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Borehole Data Worksheets

Well Locations Worksheet

Required: This worksheet is required if you are importing data into a blank database. The information is required to establish the initial borehole records.
Optional: This worksheet is optional if you are appending data to existing borehole records.

Worksheet name in Excel: Location

Examples:

Basic:
Bore  Easting  Northing  Elevation  TD   Symbol Color  
DH-1  1505.00  54535.12  4543.4     202  255    0      
DH-2  2102.23  43453.43  4654.8     210  121    0
DH-3  3245.25  32342.12  4021.6     157  44     453

More Detailed:
Bore  Easting  Northing  Elevation  TD   Symbol Color  Comments     Longitude Latitude Range Township Section Legal
DH-1  1505.00  54535.12  4543.4     202  255    0      JB Drilling  -125.3423 44.53234 1     1        1       NE/SE
DH-2  2102.23  43453.43  4654.8     210  121    0                   -125.2334 45.48394 1     1        2       SW/NW
DH-3  3245.25  32342.12  4021.6     157  44     453                 -125.6543 44.53245 1     1        3       SE/SE

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Notes:

See also: Entering Location Data for specifics about Location table requirements, optional fields, and customized fields.

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Downhole Survey Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no downhole survey measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Orientation

Example:

Bore Depth Azimuth  Inclination
DH-2 0.00  90.00    -90.00
DH-3 0.00  135.00   -45.00
DH-7 0.00  270.00   -90.00

Notes:

See also: Entering Well Orientation Data

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Lithology Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no lithology data is available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Lithology

Example:

Bore  Depth-1  Depth-2  Lithology  Description
DH-1  0.00     1.00     Crud       mixed materials
DH-1  1.00     2.60     Concrete
DH-1  2.60     3.00     Limestone
DH-2  0.00     1.30     Sand       fine
DH-2  1.30     2.10     Concrete
DH-2  2.10     3.50     Sand

Notes:

See also: Entering Lithology Data

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Stratigraphy Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no stratigraphic information is available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Stratigraphy

Example:

Bore  Depth-1  Depth-2  Stratigraphy
DH-1  0.00     9.60     Vadose Zone
DH-1  9.60     11.10    Aquifer-1
DH-1  11.10    17.90    Aquitard-1 
DH-2  0.00     10.50    Vadose Zone
DH-2  10.50    15.00    Aquifer-1
DH-3  0.00     7.50     Vadose Zone

Notes:

See also: Entering Stratigraphy Data, Missing Formations

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Interval Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no interval-based measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Interval

Example:

Bore  Type     Depth-1  Depth-2  Value
DH-1  Benzene  0.00     0.50     0.000
DH-1  Benzene  0.50     1.00     0.023
DH-1  Toluene  0.00     0.10     6.78
DH-2  Benzene  0.00     0.50     0.001
DH-2  Benzene  0.50     1.00     0.003
DH-2  Toluene  5.2      5.6      12.56
DH-4  PCB      11.50    12.00    0.180 
DH-4  Benzene  0.00     0.50     0.210

Notes:

See also: Entering Downhole Interval Data

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I-Text Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no interval-based text is available.

Worksheet name in Excel: IText

Example:

Bore  Type       Depth1  Depth2   Value
DH-1  Color      0       5        reddish-brown
DH-1  Color      20      25       grey and black
DH-1  Sample ID  0       5        DH1-A
DH-1  Sample ID  20      25       DH1-B
DH-3  Color      0       5        greenish-brown
DH-3  Sample ID  0       5        DH2-A
DH-3  Sample ID  20      25       DH2-B 

Notes:

See also: Entering Downhole I-Text

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Time Interval Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no date-specific interval-based measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: TmInterval

Example:

Bore  Type  Depth-1  Depth-2  Date        Value
DH-1  TCE   25       30       2/14/2007   0.003
DH-1  TCE   25       30       4/15/2007   0.009
DH-1  PCB   25       30       2/14/2007   0.050
DH-1  PCB   25       30       4/15/2007   0.047
DH-2  TCE   34       39       2/15/2007   0.004
DH-2  TCE   34       39       4/16/2007   0.008
DH-2  PCB   34       39       2/15/2007   0.039
DH-3  TCE   18       23       2/15/2007   0.008

Notes:

See also: Entering Time-Based Interval Data

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Point Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no point-based measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Point

Example:

Bore  Type         Depth     Value
DH-1  Gamma        0         0.090
DH-1  Gamma        0.5       0.075
DH-1  Resistivity  0.0       0.132
DH-1  Resistivity  1.0       0.240
DH-3  Gamma        0         0.092
DH-3  Gamma        0.5       0.100
DH-3  Neutron      23.40     0.240 

Notes:

See also: Entering Downhole Point Data

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P-Text Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no point-based text is available.

