Version 5.1 has many added features and functionalities. Listed below is an overview of some of the revisions and additions we have made to the program to make it the best yet. Some of the revisions are only used with Power*Core while others are utilized in both applications.

New - Graphics Layer/Track: The user can now add pictures (any format) to a graphics layer that can be added to any Log.

New - Sidewall Core Layer/Track and report: This report allows you to describe a Sidewall Core. The long descriptions will be used in the Sidewall Core Description Report that is printed out in the Well End Report print window. The descriptions can also be transferred to the Striplog and the core locations can be viewed on the Sidewall Core layer/track.

New - Carbonate Texture Track/Layer (Core Log Only): This layer enables the user input in a graphical display the carbonate texture of a limestone input by an interface and display the information in a manner that is very similar to the grain size track/layer.

New - Sedimentary Structures Layer (Core Log Only): Gives the user the ability to log sedimentary structures. These can either be entered into bed restricted (br) or non-bed restricted (nbr) layer format. Either way the data is entered the same way but the bed size may or may not effect the data display.

New - Formation Track/Layer: This information is entered into the Formation Report window with respect to the Group, Formation and Member but now can be displayed in a very different format.

New - Age Track/Layer: This information is entered into the Formation Report window with respect to Era, Period and Stage but now this information that was captured but now can be displayed on the log.

New - Dynamic Legend: When printing the striplog the user now has a choice to print out the entire legend with all of the metafiles (symbols) in the application. They can also use the Dynamic legend option to print out only the symbols utilized in the printed interval of the striplog / corelog.

New – Mouse Cross hairs: These will follow the mouse around the screen helping you define depths better with respect to other portions of the log.

Revised - Well Record, UWI Field: We have made it extremely easy to change the wells UWI/API code with the associating of all the logs done for the user. This will simplify the way we change our UWI. We have increased the character size limit in a number of fields with respect to the well record.

Revised - Curve Layers, Display of Scales: We will now give the user the option to only show the end scale points on any logarithmic curve. For example if you have 5 log cycles from 0.1 to 10000 when displaying the scales we will only show the end points (.1 and 10000 on either side of the track) and not the inside log cycles such as 1, 10, 100, 1000. This avoids the congestion in the middle if you have a narrow track and the scales start overwriting each other and becomes quite a mess.

Revised – Interpretive Lithology Accessory Builder:  We have added an internal bedding contact as a right click options on the Accessory portion of the Rock Type builder option pop – out menu for the core loggers. This information can be displayed in the Interpretive Lithology Layer/Track as well as in a separate Bedding Contacts Layer / Track. Also we have given the user the ability to move accessories within the interpretive lithology track.

Revised - Layer/Track Heading Formatting: The user can now define the display of the layer heading, as viewed in the Track header. The user can now alter the heading orientation (vertical or horizontal) and whether it is italicized or bolded.

Revised - Log Screen and Print Scales: We have decreased the lower limit of the screen and print scales from 1:48 to 1:5. This allows the users to display or print the core data in more detail.

Revised - Screen Scale Accuracy: We have increased the Screen scale or mouse pointer accuracy from 0.1 (a decimeter) to 0.01 (a centimeter). This should further enhance the detailed core logging capabilities of our program.

Revised – LAS Export Utility: The user will now able to export LAS Files with a constant step. This will enable all other LAS readers to read our files with no difficulties. This coupled with the ability to export data in MD, TVD and SSL should be a real bonus to those wishing to use our exported data.

Revised - ASCII Lithology Export: Has been revised to export (in an ASCII format) striplog / corelog data with respect to lithology descriptions, interpretive lithology (including all accessories), grain size, porosity grade and type, rounding, sorting, framework, oil shows and staining, sedimentary structures as well as contacts and trace fossils. These can be exported into individual or in a single file format.

Revised – Added Dunham classification nomenclature to the Matrix & Component Symbols lists: We have added Mudstone, Wackestone, Packstone, Grainstone, Bafflestone, Floatstone, Rudstone, Bindstone and Framestone.

Revised – Wheel Mouse: working correctly with the depth scrolling in Power*Log.

Revised – New Rock Types added to selection list: We have added Paleosol, Shale brown and Red and Mudstone along with their associated thin beds.

New – Bioturbation Layer (Core Log only): Gives the user the ability to log the degree of bioturbation. These can either be entered into bed restricted (br) or non-bed restricted (nbr) layer format

New - Trace Fossils Layer (Core Log Only): Gives the user the ability to log trace fossils. These can either be entered into bed restricted (br) or non-bed restricted (nbr) layer format.

