Cross Section Viewer: Object Properties

Scene: Specify the general properties for the display window. See Cross Section properties...

Cross Section Properties

Name: The name of the currently displayed cross section.

Projection Distance: The distance away from which wells will be projected and shown on the cross section display. This is measured perpendicularly from the cross section line.

Reset Cross Section: This will rebuild the cross section display with the parameters set. Note this will also reset any added or removed wells in the display..

Background Color: Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the background color for the scene.

Selection Color: The highlight color is used to indicate which object is selected. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the highlight color for the scene.

Highlight Color: The highlight color is used to indicate a nearby object. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the highlight color for the scene.

Display Mode: There are two options for two different types of display:

Map Scale: Well will be spaced according to real world locations to correctly represent distances. Horizontal/Deviated wells will also be drawn in the real world location.
Fixed Scale: Wells will be spaced according to a set fixed distance specified in the Fixed Width field.

Datum: Click on the checkbox to toggle a datum on and off. Select a datum that should be used for the wells to be datumed on. There are some predefined datums from the General Well Information that can be used, and any surfaces or grids that are loaded into the display can be used. Note: the datuming is done using a grid created from the values specified. They are adjusted from the leftmost well in the display - all proceeding wells will be adjusted to match. This functionality is the same as the Datum Toolbar.

Well Folder: Specify the properties for all of the wells within the folder. See well properties...

Well Properties

Bore Color: This sets the color of the well bores in the display. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the color for the well bores.

Bore Thickness: Enter a well bore thickness width in points.

Header: Turn this on to show the header for the well.

Lock Headers: Turn this on to lock headers to the top of the well. If this option is turned off headers will remain at the topmost viewable portion of the well as the user scrolls down the well.

Well Symbol: Turn this on to display well symbols.

Size: Select the symbol size.

Color: Specify the color of the well symbol. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the well symbol color.

Well Label: Turn this on to display a well label in the header.

Title: Select display Government ID, Name, Number, Plot Name, or UWI for the well label. Users can also select the size, font, and color for the well label.

Size: Select the font size for the well label.

Color: Specify the color of the well label. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the font color for the well label.

Labels:In this section users can add additional labels to the header.

Add Label: Add a label to the header. This will add a new entry to the header labels table.

Duplicate Label: Duplicate the selected label in the header labels table.

Move Label Up: Move the selected label up a line. Multiple labels can be displayed on the same line. Refer to the Line column in the header labels table to see which line the label is being displayed on.

Move Label Down: Move the selected label down a line. Multiple labels can be displayed on the same line. Refer to the Line column in the header labels table to see which line the label is being displayed on.

Open Label Properties: Opens the Well Label Properties dialog for the selected label. Here the label properties can be edited. Use the arrows in the top right corner to view the properties of the previous or the next well label in the label table. Alternatively, users can click on the label from the table to populate the Well Label Properties.

Visible: Select whether or not the label will be visible in the cross section. This can also be toggled on and off from under the Visible column in the header labels table.

Data Type: Select whether to display General Well Information (GWI) or Production data as labels.

Label Properties for GWI Labels

Title: Select the GWI field to label

Override: Turn this on to override the settings in Default Label Properties for the label. Users can override the font, size, color, and visibility of the field name for the label.

Label Properties for Production labels

Title: Select the GWI field to label

Override: Turn this on to override the settings in Default Label Properties for the label. Users can override the font, size, color, decimals, and visibility of the field name for the label.

Units for Production Data: Select the units in which to display the production information.

Time on Units: Select the time on the selected units.

Convert values to BOE: Toggle this on to convert the production values to BOE and enter an Energy Conversion Factor.

Restrict Production Data: Toggle this on to restrict the production data based on a time window, and/or whether the data is non-zero or complete.

Delete Label: Delete the selected label.

Default Label Properties: These properties will be used to display the labels from the labels table if the label does not have the Override option turned on.

Size: Select the font size for the labels.

Font: Select the font for the labels.

Color: Specify the color of the labels. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the font color for the labels.

Decimals: Specify the number of decimals that will be displayed for the labels.

Show Field Name: Toggle this on to display the field names for the labels.

Footer: Turn this on to show the footer for the well.

Lock Footers: Turn this on to lock footers to the bottom of the well. If this option is turned off footers will remain at the bottommost viewable portion of the well as the user scrolls up the well.

Well Symbol: Turn this on to display well symbols.

Size: Select the symbol size.

Color: Specify the color of the well symbol. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the well symbol color.

Well Label: Turn this on to display a well label in the footer.

Title: Select display Government ID, Name, Number, Plot Name, or UWI for the well label. Users can also select the size, font, and color for the well label.

Size: Select the font size for the well label.

Color: Specify the color of the well label. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the font color for the well label.

