Schlumberger's Petrel 2014 will be released next month with a complete refresh of the user interface, the result of extensive usability testing with a couple of dozen key clients-to provide a 'single shared view of the subsurface for all disciplines.' The new GUI represents a move to the Microsoft Windows 'ribbon' interface which in other contexts (like Microsoft Office) has proved a love hate thing. Schlumberger claims the Petrel ribbon has been well received and it does seem to have had more thought put into its organization than its Office equivalent. A logical left-to-right organization reflects Petrel's broad seismic-to-reservoir scope. For those not convinced, reverting to a classic WIMP mode is possible.
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