http://www.mve.com/news en colin@mve.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-09T13:27:27+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/aapg-2013 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/aapg-2013#When:13:27:27Z Alongside this we will be proud to show our continued development in our restructured Move 2013 software, bringing true integration between Move, 2D and 3D Kinematic modelling and the Geomechanical, Fracture and Sediment modelling modules. If you would like to book a slot to talk to one of our experts to discuss either software or a consulting project, then please email info@mve.com or complete our contact form. We would strongly recommend booking a slot to avoid hanging around waiting for one of the team to become available. Dr. Ryan Shackleton from Midland Valley has a poster presentation on the Monday morning: Abstract ID: 1555782 Abstract Title: Evaluating the Efficacy of Restoration Based Fracture Prediction Methods in Structurally Deformed Reservoirs Session Title: Theme 9: Geomechanical Modeling of Natural and Stimulated Reservoirs (AAPG) Session Day: May 20, 2013 Session Time: 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM Location: Exhibition Hall Ryan is also co-chairing the following session on the Wednesday afternoon: Theme 9: Geomechanical Modeling of Natural and Stimulated Reservoirs (AAPG) Room 319/320/321 Co-Chairs: R. Shackleton and L. Chiaramonte We look forward to meeting you in Pittsburgh! Marketing, Press Release, 2013-05-09T13:27:27+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/april-newsletter-available1 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/april-newsletter-available1#When:15:37:56Z AAPG 2013 Midland Valley will be at the AAPG annual convention in Pittsburgh this year (19-22 May) with a new exhibition stand (BOOTH#1710) and new software. We will be launching our Apple and Android FieldMove Apps as an addition to our software range. Alongside this we will be proud to show our continued development in our restructured Move software bringing true integration between Move, 2D and 3D Kinematic modelling and the Geomechanical, Fracture and Sediment modelling modules. If you would like to book a slot to talk to one of our experts to discuss either software or a consulting project, then please email mve@mve.com or complete our contact form. We would strongly recommend booking a slot to avoid hanging around waiting for one of the team to become available. User Meeting 2013                     We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended our Move user meeting in Edinburgh at the end of March. The meeting was a great success and in particular the presentations by our clients and research associates showed how Move is continuing to help reduce risk and uncertainty in a wide range of sectors and geological settings. The continued input from those who attended is very much appreciated and will be put to use in shaping our future development plans. A challenging, if slightly cold and snowy day, was had by all when experiencing digital fi eld mapping at Kinghorn on the East Coast of Scotland. Much of the feedback we had here will be put to good use in our release of the Apple and Andriod FieldMove Apps which will be available this summer. Although it will be hard to top dinner at Edinburgh Castle with views across the city and the snow covered Pentland Hills, we are currently preparing and fi nalising the locations for Midland Valley’s 2014 User Meeting. If you have any input you wish to make to this with regards to location, presentations etc. please let us know by completing our contact form. New Tutorials Available Our geologists have been busy, following on from our client enquires and a series of new tutorials have been added to our website:   Chapter 21 - Advanced Model conditioning Chapter 22 - Attribute Visulization Chapter 23 - Construct Horizon from Fault Chapter 24 - Prograding Delta Restoration Chapter 25 - 3D Depth Conversion and Decompaction These have been made available to all our maintained clients and can be accessed through our client secure section: http://www.mve.com/clients/intro Notes for the Diary Continuing Midland Valley’s commitment to shared knowledge and collaboration, we will be attending the Hedberg Research Conference at Reno, Nevada 23-27 June 2013: 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation: Earth, Mind and Machine. As things are finalised please keep an eye on http://www.mve.com/calendar for a list of our presentations and Midland Valley attendees. Newsletter, 2013-04-29T15:37:56+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/move-2013-maintenance-update-available-now http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/move-2013-maintenance-update-available-now#When:09:49:04Z The complete Move 2013.1.1 Release Notes are also available in same client section for a full list of fixes and updates. You do not need to have version 2013.1 installed to install 2013.1.1. The client section of our website is available to maintained commercial clients, and also academic clients who have purchased a support package.  