Real Time Saves Money

Problem: If you identify a problem with the geological interpretation in your 3D modeling software you need to return to your 2D well log correlation software to fix the problem. After fixing the correlation you have to regrid the horizons in your mapping software before returning to the 3D modeling software in order to observe the changes. Updating interpretations in this manner can take hours to days to complete, and is tediously repetitive.

Solution: Using Recon's unique Real Time 3D interpretation environment, interpretation changes are made instantaneously. Recon's Real Time interpretation saves you money.

Current 3D modeling applications are not capable of rendering Real Time results because they were not specifically designed as geological interpretation tools.

Recon addresses the shortcomings of 3D modeling tools by transferring many of its functions into Recon’s Real Time 3D geological interpretation environment.

This eliminates the need for you to continuously generate multiple 3D models to account for changes to your interpretation.

 

Real Time Improves Quality

The unprecedented speed of interaction in Recon has been achieved through the development and implementation of next-generation technologies, including surface modeling algorithms that are up to 50 times faster than industry-standard applications, and the innovative use of fully scalable 2D and 3D graphics powered by OpenGL graphics acceleration.

Recon enables you to visualize and interpret thousands of vertical and horizontal wells in a single project.

Solution: By dramatically speeding up your geological interpretation workflow using Recon's Cascade Technology™, Recon enables you to apply the time savings to improving the quality of your interpretation, thus lowering your exploration and development costs.

 

Recon’s 3D Foundation Solves Real Problems

Problem: Current geological interpretation tools on the market are based on 2D principles. 3D visualization is implemented as an afterthought or is introduced during the 3D geological modeling phase, where it is often performed by expert 3D modelers or reservoir engineers instead of interpreting geoscientists.

Solution: With Recon we have created a true Real Time 3D interpretation environment in which any changes to your interpretation are immediately updated in your 3D, cross-section, and basemap views.

Recon’s underlying 3D foundation enables it to solve complex geological interpretation problems that cannot be resolved using software that relies on traditional 2D technology. A typical Recon example is its ability to visualize and correlate hundreds of horizontal wells directly in 3D, thus significantly simplifying the geological interpretation process involving complex well trajectories.

Better Business Decisions

Recon was specifically designed to allow geologists to benefit from the same advantages that 3D technology has brought to geophysicists and reservoir engineers. Recon’s 3D environment enables geologists to continually improve their interpretations.

Solution: Improved geological interpretations lead to more accurate 3D models and reservoir simulations. Accurate models lead to risk reduction and to better business decisions.

 

Single Application Workflow Increases Productivity

Recon was designed as a single application to capture the geological interpretation workflow.

Geoscientists using Recon will no longer face the need to master multiple applications in order to complete a geological interpretation workflow. Any changes to the interpretation are immediately updated in your 3D, cross-section, and basemap views.

Problem: Currently, geoscientists have to use separate applications for well-log correlation, surface modeling and mapping, and for 3D modeling and visualization.

Solution: Recon combines the functionality of these applications into a single 3D interpretation environment, thus reducing the learning curve and increasing the geoscientist's interpretation productivity.

Unique Data Quality Control in 3D

Recon was designed from the ground up to leverage your existing data management environments such as Landmark and GeoQuest. For example, Recon reads and writes data directly to and from the Landmark OpenWorks database and also accesses 3D seismic directly from the Landmark SeisWorks 3D seismic datafiles. In addition, Recon easily links to best-of-class third-party applications.

Solution: Recon’s is uniquely equipped to manage the crucial task of data quality analysis and cleanup. By being able to display thousands of wells, together with seismic and production data in 3D, all issues related to data quality can for the first time be addressed in an interactive 3D spatial environment, enabling you to maintain control over your data like never before.

 

Why our Competition is Not Delivering

Recon’s main competitors are legacy applications from Landmark and GeoQuest.

Problem: The functional development of these applications has stagnated in recent years, despite costing oil and gas companies millions of dollars in maintenance and deployment costs.

The reason for the lack of innovation is due to Landmark and GeoQuest's dependence on their legacy software. These market leading products are not easily portable or scalable, and have thus contributed to a marketing environment in which these companies were forced to resort to short-term fixes instead of addressing the larger need for complete rearchitecturing of their core software products.

Instead of creating an environment of continuous innovation, their emphasis has been on marketing prowess instead of on achieving next-generation software breakthroughs.

Instead of introducing solutions that enable oil and gas companies to optimize their workflows through time-savings or the use of new features, these companies have forced oil & gas companies to increase their software maintenance and support expenditures due to the lack of integration between the ever-growing list of small applications.

Solution: Continuously learning from these examples, AGM's designers focus on software portability and flexibility, thus designing AGM products that are able to evolve rapidly based on the integration of newly available software and hardware technologies.

 

 

Recon Lowers Your Costs

Problem: Users are forced to use tools that are tedious, time-consuming, and dysfunctional.

Use of these tools is often too difficult for geoscience professionals, requiring companies to contract multiple on-site vendor personnel in order to be able to perform basic work.

In addition to the original software maintenance costs, these support costs increase dramatically. A direct result of this situation is the sacrifice of quality: users will refuse to check and recheck their interpretations, because of the prohibitive amount of time and resources that is required for the operation of these outdated tools.

Solution: Recon's integrated 3D environment is easy-to-use, reduces interpretation cycle-time, and saves you money by not requiring permanent onsite support personnel.

 

Recon Responds To Your Needs

Problem: The software marketing process employed by the large software vendors focuses on extracting maximum profitability from an existing collection of legacy software tools, instead of focusing on meeting the needs of existing and new clients through the development of new technologies.

Solution: At AGM, we have specifically designed Recon in reaction to this trend. Recon was designed from the ground up to be a geological interpretation tool that immediately contributes to your business bottom line by conforming to your workflows.

Recon solves real world problems in real time using intuitive user interfaces in direct response to the needs of our clients. At AGM, scientific innovation is held in the highest regard and guides us in our quest to provide our clients with the ultimate 3D geological interpretation tools.

 

AGM considers time to be your most important asset. Bottom-lines are influenced by time. We invite you to convince yourself of the truth of Recon’s business case.

1. Using its unique Real Time 3D environment, Recon enables you to apply the time savings to improving the quality of your interpretation, thus lowering your exploration and development costs.

2. Recon's Cascade Technology™ ensures that any changes to your interpretation are immediately updated in your 3D, cross-section, and basemap views.

3. Recon’s underlying 3D foundation enables it to solve complex geological interpretation problems that cannot be resolved using software that relies on traditional 2D principles.

4. Recon's improved geological interpretations lead to more accurate 3D models and reservoir simulations. Accurate models lead to risk reduction and to better business decisions.

5. Recon combines the functionality of multiple applications into a single 3D interpretation environment, thus reducing the learning curve and increases your interpretation productivity.

6. Recon’s interactive 3D spatial environment enables you to maintain unparallelled data quality control by being able to display thousands of well logs together with seismic and production data in 3D.

7. AGM designs flexible products that are able to evolve rapidly based on the integration of newly available software and hardware technologies.

8. Recon's integrated 3D environment is easy-to-use, reduces interpretation cycle-time, and saves you money by not requiring permanent onsite support personnel.

9. Recon was designed from the ground up to be a geological interpretation tool that immediately contributes to your business bottom line by conforming to your workflows.