PETROG 5 -Â Petrographic Software
PETROG 5 is a comprehensive petrographic data collection, storage, and analysis system designed to enhance the workflow of petrographers. This software operates on Windows 10 and 11, providing compatibility with various camera models, though older versions of Windows are no longer supported. PETROG streamlines the analysis process by replacing traditional point counters and paper tick sheets with intelligent software, allowing simultaneous viewing of data and images on the monitor. Its advanced features facilitate faster and more accurate data collection and analysis, supporting various interpretations such as provenance and petrophysical studies. The software is highly customizable, catering to individual or project-specific requirements. It covers the entire petrographic analysis cycle, from slide preparation to report generation, aiming at users in sectors like oil and gas, coal, steel, concrete, and ceramics in archaeology.
PETROG is an integrated petrographic data collection, storage and analysis system. PETROG is in use on every continent collecting, storing and analysing petrographic data.
PETROG Transforms Your Petrographic Data
PETROG assists the petrographer at all stages of petrographic analysis from the slide through to the final report.
PETROG's key benefits are:
- Data collection interface and thin section images sit side by side on your monitor, making your observation and data collection easier
- Traditional 12/20 channel point counter and paper tick sheets are replaced with intelligent software
- The analysis cycle is faster and more accurate
- QA is enabled by viewing exactly what the data collector saw by returning to stored sampling point images
- Petrographic data can be provided for provenance, palaeoenvironmental, diagenetic and petrophysical interpretation
- The software can be customised to meet individual user or project requirements
Custom Work Flow and Protocols
Point-counting procedures vary with the needs of the project and the demands of the individual geologist.
PETROG recognises the multiple needs of each discipline and application, and the individuality of the geologist, by providing a versatile platform to suit any data collection methodology.
Key aspects of this flexibility include:
- Supporting analysis of any sample, including both plugs and thin sections, up to 7.5cm x 5cm;
- Optimising the use of the available material by allowing the easy and quick specification of multiple areas of interest, of shapes designed to suit the material;
- Setting number of points and spacing (step size) to suit national and international standards or local preference, and to match scientific rigour of point counting.
- Minimising the need for re-analysis of samples by creating a quality-assured, cross-referenced database of all relevant petrographic data, whilst removing the most common sources of user error and increasing the reliability of an investigation by maintaining a persistent method across samples;
- Increasing productivity and reducing errors by matching the user interface to the geologist’s experience, with a highly customisable, ergonomically designed interface, specified by and continuously improved by practising geologists in over 50 countries.