Registered clients can follow this link and login: www.mve.com/clients  If you have not registered yet please go to: www.mve.com/register Please contact us if you require assistance accessing this resource.  Software Update, 2013-04-09T09:49:04+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/2012-student-structure-prize-winners-announced http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/2012-student-structure-prize-winners-announced#When:11:41:17Z The wide variety of topics and the different approaches taken made judging the entries as difficult and challenging as usual and, in line with the original challenge of the competition, Alan has chosen this year’s winners for their clear interest and commitment to structural geology as well as their technical merit. Well done all! Best Use of Move: Koen Torremans of KU Lueven (Belgium). 3D characterisation of fluid inclusion planes by optical sectioning and image processing methods. Post-Graduate 1st Place: Oliver Duffy, University of Manchester (England). Entry Title:  Mobile evaporite controls on the structural style and evolution of rift basins:Danish Central Graben, North Sea. Post Graduate 2nd Place: Jose Aurelio Espana Pinto, IPN-ESIA (Instituto Politecnico Nacional) (Mexico). Entry Title:  Geological evolution in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. Under-Graduate 1st Place: Rueben Hansman of University of Canterbury (New Zealand). Entry Title:  Utilizing 3DMove by Midland Valley to Understand the Structural Development of the Avoca Basin, Canterbury, New Zealand. Under-Graduate 2nd Place: Sean Rennie , University of Cape Town (South Africa). Entry Title:  The geometry and strain localisation of the Kuckaus Mylonite Zone; Namibia. Meet the Winners Koen Torremans Oliver Duffy Jose Aurelio Espana Pinto Rueben Hansman Sean Rennie     Academic, Structure prize, 2013-03-28T11:41:17+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/full-presentation-schedule-available-for-2013-user-meeting http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/full-presentation-schedule-available-for-2013-user-meeting#When:16:53:55Z   Alongside presentations and software demonstrations of Move 2013 we will hear case-studies from esteemed speakers on topics ranging from using Move in ground engineering,  to structural issues in carbon storage and shale gas exploitation to fracture characterisation in crystalline basements.  As well as the technical meeting we will spend an afternoon digitally field mapping along the East Coast of Scotland, enjoy a networking evening at Edinburgh Castle and provide Move users with the chance to get hands on with the 2013 version. Access the technical program and further information here. Midland Valley event, 2013-02-26T16:53:55+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/read-our-first-newsletter-of-2013 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/read-our-first-newsletter-of-2013#When:12:31:44Z Other contents include Easter in Edinburgh – a gathering for structural geologists Conference Networking Dinner, Edinburgh Castle Digital Mapping Field Trip Structural Surgery Modelling Structural Evolution to Improve Geological Models Move 2013: Available Now Move 2013 Release Highlights Meet our new Structural Geologist And our current Intern Geothermal Modelling using Move Recent and Upcoming Events Download now >>> Newsletter, 2013-02-06T12:31:44+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/move-2013-released-available-now http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/move-2013-released-available-now#When:16:48:09Z Main Components of Move 2013 Move Core Application: 2D and 3D model building with analysis, and the base product for the modelling modules in the Move Suite. 2D Kinematic Modelling Module: kinematic restoration and forward modelling functionality. 3D Kinematic Modelling Module: kinematic restoration functionality. Move 2013 Release Highlights Software development this year has focussed on bringing across the remaining 2DMove and 3DMove functionality into the Move Core Application and the 2D Kinematic and 3D Kinematic Modelling modules as we move towards a single Move environment.  Here is a summary of the main highlights of this release. 2D Kinematic Modelling Module Two new forward modelling algorithms have been added and integrated into the 2D Kinematic Modelling module: Fault Bend Fold (Suppe 1983) with support for sedimentation, erosion and creation of splay faults:     Fault Propagation Fold (Suppe & Medwedeff 1990) with modes to handle constant thickness and fixed axis:   Improvements to forward modelling includes applying sedimentation and erosion when using Move on Fault and Construct Horizons; the possibility to control the ductile height with different modes (Poblet & McClay 1996) and support of wedges and out of sequence faulting. 