Region Calculator User Guide

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Contents

Overview ..........................................................................................................................3

Purpose .......................................................................................................................3

Access RegCalc ...............................................................................................................5

RegCalc User Interface ....................................................................................................5

Open VDB .......................................................................................................................8

Open Study ................................................................................................................ 8

Open Case ..................................................................................................................8

Open Region Definition File.......................................................................................... 10

Define Regions for Calculation .....................................................................................11

Save the Region Definition File ...............................................................................13

New File .............................................................................................................13

Existing File .......................................................................................................14

Perform the Calculations ...............................................................................................15

Region Report ................................................................................................................17

Sort the Region Report ............................................................................................17

Save the Region Report as a Spreadsheet ................................................................17

Save as Text File................................................................................................ 17

Save to Clipboard............................................................................................... 18

Preview, Edit Layout, and Print Region Report ...................................................... 19

Preview and Edit Layout (Hide Columns) .........................................................19

Print ....................................................................................................................20

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Region Calculator (RegCalc)

Overview

Purpose
RegCalc is a VIP post-processing application. It is a powerful analysis
tool which lets you generate region reports for areas not initially
defined as IREGIONs. You can obtain reports for selected timesteps
based on the frequency of the WMAP card which is defined in the
simulation file. The region reports in RegCalc contain the following
information:

Pressure weighted by Total and HC Pore Volume

Fluids-In-Place

Average Fluid Saturation

A region can be defined in the following ways:

Define IREGION and XREG cards in the initialization file.

Define the I, J, K range for the selected grid within the Region
Calculator.

Import an ASCII file (*.xreg) which contains information about

the XREG. This option could be used when the XREGions are
known but were not defined in the initialization file.

Region definitions can be saved in an ASCII file for repeated use.

Region Reports can be saved in a tab-delimited format compatible with
many spreadsheet applications. Region Reports can also be printed.

RegCalc is a convenient tool to retrieve information easily and quickly

for different areas in the reservoir. For example, regions near an aquifer
boundary can be defined in order to check pressure and saturations for
the boundary area throughout simulation.

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As another example, in the following illustration the grid is clipped in

3DView to show only the root grid. Then RegCalc is used to view the
fluids-in-place for the root grid.

Grid in 3DView Root Grid Display Only

(children (LGRs) clipped)

Corresponding RegCalc Display of Saturation and Fluids-in-Place

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Access RegCalc

Select the RegCalc option on the DESKTOP-VIP Output menu. The

RegCalc Region Definition window opens.

RegCalc User Interface

The RegCalc application consists of two main windows, the Region

Definition Window and the Region Report window.

The Region Definition window loads the root grid and lets you define
the I, J, K regions and timesteps for calculation. Once defined, regions
can be saved to a Region Definition file.

Open VDB
Open Region Definition file
Save Region Definition File
Exit

Root grid for

selected Case
User-defined
calculation
regions

I grid cell range J grid cell range K grid cell range

Timestep(s) for
highlighted
region

Perform the calculations

Procedures are described on the following pages for selecting a VDB or

Region Definition file, defining the calculation regions, and creating
the Region Definition file, if you choose to save the information.

Once you click the Calculate button on the Region

Definition window, the Region Report window opens.

The Region Report window displays the calculations for the regions
you defined within RegCalc and any IREGIONS defined in the

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initialization file. Tabs located on the top of the window let you access
each Region Report for the individual regions, for all regions at once,
or for the total model.
Tabs for RegCalc- Tab for total model
defined regions calculations
Tabs for Init Tab for all
file IREGIONS regions

Region Information and Calculations for open Region Tab

Save Region Report Preview Region Report Print Region Report

to spreadsheet file and edit layout

Procedures are described on the following pages for sorting and saving
the Region Reports to a tab-delimited spreadsheet file and previewing,
editing (show/hide columns), and printing hardcopy Region Reports.

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Open Grid Data

Open a grid by selecting the VDB for a Study/Case or selecting a saved

Region Definition file.

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Open VDB

Open Study
The current Study should open by default when you open RegCalc.
Perform the following steps to open a different Study.

1. Open File Selection dialog box. Select the Open Study option on
the Region Calculator File menu, or click the icon on the
toolbar. The File Selection dialog box opens. The Files of Type
menu defaults to the .vdb extension, but can be set to list all files.

2. Select Study. Filter to the directory and highlight the file to select.
Click the Open button to select it. If the selected Study contains
only one Case, the grid data loads to the Region Calculator. If the
selected Study contains multiple Cases, the Case List for the
selected Study opens as described below.

Open Case
Perform the following steps to open a Case.

1. Open Case List. Again, when you select a Study with multiple
cases, the Case List will open automatically. If you want to change
Cases, select the Open Case option on the Region Calculator File
menu. The Case List opens as shown below.

