<s>
Petrel	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
platform	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
exploration	O
and	O
production	O
sector	O
of	O
the	O
petroleum	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
some	O
other	O
oil	O
servicing	O
companies	O
hire	O
the	O
services	O
of	O
this	O
software	O
,	O
Petrel	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
and	O
built	O
by	O
Schlumberger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petrel	B-Application
software	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Norway	O
by	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Technoguide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technoguide	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
former	O
employees	O
of	O
Geomatic	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
key	O
programmers	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
RMS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petrel	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
specifically	O
for	O
PCs	O
and	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
commercially	O
available	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petrel	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
familiar	O
Microsoft	O
like	O
interface	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
pre-arranged	O
workflow	O
that	O
enabled	O
less	O
experienced	O
user	O
to	O
follow	O
,	O
Technoguide	O
made	O
3D	O
geologic	O
modeling	O
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
all	O
subsurface	O
technical	O
staff	O
,	O
even	O
those	O
without	O
specialist	O
training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Schlumberger	O
acquired	O
Technoguide	O
,	O
the	O
Petrel	B-Application
software	O
tools	O
,	O
they	O
currently	O
support	O
and	O
market	O
Petrel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Petrel	B-Application
include	O
additional	O
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
geological	O
modeling	O
,	O
seismic	O
interpretation	O
,	O
uncertainty	O
analysis	O
,	O
well	O
planning	O
,	O
and	O
links	O
to	O
reservoir	O
simulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Petrel	B-Application
2007.1	O
release	O
expands	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
seismic-to-simulation	O
scope	O
with	O
greater	O
capabilities	O
for	O
exploration	O
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petrel	B-Application
software	O
now	O
handles	O
large-scale	O
seismic	O
surveys	O
and	O
regional	O
scale	O
2D	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petrel	B-Application
2007.1	O
software	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Ocean	O
framework	O
which	O
allows	O
3rd	O
parties	O
,	O
universities	O
,	O
oil	O
companies	O
and	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
Schlumberger	O
to	O
code	O
directly	O
into	O
Petrel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Petrel	B-Application
to	O
be	O
fully	O
64	O
bit	O
and	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
64	O
bit	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
on	O
the	O
Ocean	O
framework	O
this	O
release	O
coincided	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Ocean	O
Store	O
and	O
online	O
store	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
download	O
plugins	O
for	O
Petrel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
contribute	O
your	O
plugin	O
to	O
Petrel	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
