn)

<> Surfaces (*.gvw)

Faults <> Faults (*.eds)

> Shapes (*.iv)

Colormaps > Colormaps (*.gpc, *.clm)

Map Overlays (*.zgf) > Shapes (*.iv)

Well Data - includes surface > Wells (*.wl, *.wl.dat)

location, T/D, deviation path,
logs and picks, and synthetics

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The procedure to move data consists of the following steps:

Start DataServer from the CAI or SeisWorks launcher.

Choose the SeisWorks and GeoProbe projects.
Selection: select the data items to be transferred and initiate the
transfer.
Check Grid: check the mapping of grid coordinates, if it has not
been used before.
Set Transfer Parameters: check for overwriting and set any
subsetting or scaling parameters to be used in the transfer.
Run Transfer: The transfer runs in background, with a 'status'
screen to show progress.

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SeisWorks Options

Upon starting the OpenWorks DataServer, if there is only one

SeisWorks project accessible (as under CAI), you will first be prompted
for the subsetting options for the project. If more than one project is
accessible, the main selection screen is shown, and the SeisWorks
options screen is displayed when you first select a project.

The SeisWorks options are default interpreter and lists of horizons,

faults and wells. The interpreter is used to select the default time-depth
curves (which may be over-ridden). The lists are the lists that can be
set-up in SeisWorks. They are used to limit the horizons, faults and
wells that are listed for selection, and so make it easier to find the
items on a large project.

After selecting the options, the selection screen is displayed. If you

need to change the options selected, the screen can be accessed by
selecting the project and choosing Change SeisWorks Options from
the file menu.

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Selection Screen

The selection screen is used to select the items to be moved and the
target project, and to initiate a transfer. It is suggested that you use it
by:

Making sure that you can select the source and target projects.
Selecting the data items to be moved and the target project.
Using one of the buttons in the center of the screen to initiate the
transfer.

The data items are shown in heirarchies of:

1. Project type

2. (Configurable Host machine or 'district')

3. Project name

4. Data type (Seismic, Horizons, Faults, Wells for SeisWorks:

Volumes, Surfaces, Shapes, Wells for Geoprobe)

5. Object name

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When launched from the CAI launcher there will usually only be one
SeisWorks project available on the left hand side. When started from
an OpenWorks launcher, all of the SeisWorks projects will be listed on
the left.

The right hand side will show a list of recently accessed GeoProbe
projects. GeoProbe projects are identified by a directory. An existing
project may be found, or a new one created using the Open
GeoProbe Project and New GeoProbe Project options under the file
menu.

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Add GeoProbe Project

This dialog selects a directory to be used in DataServer as a
GeoProbe project. The directory name which should appear in the box
at the top of the screen is the one containing subdirectories like
Volumes and Surfaces, and is the same as the one that will appear in
the set project directory dialog in GeoProbe.

For an existing project, type the directory name in the box and
press Add to add the project to the list on the left of the selection
screen.

For a new project, type in the name of the new directory, and
press Create. You will be asked to confirm (1) that you want to
create the directory, and (2) that the standard subdirectories
should be created.

The bottom part of the screen is an aid to typing. It lists the

subdirectories under the path being typed in the text box, and is

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updated when a file separator, /, is typed. As an alternative to typing,

the directory tree can be navigated by clicking on the subdirectory
names.

Note that in some distributed file systems with auto mounting, some
subdirectories will not be visible if they have not been accessed
recently. Where this occurs, you will need to type in the subdirectory.

Make Selection
The items to be transferred are selected on one side of the screen, and
the target project should be selected on the other side.

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The selections in each side of the screen are independent. The usual
conventions for selecting multiple items apply:

A normal mouse click will deselect everything and select the

required item.
A shift-click will select all the items between the last selection and
the item clicked.
A ctrl-click will add the item clicked (or remove it if it is already
selected).

