Data can be loaded into the Tigress Project Data Store (PDS)
from a variety of third party databases and file and tape formats
using graphical interfaces and specially developed links.
The Tigress PDS Developer's Toolkit enables tight and loose
integration of third party applications and
databases with the Tigress PDS. Tight integration allows data
to be transferred directly, while loose integration lets you
transfer data by ASCII or binary file.
These links to other databases, applications and file formats
transform the Tigress PDS into an open integration platform and
data distribution hub. Collectively these links are known as
The Import/Export System.
The Import/Export System
The Import/Export System (TIES) is a user-configurable graphical
application that acts as a hub for both data transfer and file
conversion. TIES reads data from a database, a file, a digitiser or
a tape, re-formats the data if necessary, then directs the data to
the specified destination, which may be a database, a file, a
printer or a tape. Data can be transferred, for example, from file
to database, database to database, database to file and from file
to file.
TIES supports a wide variety of industry standard data formats
for data transfer to and from the PDS, for file to file conversion,
and can also be specifically tailored to provide import and export
capability for company-specific data formats. You can import and
export data in currently unsupported formats using Fortran, C or
AWK format conversion programs. These programs can be written by
Tigress Ltd or by any external company and are easily added to
TIES, thus providing loose link capability to and from the PDS for
any file format.
TIES imports and exports all the major data types stored in the
PDS, including:
- Well header
- Deviation survey
- Audit
- Mechanical well data
- Seismic faults
- Log traces
- RFT
- Production
- Hydraulic
- Seismic horizons
- Core traces
- Zonations
- Checkshot surveys
- Mapping grids
- Seismic wavelets
Multiple data types for multiple wells can be imported and
exported in one operation, either immediately or in batch. The
number of wells and data types that can be imported and exported is
controlled by the source and destination data formats. Before data
export from the PDS, the well data range can be constrained by
depth or by zone interval. This can be set globally for all wells,
or on a well-by-well basis. Data can also be exported in metric or
imperial units.
For a full list of supported data formats download
the Tigress Product Brochure from the Brochures page of this
website, or contact
us.
Data and database links
OpenSpirit-TIES
OpenSpirit-TIES retains the basic features of standard TIES and
connects to the OpenSpirit Application Integration Framework to
transfer well header, log and deviation data between OpenSpirit
enabled data stores and PBAscii data exchange format.
PDS-OpenWorks link
The PDS-OpenWorks link allows well-dependent and independent
data to be bi-directionally transferred between the PDS (version
2.2 and later) and OpenWorks version 2003.
The link is run from the The Import/Export System (TIES) for
transfer to and from the PDS. The link allows three types of data
transfer:
- direct from database to database
- file to database - any supported source data format to
OpenWorks
- database to file - OpenWorks to any supported destination data
format.
The link supports the following data types:
- Well header
- Deviation survey
- Log traces
- Interpreted traces
- Core traces
- Core data
- Zonations
- RFT
- Mechanical well data
- Checkshot surveys
- Re-allocated production data
- Production tests
- Mapping grids
Please contact
us for a complete description of the individual data items that
can be transferred.
TIES is used to specify both the source and destination
databases or files, and the link type (for example PDS to OpenWorks
database). For file to database and database to database transfers,
the user can specify how duplicate data is handled - ignored,
overwritten or merged. Data is selected from the source database
graphically using list select windows and is written directly
either to a destination database or to a file, as shown in the
diagram below.
Recall link
This is a bi-directional tight link transferring well data
between the Tigress PDS and Z&S Recall database. Contact
Z&S Consultants for further information.
MDS-PDS link
This link transfers bulk seismic and log data stored in the
PetroBank Master Data Store (MDS) to the Tigress PDS. Seismic data
is exported from the MDS as Tigress 8, 16 or 32 bit format files.
The MDS-PDS link is used to select the destination project data
store for the data, define the survey location in the data store,
move the file(s) to a specified Unix directory and then update the
data store pointers to the files.
Eclipse link
The Eclipse link has been developed to import and export Eclipse
keyword files. The link imports and exports the controlling RUNDAT
file and any include files of grid properties, PVT and saturation
tables and well properties.
GeoFrame link
This link displays seismic data stored in GeoFrame and
interpreted in Charisma in the Tigress Cross Section application.
The link also transfers seismic horizon and fault data from
GeoFrame to the Tigress PDS.
Third party application integration
A number of third party applications have been integrated with
the Tigress PDS, including:
- Geotracker from VoluMetrix, for 3D seismic data
visualisation
- Cluster Analysis from Agip, for log facies analysis
- Sure from HOT, for simulation
- Chears from Chevron, for simulation
- Drops Drilling Simulator (DDS) from Drops Technology, for
simulation of drilling performance
- GeoTIGG applications from GeoLeader.
These applications can access data directly from the PDS and in
most cases save data back to the database.