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KERN Geo
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Well data you can trust, audited on the workstation where it lives.

KERN Geo delivers specialized software and independent expertise for well data integrity, quality assurance, and subsurface valuation. Engineered for strict data confidentiality: fully offline execution with zero data egress and zero external server dependencies.

Write to [email protected]How the tool works
NGR-04
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Synthetic well, generated in the page. The viewer is the same rendering approach as KERN Desktop QC: curves come from the core as typed arrays, every pixel is drawn here.

L-07
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Synthetic section, generated in the page: impedance model, 30 Hz Ricker wavelet, one incised channel crossed by NGR-04. Hovering either panel moves the cursor in the other through the time-depth relationship.

Execution
100% Offline
Integrity
Immutable Raw Data
Deployment
Zero Admin Rights

One practice, three ways to work with it.

The tool, the audits and the training share the same rules of evidence: a dataset is only as good as what can be checked, and every deduction is shown to the person signing the report.

KERN Desktop QC

Borehole data diagnostics and quality assurance

A standalone workstation designed for the rigorous validation of legacy wireline runs, LWD and core measurements. It spots tool artefacts, enforces multi-log physical consistency, and delivers audited datasets ready for reservoir characterization.

  • —Multi-well screening: automated detection of caving, wash-outs, flatlines, and depth discrepancies
  • —Geodetic consistency: strict segregation and validation of MD, TVD, and TVDSS reference frames
  • —Full audit lineage: flags and findings are documented without altering original raw curves
  • —Audit reporting: structured integrity scorecards for data rooms, reserves reviews, and end-of-well deliverables
Subsurface consulting & audits

Independent petrophysical review

Audit of well datasets at key decision moments: prior to acquisition, at handover of end-of-well deliverables, ahead of reserves reviews or database migrations. The deliverable is a concise report a manager can act on and a specialist can verify line by line.

  • —Data room and end-of-well deliverable audits
  • —Second-opinion petrophysics: Vsh, porosity, saturation, net pay
  • —Data governance and archival strategy for corporate well databases
Technical training

Capacity building for subsurface teams

Hands-on sessions for engineers and technicians who receive, archive and interpret well data. Built around real files, real failure cases and the tool itself, so that what is learned in the room is applied the next morning.

  • —Reading and validating LAS, deviation and core files
  • —Log analysis fundamentals through applied petrophysics
  • —Python for petrophysics, for teams that want to automate their own checks
WEEKLY FIELD HOW-TO

Practical log quality control

Concrete notes on spotting well anomalies, corrupt formats and classic interpretation traps.

Updated weekly
#01 · INTÉGRITÉ DES LOGS4 min

Repérer les faux effets gaz en zone dégradée

Comment les cavages et wash-outs faussent l'overlay densité-neutron, et le filtre en 2 étapes pour les éliminer.

CALI · RHOB · NPHI
#02 · DIAGRAPHIE ÉLECTRIQUE5 min

Calculer la saturation en eau à partir des diagraphies électriques

La loi d'Archie appliquée : de la résistivité vraie à la saturation en eau, et les paramètres qui font basculer une interprétation.

RT · RW · PHIE
#03 · INTÉGRATION CAROTTES5 min

Recalage carotte-log sans déformation artificielle

Aligner les profondeurs carottes sur le gamma-ray filaire par déformation dynamique contrainte, sans casser la cohérence stratigraphique.

CORE SHIFT · GR MATCH

Built for the real constraints of interpretation workstations.

A subsurface tool must operate on restricted enterprise workstations, without cloud dependency, and without risking the integrity of raw assets.

SystemWindows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
InstallationStandalone portable application (no admin privileges required)
Data SecurityStrict network isolation: zero inbound or outbound traffic
Project StorageSingle-file container, fully archivable and portable
Footprint< 35 Mo
RenderingSmooth 60 fps display on standard GPU
LanguagesEnglish and French, switchable
COMPUTATIONAL ENGINES & SUBSURFACE SPECIFICATIONS
Modèle puits · MD, TVD, TVDSS and strict physical unit enforcement
Ingestion · LAS 2.0, core data, deviation surveys and checkshots
Audit QC · wash-out, spike and depth mismatch detection
Pétrophysique · Vsh, porosities, Sw, zonation and net pay
Géométrie 3D · cartographic projections, CRS and well paths
Archivage · local, self-contained project database
Modèles de vue · reusable log presentation templates
Faciès · standardized lithology patterns and colour scales
Surfaces 2D · 2D gridding, kriging and minimum curvature
Calage sismique · time-depth relationship and 1D synthetic seismogram

Complete Auditability

Raw data is never overwritten. Every derived curve maintains a full lineage of its parameters and equations.

Resilience to Corrupt Deliverables

Malformed vendor files produce clear, documented findings in the audit report rather than interrupting your workflow.

Deterministic Computation

Subsurface physics and geodesy run independently of the display layer, ensuring reproducible results across all workstations.

Where the project stands.

KERN Desktop QC is in active development towards a first field release with early client teams. The table lists feature maturity today.

LAS 2.0 multi-well import with tolerance to malformed filesavailable
Multi-track log viewer, synchronised zoom and cursor, template-driven viewsavailable
Markers, zonation and facies tablesavailable
Project persistence, project parameters, datasets and unitsavailable
1D synthetic seismogram and time-depth relationship engineavailable
2D surface gridding engine, kriging includedavailable
SEG-Y reading engineavailable
Depth reference handling at display timein progress
Field tests on client workstationsplanned

Talk to us about a dataset, an audit or a team.

One address for everything. Describe the files you receive, the decisions they feed, and the people who handle them; we reply with a concrete scope.

[email protected]