In addition to the selection of items individually, the Select ... option in

the Edit menu will select items by name pattern. To use it, first select
the data type (e.g. Wells) of the items to be selected, and then choose
the Select ... menu. You will be prompted for a name pattern - * is used
as wildcard - and the matching data items are selected.

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The tool will transfer different types of data in a single operation, but if
you have a large number of items it may be less confusing to do one
type at a time.

When data items are selected on one side and a compatible project (or
data type) is selected on the other, the transfer button in the center
becomes active. A transfer is initiated by pressing the button. When
the button is pressed:

If there have been no transfers between the projects, the grid

coordinates are displayed, and then
the screen for subsetting/scaling parameters is shown.

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Grid Coordinates

This screen can be displayed by selecting a project on each side of the

selection screen and choosing Compare Grids from the edit menu. It
will also be shown:

when the first transfer between two projects is requested.

if a transfer is requested and the grids in the two projects do not
have the same orientation, or their orientations do not match that
used in the last transfer between the two projects.

The screen has two formats. In its short format it only shows the
extents of the SeisWorks project (the grey box) and a GeoProbe
volume (the green rectangle) in projected coordinates. The inline,
crossline, projected x and projected y for the corners are listed under
the diagram. For SeisWorks the extent shown is the complete project.
For GeoProbe, it is the extent of the named volume, and, if the project
has more than one volume, the volume viewed can be chosen from the
choice box.

If the grey box and the green rectangle appear as dots in opposite
corners of the screen, either the transfer is between different areas on
the earth, or the projected coordinates of one of the projects are
wrong. In the latter case, it may still be sensible to transfer data
because seismic traces, horizons and faults are positioned primarily by
inline/crossline, and well positions are converted to inline/crossline
using the projected coordinate systems within SeisWorks.

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The long format also shows the orientation of the internal

coordinate systems in GeoProbe and SeisWorks

When a project is created it is important to get the internal coordinate

system such that the seismic volume is oriented in a way that is not too
different from the real-world coordinates. This is expressed in terms of
which of the inline or crossline axes will match the x internal axis, and

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which internal axes are flipped. The purpose of the grids screen is to
show the grid orientation and let the user check orientation of axes on
the target project.

The internal axis orientation is illustrated by drawing the axes with the
internal x axis longer than the y axis. The black axes are those for the
SeisWorks project, the green are for the GeoProbe volume and the red
ones match the switch settings on the screen. The orientation used for
the next transfer is taken from the switch settings on the screen.

The default internal x axis and axis flip settings are derived from the
grids of a seismic volume in the target project. If the target is a new
GeoProbe project, they are set from the SeisWorks project so that the

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GeoProbe project will be oriented so that the bottom-left corner is the

origin and the internal x axis points generally towards the east.

If the internal axis orientation is wrong for a transfer the symptoms are:

Data Wrong internal x-axis swap Bad axis flip

Type
Volume The volume is not oriented correctly in GeoProbe.
Horizon The surface is reflected about the other
axis and is usually alongside the
The feature is out of place, and is
seismic volume, but outside it.
often completely outside the seismic
Fault volume. The feature will be correct in
GeoProbe.
Well The feature will be correct in
GeoProbe.

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Set Transfer Parameters

When the items are selected and the transfer is requested, the system
displays a screen showing transfer parameters. There is a separate
set of parameters for each item to be transferred. The number of items
is shown in the top right hand corner, and you can go through the items
using the First, Prev, Next and Last buttons. The top part of the
screen handles the naming of the item to be transferred, and is
common to all data types. The rest of the screen shows the other
parameters which can differ between different data types.

The transfers is started by hitting the Commit All button. The transfer
is started in background and the task log is displayed in a new window.
The original 'From & To' window is displayed so that the next transfer
can be set up.

Names and overwriting

The name of the target item is derived from that of the source. The
system checks for name matches in the target system and will warn
with a 'Will Overwrite' message if the target item will be overwritten. If
the name of the target is edited, the warning will reflect the new name.

