Consolidation Menu |
  
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Consolidation Menu |
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The menu toolbar above the Consolidation summary screen allows you to navigate through the module.
The Consolidation menu has these main items:
·File: Opening, saving, printing, etc.
·Parameters: Input of all parameters required for a consolidation calculation.
·Calculate: Full calculation, single point calculation, set calculation parameters (iterations).
·Results: Choose which hydrocarbon type (recoverable oil, gas-in-place, etc.) to view.
·Tools: Diagnostic plots, sensitivities, etc.
·Help: Access to the help pages.
·Consolidation Hierarchy: A useful tool for visualising consolidations.
This starts a new consolidation. To enter parameters, use Parameters | All, as outlined below, in Parameters.
Starting a new consolidation can also be achieved by clicking on the 
icon.
This opens an existing consolidation. The standard Windows "File open" dialogue is displayed. You can choose one or more consolidation files to open, using the standard Windows procedure.
Opening an existing consolidation can also be achieved by clicking on the 
icon.
This allows you to group together prospects and consolidations. See 'Projects' for more information.
In the sub-menu the most recent consolidation files (up to 20) are shown. Click on one of them to load the file. You can load all the recent files at once by choosing "Load all recent". You can also clear the recent files list by choosing "Clear all recent".
This saves the current consolidation file. If you have not given the consolidation a filename you will be prompted for it.
[Note: It is recommended (but not necessary) that you first do a calculation, so that the stored results data reflect the input data.]
Saving a prospect can also be achieved by clicking on the 
icon.
This saves the data to a new file, and you are prompted for the new file name.
This has several sub-options:
"to XL file" writes selected data (numbers, graphs etc.) from the current prospect into an XL spreadsheet. See 'Exporting Data to XL Spreadsheets'.
"to XL summary file" writes consolidation data into an XL spreadsheet, possibly a prospect inventory.
This option opens a dialog listing the properties of the selected consolidation. Here, information on when it was written and who by can be altered.
These options produce the hard copy output. "Print" sends it straight to the printer. Printing is via the Windows system, so any printer accessible to your computer can be used. "Print preview" draws it on the screen, you can send it to the printer from the preview window. "Windows metafile" writes the printed sheets to .emf (metafile format) or .bmp (bitmap format). Both are readily imported into other windows programs, including word, XL etc. See 'Printing' for more information.
Note: With all the printing options, you can choose to print the "summary pages" (the key input and results, by hydrocarbon type), the "full" output (about 5 pages, depending on the hydrocarbons present) or a "selection" of pages.
Printing a hard copy output can also be achieved by clicking on the 
icon.
Loading a print preview can also be achieved by clicking on the 
icon.
Select "All options" and a screen will appear in which you can choose to make your output in CGM format. CGM is a common graphics format which can be read by many oil-field software packages, including the ZEH plotting system. You can also choose not to show economic criteria on output sheets. Economic criteria is often rather sensitive data, so this is a useful option if you are giving your results to partners.
Select this to reveal a standard printer dialogue box in which you can set page size and other printing parameters. Do not trouble to set the page to landscape.
Form the parameters menu all the input data can be entered and edited.
If you are starting from new, this options runs through, step-by-step, all the other parameter menu items allowing you to enter the data in a structured manner.
This dialog allows you to enter the consolidation name, location, setting and other general descriptive data. See 'Consolidation Identification' for more information.
This dialog sets the type of consolidation you are going to do. See 'Consolidation Type' for more information.
Here, files to be consolidated are entered and (depending on the consolidation type) common risks are also entered. See 'Input Files' for more information.
This dialog is used to enter the minimum values of oil and/or gas for the consolidation to be economic. See 'Economic Cut-offs (Consolidations)' for more information.
This facility runs a calculation on the current consolidation file.
Outcome distributions
For each possible outcome (combination of success and failure of the inputs) the program calculates the chance of that outcome occurring, and the P90, P50, P10 and mean result should that outcome occur. These data are written to a csv file, which can be opened (from within the program, should you wish) in a spreadsheet. For now, all the inputs to the consolidation should be prospects or dummy entries.
This gives you control over the calculation parameters (number of iterations and seed type).
See 'Data Points' for more information.
The menu options are a list of all the relevant hydrocarbon types produced or present in the current consolidation. Choose one of them to see the results for that hydrocarbon type in the summary window. You can also show the area/depth plot (if there is one), GRV and in-place volumes. See 'Understanding the Results' for more information.
From the tools menu you can produce some useful sensitivity and QC plots:
See 'Input Data Plots' for more information.
This is a useful QC. See 'Reality Plots' for more information.
This allows you to see the influence of any economic cut-offs on the results. See 'ECO Sensitivity' for more information.
See 'Decision Tree' for more information.
Help refers to the general REP help. Custom Help are help pages written for a specific site, and not available to other REP users.
REP Help can also be accessed by clicking on the 
icon.
A very useful option, the consolidation hierarchy is particularly useful when you a consolidating consolidations. See 'Consolidation Hierarchy' for more information.
The Consolidation Hierarchy can be accessed by clicking on the 
icon.