What is the Analogue feature?
The Analogue feature allows users to identify field analogues and using the technical and commercial metrics that matter to them most. Once identified, the analogues are ranked in terms of similarity to the input field. The analogue fields, once selected, can be investigated further in Lens Subsurface.
How to use the Analogue feature
Step 1.
If required, you can filter as normal in Lens before starting the Analogue workflow to remove fields that are not of interest for the specific analogue search.
💡 Tip: The Analogues workflow will only return outputs from the data as filtered in Lens, so using broad filters or no filters at all is advised.
Step 2.
To start the workflow, click on the Analogue feature section. This will open a new area where you can start the workflow with your filtering maintained.
Step 3.
Select the field you are interested in finding an analogue for from the drop-down list. The names listed will be identical to the names found in the "Field summary" data table in Lens.
Step 4.
Once the field has loaded, you will see a list of all the Analogue feature tool attributes, with values populated for your selected field.
Step 5.
Depending on your workflow focus, selecting the area of importance will change the weightings for the attribute groups (high, medium, low). You have the option to change the weighting based on Rock properties, Hydrocarbon properties or Commercial factors.
💡 Tip: Tailoring the area of importance will depend on your question- are you more interested in lithology or are capex values more important, etc.
Step 6.
Click 'Calculate analogues'. In this new Analogue feature view, you will see a customisable crossplot of field parameters and a data table showing the top 50 analogues ranked by similarity score.
💡 Tip: You can also select all fields from the data table and add to you filters to further analyse the analogue data using the core lens features. The data can also be exported from the Analogues data table using the export data icon.
Step 7.
There will also be a map view with the Analogue layer that will allow users to see the geographical distribution of the analogue results as well as being able to add all other Lens layers.
Please look at our FAQ article over the Analogue feature: Analogue feature FAQ