The Earthworks Seismic Inversion plug-in for Petrel* (ESI) is an ultra-fast full featured seismic inversion software enabling effective use of impedance data in the reservoir modeling workflow. The plug-in is fully integrated with Petrel using Petrel native data objects, and makes advanced seismic inversion accessible and useable to the Petrel user community.

The ESI Petrel plug-in is a joint development between Earthworks and Blueback Reservoir. The inversion technology at Earthworks has over the last 10 years evolved to a solid and reliable solution, now used in several hundred projects. ESI provides a complete set of deterministic and stochastic inversion algorithms for pre- and post-stack seismic inversion, providing an excellent toolkit for various inversion workflows and scenarios.

The new plug-in for Petrel is commercially available and is ready for download from the Schlumberger Ocean** Store (www.ocean.slb.com). A free trial version is available for a limited time period. Contact Blueback Reservoir for more information around installation, training and testing of this new plug-in for Petrel.

Ashley Francis, Managing Director of Earthworks said “Using the expertise of Blueback Reservoir our groundbreaking seismic inversion technology will now be available as a plug-in to Petrel, the leading reservoir modeling platform.  The Earthworks seismic inversion has been used successfully on many projects for our clients over the last five years.  With the development of the Earthworks Seismic Inversion plug-in for Petrel, this technology will be available directly within the reservoir modelling environment.”

Paul Hovdenak, Software Portfolio Manager of Blueback Reservoir said “The seismic inversion technology has matured over the last few years, and by developing an easy-to-use solution on the Petrel platform, the technology and benefits from the improved reservoir characterization will reach out to many more geoscientists in the industry.”

Ashley Francis (CEO Earthworks) and Espen Knudsen
(Product Manager BBR) ready to bring seismic inversion out
to the Petrel user community.

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