Petrel E&P Software Platform 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Petrel E&P Software Platform

4.5

(17)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Petrel E&P Software Platform

Petrel E&P Software Platform can be accessed from DELFI cognitive E&P environment, designed to help geoscientists and engineers create a shared vision of the reservoir by analyzing subsurface data. Key features include project explorer, depth synthetics, fracture modeling, volume-based modeling, well log headers editing, integrated fault seal analysis, data recovery, and fault transmissibility scaling.

Teams using Petrel E&P Software Platform can streamline assisted history matching, prestack processing, advanced reservoir modeling, and more through deep science. The Health Monitor interface enables managers to display traffic light indicators, memory consumption, User, Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles, and dedicated Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) in real-time.

Petrel E&P Software Platform also enables users to automate various processes, delete fracture sets, convert triangular meshes to editable triangle meshes, generate VISAGE finite-element geomechanics simulator ensembles, and more.

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Petrel E&P Software Platform Pricing and Plans

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Petrel E&P Software Platform Features

Popular features found in Oil and Gas
Asset Tracking
Compliance Management
Forecasting
Inventory Management
Maintenance Management
Mobile Access
Production Management
Project Management
Reporting & Statistics
Resource Management
Scheduling
Work Order Management
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Activity Tracking
Workflow Management

Petrel E&P Software Platform User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

53%

41%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.7

Value for money

3.7

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.5

Manuel G.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

The most complete software for geoscientists

I do recommend that you don't panic too much at first because learning how to use petrel is really rewarding.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

This has got to be the most powerful tool for geoscientists, it is excellent for doing well correlations (whether they are stratigraphic or structural), analysing well logs, or even seismic processing and interpretation, and if we take into account it's eclipse module you can even predict how the production will be, which is awesome in risk analysis

Cons:

Prepare to be confused and overwhelmed when you open up petrel for the first time, it has so many features in a really disorganized layout that will mean it will be a nightmare for you to find anything when you are training in petrel.

Cesar C.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Static Model in Petrel

On one occasion, I was assigned a project, where I had to represent 77 inverse faults (complex structural model), I had to installed Petrel 2014 and work structural framework to represent the seismic model.

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Pros:

The way to integrate the stratigraphic model, the structural Geology, the sedimentological model & the petrophysical model. With Petrel is possible to visualize the reservoir in 3D, the reduce the geological uncertainty and improve the explotation planes.

Cons:

The well correlations is good but it can be improved.

Bruno N.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Wish innovation

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Artificial intelligence is the most impact feature. The software is easy to use.

Cons:

The lack of strata slicing and efficient automatic fault extraction technology found in Paleoscan and Opendtect which easy interpretation.

Reasons for switching to Petrel E&P Software Platform

The lack of strata slicing and efficient automatic fault extraction technology found in Paleoscan and Opendtect which easy interpretation.

Verified

Reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

Excellent software for analyzing every stage of a reservoir model, allowing its final integration.

The 3D visualization and better understanding of any reservoir.

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Value for money

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Pros:

I like how easy it is for using, because it allows use it just following a predetermined workflow, but also one can change many parameters when it is used by an expert user.

Cons:

I could say, the weakness existent for seismic processing, it would be great to have the possibility of work a reservoir model in their fully.

Joe B.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2019

Powerful Interpretation Software

Very useful in the oil industry for interpreting seismic data and create models.

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Value for money

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Pros:

Very powerful platform for managing huge volume of data along with platform for automating workflows. Helps to interpret seismic volume.

Cons:

License cost is very high which does not include plugins cost.

Verified

Reviewer

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Excellent software for seismic interpretation

Petrel is an excellent software, I recommend it for anyone who can afford it. It has allowed us in our company to reduce risk when drilling for new prospects.

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Pros:

Petrel is an excellent alternative for seismic interpretation. Being capable to easily visualize both 2D and 3D seismic data, process it, and interpreter it by picking horizons, drawing faults and even using seismic attributes makes it a great tool.

Cons:

It's correlation environment is not really confortable and while picking on well logs it can be extremely buggy and frustrating. Seismic migration requires a lot of power.

Anna A.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

Managing and Interpretation of geophysical Data

Great application to interpret and manage data particularly seismic data.

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Value for money

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Pros:

Very intuitive, platform to create plugins to automate workflow, lots of features to analyse data and interpret.

Cons:

Very expensive to use bundles, losing its user base.

Felipe M.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Very powerful platform for petroleum engineering applications

I highly recommend Petrel for its capabilities and usefulness.

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Functionality

Pros:

This is an extremely powerful and versatile platform that supports a wide range of data inputs such as well location, formation data, and well logging, etc. As a researcher in petroleum engineering, I really find the software to be incredibly helpful. The interface with Eclipse for reservoir simulation is particularly handy, and the ability to communicate easily with other Schlumberger software is a plus.

Cons:

One major downside of the software is the cost, especially for smaller organizations. However, if budget is not an issue, then this is definitely a great tool for petroleum engineering applications.

Muhammad Zarnab R.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2018

Best product around

Excellent.

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Pros:

Does everything you wish for and more. user friendly and overall the best product out there.

Cons:

The only issue with Petrel is that its too expensive. They make sure they get the competition out of the way by a mile.

Rajat W.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

Helps to exploit exploration data

Helps to manage exploration data and interpret it to generate value out of the data.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

A lot of features and fuctionalities to play around data. Dedicated platform to make plugins which really helps to automate the work. Very well integrated.

Cons:

Very much expensive application and needs training to start working with it.

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