Blueback Toolbox

Speed up and expand your seismic data and geomodeling workflows.

Get a better modeling result, faster

Blueback Toolbox provides access to nearly 100 plug‑ins designed to extend and enhance workflows in Petrel*.

Extend Petrel functionality and project management

Blueback Toolbox is a comprehensive suite of tools that expands the standard capabilities of the Petrel* E&P software platform. The tools span geophysics, geology, geomodeling, and reservoir engineering, supporting more efficient project management and day‑to‑day work in Petrel.

Broad workflow support

The toolbox includes tools for:

Input data preparation and quality control (QC)
Data analysis and reporting
Fault analysis
3D property modeling
Log data upscaling and QC

These capabilities support consistent handling of data throughout the project lifecycle.

Flexible tools for seismic and data handling

Blueback Toolbox extends Petrel with functionality for seismic data analysis, data manipulation and editing, seismic interpretation operations, and expanded data import and export options. Commonly used tools include frequency spectrum analysis, folded seismic stacking, image import as 2D lines, cube merging and resampling, and velocity cube creation.

Supporting efficient geomodeling workflows

By expanding available functionality within Petrel, Blueback Toolbox supports faster and more flexible geomodeling workflows, helping users work more efficiently across disciplines.

Speed up and expand seismic data workflows

Optimize and speed up the use of Petrel with the Blueback Toolbox functionality features. With tools like the Facies Proportion Maps, you are a click away from performing an excellent QC of your 3D facies models. Other excellent examples are rapid well log depth shifts, fault information extraction from the 3D grid, 3D grid QC, and tools for checking your log upscaling.

In addition, the BluePrint tool allows you to embed reporting structures into Petrel to satisfy, standardize, and automate many different reporting workflows. The Blueback Toolbox helps you save valuable time and gives you a better modeling result, faster.

Check out the video featuring our valued customer, INEOS Energy Denmark.

"I have used the Blueback Toolbox for past many years, daily. I like them for several reasons. However, the tool 'Make log from Seismic' is one of my favorites."

Naveed Ahmad, Senior Geophysicist, INEOS

Seismic attribute ranking

The seismic attribute ranking tool makes it possible to rank a set of seismic attributes according to their ability to linearly approximate a log.

Quickly identify the best subset of attributes
Feed that data into neural network
Remove the labor intensive grind

Folded seismic stacking

Folded seismic stacking (FSS) is a tool that enables the user to stack a seismic section along the contours of a structure. This lets the user identify gas and fluid contacts hard to spot from the seismic itself. Create:

A stacked 2D line in a given direction
3D & 2D interpretation with attributes
Stacking polygons and intersections

Net-to-gross estimation

The Net/Gross tool lets you investigate various statistics over a single seismic volume or over multiple realizations of multiple seismic volumes (e.g. stochastic inversion realizations).

Investigate Net/Gross between a top and a base surface
Investigate net thickness between a top and a base surface
Create maps within a user-defined target interval

Seismic correlation

Overcome the current inability to crossplot seismic data within the Petrel function window.

Converting to a crossplot object or to points
Crossplot seismic data in the function window
Create filters and estimate functions from seismic data

Merge and resample

One of the most popular and useful tools that allows you to merge and resample different 3D surveys into one single 3D survey. Several options available.

Merge and resample 3D surveys
New preview QC option
Unique tool inside Petrel

Petrel* is a mark of SLB

Blueback Toolbox provides close to 100 tools to extend standard Petrel functionality across the geophysics, geology, geomodeling and reservoir engineering domains.

Below you’ll find the most common questions gathered to make it easy for you to find what you’re looking for. Click a question to read more.

What is Blueback Toolbox used for?

Blueback Toolbox is used to extend the functionality of Petrel* by providing nearly 100 plug‑ins that support workflows in geophysics, geology, geomodeling, and reservoir engineering.

How does Blueback Toolbox improve Petrel workflows?

The toolbox adds tools for data preparation, quality control, seismic analysis, interpretation, modeling, and reporting, enabling more efficient project management and workflow execution within Petrel.

What types of tools are included in Blueback Toolbox?

Blueback Toolbox includes tools for seismic data analysis, data manipulation, fault analysis, 3D property modeling, log upscaling, and expanded data import and export, among others.

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Blueback Toolbox

Get a better modeling result, faster

Extend Petrel functionality and project management

Broad workflow support

Flexible tools for seismic and data handling

Supporting efficient geomodeling workflows

Speed up and expand seismic data workflows

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