New Software Release

Petrel 2016.1 Now available

Product details

The Petrel E&P software platform delivers collaborative workflows with best-in-class technology and leading innovation that seamlessly unite the subsurface domains of geophysics, geology, geological modeling, reservoir engineering, and drilling. Its unique framework makes workflows repeatable, offering the most comprehensive uncertainty assessment from seismic to simulation.

The Petrel platform brings disciplines together with best-in-class technologies in an environment of unparalleled productivity. This shared earth approach enables companies to standardize workflows from exploration to production for more informed decision making about opportunities and risks.

Release details

Petrel 2016.1 delivers a huge number of innovative workflows and new features as well as quality improvements covering stability, performance, and reliability. Drilling planning workflows are enhanced, and mechanical earth models can be created. Petrel 2016.1 focuses on collaborative workflows to enhance interdisciplinary and intersoftware interaction, such as with third party vendors Petrosys and Ikon Sciences and with software such as GeoX.

Commitment to quality

Petrel 2016 continues the step-change in software beta-testing methodology introduced with Petrel 2013. The Petrel platform architecture tracks and audits beta testing, ensuring that the broad range of capabilities is consistently and comprehensively tested. For 2016, this involved more than 50 oil and gas companies across the spectrum of majors, independents, and national oil companies, as well as internal resources. In total, we have recorded more than 26 person-years of testing has been recorded on the 2016 beta over a period of two months.