2. Select Case. Highlight the Case Name to select in the Case List
and click the OK button. The grid data for the selected Case loads
to the Region Calculator. Note that IREGION definitions do not

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display in this window. They will display in the Region Calculator

window once you have performed the calculations.

Viewing Multiple Cases within the Study

You can open multiple cases for a single study. As you select new cases,
only the latest will display in the region calculator. But multiple Region
Report windows will remain open.

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Open Region Definition File

Once you have defined the calculation regions, save the information to
a file for repeated use (refer to Save the Region Definition File on
page 13). The default extension for a Region Definition file is .xreg.

Perform the following steps to open an existing Region Definition file.

1. Open File Selection dialog box. Select the File Open option on the
Region Calculator File menu, or click the icon on the toolbar.
The File Selection dialog box opens. The Files of Type menu
defaults to the .xreg extension, but can be set to list all files.

2. Select file. Filter to the directory and highlight the Region

Definition file. Click the Open button to select it.

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Define Regions for Calculation

Once the grid is open, define any number of gridcell regions for
separate calculations as shown in the illustration below.

Open VDB
Open Region Definition file
Save Region Definition File
Exit

Root grid for

selected Case
User-defined
calculation
regions

I grid cell range J grid cell range K grid cell range

Timestep(s) for
highlighted
region

Perform the calculations

Perform the following steps to define the regions.

1. Open New Region dialog box. Select the New Region option on the
Edit menu. The New Region dialog box opens as shown below.

Grid Name menu (includes LGR gridnames)

Stepper buttons

Region Minimum Region Maximum

Cell Cell

The default grid is the ROOT grid. The I, J, and K ranges for the
ROOT grid display in the entry fields.

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2. Select LGR grid (optional). If you want to define a region of an

LGR grid, click the Grid menu and select the LGR name from the
list as shown below.
Click here to open LGR menu

The I, J, and K, ranges for the selected LGR grid displays in the
entry fields.

3. Specify I, J, K gridblock range. Click the stepper buttons beside

each range field to increase (up arrow) or decrease (down arrow)
the minimum and maximum value. Or double-click in the entry
field and enter the value.

Click the OK button located at the bottom of the New Region dialog box.
The dialog box closes. The gridblock range of the region you defined
displays in the Region Calculator as shown below.

4. Delete Region if necessary. Click anywhere on the line and select

the Delete Region option on the Edit menu to delete a region. The
region is removed from the list.

Repeat the above procedures until all the regions are defined. Notice
that the number in the Region column increments for each new region
you define. This number corresponds to the Region tabs in the Region
Report window.

5. Specify timestep(s). Select the Time in Days option on the Data

menu. The Time in Days list opens as shown below.

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Timestep intervals defined by the WMAP card are available for

selection. The default timestep is the latest. Click on the time to
select and click the OK button. Or use the following keys to select
multiple timestep calculations for the selected region.

Sequence Action

Control + MB1 Select non-sequential times

Shift + MB1 On first and last to select time sequence

MB1 On selected time to deselect

Save the Region Definition File

Once you have defined the calculation regions, save the information to
a file for repeated use.

New File
Perform the following steps to save a new Region Definition file.

1. Open File Save dialog box. Select the Save or Save As option on
the Region Calculator File menu. Or click the icon on the
toolbar. The File Selection dialog box opens. The Files of Type
menu defaults to the .xreg extension, but can be set to list all
files.

2. Name the file. Filter to the directory. Click in the File Name entry
field and enter a file name.

3. Save the file. Click the Save button. The file is saved and the File
Save dialog box closes.

Existing File
Select the Save option on the Region Calculator File menu. You receive
a warning prompt asking if you want to replace the existing file. Click
the Yes button to overwrite the file and close the warning prompt.

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Perform the Calculations

Once the regions have been defined, click the Calculate button
located at the bottom of the Region Calculator window. The
calculations are performed and displayed in the Region Report window
as shown in the illustration below.

Tabs for RegCalc- Tab for total model

defined regions calculations
Tabs for Init Tab for all
file IREGIONS regions

Region Information and Calculations for open Region Tab

(Note that IREGIONS display)

Save Region Report Preview Region Report Print Region Report

to spreadsheet file and edit layout

Viewing Multiple Cases within the Study

You can open multiple cases for a single study. As you select new cases, only the
latest will display in the region calculator. But multiple Region Report windows
will remain open.

A tab is provided on the top, left side of the window for:

Each region defined within Regcalc

Each existing IREGION from the initialization file
The total calculation for all regions in the model

Click the tab to select the Region Report for display. The display
provides the grid name and range and the following calculations:

pressure weighted by hydrocarbon pore volume (HC PV)

pressure weighted by total pore volume (Total PV)
oil-in-place, or reservoir oil in millions of reservoir barrels (MRB)

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water-in-place, or reservoir water in millions of reservoir barrels

(MRB)
if present, gas-in-place, or reservoir gas in millions of reservoir
barrels (MRB)
average oil saturation in fraction of pore volume
average water saturation in fraction of pore volume
if present, gas saturation in fraction of pore volume

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Region Report

Once the Region Report is created, you can:

Sort it on any column.