Worksheet name in Excel: PText

Example:

Bore  Type         Depth     Value
DH-1  Comment      23        Grades more clayey
DH-1  Comment      79.4      No data
DH-1  USCS         49        CL
DH-1  USCS         53        SP
DH-3  Comment      15        Grading to clay
DH-3  USCS         30        SC
DH-3  USCS         42        CL 

Notes:

See also: Entering Downhole P-Text Data

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Color Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file.  If present, it may be blank if no downhole color measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: RockColor

Example:

Bore  Depth1  Depth2  Color     Comment
DH-1  0.0     2.5     6190481   7.5YR 5/3 
DH-1  2.5     8.0     10398657  5YR 7/2
DH-1  8.0     11.1    4087664   2.5Y 4/3
DH-2  0.0     1.7     5003643   2.5YR 4/3
 

Notes:

See also: Entering Color Data

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Fracture Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no downhole fracture measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Fracture

Example:

Borehole ID   Depth   X(Easting)   Y(Northing)   Z(Elevation)  Direction  Inclination  Radius  Symbol  Color  Thickness  Style
DH-1           5.00      481,976.20      4,399,822.30      1235.00       25     20.00    1.00   10.00    50.00    1.00    0.00 
DH-4          190.00     482,073.80     4,399,822.30      1145.00      30      75.00    10.00    10.00    25.00    1.00    0.00    

Notes:

See also: Entering Fracture Data

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Water Level Data

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present it may be blank if no water level measurements are available.

Worksheet name in Excel: Aquifer

Example:

Bore  Date    Depth-1  Depth-2
DH-1  1/1/01  8.00     12.00
DH-1  2/2/01  10.00    12.00
DH-2  1/1/01  9.50     12.75
DH-2  3/3/01  14.00    18.00

Notes:

See also: Entering Water Level Data

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Special Log Symbols Worksheet

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no downhole symbols are to be included

Worksheet name in Excel: Symbol

Example:

Bore  Depth  Symbol  Color   Caption
DH-1  15.50  44      32512   Pump
DH-2  11.50  25      255     Sample 278-331
DH-2  15.50  5       255     Water level 

Notes:

See also: Entering log symbols

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Special Log Patterns Worksheet

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no downhole pattern intervals are to be displayed.

Worksheet name in Excel: Pattern

Example:

Bore  Depth-1 Depth-2  Patrn  Dens  Background Foreground  Thickn  Caption
DH-1  0.00    9.00     8      3.00  32639      16777215    1       Casing
DH-1  9.00    12.00    8      3.00  16711680   16777215    1       Screen
DH-2  12.00   17.00    8      3.00  32639      16777215    1       Casing 

Notes:

See also: Entering Log Patterns

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Log Bitmaps Worksheet

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no downhole bitmap images are to be displayed.

Worksheet name in Excel: Bitmap

Example:

Bore  Depth-1 Depth-2  Header-Base  Footer-Top  Filename    BitmapType
DH-1  0.00    40.00    132                      elog-1.tif  Raster Logs
DH-2  5.00    45.00    135                      elog-2.tif  Raster Logs
DH-3  0.00    53.00                             elog-3.tif  Raster Logs
 

Notes:

See also: Entering Downhole Raster Images

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Downhole Vectors Worksheet

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no downhole vector data is to be imported.

Worksheet name in Excel: Vector

Example:

Bore  Depth-1  Direction  Inclination  Color  Magnitude
DH-1  20.0     29         12           255    19
DH-1  30.0     38         1            255    12
DH-2  10.0     14         28           255    44

Notes:

See also: Entering Log Vectors

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Well Construction Data Worksheet

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: Well Construction

Example:

Bore   Diam1  Diam2  Offset  Depth1  Depth2  WellConstruction
DH-05  0.00   1.00   0.00    0.00    35.00   PVC Casing
DH-05  0.00   3.00   0.00    47.00   64.00   PVC Screen
DH-05  0.00   3.00   0.00    45.00   47.00   Sand
DH-05  1.00   3.00   0.00    32.00   45.00   Sand
DH-05  1.00   3.00   0.00    2.00    32.00   Bentonite
DH-05  1.00   3.00   0.00    0.00    2.00    Cement

Notes:

See also: Entering Well Construction Data

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Production Data Worksheet

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: Production

Example:

