Program Windows

Although most of the plots within these windows are available for plotting in the plot window, they are set up such that the user can analyze the plots with scales and plotting parameters designed for screen viewing.  (Parameters best for plotting to paper will frequently have symbol sizes and annotation to small to read on-screen, or they may make the plot too large to view all of the dips at one time.)  In addition, most of the windows have visual tools to aid in interpretation.

• The analysis windows include:
  • Color Index Window--A dip log and a polar plot display the toggled index color.  In addition, the dip type visibility and the active fracture set can be set here.
  • Polar Analysis Window --Instantly see the where dips on a log are displayed on a polar plot and vice versa.
  • SCAT Window-- In this window, the 5 SCAT plots are arranged on screen to interactively analyze the changes in domain azimuths.  Multiple domains can be viewed at once or the screen can toggle to just one domain.  Transverse and longitudinal directions may be calculated by two statistical techniques or simply input by the user.
  • Fold Axis Window -- A polar plot and dip log are arranged such that a dip range selected on the dip log can be statistically analyzed for the best-fit fold axis.  In other words, the user defines the drag-fold interval to enter into the statistical calculations.  The user may also pick the drag fold visually by picking two points on the polar plot to define the great circle of the best-fit plane.
  • Vector Section Window -- Displays Vector Sections along with modeling logs for geosteering.
  • SYNDEV Window -- In this window, 6 SYNDEV plots can be viewed at scales amenable for screen viewing.
  • View Residuals Window -- This simple window consists of four plots, true and residual dips plotted on both dip logs and polar plots.  It is convenient for getting a quick look at the dips and residual dips side by side.
• Utility Windows
  • Screen Edit Window -- Dips can be deleted based on quality, or maximum search angle, or they can be selected visually.  Dips can also be hidden, overturned, or hidden.
  • Merge Window -- New dips can be added visually to the current true dips and the qualities may be multiplied to match.  Coloring by quality aids in the selection of the best quality multiplier.
  • Export Window -- Merges and averages input dips and interpolates deviations on all data points  for export into programs requiring 3-D coordinates.  Deviations are interpolated by minimum curvature instead of linear interpolation to create smooth boreholes. 
  • Whole-Well Average Window -- Averaged dips are viewed alongside the original dips.  The dips can be smoothed in a running average or decimated by replacing each set of averaged dips with a single dip.  The averaged data can then be saved to file and then used as the true dips.
• Windows for entering structural tilt:
  • Pick Structural Window -- in this window the structural dips are picked by clicking on a dip versus depth plot for the dip and by clicking on a azimuth versus depth plot for the azimuth.  Alternatively, dip and azimuth can be input manually.
  • Select Structural Window -- the dips are picked by clicking on individual dips or by dragging across groups of dips for averaging.
• Depth-Range Average Window -- This window is set up to view an average on a screen similar to the "Pick structural" window.  The user drags through a depth range to average and then can view the relationships between the averaged dip and the dips that go into the average before adding the averaged dip to the structural dips.
• Multiwell module
  • Multiwell Section Window
    • Map View -- Features "point and click" picking of cross sections or the option to put in exact end-point coordinates.
    • Section View -- View user-defined cross section locations on single wells as well as multiple wells.  Has the same prognosis and Stratigraphic Section tools that are available in the Horizontal Well Tracking window above (under Analysis Windows).
  • Print maps and cross sections directly from the map and section views above
  • Automatically merge and average single-well data in a single step
  • Can color by formation as well as the standard azimuth, depth, quality and dip-type criteria.