New geologic interpretation tool for upstream operations
StratEarth 2009 is a new upstream program designed to bridge the gap between seismic and geological interpretation.
Offered as an add-on to SeisEarth, StratEarth provides an integrated geological correlation and cross-section environment for evaluating and assessing reservoirs for better well positioning and field management.
StratEarth incorporates geologic and seismic data to facilitate advanced work flows that support exploration and development projects from initial interpretation to advanced subsurface modeling. The software suite enables users to automatically correlate hundreds of wells and quickly detect any inconsistencies between seismic data, petrophysical data, well markers, and geological data in markers positions and orders.
The suite provides users with intuitive interfaces to facilitate common work-flow elements and data analysis tools. It also offers seamless interoperability with SKUA 2009, a subsurface modeling software, enabling rapid construction of geologically valid, simulator-ready reservoir models from all available data.
Source: Paradigm BV, Reimersbeek 2, 10982 AG Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Alliance offers catalyst that enhances diesel yield
Albemarle Corp., Baton Rouge, will offer NEBULA catalyst in hydrocracking and hydrotreating applications as part of the Hydroprocessing Alliance, the company's strategic alliance with UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill.
NEBULA catalyst—a material jointly discovered by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ, and codeveloped with Albemarle—offers greater catalyst activity and can enhance diesel yield and quality in hydrocracking and hydrotreating applications, the firm says.
The alliance offers the catalyst for reloads and revamps of hydrocracking and hydrotreating units for fuels applications. The company notes that the catalyst is a base-metal type with higher activity than conventional hydrotreating catalysts. NEBULA's high hydrodenitrogenation and hydrodearomatization activities can debottleneck hydrocrackers that have limited hydrotreating activity. Additionally, NEBULA enables production of ultralow sulfur diesel without additional capital investment and can enhance hydrotreating unit revamps to reach higher throughputs or achieve higher product quality standards.
UOP and Albemarle formed the Hydroprocessing Alliance in 2006 to support the production of clean transportation fuels worldwide. The alliance combines the strengths of UOP, a developer of hydrotreating and hydrocracking process technology and hydrocracking catalyst, and Albemarle, a developer and supplier of refinery hydrotreating catalysts and technologies.
Source: Albemarle Corp., Baton Rouge Tower, 451 Florida St., Baton Rouge, LA 70801.
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