New - Accessories Layer (Core Log Only): Gives the user the ability to log accessories independent of the Interpretive Lithology layer. These can either be entered into bed restricted (br) or non-bed restricted (nbr) layer format.

New - Oil Staining Layer (Core Log Only): Gives the user the ability to log oil staining color and intensity independent of the Oil show layer. This would only be relevant to the heavy oil industry. We have opted for only the non-bed restricted (nbr) type of data for this category.

New – Bedding Contacts Layer/Track (Core Log Only): This layer/track enables the user to display their basal and internal bedding contacts apart from the Interpretive Lithology track. This layer/track is for display purposes only and must be edited in the Interpretive Lithology Track

New - Metafile (Symbol) Editor: This utility will enable the user to change the existing metafiles (symbols, i.e. rock types, accessories etc.) or add additional metafiles to the already existing lists. The import and export of these new symbols has also been accommodated into the Import and Export of the log / well data.

New – Sneider’s Rock Type (Geo) Layer/Track: This layer/track will enable the user to identify permeability through the Sneider Rock type evaluation process. This is a quick tool for those who do not want to put a full analysis for each interval. It is a quick and dirty method of entry.

New – Sneider’s Rock Type (Core) Layer/Track (Core Log Only): This layer / track will enable the user to identify permeability through the Sneider’s Rock type. This is a detailed tool for those who do a full analysis for each interval where they can guesstimate the percentage of each rock type in an interval.

New - Curve Line Pattern Options: Two new ways of displaying a curve. The first is Data points only where the points are not joined up by a curve. The second is Track fill where we determine in the pgeology32.ini file the colors for 10%, 20% etc of a curve value and the track is filled in from border to border with a color. This file can be found in either the Powersuite or Powercore directories.

Revised - Open Log Window: The open log window has been completely revised so the user has much more search and sorting capabilities. The user can now sort on Well Name, (which was the only way in our previous versions), UWI, Spud Date or Total Depth. This feature should enhance how the well list can be utilized and enhance the searching capabilities of the Open Log window. The User can also query the database for a portion of the Well Name or UWI and the search results will be updated in the Well List.

Revised - Grain Size Layer/Track: We have implemented more right click functionality for the user to be able to right click on a subinterval or an entire interval and change the sequence appearance from blocky to coarsening or fining upwards sequences.

Revised - Subintervals: We have drastically changed the way subintervals are entered into the system with respect to the Oil Show, Rounding, Sorting and Frameworks tracks/layers. You are now able to click and drag to enter a subinterval size. If you wish to click in subintervals this can also be done but the subinterval size will default to whatever the screen scale accuracy is set to. We have also given the user another way to display the subintervals with a set of arrows indicating the top and bottom of the subinterval.

Revised – Interpretive Lithology Layer/Track: We have added basal bedding contact as a right click options on the Interpretive Lithology Rock Type builder option pop – out menu for the core loggers. This information can be displayed in the Interpretive Lithology Layer/Track as well as in a separate Bedding Contacts Layer / Track.

Revised - Entire Interval Display: The Oil Show, Rounding, Sorting and Frameworks tracks/layers entire interval display symbols positioning has been revised. We have changed the placement of the symbols from the top to the middle of the interval. For instance if your symbol frequency (System Options Window) is 1 every 4 meters and you have a 4 meter bed the symbols (A for angular) will be placed in the middle of the bed rather than at the top as was the case in earlier versions of the software.

Revised - Sample Description Report/Formation Tops: The previous limitations of formation thickness fields and a formation before the samples start has been corrected from this report. This printed report will now be generated, as it was initially intended with all the sample descriptions and the entered formation tops.

Revised - Sample and Core Description Windows: These windows have been changed so that the user has the option to automatically transfer their descriptions onto the striplog during the save process. They have also been given some new formatting options. The user will be able to determine what will be transferred to the log with respect to the short or long descriptions, the lithology depth interval and the lithology percentages onto the lithology description layers of the log.

Revised - Sample/Core Description Transfer Window: This window has been retooled to transfer your sample / core descriptions to the striplog with a lot more options such as to transfer the long description, the sample interval and the sample percentage to the log.

Revised – Well Window and Directional Survey windows: These windows will accept any format for the Longitudes and Latitudes.  We have expanded numerous fields in the well window to accept more characters including Well Abstract from 5000 to 15000 characters.