As well as warning about the current item overwriting, the panel shows
how many other items will overwrite. The next overwrite button
provides a quick mechanism to skip through the items that will
overwrite. However there is no automatic way of forcing name changes
so that there is no overwriting.

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Seismic Volumes

The inline, xline and time axis parameters allow for subsetting and
decimation. The initial values are set to transfer all of the data. The
size field shows the size of the GeoProbe (8-bit) volume file in MBytes.

The Copy to All button will copy the current parameters to all data
items that use them. So all parameters will be copied to any other
Seismic Volumes and inline and crossline parameters are copied to
horizons. The Reset button will reset the parameters to their default
values which are shown above the boxes.

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Because GeoProbe requires 8-bit data, all seismic data is converted to

8-bit during the transfer. The default rules for this conversion are:

If the data is 8-bit, i.e. in the range -128 to 127, the values are left
unchanged.
If it is not 8-bit, the data will be sampled for minimum and
maximum values and the amplitudes will be scaled between
these.

If you wish to override this default scaling, press the Scaling button.
The selected volume will be sampled and a histogram and default
range will be shown:

The min and max values at the top of the screen are those found in
sampling. The values in the min and max boxes at the bottom of the

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screen when the Okay button is pressed are the values that will be
used for scaling the data.

The min and max values may be changed by:

typing over them and tabbing out of the box,

typing over the percentile figure and tabbing out of its box, or
dragging the edges of the blue band on the screen.

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Horizons

SeisWorks to GeoProbe:

Horizon grids in SeisWorks are transferred to gridded Horizons or

GridView Surfaces in GeoProbe. (EZSurfaces, *.eds, cannot be
transferred at this time). The inline and xline parameters allow
subsetting and decimation of the horizon. (Note that increments should
always be positive. If negative increments are required for the
GeoProbe surface or horizon, they are derived from the grid axis
swapping and flipping parameters.)

The default extent of a horizon is always set to the extent of the whole
SeisWorks project. Often the GeoProbe project is smaller and so

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unnecessarily large horizons are transferred. The bounds for a

particular volume can easily be set by selecting the volume from the
Set bounds from volume pull-down.

GeoProbe to SeisWorks:

Horizons created in GeoProbe can also be transferred and saved back

to SeisWorks. In this conversion, you are given the option on the type
of Attribute (Time, Depth, Velocity, Isochron, Isopach, Isolith or
Amplitude) to assign to the horizon type, as well as the Onset
(Minimum, Maximum, or zero-crossings).

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Faults

Triangulated faults in SeisWorks can be translated to either a

triangulated mesh in GeoProbe (in the Shapes directory), or directly as
an ezFault in the Faults directory. If a fault has not been triangulated,
the individual fault segments are transferred to line segments in

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GeoProbe (again in the Shapes directory). There are no parameters to

set for this transfer - the complete fault surface is always moved.

EZFaults (Faults/*.eds) can also be converted to OpenWorks faults. To

convert your EZFault, simply select the fault you wish to transfer, and
give it a name on the OpenWorks side. Press Start Transfer to create
the OpenWorks fault.

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Wells

The well data transferred to GeoProbe consists of:

Surface location
Deviation survey (with columns measured depth, time, inline
offset, crossline offset.)
Picks
Logs
Synthetics

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By default,

GeoProbes OpenWorks DataServer uses the default time-depth

curve for the selected interpreter,
No picks will be transferred,
No logs will be transferred, and
No synthetics will be transferred.

Note that the Copy to all button will copy to other wells all of the
parameters set on the panel, i.e.

the Use time-depth table, Transfer logs, Transfer picks, and

Transfer synthetics settings,
the name of the time-depth table to use.
the interpreter/data source for picks/logs
the explicit list of pick names and log types (if any), and

the explicit list of synthetic names.