Labels:In this section users can add additional labels to the footer.

Add Label: Add a label to the footer. This will add a new entry to the footer labels table.

Duplicate Label: Duplicate the selected label in the footerlabels table.

Move Label Up: Move the selected label up a line. Multiple labels can be displayed on the same line. Refer to the Line column in the footer labels table to see which line the label is being displayed on.

Move Label Down: Move the selected label down a line. Multiple labels can be displayed on the same line. Refer to the Line column in the footer labels table to see which line the label is being displayed on.

Open Label Properties: Opens the Well Label Properties dialog for the selected label. Here the label properties can be edited . Use the arrows in the top right corner to view the properties of the previous or the next well label in the label table. Alternatively, users can click on the label from the table to populate the Well Label Properties.

Visible: Select whether or not the label will be visible in the cross section. This can also be toggled on and off from under the Visible column in the footer labels table.

Data Type: Select whether to display General Well Information (GWI) or Production data as labels.

Label Properties for GWI Labels

Title: Select the GWI field to label

Override: Turn this on to override the settings in Default Label Properties for the label. Users can override the font, size, color, and visibility of the field name for the label.

Label Properties for Production labels

Title: Select the GWI field to label

Override: Turn this on to override the settings in Default Label Properties for the label. Users can override the font, size, color, decimals, and visibility of the field name for the label.

Units for Production Data: Select the units in which to display the production information.

Time on Units: Select the time on the selected units.

Convert values to BOE: Toggle this on to convert the production values to BOE and enter an Energy Conversion Factor.

Restrict Production Data: Toggle this on to restrict the production data based on a time window, and/or whether the data is non-zero or complete.

Delete Label: Delete the selected label.

Default Label Properties: These properties will be used to display the labels from the labels table if the label does not have the Override option turned on.

Size: Select the font size for the labels.

Font: Select the font for the labels.

Color: Specify the color of the labels. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the font color for the labels.

Decimals: Specify the number of decimals that will be displayed for the labels.

Show Field Name: Toggle this on to display the field names for the labels.

Show Background: Toggle on a background for the well label.

Color: Specify the background color for the well label. Click the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the color for the well label background

Well Object Properties

Projection Distance: The distance measured perpendicularly from the cross section line and the well's actual location in the real world. Note: this field is for information purposes only and cannot be edited.

Logs: For each well, the logs that match the log tracks displayed will be listed. The display properties set in the parent Log Tracks area can be over-ridden here. See Log properties...

Log Properties

Override Curve: These properties are inherited from the Log Tracks folder properties if this is unchecked. When toggled on, you can select a new log name or alias to display for this specific well.

Curve: Shows the current curve being used. Use the drop down to change the curve.

Override Display Options: These properties are inherited from the Log Tracks folder properties if this is unchecked. When toggled on, you can set new display parameters for the logs that are drawn specifically on this well. View the Log Tracks Properties for the master settings.

Labels: Specify the number of decimals to display on the log track label.

Range: Set the display range for the log data.

Type: Define how the logs will be scaled

Auto: Automatically sets the long scale using the minimum and maximum values of the log curve.
Custom: Allows a user defined left and right value.Note: Use this option to enable the Left/Right value fields for editing

Left Value: The value on the left edge of the log track used for displaying the log.

Right Value: The value on the right edge of the log track used for displaying the log.

Logarithmic: Toggle this one to scale the values of the log curve logarithmically.

Display Mode: Defines the type of drawing mode for the log curve.

Line: Draws only a line to represent the log data

Fill: Draws the area that exists between the edges of the track and the log track line with parameters that can be specified below.

Line and Fill: Draws both a line to represent the log curve along with a filled area as specified below.

Raster Opacity: If a raster is being displayed, use the slider bar or numerical field to adjust the opacity of the raster.

Line: Set the properties of the log curve line. Specify the Thickness in points. Specify the line Style from the drop down menu. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the line color. Adjust the Opacity of the line using the slider bar or use the numerical field.

Fill: Set the properties for the fill to be used when drawing the log curve.

Type: The fill can either be a Solid Color using a single color, or a Palette which can be specified below.
Side: The side that the fill is applied to. It can drawn from either the Left edge of the track to the log curve line, or from the log curve line to the Right edge of the track. Setting it to Both will shade the entire log curve track.
Color: This is the color to be used for the fill. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the line color. Adjust the Opacity of the fill using the slider bar or numerical field.
Palette: This is the palette to be used for the fill if the palette option was selected in the Type. The drop down contains the list of palettes available in this project.
Flip: Toggling this on will flip the entire palette so that the colors display in the reverse order than the original palette definition.

Cut Off Values: This sets a threshold above or below which fill values will not be drawn.