Save it in spreadsheet format, either as a tab-delimited text file or

to a clipboard for pasting directly into a spreadsheet. Preview, edit
the layout (show/hide columns), and print the Region Report.

Preview, edit column display, and print it.

Click the individual Region tabs to sort, save, or print the reports
separately. Or select the All Regions tab to sort, save, or print all
reports together. Each of these options is described below.

Sort the Region Report

You can sort the Region Report on any column. Click on the column
header to sort, or Shift/Click to sort in reverse order. The Report will
print or open it in a spreadsheet application in sorted order.

Save the Region Report as a Spreadsheet

You can save the Region Report in spreadsheet format, either as a tab-
delimited text file or to the clipboard for pasting directly into a
spreadsheet.

Save as Text File

Perform the following steps to save the Region Report as a tab-
delimited text file that can be opened in a spreadsheet application.

1. Select the region. The displayed Region is saved to file. Click the
Region tab to display the region you want to save, or click the All
Regions tab to display all regions.

2. Open the File Save dialog box. Click the Save button
located on the bottom of the Region Report
window. The File Save dialog box opens. The Files of Type menu
defaults to the .txt extension, but can be set to list all files.

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3. Name the Region Report. Filter to the directory. Click in the File
Name entry field and enter a file name.

4. Save the Region Report. Click the Save button. The file is saved
and the File Save dialog box closes.

Repeat the above steps for each Region Report to be saved.

You can then open the file in a spreadsheet application. Depending on

the spreadsheet application, you may be prompted to specify the
delimiter type as tabs.

Save to Clipboard
Perform the following steps to save the Region Report to the clipboard
for pasting into a spreadsheet application. These procedures use the
following MB2 menu options.

Copy to Clipboard option on MB2 menu

Select All option on MB2 menu

1. Select the region. The displayed Region is saved to the clipboard.

Click the Region tab to display the region you want to save, or
click the All Regions tab to display all regions.

2. Define rows to save. Highlight the rows to save, or click MB2

anywhere in the Region Report area and select the Select All
option from the pop-up menu as shown above. The selected area is
highlighted.

3. Copy to clipboard. Click MB2 anywhere in the Region Report area

and select the Copy to Clipboard option from the pop-up menu as
shown above.

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The selected data is copied to the clipboard. In a separate copy and

paste action, repeat the above steps for each Region Report you want to
save.

Warning - Using the Clipboard

Each time you copy to the clipboard, the information in the existing buffer will
be overwritten. Therefore, you must paste the existing Report before copying a
new one to the clipboard.
Information in the clipboard is saved only within the current session.

Depending on the spreadsheet application, you may be prompted to

specify the delimiter type as tabs.

Preview, Edit Layout, and Print Region Report

You can preview, edit the layout (/showhide columns), and print the
Region Report.

Preview and Edit Layout (Hide Columns)

Perform the following steps to preview the Region Report.

1. Select the region. The displayed Region is opened for preview.

Click the Region tab to display the region you want to preview. Or
click the All Regions tab to preview all regions.

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2. Select to preview. Click the Print Preview button

located on the bottom of the Region Report window. The Preview
window opens as shown below to display the formatted Report.
Edit the layout (show/hide columns)
Print the report
Close the Preview window

3. Edit layout (show/hide columns). Click the Layout button located

on the top of the Preview window if you want to hide or restore
hidden columns before printing. A row of column heading toggles
opens as shown below.

Layout (show/
hide) button

Column Heading Toggles

The toggles beside displayed columns are check-marked. Click the

toggle beside a displayed column to hide it, or click the toggle
beside a hidden column to redisplay it. The Region Report shown
in the Preview panel dynamically updates to reflect your changes.

4. Print the Report. Click the Print button located on the top of the
Preview window to print the Region Report directly from the
Preview window. The Print dialog box opens. Printing procedures
are described below.

Print
Perform the following steps to print the Region Report.

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1. Open the Print dialog box. Click the Print button

located on the bottom of the Region Report window (or at the top
of the Preview window as described in the previous section). The
Print dialog box opens.

2. Check/change printer settings. Make sure the correct printer is

selected in the Name field. Make sure the correct paper Size,
Source and Orientation are selected. If not, change the options
appropriately. Click the Properties button to view and/or change
other printer-specific options.

3. Print the Report. Click the OK button when finished to queue the
Region Report to the printer and close the dialog box.

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Index

C
calculate 15

D
data provided by RegCalc 3
define gridcell range 11
define regions 11
display IREGIONS within RegCalc 5

O
Open Study and Case 5

R
Region Definition File 10
Region Report
Create 13
preview and print 19
save as spreadsheet 17
save to clipboard 17, 18
sort 17
view 16

S
select timestep interval(s) 13

V
view multiple Cases within a Study 9

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