ARANZ Geo continues geothermal focus, releases Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4
CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – September 20, 2017 – ARANZ Geo, developer of Leapfrog® 3D geological modelling, has released Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4. The release is the second phase in a major development
programme to provide a unified sub-surface solution for the geothermal industry. Leapfrog Geothermal is the only purpose
built 3D geothermal modelling solution on the market that integrates with leading reservoir engineering and geophysical
software.
Product Director Brennan Williams says, “Our goal is to build a unified sub-surface solution for the geothermal industry
that integrates well data, geochemistry data, geophysical data, geological modelling and flow simulation. Leapfrog
Geothermal 3.4 has additional bespoke geothermal functionality and can be housed and managed on the Leapfrog Central
model management platform. It’s the next phase in achieving our goal.”
Shaun Maloney, Managing Director of ARANZ Geo says, “Our continued focus on the geothermal market reflects our
commitment to earth, environmental and energy projects around the world. By bringing the best integrated 3D geological
modelling solution to the geothermal industry, we are helping ensure valuable natural resources are managed efficiently
and maintained for future generations.”
Global footprint
Leapfrog Geothermal is rapidly becoming the software of choice for the industry, and is now used by six of the top 12
geothermal operators.
Business Development Manager, Jeremy O’Brien says, “Our customers represents a third of all installed capacity globally,
with users in, Iceland, East Africa, USA, Mexico, and across Asia Pacific.[i]
“To support this interest we have accelerated our development programme, and this release follows the June release of
Leapfrog Geothermal 3.3. We have also expanded our Leapfrog Geothermal team to include technical sales advisors based in
London and Perth, to support Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our rapidly expanding global footprint means we’re able to
support our customers in all time zones.”
Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4 features
Leapfrog Geothermal is a workflow-based solution which uses implicit modelling to build surfaces directly from data
while subsurface professionals use their skill and interpretation to guide the process. Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4 new
features include support for IDW (inverse distance weighted) isosurfacing of geophysical gridded data and improvements
to the TOUGH2 workflow. The release further enhances major features introduced in 3.3 including Time Based Visualisation
of Geophysical Point Data, the new Geophysical Data folder and further develops interaction with model management
platform Leapfrog Central.
Williams adds, “Our customers often deal with limited data so it’s important we’re able to help them readily incorporate
geophysics such as MT data to inform the reservoir conceptual model and make critical decisions.”
Model management
Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4 further develops operability with model management platform Leapfrog Central, which allows
geothermal projects to be stored and managed from a single source of truth. Of particular value to the well-regulated
industry, audit trails are easily maintained, security is heightened and version control issues are avoided. The
platform also facilitates and improves team collaboration and decision making.
Industry-specific solution
O’Brien says, “Being industry-specific means that Leapfrog Geothermal delivers the efficiency gains that give subsurface
professionals time to make better decisions. This latest release introduces some important new features and we look
forward to introducing more advancements over the coming months.”
Contact Energy’s Reservoir Strategy Manager Warren Mannington says, “The ongoing development of Leapfrog Geothermal
continues to match our business needs. Contact Energy uses Leapfrog Geothermal as our primary 3-D visualisation tool and
it greatly adds to our understanding of the geothermal system.
“We have worked closely with ARANZ Geo and they are in tune with the requirements of the geothermal community. Their
development programme continues to add valuable functionality that gives us greater insight or improves workflow. In
particular the new time dependent function for numeric data will be a very useful addition for our reservoir management.
We currently visualise our microseismic data in Leapfrog, however the new release will improve our workflows and release
the dataset’s full potential in 4D.”
ARANZ Geo will showcase Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4 at the forthcoming GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GeoExpo on 1-4 October in Salt Lake City, Utah and at the New Zealand Geothermal Workshop in Rotorua, New Zealand
on 22-24 November.
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About ARANZ Geo:
ARANZ Geo solutions harness information to extract value, bring meaning and reduce risk. We turn complex data into
geological understanding, provide timely insight and give decision makers confidence. ARANZ Geo are the developers of
the revolutionary Leapfrog® 3D geological modelling solutions for the mining, environmental, renewable energy, and other
geologically dependant industries which enable geologists and decision makers to make critical time-sensitive investment
decisions that reduce risk, cost and time. ARANZ Geo’s global footprint includes a Christchurch-based HQ and R centre and offices in Asia/Pacific, Africa, South America, North America and Europe.
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