3D Model Building and Analysis in Move Core Application Surface construction improvements to extension, cutting, snapping, filling, intersecting, editing, sampling, smoothing, splitting, separating and extending. New Reshape Tool allows surface to be updated to new well picks/ drill data or new interpretation data. New Kriging tool for surface construction creates a new surface by interpolation of calculations between known locations and points such as well/drill-hole data (see image below). The created surface can be improved to better fit the data by choosing which type of transition model is required eg exponential, linear, spherical and by using the variogram tool.  See the Kriging Tool in our September newsletter. Improvements have been made to Dip, Area, Curvature and Cylindrical properties in the Surface Analysis tool and a new Thickness property option added.  Kriging attributes can also be utilised. Advanced operations within the Reshape Tool, requiring a 3D Kinematic Modelling license, allows the reshape of surfaces to fit new data while applying Simple Shear or Flexural Slip unfolding actions - updating the model and checking its validity in real-time.   Move Core Application New 3D graphics engine for comprehensive major long term benefits. Can handle larger amounts of dip and point data and now supports larger images/textures. Better stereo and modern hardware support including utilisation of GPU shaders where available.New Well Log/Drill Hole Analysis tool – like an attribute analyser for wells, view well log(s) against stratigraphy and view log data per individual well. New Section Interpretation View allows selected wells/drill holes to be viewed in ‘Section View’ side by side and evenly spread out to correlate well log data and markers.  Attribute data can be displayed down drill track as logs plots, colour map tracks or markers.  Markers can be interpreted and added to tracks; markers inserted while working in the Section Interpretation View are automatically updated on the parent track.  See more about the Section Interpretation View in August’s Newsletter. Move is now available on Mac OS (64-bits) 10.7 and above.  A new user interface design for the Modelling Modules tab has been implemented.  The new layout separates kinematic modelling functionality into 2D and 3D specific tools and improves navigation through the individual products in the panel.   "move to Move" As part of the “move to Move” software development project the majority of functionality from our stand-alone 2DMove and 3DMove products has now been migrated and re-engineered into the Move environment and we are on track to complete the project by this time next year.   Download Move 2013 from the 'Cleint' section of our website or contact us for further information on any of our software and services. Software Update, 2013-01-29T16:48:09+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/geothermal-modelling-using-move http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/geothermal-modelling-using-move#When:16:35:04Z The project included collating various surface and mine record geological information into Move and then building part of the Slitt vein from these surface and subsurface data and observations. Screenshot showing North (yellow) and South (blue) sides of the Slitt Vein modelling in 3D through digitized imported hand-drawn cross-sections. Lastly Stewart integrated gravity data to construct a 3D representation of the granite pluton itself.  It is hoped that the work done so far will help target future exploitation at the Eastgate site as well as informing other projects where an understanding of structure and fluid flow in igneous rocks is critical. Screenshot showing geological map, topographic map and granite.  Inset the Slitt Vein modelled inside the granite (inside green rectangle).   Stewart’s PhD Project titled “Fluid flow variation in faults from mines and tunnels” will look at a number of locations, including Eastgate.  A future phase will see him integrating fractures to understand their behaviour and their impact on fluid flow. Contact us if you are interested in using Move for geothermal energy modelling. Find out about our other R&D Projects. Technical Project, 2013-01-25T16:35:04+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/essential-website-maintenance-13th-january http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/essential-website-maintenance-13th-january#When:11:01:13Z Miscellaneous, 2013-01-11T11:01:13+00:00 http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/festive-period-hours http://www.mve.com/index.php/site/festive-period-hours#When:16:39:07Z Miscellaneous, 2012-12-20T16:39:07+00:00