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Hello fellow Geos,

I have had a problem while installing the Petrel 2010.1 64 bit version on my Windows XP (also 64 bit) sytem.

This is the error message:


I have tried it multiple times and my workstation has the following specs:
Dell Precision 670
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00Ghz 2.99Ghz
RAM: 20GB
Graphic card: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

I seem to have enough diskspace....

Any ideas?

thanks,

Oscar

Oh, and has anybody been using Petrel 2010 the last few weeks? What are the best new features? Worth the update?

Oscar,

don't know anything about your installation problems. My install worked fine.

On your second question I can comment: Please try and fix your problem, because the 2010 update is packed with loads of new and very useful features.

As I'm usually interpreting 3D Seismic cubes I use the 3D auto-tracker a lot. In Petrel 2010 you can quickly (and while still interpreting; no need to make a surface) see your miss-picks and view a preview of your soon to be created surface. Also faults can be identified easily by using the new structural analysis tab in your interpretations settings window. Very easy and handy-dandy!

You can now also quickly smooth a certain area defined by a polygon, great for cleaning up certain parts of your surface.

Another great thing is that one can now show grip properties along fault traces.

and there is many more... many more...

Otherwise review the release notes on the slb support site. Do you have a support account?

good luck with your install. drop SLB a line on that issue, it's worth it!

Have you been able to fix this? I am getting the same error!

Our IT guy has no idea what's causing it and says he'll sort it out, but I hate waiting.

thanks,

Jacob

All was fixed after installing a new image of windows on the machine. SLB support and our IT were not able to fix it and decided this was the best way to go.. weird stuff

It seems users face this problem from time to time. I would suggest you do a complete uninstall of previous versions before installing Petrel 2010/2009. Some times an update from Microsoft or a 3rd party software will conflict with the installation of the product. Also, Windows Xp 64 bit isn't an OS I would trust when it comes to 64 bit computing.

I would recommend migrating to Windows 7, since it's more user-friendly and you rarely encounter problems.

Btw whenever installing a software that uses 3D interface, it's recommended that you upgrade your graphic drivers and update your DirectX version. Next time a complete log of this error would be helpful

James,

thanks for your input. Indeed it was a Windows 7 Image I installed on the machine. I figured why not upgrade if I have to run the entire install anyways.

Still running solid since....
...amazing how fast realisation and seismic attribute calculation runs on these 64 bit systems...

I just installed Petrel 2009.1 on Windows 7 (32bit) and I can assure everyone that it runs without any problems. If your hardware supports it, you should migrate to Windows 7. Honestly, it's a far more superior and stable platform than Windows Xp 64bit and Windows Vista.

Also, if you run into problems during installation you should just turn off your Antivirus and Firewall applications temporarily, although during my test installation I didn't have any problems. But certain Antivirus tend to cause problems for no good reason.

I have a question about the new Petrel 2010 version. I am residing in Suriname and all our well locations and one of our seismic cubes is in a local coordinate/reference system (Zanderij). As Petrel 2009 only used WGS84 coordinate systems (and we had to translate all wellheads in geographix or gis) we asked IT for the upgrade so it would be easier to transfer the Zanderij coordinates to the WGS system (As the 2010 version has the ESRI coordinate translation system in it and also in the Reference Project tool).

IT has now updated the license server and installed the new 2010 version.
However.... I can not find the Zanderij coordinate system in the list too choose from. I believe ESRI has recognized it as a standard system, as I think I saw it one one of their lists some time ago. Why is it this system is not included and is there a way to solve this problem?

hope you guys can help! thanks,

Willem