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Kingdom: how to import sgy with a different CRS ?

mport a sgy file with a different coordinate system. However, Kingdom doesn’t support various CRS at the same time. The procedure is as follows: 1) import the sgy file containing the coordinates, 2) export the navigation (i.e. the world coordinates),… 

Unknown XY : what is the coordinate system ?

Coordinates are often embedded in the sgy file. However, the header doesn’t contain any details about the coordinate system. By chance, you know where the seismic profile is, or you have a map displaying GPS coordinates. Let’s use QGIS !… 

How to get a 2D/3D view using SURFER

Sometimes I need to check bathymetric or topographic data. A good and fast way to do it is to use SURFER. XYZ data need to be gridded first. Click Grid–>Data and open the file. Select the file you want to… 

How to manipulate large sheet files: SURFER !

In Excel, the maximum worksheet size is 1048576 rows by 16384 columns. It means that large files, typically gridded files are hard to manipulate. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excel-specifications-and-limits-1672b34d-7043-467e-8e27-269d656771c3 A possible solution is to use SURFER, particularly the worksheet. SURFER is not free and… 

Pseudo-Relief in both Kingdom and Petrel

Do you know that your seismic data can be displayed as geological outcrops ? Try a pseudo-relief attribute. It can be calculated in kingdom and then exported to Petrel. Follow the guide ! In the top ribbon, click on the… 

Petromod: Assign facies

In Petromod it’s possible to manually assign different facies for one single layer. So, first of all, the facies must be defined in the Facies Definition Table. Just add a line and provide a name. Then, sub-layers must be added… 

Create a new Kingdom project

Kingdom is a very useful software for managing large datasets. The first step here is to create a new project. Click on “create new project” Choose a name at your convenience. Remember that you must keep all data in the… 

KINGDOM <- GATEWAY -> PETREL

Loading data in Petrel can be a nightmare ! Particularly the provided toolbox which is supposed to help… So, I’m using kingdom to load all seismic profiles I need and then I transfer to Petrel using the Gateway. It’s really… 

PETREL: how to merge horizons ?

Propagating horizons over large datasets can lead to multiple horizons . At some point you may realize that two different horizons are in fact the same. You don’t need to redo the propagation ! You can merge horizons. Expand both… 

Duplicate trace found when loading sgy in Petrel or Kingdom

It’s very common to get this message when loading sgy data in Petrel. Don’t PANIC !!! It means that duplicate XY points were found either in sgy and/or in the nav file. Just remove them and try loading again. Here,…