Petrel is a software platform by Schlumberger Information Solutions used in the exploration and production sector of the petroleum industry. It is a cloud-based platform designed to develop collaborative workflows to increase oil and gas performance. It uses Esri's projection engine for CRS management and is compatible with ArcGIS files. Functionality within Petrel includes: interpreting seismic data, performing well correlation, building reservoir models, visualizing reservoir simulation results, calculating volumes, producing maps, and designing development strategies to maximize reservoir exploitation.