We are looking for a cheaper alternative/addition to Petrel Schlumberger.
We have several Petrel licences, but our capacities have grown lately so we are looking for something new.
Software should be compatible with Petrel, and we aim to use it for well correlation, quantitative seismic, seismic interpretation, geological modeling...
We would be grateful if anyone shared experience on this matter!
You may want to look at IHS Petra or LMKR Geographix. They are competitors of Petrel.
Have you tried out "Landmark Kingdom Suite"
You could also try out Ikon from "Ikon Science"
Attend the upcoming EAGE conference Jun 3-6 in London and talk to both vendors and your peers:
https://eage.eventsair.com/81st-eage-annual-conference-and-exhibtion/general-information
Rockware (www.Rockware.com) offers a range of capable, affordable tools.
It is very easy to find such lists, for example check Wikipedia for "seismic interpretation freeware" (it's not all free). Petrel is one of the gold standard systems, both because of the capabilities and the cost. I hope they give universities a subsidized price. If you need a few extra seats, for example additional seismic interpretations, you might look into OpendTect that has a plug into Petrel. I think you could follow the same path for petrophysics.
Best of luck
There are different segments in petroleum software key ones are seismic interpretation / geomodelling / simulation & pre/post. For geomodelling key actors beyond SLB are Emerson with IRMS and Paradigm with Skua. For simulators TNavigator/Echelon/Imex[Stars/Gem]. There are also niche product for a myriad of smaller subjects (well test, near well bore flow, log interpretation, etc.). What matters in operations is ease of use, ability to move data back and forth, coherency of functionnalities, sophistication (pure performances), expandability and costs. Research ususally put expandability (and I/O) first. What are your drivers?
As cost, capabilities and compatibility with Petrel are your considerations, I will recommend SeisWare products. Geology by Seisware (R) and Geophysics by Seisware (C) are options that would serve your need and give you value for every dollar spent.
IHS Markit offers geoscience software called Kingdom. It will do what you require and is compatible with Petrel using the IHS Kingdom Gateway Plug-in.
CGG HampsonRussell software is well-known in the industry for its easy to use well-ties, synthetic modelling and analysis tools.
https://www.cgg.com/en/What-We-Do/GeoSoftware/Solutions/HampsonRussell
Geographix Discovery is a powerful, easy to use, windows based software that allows you to interpret geological, petrophysical and geophysical data from a shared data environment resulting in faster turnaround and more accurate decisions. It's cheaper than most software packages used in the industry.
These days in Khalda, we are trying T-Navigator software for "Rock flow dynamics company".
My first impression about the software is good, and could replace the petrel especially for the basic geology correlations and mapping. You can be in contact with the company (in Egypt it is Streamlines) and ask about a free trial full licenses for the universities.
Hi there, simple geomodeling can be done with free software like for example pairing QGIS with ParaView. Paraview is a general modeling package but reads most geophysical formats (more here: https://www.youtube.com/@OpenGeomodelling ). OpendTect can also be useful for geophysical data, but when it comes to complex geological/geophysical datasets Petrel may however be difficult to substitute.
Hope this helps a bit
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