Using the Volve Subsurface Web Application
Attribution
The data used in this tutorial has been released by Equinor. The data is subject to the Equinor Opend Data License. More information on the license and the data can be found here.
Background
This application has been built to illustrate the capabilities and functionality of the Subsurface Portal for ArcGIS. All data has been exported from Petrel using the GIS Data Link plugin and then published through ArcGIS Server using the Subsurface Server. The seismic data is streamed directly from ZGY without any duplication of data. The application itself has been built using Web AppBuilder and the Subsurface Viewer Widget.
Get started
To open the application click this link: Volve Subsurface Web Application
You should see an application looking similar to this:
If your application also shows a 2D Scene window you can close this by clicking the X
Navigating in the 3D Window
Zoom out by scrolling downwards on the mouse wheel.
Pan by pressing the right mouse button and moving the mouse in any direction.
Rotate the displayed data by pressing the left mouse button and moving the mouse.
The focal point is the center of the display and the point of rotation. Change the focal point by positioning the mouse cursor on a desired point in the display window and double click the left mouse button.
Adjust the Z-scale by using the slidere on the far right on the main menu
Show different seismic sections
In the Table of Content (TOC) click on the seismic cube “ST10010ZC11…” and a menu with tree sliders will appear.
Click and drag on one of the sliders and observe that:
the section moves in the 3D window
the blue line corresponding to the seismic section in the map moves
Click one of the arrows on each side of the sliders to step one inline/crossline/timeslice at a time.
Change the appearance of the seismic
In the Table of Content (TOC) click on the three dots “⋮” next to seismic cube “ST10010ZC11…” and select Settings
Click and drag the % Cut slider to increase or decrease the mapping range of the amplitudes evenly
Click and drag the Min or Max to increase or deacrese the mapping rang of the amplitudes individually
Click on the Display section of the settings menu
Click on the grayscale color table to select it
Click OK
View seismic in 2D
On the main menu click 2D to open the 2D window.
In the Table of Content (TOC) click on the three dots “⋮” next to seismic cube “ST10010ZC11…” and select View in 2D. A seismic section will displayed in 2D.
Use the sliders from one of the previous exercises to change which section to show.
Notice that that there is cursor tracking between the seismic section and the map
Notice that the thick red line in the map represents the extent of the seismic section you are looking at. i.e. when zooming in the line gets narrower.
Notice that the intersection with the interpreted surface is display as a line
Click X on the 2D Scene window to close it.
Surface display
In the Surfaces folder tick the check box next to SHETLAND_GP_TOP to display it
Click the three dots “⋮” next to SHETLAND_GP_TOP and select Settings
Click the Display section of the settings menu.
Go to Coloring method and select ColorLookup from the dropdown
Go to Transparancy and move the slider to 0
Click the Data section of the settings menu
Click and drag the Min and Max sliders to adjust the mapping range of the depth values
Well display
In the Wells folder expand the Wellheads by clicking on the small triangle
Click the small triangle in front of 15/9-F-14 and repeate on the same item below
Observe the different well logs available
Uncheck the GR log and check the ROP log
Meassure distance
Click the ruler icon on the main toolbar. This will open a new menu.
Select the starting point by clicking anywhere in the 3D window.
Place your mouse cursor at the end point and double click
A line will be displayed and the menu will report path distance, horizontal and vertical distance.
Click X to close the menu