Log Preview

 
Main: Logs > Set Track and Scale

The log preview function provides an interactive display of selected logs displayed side-by-side for evaluation and quality control.

LogPreViewerTool

The log preview operates in both:

Setting the log scale

By default, log data is automatically scaled to either linear or logarithmic (log10). Logs displayed on a logarithmic scale are indicated with an asterisk following the log name.

To open the Set Log Track Scale and Data Correction  tool and manually set the scale:

Setting the depth range (zooming)

The default depth range is that range set on the "Logs" tab screen. The depth range can be modified using two methods: The "Depths-Set Depth Range" menu is used to manually set the range to defined by depths or formation tops. The depth range can also be "zoomed" graphically using the mouse.  To start the depth selection process, either click the small depth tool button _bm13 or hold down the Shift key then click and hold the left mouse button at the minimum depth.  Drag the mouse over the desired depth interval and release the button at the maximum depth.  Once in zoom mode, you can scroll the screen up or down by 1/3 of the screen height. A pop up menu displayed with a right mouse button click provides additional  zoom and scrolling options.

Log mode

The database is not modified in log mode until you exit and accept any edits. The one exception to this is a log is deleted. Once a log is deleted, it cannot be recovered.  Use the "Drop" function to remove unwanted logs from the display without deleting them.

Toolbar

The most common editing controls and shortcuts for the log preview tool are available from tool bar buttons with additional items available from the right-click context menu.

LogCurvePreviewToolbar

Right-Click menu

Task

Curve Color

Changes the color of the curve on the Log Curve Pre-viewer.  This does not change the logs' display color for the cross-section or anywhere else in the project.

Previous Zoom

Returns to the last zoomed view

Zoom In By 2X

Zooms in on the upper part of the log curves.

Zoom Out By 2X

Zooms out

Scroll Up

Scrolls up through the logs

Scroll Down

Scrolls down through the logs

Default Depth Range

Resets the depth range to the defaults set on the Main Module's Logs tab.

Show Curve Header Info

Displays log information: depths, step interval, total number of data points, depth units, and various statistical measurements.

Set Log Curve Scale

Opens the Set Log Track Scale and Data Correction Tool

Corrections and Rescale

Opens the Set Log Track Scale and Data Correction Tool

Stats Histogram

Displays a frequency histogram of the selected log showing data range, mean, standard deviation, mode, and sample counts.

Query Depths

Displays a small window with the start and stop depth, step increment, and the total number of points in the well.

Delete Log Curve

Deletes the selected log from the project database.

Merge Log Curves

Merges the data from a "Source" log into a "Target" log.  Follow the prompts at the bottom of the screen to first click the left mouse button on the "source" and then the "target" log.  To cancel the merge operation, click the right mouse button.

Copy Curve

Creates a copy of the curve with a different name.

Draw Curve

Draws in a log curve.  After selecting this option, the curser turns to a pen icon.  Click once to start drawing, and again to add successive points.  Right click to stop drawing points.

Draw Curve Shift

Graphically moves the selected log curve.

Interpolate Nulls - Linear

Interpolates between null values by simply drawing a straight line between the adjacent data points.

Interpolate Nulls - Cubic

Interpolates between null values by fitting a curve to the nearest adjacent data points.

Null Curve Section

Sets log digit values to a null over a given depth interval. The depth interval is defined using the depth range selection technique described earlier.

Shift Curve Starting Depth

Used to shift the starting depth of a log up or down by a given amount. A positive shift amount shifts the log deeper while a negative value shifts the log shallower.

Shift Using Depth Pairs

Shifts the log curve's depths with a set of drawn depth pairs.  Note that Petra will stretch and squeeze the log in order to accommodate multiple depth pairs.

Smooth Log Curve

Smoothes or filters the selected log digits with a triangular smoothing filter. The number of filter coefficients can be set from 3 to 25 by selecting Logs>Set Smoothing Strength on the menubar at the top of the screen.

De-Spike Curve

Clips anomalous data outside a rectangular region drawn on a curve.  The user draws a rectangle over the curve section that defines the depth range and low and high amplitude values allowed.  Curve values falling outside the rectangle (either to the left or right side) are first set to null then new values are interpolated for each of the null values using the remaining good data samples.

Change Depth Units

Changes the depth units of the selected well.  Note that this will affect all curves with the logs definition.

Alter Sample Rate

Changes the sample rate of the selected curve.

Cutoff Line

Simply draws a straight line at the specified value.  This can be useful for evaluating curves or for finding anomalous values.  To remove the line, enter a cutoff of "0."

Drop Curve From Display

Removes the selected log from the screen (does not delete the curve from the database).

Move Curve Left 1 Track

Moves the curve one track to the left.

Move Curve Right 1 Track

Moves the curve one track to the right.

Restore Original Curve

Restores the the original log digits from the log database.  Any changes made to the log are not saved.