Bore   Stratigraphy   pYear  pMonth  pDays  pOil  pSpecGrav  pGas  pGasBTU  pFlared  pWater
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  1999   1       31     30               1072  1650              14
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  1999   2       28     25               682   1569              13
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  1999   3       31     37    62.4       1146  1761
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  1999   4       30     21               555   1705              14
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  1999   5       31     11               460   1583              19
: (etc.)
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  2000   1       31     27               941   1584              14
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  2000   2       29     40    66.8       910   1580              13
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  2000   3       28     34               769   1817              13
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  2000   4       30     63    65         397   1607              14
DH-01  Leadville Ls.  2000   5       11     10               310   1595              14
: (etc.)
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  1999   1       31     20               643   1650              10
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  1999   2       28     17               391   1569              9
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  1999   3       31     24               693   1761              10
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  1999   4       30     13    62.4       301   1705              9
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  1999   5       5      2                84    1583
: (etc.)
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  2000   2       29     28    66.8       540   1580              9
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  2000   3       28     22               448   1817              9
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  2000   4       30     16               195   1607              9
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  2000   5       10     7                181   1595              10
DH-02  Leadville Ls.  2000   6       12     5                428   1563              8
: (etc.)

Notes:

See also: Entering Well Production Data

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Types Tables

Lithology Types

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no lithology data is available or if you wish to define your lithology types after import.

Worksheet name in Excel: Lith Type

Example:

Name     Pattern  Size  Background  Foreground Thk Percent  Density  G-Value
Asphalt  39       2.00  0           8388863    1   95       0.20000  1.00000
Clay     5        3.00  65280       33023      1   70       0.30000  2.00000
Sand     39       2.00  12566463    255        1   100      0.40000  3.00000

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General Notes

Column Notes:

See also: Lithology Types Table for general Lithology Table information.

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Stratigraphy Types

Optional: This worksheet need not be present in the Excel file. If present, it may be blank if no stratigraphic information is available or if you wish to define your stratigraphy types after import.

Worksheet name in Excel: Strat Type

Example:

Name           Patrn  Size  Backgnd  Foregnd  Thk  Percent  Dens  G-Value
Vadose Zone    76     2.00  65280    0        1    100      0.20  2
Aquifer-1      2      3.00  65535    0        1    100      0.30  3
Aquitard-1     4      3.00  32512    16777215 1    100      0.10  4

General Notes:

Column Notes:

See also: Stratigraphy Types Tables for general Stratigraphy Table information

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Well Construction Types Worksheet

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: Well Const Type

Example:

Name       Pat  Size  Background Foreground
Screen      10  3.00  16777215   8388736   
PVC Casing  6   3.00  16777215   0         
PVC Screen  5   3.00  16777215   0         
Sand        4   3.00  16777215   0         
Bentonite   3   3.00  16777215   0         
Cement      2   3.00  12632256   12632256  

General Notes:

Column Notes:

See also: Well Construction Types Tables

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Interval Data Types

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: Interval Type

Example:

Benzene
Toluene
TCE

Notes:

See also: Defining the I-Data Columns

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I-Text Types

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: IText Type

Example:

Sample ID

Notes:

See also: Defining the I-Text Columns

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Time Interval Data Types

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: TmInterval Type

Example:

PCB
TCE
MDE

Notes

See also: Defining the T-Data Columns

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Point Data Types

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: Point Type

Example:

Gamma
Resistivity
Caliper

Notes:

See also: Defining the P-Data Columns

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P-Text Types

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: P-Text Type

Example:

Comments
USCS

Notes:

See also: Defining the P-Text Columns

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Miscellaneous Project Tables

Starting in RockWorks15, we've embedded many accessory tables into the project database. These include colorfill tables, polygon definitions, section polylines, and many more. The names of the RockWorks tables and their corresponding Excel worksheets are listed below. Please refer to the spreadsheet "RockWorks data import.xls" which was installed into the Samples folder, for examples of how these worksheets need to be formatted.

Color Fill Table: MinMaxColor
Contour Table: Contour
Point Map Range Table: PointMapRange
3-D Point Map Range Table: 3DPointMapRange
XY Coordinate Table: XYCoordinate
XY Pair Table: XYPair
Fault Table: Faults
Polygon Table: Polygon
Bargraph Scale Table: BargraphScale
3D IDW (Solid Modeling) Sector Table: IDWSolidModelingSec
2D IDW (Gridding) Sector Table: DWGriddingSector
Synonym Table: Synonym

See also: Miscellaneous Project Tables

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Reference Information

Project Dimensions Worksheet

Optional.

Worksheet name in Excel: Dimensions

Example:

X-Min  X-Max  X-Spacing  Y-Min  Y-Max  Y-Spacing  Z-Min  Z-Max  Z-Spacing
0.000  100.0  10.0       0.000  100.0  10.0       0.0    100.0  10.0

Notes:

See also: Viewing Your Project Dimensions for general information about viewing and changing your project dimensions.

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Color Codes

 


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