Copy picks to All will copy the state of the transfer picks switch, the
interpreter and any list of pick names to other wells. Copy logs to All
acts in a similar way for logs. Copy name to all for TD curves and
synthetics will copy the selected list of names for both to each well.

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Well Paths
GeoProbe needs a table of measured depth, inline, crossline and z
(either twt or tvd to match the trace data) in order to plot the well path.
Logs and picks loaded with md values and are positioned using the
well-path table.

The data transfer uses the position log for the well (if any) and the
specified time-depth curve:

Position Time-
log depth
table
Normal Yes Uses the time-depth table to convert the position log into a path
md/tvd in twt/ inline/ crossline with adjustments for the well reference
elevation, SeisWorks project datum, time-depth table datum and
time offset.
Appropriate for time-based GeoProbe projects with vertical or
slightly deviated wells.
Normal No Makes adjustments for well reference elevation and SeisWorks
md/tvd project datum.
Appropriate where the GeoProbe project has depth-based trace
data.
Time based No Makes adjustments for well reference elevation and SeisWorks
md/twt project datum.
Appropriate for any time-based project, even with highly
deviated wells (Not tested)
None Yes Assumed to be a vertical well, adjustments made for the well
reference elevation, SeisWorks project datum, time-depth table
datum and time offset.
Appropriate for a time-based GeoProbe project.

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Position Time-
log depth
table
None No Assumed to be a vertical well, adjustments made for the well
reference elevation, SeisWorks project datum, and uses the well
total depth for the length of the well.
Appropriate for a depth-based GeoProbe project.

For the time-depth curve, the selection is made by the curve name.
The Show curves button will retrieve a list of curves. If a new curve is
selected, the name is copied to the name field.

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Picks and Logs

To transfer picks or logs, click on the appropriate check-box. This will
make the interpreter/data source boxes editable and enable the show
picks and show logs buttons.

For the picks and logs, subsetting can be carried out by setting an
interpreter or data source respectively. For example for picks if the
interpreter box is set to LGC, then only picks with interpreter LGC
are shown when the Show Picks button is pressed.

Alternatively the Show Picks and Show Logs button will retrieve a list
of the picks or logs, and the items to be transferred can be selected
explicitly.

Copy picks to All will copy the state of the transfer picks switch, the
interpreter and any list of pick names to other wells. Copy logs to All
acts in a similar way for logs.

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Synthetics
To transfer synthetics, click on the Transfer Synthetics check-box.
This will make the Data source box editable and enable the Show
Synthetics button.

The Show Synthetics button will retrieve a list of the available

synthetics, and the items to be transferred can be selected explicitly.

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In projects where there are numerous synthetics to choose from, its

helpful to use the Select... option.

Here you can set your selection criteria based on specific items for the
synthetics.

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Run Transfer

When the Commit All button on the Transfer Parameters screen is

pressed, the transfer is started in background and the Setup screen
changes to show the progress of the transfer.

The status window is updated from the transfer as it runs. It shows

progress and error and status messages. Whilst it is running the Stop
button is enabled. If it is pressed, a confirmation dialog is displayed,
and, if confirmed, the transfer will be stopped. Usually there will be
some associated warnings and error messages that a piece of the
transfer was interrupted and the output for that piece was deleted.

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Once a transfer has started it will run in background until it completes.

Other transfers can be prepared and started to run at the same time.
Each will have a separate job reference, like T:37, and can be tracked
separately.

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Editing GeoProbe Projects

DataServer includes functions for deleting files from GeoProbe

projects. These are available using the right mouse button on the
selection screen.

At file level:

Rename will allow you to change the file name. This is reflected in
DataServer and in the file directories.
Delete will prompt for confirmation, and, if approved, delete the
file.

At project level:

Remove will remove the project from the list of projects shown in
DataServer. The files and directory are NOT deleted.

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Refresh will clean out the server's local copy of the file heirarchy
so that any new files are shown.
Properties will show the full directory path name for the project.

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