Above: Toggle to enable, and fills that exist above the specified value will no longer be drawn.
Below: Toggle to enable, and fills that exist below the specified value will no longer be drawn.

Major Grid Lines: Toggle on to show grid lines at the specified Increment vertically in the log track area. The units are those of the selected log curve. You can change the Thickness in points. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the grid line color.

Minor Grid Lines: Toggle on to show grid lines at the specified Increment vertically in the log track area. The units are those of the selected log curve. You can change the Thickness in points. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the grid line color.

Tops: Specify the properties for the tops shown in the display. See well tops properties...

Surfaces are generated on the fly using project formations and a gridding algorithm. The top level properties will allow you to set global defaults for the formation and surface display and gridding parameters for creation. . See global formations properties...

Global Formations Properties

Tops Width: This is the horizontal length of the top markers (ticks) that are drawn on the well bore, specified in points.

Tops Thickness: This is the vertical thickness of the top markers on the well bore, specified in points.

Tops Color: This sets the color of the formation top in the display. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the color for this specific surface.

Display Labels: Toggle this on to show the formation name of the displayed top. You can specify the Font of the label using the dropdown and the Size of the text in points.

Horizontal Position: Specify if you want the labels to be on the Left, Center, or Right of your top marker.

Vertical Position: Specify if you want the labels to be on the Top, Center, or Bottom of your top marker.

Show Background: Toggle on to display a background for the tops labels.

Color: Specify the background color for the tops labels. Click the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the color for the tops label background.

Surface Display Options:These settings control how the surface line is drawing between formations on wells.

Display Type: Specify how the surface between formations on wells should be drawn.
Straight Line Correlation: Use a straight line to connect formations.
Surface grid: Generate a grid using the formations from all wells and display the grid along the cross section page.
None: Do not draw a surface between formations.

Surface Thickness:Specify the vertical thickness of the generated surface line.

Surface Color: Click the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the color for the generated surface.

Value to use: When there are multiple formations of the same name, chose which occurence of the formation is used for the display type setting specified above.

Extend to tops outside of viewable range: When the formation exists outside of the viewable area, toggle this on to see correlation lines that may not be continuous across the cross section.

Surface Gridding Options: These are the settings used to generate a surface between tops in the project , and the resulting surface line is used to correlate between the existing tops.

Method: The gridding method being used for creating the surface. Based on the method used, different options will be displayed. Go to the Gridding Methods and Options page to read more about the options.

Size: The final output grid will be based on the extents of the data by default.

Automatic Sizing: Calculates an appropriate bin size to use for creating the final grid.

Manual Width Height: Specify the output Width and Height of the bins that are in the final output grid in map units.

Manual Rows/Colums: Specify the final number of Rows and Columns that should exist in the final output grid.

Formations: Individual formations can have custom settings applied to them. See individual formation properties...

Specify the properties for log tracks. The top level Tracks folder allows you to set global settings for all log tracks.You can then go into each subsequent Tracks folder to set global settings for that track. See global log track properties...

Global Log Track Properties

Show Header/Footer: Toggle on to display log track labels for all log tracks. Location: Specify where to display log track labels.

Font: Specify the font style of the log track labels.

Size: Specify the size of the log track labels in points.

Show Background: Toggle on to display a background for the log track labels.

Color: Specify the background color for the log track labels. Click the color field to open the Select Color dialog box and change the color for the log track label background.

Global Individual Log Track Properties

Side: The side of the well bore that the log track is drawn on. This can be set to either the Left or Right of the well bore.

Width: Specify the width of the log track in inches.

Background: Toggle this on to show a background color behind the log curve track. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the background color.

Display: Use the drop down to select if depth tracks will display Subsea Depth, Measured Depth, or Both.

Automatically calculate increments: Toggle this on to auto generate major and minor ticks based on your data.

Major Ticks: Toggle on to show depth lines at the specified Increment horizontally in the log track area. You can change the Thickness in points. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the grid line color.

Minor Ticks: Toggle on to show depth lines at the specified Increment horizontally in the log track area. You can change the Thickness in points. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the grid line color.

Log Tracks: Customize the display for each log track type. Note: You can alter individual well log tracks by going to the logs for the well in the Wells folder. See log track properties...

Log Track Properties

Type: Sets the way that the log curve is chosen. You can either select the log curve for display by using the Name of the curve or using a Curve Alias.

Name/Alias: The log curve or curve alias name selected is shown here.

Labels: Specify the number of decimals to display on the log track label.

Range: Set the display range for the log data.

Type: Define how the logs will be scaled

Auto: Automatically sets the long scale using the minimum and maximum values of the log curve.
Custom: Allows a user defined left and right value.Note: Use this option to enable the Left/Right value fields for editing

Left Value: The value on the left edge of the log track used for displaying the log.

