Comparison of seismic interpretation software
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A comparison chart of integrated geoscientific interpretation software, commercial and open source. Please try to be as objective as possible.
Class is a way to put things into an approximate cost bracket. Be realistic. Enterprise means tens of thousands per seat, Commercial means thousands, and Free means free!
| Package | Vendor | License | Class | Since | Platform | Installations | Extensible | Free SDK | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeisWorks | Landmark/Halliburton | Proprietary | Enterprise | 1985 | Linux | 1000s | Yes | No | C++ and Java |
| DecisionSpace | Landmark/Halliburton | Proprietary | Enterprise | 2004 | Linux, Windows | 1000s | Yes | No | C++ and Java |
| GeoProbe | Landmark/Halliburton | Proprietary | Enterprise | 1997 | Linux | 1000s | Yes | No | C++ |
| Petrel | Schlumberger | Proprietary | Enterprise | 1996 | Windows | 1000s | Yes | No | C# |
| GeoFrame | Schlumberger | Proprietary | Enterprise | 1980s | Linux | — | Yes | No | |
| VoxelGeo | Paradigm | Proprietary | Enterprise | 1990s | Linux | — | Yes | No | |
| SeisEarth | Paradigm | Proprietary | Enterprise | — | Linux | — | Yes | No | |
| OpendTect | dGB Earth Sciences | Open/commercial | Free/commercial | 2006 | Linux, OS X, Windows | 1000s | Yes | Yes | C++ |
| GeoGraphix[1] | LMKR | Proprietary | Commercial | 1990s | Windows | 1000s | |||
| WinPICS[2] | Divestco | Proprietary | Commercial | 1990s | Windows | ||||
| Glass[3] | Divestco | Proprietary | Commercial | ca. 2013 | Windows | ||||
| Kingdom | IHS | Proprietary | Commercial | – | Windows | 1000s | Yes | ||
| SeisWare | SeisWare International Inc | Proprietary | Commercial | 1997 | Windows | 1000s | Yes | No | C++ and C# |
| Headwave suite | Headwave | Proprietary | Commercial | ca. 2010 | |||||
| Transform | Transform | Proprietary | Commercial | ca. 2006 | |||||
| DUG Insight | DUG | Proprietary | Commercial | ca. 2008 | |||||
| HRS | Hampson–Russell/CGG | Proprietary | Commercial | 1990s | Linux, Windows | ||||
| PalaeoScan | Eliis | Proprietary | Commercial | ca. 2007 | Windows | ||||
| GeoTeric | ffA | Proprietary | Commercial | ca. 2003 | Windows, Linux | ||||
| GeoCap Oil & gas[4] | GeoCap | Proprietary | Commercial |
Packages for shallow seismic
The list above is really about 'deep' (maybe 'meso') seismic reflection interpretation. Here are some other tools aimed more at shallow seismic:[9]
- Geogiga
- Reflexw
References
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