16 July 2005
PBAscii format extended to enhance OpenWorks and Geoshare
transfer capability
Tigress has added several new data types and data extensions to
its open ASCII data exchange format, PBAscii. These latest
additions include seismic and mechanical well data types.
PBAscii is the Tigress ASCII data exchange format. The format
allows bulk transfer of data between third party databases and
software applications, and is a common format for moving large
amounts of data into, and out of, Tigress projects. Third parties
can easily adopt the format as the ASCII structure is clearly
documented, and the breadth of data types means that a wealth of
data can be transferred securely and simply in a single file.
PBAscii is a key part of the Tigress Import Export System
(TIES). TIES has long been able to act as a bridge between many
databases and application data stores. However, the recognition by
industry players that Tigress and its data transfer tools,
including the open format PBAscii, can act as a data hub for moving
bulk data volumes between OpenWorks and Geoshare based databases,
has been a catalyst for this recent work. Tigress has continued to
upgrade the direct links to OpenWorks, and is now compatible with
Emerald City versions of OpenWorks (Oracle 8.1.7) and with the
latest supported version of Geoshare, model 13.
In the area of mechanical well data PBAscii now includes more
control in the specification of 'end dates' for drilling events
like casing, gravel packs, bridge plugs, cement plugs, tubings and
liners. The cement event is now supported. In the seismic area
there are PBAscii extensions to define the master grid: the
geometry of the master grid and associated 3D grids can now defined
by origin and rotation, or by 3 corner point data. Horizon
characteristic flags have been added to the horizon definitions;
map projection information and data volume format have been added
for 2D and 3D data definitions; and z-range values, amplitude
ranges and CDP/SP mapping have been added for 2D data. TIES
handling of merge/overwrite/ignore settings has been improved for
all seismic data types.
These extensions can be used against current Tigress 4.6 series
databases as they all use exisiting Tigress data table
structures.
More information
For more information, please contact Tigress
Ltd.
Back to index