Right Value: The value on the right edge of the log track used for displaying the log.

Logarithmic: Toggle this one to scale the values of the log curve logarithmically.

Display Mode: Defines the type of drawing mode for the log curve.

Line: Draws only a line to represent the log data

Fill: Draws the area that exists between the edges of the track and the log track line with parameters that can be specified below.

Line and Fill: Draws both a line to represent the log curve along with a filled area as specified below.

Raster Opacity: Adjust the opacity of displayed raster logs.

Line: Set the properties of the log curve line. Specify the Thickness in points. Specify the line Style from the drop down menu. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the line color. Use the slider to adjust the line Opacity.

Fill: Set the properties for the fill to be used when drawing the log curve.

Type: The fill can either be a Solid Color using a single color, a Palette which can be specified below, or Based on another curve which can also be specified below.
Side: The side that the fill is applied to. It can drawn from either the Left edge of the track to the log curve line, or from the log curve line to the Right edge of the track. Setting it to Both will shade the entire log curve track.
Color: This is the color to be used for the fill. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the line color. Use the slider to adjust the fill opacity.
Palette: This is the palette to be used for the fill if the palette option was selected in the Type. The drop down contains the list of palettes available in this project.
Flip: Toggling this on will flip the entire palette so that the colors display in the reverse order than the original palette definition.

Fill Curve: These option become available when the Type is set to Based on another curve

Type: Select whether you are specifying the fill curve based on a name or an alias.

Name/Alias: Select the log curve name or alias to base the color fill on.

Fill Curve Range: These option become available when the Type is set to Based on another curve

Type: Define the range of the fill curve as automatic or custom.

Left Value: If custom range is selected you will need to set the left value of the range of the fill curve.

Right Value: If custom range is selected you will need to set the right value of the range of the fill curve.

Cut Off Values: This sets a threshold above or below which fill values will not be drawn.

Above: Toggle to enable, and fills that exist above the specified value will no longer be drawn.
Below: Toggle to enable, and fills that exist below the specified value will no longer be drawn.

Major Grid Lines: Toggle on to show grid lines at the specified Increment vertically in the log track area. The units are those of the selected log curve. You can specify the Thickness in points. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the grid line color.

Minor Grid Lines: Toggle on to show grid lines at the specified Increment vertically in the log track area. The units are those of the selected log curve. You can specify the Thickness in points. Click on the color field to open the Select Color dialog box to change the grid line color.

Specify the properties for the grids that are chosen for display. Grids are drawn simply as lines in the display and can also be used for Datuming. See grid properties...

Specify the properties for the zones that are chosen for display. Zones are drawn as semi-transparent blocks of color in the display. See zone properties...

Specify the properties for the seismic volume that is chosen for display. Seismic is drawn as an underlay beneath the wells in the cross section. See seismic properties...

Seismic Properties

Current Dataset Current Dataset: Select from the list of available datasets to change the version of the seismic file being displayed.

Dataset Display:

Sample Style:Used to specify the visual style of the samples in a trace in the display.

None:

Variable Density: Displays the data as variable color bands representing the data amplitudes.

Interpolated Density: Displays the data as variable color bands points representing the data amplitudes. Similar to Variable Density but produces a much smoother looking display.

Line Style:Used to specify a drawing style of the wiggles that will be drawn as an overlay for the trace.

None: No line overlay is displayed.

Wiggle:Displays the line overlay in wiggle trace only.

Variable Area:Displays the line overlay with wiggle fills only.

Variable Area Wiggle:Displays the line overlay with both wiggle traces and filled peaks/troughs.

Wiggle Fill:

Peaks: Fill peak values when a Line Style is enabled.

Troughs: Fill trough values when a Line Style is enabled.

Scaling Mode: Select a scale mode to determine how the palette will be scaled.

File Peak: Use the peak value of the data file as the scale reference value.

File Average: Use the average data value from the data file as the scale reference value.

File RMS: Use the RMS value from the data file as the scale reference value.

User Defined: Enter Minimum and Maximum values to use as scale reference values. This is most appropriate when displaying attribute data whose values don't center around zero.

Minimum: The minimum value used to scale against when Range Type is set to Custom. This is most useful when viewing data that is not centered about zero. When another Range Type is selected, this field is informational.

Maximum: The maximum value used to scale against when Range Type is set to Custom. This is most useful when viewing data that is not centered about zero. When another Range Type is selected, this field is informational.

Reverse Polarity: Reverse the polarity of the seismic display.

Color Palette: Select a color palette from the list of available palettes. The palette selection will also be updated in the Palette Toolbar.

Flip Palette: Flip the colors in the palette.

Opacity (%): Adjust the transparency of the item. 0 indicates fully opaque; 100 indicates fully transparent.