ARIES Petroleum Economics and Reserves Software provides a comprehensive enterprise wide property and data management, production and reserve forecasting, and economic evaluations for operations, engineering, and business teams.
Customer Reviews
Jonathan T.
Advanced user of ARIES Petroleum Economics and Reserves SoftwareThe thing I like best about Aries is the structured set of tables that underlie the software. Once you get acquainted with how they work, it becomes so easy to query/update/enhance your specific database. It is both structed, yet flexible enough to allow almost anything you need done in Reserves to be accomplished. Some of the other things I like about Aries are its ability to be deployed on multiple database platforms including: Oracle SQL, MS Access, the shortcut keys that allow you to use the program almost without moussing, and the way that everything has a place where it is stored neatly in a table.
The main dislike I have with Aries, is that they haven't updated the Multigraph module in what seems like a hundred years. It functions, you can use it to put a forecast, but it is very antiquated and the visuals are not good. Besides the multigraph being outdated, Aries also was built to be a local install, with lots of processes needing to point to the C: or other local files. This is great when you have a company that works a lot on local equipment, but not great at all when you have a company that is pushing toward cloud implementation of everything. Aries and cloud tech, do not mix.
Aries is the industry standard, don't let the ancient looking interface turn you off, the backend database is a thing of beauty once you understand it. My other advice would be that with someone who knows how to set it up/ use it well, you can do almost anything!
The primary problem we solve with Aries is having a place to store all of the pertinent information about reserves in one central, quarriable place. The SQL backend allows for any kind of reporting you need to do, as well as plenty of storage space to run multiple different scenarios around pricing, forecast, expenses, etc. Plus Aries has been such an industry standard for so long, that it is almost essential when sending information about reserves to others.
