Software Available from the KGS
The Kansas Geological Survey has long been involved with software and the use of computers in geosciences. These pages describe the software available from the Survey and technical publications on these topics.
Software being actively developed and supported by the KGS
- GEMINI Project
- GEMINI (Geo-Engineering Modeling through Internet Informatics) is an interactive, integrated Website designed to construct real-time geo-engineering reservoir models.
- SurfSeis
- SurfSeis© is software for multichannel analysis of surface waves, compatible with Microsoft® Windows(tm). A new demonstration disk is available. Version 2.0 is now in release.
- WinSeis
- WinSeis Seismic Processing Software is for use with Microsoft Windows on 386, 486, or Pentium personal computers. Features include filtering, statics, muting, format conversion, geometry, data display, and printing.
- Kipling
- Kipling.xla is an add-in for Excel 97 and Excel 2000 that can be used for modeling and prediction of both discrete and continuous data. Kipling was developed at primarily for well log analysis applications. In particular, Kipling can easily be used in conjunction with the PfEFFER well log analysis package. However, the methodology is highly generalized, so that Kipling can be applied to almost any kind of data.
- PfEFFER
- PfEFFER Pro is a cost-effective and practical tool for the real-time, interactive log analysis. Spreadsheet database and graphic features allow both rapid interaction and comparative evaluation of multiple interpretations or best case/worst case extremes. In addition, multiple wells and zones are easily managed. A project file can be generated that assembles reservoir parameter, grids them, and displays them as 2-D maps or 3-D surfaces. Requires Excel 97 (or later) to operate.
This software is not being actively developed or supported
- CORRELATOR
- User's Manual for CORRELATOR, Version 5.2, by Ricardo A. Olea and Robert J. Sampson, KGS, Open-file Report 2002-51
- Surface III software
- Available for Macintosh computers, Surface III is a gridding and contouring program.
- WHEAT
- WHEAT is a set of user-friendly Windows programs for computer-based mapping and geographic analysis designed for ease of use by natural resource scientists. FREE.
- SUPRPUMP version 1.0
- SUPRPUMP aids in the analysis and design of pumping tests and slug tests. It is available as a PC application, and Fortran source code is included.
Web software resources from sites other than the Kansas Geological Survey
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- The U.S. Dept. of Energy's NETL has a software web page with simulators, predictive models, and other software.
- Macintosh Geological Software
- This list of software for Macintosh computers is sponsored by Texas Christian University.