News – 202404 whitson Update

Caution: whitson+ release is coming in hot ☕

20 April 2024

We’re happy to share the latest release of whitson+, fresh out of the coding oven. There is a lot of new functionality in this release, the whole overview can be seen below.
Video link here: https://youtu.be/w6wxMQLN6B0

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whitson+ – comprehensive software updates list

Updated Software Filtering

Add multiple filtering criteria.
New condition: “in”, relevant for text fields, to look for matches within the text.
Filters are persistent through all features, including Type Well and Auto-Forecast.

Type Well

Speed increase: 100x faster load times.
Well handling: Can handle 100x as many wells.
Max wells: Ability to set what the max number of wells are in the type well feature.
Synced highlighting across type well plot, probit and GIS map.
GIS
Lasso select / deselect.
Lasso highlight.
CTRL + click to select / deselect wells.
Probit plot update
Toggle to show or remove regression line.
Table view format.
Highlighting linked to all other plots.
More plot options: IP180, CUM30, CUM60, CUM90, CUM180.
Possibility to select / deselect wells from the Related Properties table.
Copy/duplicate a saved Type Well.

Auto-Forecast

Update of the autofit initialization menu with more options and flexibility
Option to copy autofit results into single well DCA
Create roll-up plots with any saved case.
Copy/duplicate a saved Auto-Forecast.

Numerical Model Autofit

Select parameters to autofit.
Set ranges to autofit.
Set weight factors for regression/optimization process.
Bulk Run/Edit/Export
Set GOR based on prod data rule.
Bulk edit critical depth used in liquid loading calculations.
Bulk edit Simple Material Balance input.
Bulk run Separator Shrinkage method.

Other

Scenarios: Rename of Analyses to Scenario.
Default well header inputs: More default well header data: sub-field, formation, operator, spud date, rig release date, first prod date, completion date, vintage and TVD.

The updated manual can be found here: https://manual.whitson.com/.
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank you all for the great collaboration and supporting our development.

… So, What’s Next? (Random order)

DCA & Type Well 5.0
Well hierarchy.
Comparison Plot 3.0
Consistent workflow filtering (saved across all modules).
Commenting (saved across all modules).
“Send to” comparison plot feature.
Fractional version of Numerical RTA.
Numerical RTA autofit.
Property cross plots in comparison plots.
Multi-well numerical model scenarios.
Multi-well numerical model pressure and saturation map.
+ lots more!

Next release is scheduled for June 2024.