(1) New release: CEMVIEW software makes the cementing job design easier

  Calculating volumes, materials, costs required and pressures for cementing operations are challenging, especially as new technology evolves.

  Unocal Corporation and Pegasus Vertex have jointly developed a cementing engineering toolbox software called CEMVIEW. This easy-to-use software incorporates Unocal’s Global Best Practices for Cementing Operations and eliminates the time-consuming and error-prone practice of separate spreadsheets.

  The goal of this software is to allow the user to quickly and accurately perform the calculation through visual, sometimes animated, schematics with cementing positions. In one session, users can create a variety of realistic combinations of casing / liner strings for land or offshore wells.

  The software is scalable for basic volume calculation as well as for material and cost analysis for various additives. It is equipped with various sensitivity windows helping the user analyze “what-if” scenarios without having to run multiple cases.

  CEMVIEW is smoothly integrated with MS Office in generating end-of-well report for e-mail distribution.

  (2) PathView Visualizes Well path

  Three-dimensional visualization of a wellbore trajectory has been challenging, especially for multiple wells or multi-lateral wells. However, the calculation of true vertical depth (TVD), dogleg severities, etc. and the ability to see the wellpath in a 3D work space are important elements for engineers, enabling them to visualize the development plan and avoid wellpath collisions as well as effectively presenting the plan to their managers.

  Pegasus Ventures, Inc. has introduced PathView software to solve the problem. By combing the survey calculations with visualization technology, PathView provides an interactive, true 3D-rendered view of single or multiple wells.

  PathView’s 3D interface of well paths goes beyond mere presentation. Users can calculate all necessary information such as TVD, horizontal displacement, and dogleg severities for each well. One can also easily copy the survey data from other electronic files such as Excel or notepad.