OpenSpirit^® LoadIT™ WITSML 2009
Release Notes
June, 2009

Introduction to OpenSpirit LoadIT WITSML 2009

The OpenSpirit LoadIT WITSML 2009 (LoadIT WITSML) is the first release of the OpenSpirit plug-in application that facilitates the flow of real-time well data information from the Drilling and Completions industry directly to the oil and service companies and other regulatory agencies. It utilizes the petroleum industry data standard format Well-site Information Transfer Standard Markup Language (WITSML), to augment the drilling and completions decision-making process between real-time data producers and data consumers.

Real-time data from the rig to a data store in initiated and maintained by the creation of  LoadIT “data feeds” that define the WITSML source and the destination wellbore. Multiple source-destination data feeds can be created to enable users to load log curves and trajectories.

OpenSpirit LoadIT WITSML 2009 Distribution

LoadIT WITSML software can be downloaded from the OpenSpirit Website www.openspirit.com , under the heading ‘Support’ and then ‘Downloads’. Click on the ‘OpenSpirit LoadIT WITSML 2009’ link to download and install the software on your PC, after installation and configuration of the accompanying mandatory ‘OpenSpirit 3.1.3’ software. The OpenSpirit 3.1.3 software is also available under ‘Downloads’.

Certified Operating Systems

LoadIT WITSML software application is certified on Windows XP (32 bit).

License

The LoadIT WITSML application uses two license features, namely a Client (OspLoadITFeed) and Server (OspLoadITServer) feature. OspLoadITFeed is only checked out when a data feed is running. The license is checked in when the data feed is stopped.

Minimum System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for a successful LoadIT WITSML application installation are:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3(32-bit)
• Intel Pentium processor – 2.4 GHz or greater
• Minimum 2 GB of RAM
• Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0
• Microsoft Windows XP - Regional and Language Options set to English (United States)

Known Issues

The following are the most significant issues known at the time of the release of LoadIT WITSML 2009:

• Matching Channels in OpenSpirit window displays
  System.Windows.Controls.ComboBoxItem: New Version in the Action column.
  Details: During the creation of the LoadIT 2009 Data Feed, between a WITSML Source and a destination wellbore, it is not uncommon to see two version of the same log curve, say GR (Version 1) and GR (Version 2) in a selected wellbore. To accommodate this, LoadIT will display the Matching Channels in OpenSpirit window (namely Step 7 of 10), with the Action for GR (Version 1) defaulted to ‘Skip’ and GR (Version 2) to ‘New Version’.  If the user selects the Action drop down menu for GR (Version 2) and toggles to ‘New Version’ again the attribute will display System.Windows.Controls.ComboBoxItem: New Version, instead of ‘New Version’.
  Workaround: Simple engage the drop down menu and select ‘New Version’ again.
• Get the error message Error creating Feed. Could not convert from remote values(s) when creating a Data Feed.
  Details: If the ‘Regional and Language Options’ (in Control Panel) for the Windows XP software is set to something other than ‘English (United States)’, LoadIT 2009 will display a message stating ‘Error creating Feed. Could not convert from remote values(s)’.
  Workaround: Change the Regional and Language Options’ (in Control Panel) to ‘English (United States)’. You may need to reboot the PC for the change to take effect.
• Get the error, Osprey connection cannot be initialized in silent mode without connection, source, and mapping information when starting a Data Feed.
  Details: In LoadIT 2009, the creation of the Data Feed is a wizard based process requiring the selection of many different options and components. Bypassing or circumventing a component will result in an incomplete Data Feed creation. Specifically, if one attempts to bypass the selection of the WITSML source component in Osprey, it will result in the creation of a Data Feed without a source. Attempts to start this feed will display the message, “Osprey connection cannot be initialized in silent mode without connection, source, and mapping information”.
  Workaround: The user can either delete the incomplete Data Feed or create another Data Feed and use the "Copy from existing" option.
• Regional setting on the PC must be set to English (United States).
• Deviation Surveys – LoadIT will load the deviation survey from the WITSML source. It is highly recommended that the service company providing the deviation survey begin from the surface (i.e. Measured Depth, MD = 0). This will ensure that a complete well trajectory is loaded into the destination project.
• Data Feed – When using LoadIT to populate the destination wellbore with deviation and/or log curve data, it is imperative that no other application, including OpenSpirit (using Copy Manager, etc.), is transferring or loading any related data such as 2D or 3D seismic, well picks, etc. into the same project data store. If it becomes necessary to transfer/load any additional related data, the data feed must be stopped and the restarted when the data transfer/load is completed.
• Data Feed – When creating a data feed, it may be required to select multiple log curve channels along with the deviation survey. If this selection is large (i.e. about 30 - 40 log channels), the LoadIT server will give preference to the loading the log curves first and then the deviation survey.
• Data Feed Matching – When creating a data feed, it may be required to edit the Mapped Curve Kind and the Mapped Unit column (Step 6 of 10) values of selected channels. Note that for the deviation survey, only the Mapped Unit can be edited and not the Mapped Curve Kind. Specifically, in the GeoFrame data store, when creating a new deviation survey it is always named using the convention, ‘wds_<wellbore_name>’.
• When launching the Open existing feed button (or File > Open) from the LoadIT Client GUI or selecting the Copy from existing when creating a Data Feed, we get a “Could not communicate with server” error. This is due to a stale or corrupt .odb file.
  Workaround: Close the LoadIT Client and Server and delete the $LOADIT_HOME/Server/AppData/LoadIT.odb file and then restart the LoadIT Client (and Server).

Technical Support

Please refer to the following resources for OpenSpirit information:

Support Home	www.openspirit.com/support
FAQ's	www.openspirit.com/support/faqs
E-mail Support	support@openspirit.com

OpenSpirit LoadIT WITSML 2009 is designated with U.S. Department of Commerce Export Control Classification Number 5D002.b.1