New Software Release

Studio E&P Knowledge Environment 2015.3 Now available

Product details

The Studio E&P knowledge environment enables petrotechnical professionals to access all available information, collaborate with colleagues, and share knowledge, all in the context of their projects in the Petrel E&P software platform, to improve productivity and gain insight for better-informed decisions in relevant timeframes.

The Studio environment integrates a powerful set of tools that enable geoscientists and engineers to access, review, and use information in the context of their subsurface Petrel platform workflows with key capabilities that increase productivity:

  • Find—for greater awareness of (and access to) information 
  • Collaborate—for expanded context and understanding 
  • Manage—for knowledge capture, retention, and delivery. 

The Studio environment empowers a new level of usability and productivity that supports an E&P organization’s quest to streamline and optimize its workflow across the asset lifecycle, while also capturing vital knowledge to maximize personal and team productivity.

The Studio Manager application comprises a suite of tools for effectively supporting and managing the Studio environment. It consolidates all administrative and core data management workflows. Using Studio Manager , data managers can quickly understand the state of their Studio environment by using cutting-edge applications to ascertain the status of repositories, review recent user activity, identify tasks that need to be performed, and perform the workflows surrounding those tasks.

Release details

Studio 2015 is a major release of the Studio environment providing many high-demand features and quality improvements. The Studio environment supports both the Petrel platform 2015 and Techlog wellbore software platform 2015, enabling petrotechnical professionals to access all available information, collaborate with colleagues, and share knowledge in the context of their workflows.

Studio 2015.3 is an incremental release of the Studio environment delivering additional high-demand features and quality improvements. This version can be installed from new and includes support for both the Petrel and Techlog platforms. It can also be installed on top of an existing 2015.1 or 2015.2 installation. It is possible for Studio 2015 to coexist on the same server as Studio 2014. Refer to the release and installation documentation for more details.

Suitable for

The Studio environment brings benefits to all asset team members. Target users extend from geoscientists and engineers to data and information managers. The Studio environment can be deployed by companies working in exploration, development, or production of conventional or unconventional reservoirs.

Installation requirements

​Installation requirements can be found in the Studio 2015 Quick Start Guide.

Licensing information

​Studio Manager is a licensed application that has two associated licenses based on the database technology deployed. These licenses are Studio Manager for Oracle and Studio Manager for Microsoft SQL Server.


The Studio environment’s third-party access license delivers the runtime for the Studio environment, enabling external access to Studio environment repositories. The Ocean software development framework for the Studio environment is a licensed product providing developer access to the Studio environment database, Studio Manager, and the Find infrastructure.


It is required to install Studio 2015 with the 2015 Schlumberger Licensing Tool and the latest CodeMeter drivers. These components are part of the download from the Software Download Center.


To order licenses, visit the Ocean framework Store.