# Best Exploration Software

  *By [Neya Kumaresan](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/neya-kumaresan)*

   Oil and gas companies use exploration software to identify and evaluate deposits in order to decide either to start extraction or not. Exploration software helps oil and gas companies determine the size, accessibility, and overall feasibility of deposits. By using exploration software, oil and gas companies can start planning extraction operations and prepare an infrastructure that ensure the safety of their personnel. Exploration software is an important tool for hazard identification and risk assessment.

For accurate exploration data, exploration software integrates with [geology and seismic](https://www.g2.com/categories/geology-and-seismic) software solutions. Integration with [oil and gas simulation and modeling](https://www.g2.com/categories/oil-and-gas-simulation-and-modeling) can also help companies create and compare scenarios for optimal extraction and production strategies.

To qualify for inclusion in the Exploration category, a product must:

- Provide information on oil and gas deposits across multiple locations
- Visualize and analyze your drillhole and borehole data
- Automate data capture and processing tasks for exploration
- Convert and share surface and subsurface geoscience data 
- Determine the potential of unexplored deposits 
- Estimate the feasibility and costs of extraction and production projects





## Best Exploration Software At A Glance

- **Leader:** [Leapfrog Geo](https://www.g2.com/products/leapfrog-geo/reviews)
- **Top Trending:** [IHS Kingdom](https://www.g2.com/products/ihs-kingdom/reviews)
- **Best Free Software:** [CorePlan](https://www.g2.com/products/coreplan/reviews)


## Top-Rated Products (Ranked by G2 Score)
  ### 1. [Leapfrog Geo](https://www.g2.com/products/leapfrog-geo/reviews)
  Leapfrog Geo is the industry-leading 3D geological modelling tool that helps geologists increase orebody knowledge and reduce operational risk. Built for exploration and mining, it streamlines workflows with an advanced implicit modelling engine, eliminating time-consuming wireframing so teams can focus on what matters—understanding the geology.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 57


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Seequent](https://www.g2.com/sellers/seequent)
- **Company Website:** https://www.seequent.com/
- **Year Founded:** 2003
- **HQ Location:** Christchurch, NZ
- **Twitter:** @Seequentglobal (1,344 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/seequent (776 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Mining & Metals
  - **Company Size:** 48% Mid-Market, 26% Small-Business


  ### 2. [Petrel E&P Software Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/schlumberger-petrel-e-p-software-platform/reviews)
  The Petrel E&P software platform brings disciplines together with best-in-class applied science in an unparalleled productivity environment. This shared earth approach enables companies to standardize workflows from exploration to production—and make more informed decisions with a clear understanding of both opportunities and risks.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 16


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SLB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/slb-198f919f-8761-4195-b804-317681d11409)
- **Year Founded:** 1846
- **HQ Location:** Houston, TX
- **Twitter:** @Schlumberger
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/slbglobal/ (78,869 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** LSE:SCL

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Oil & Energy
  - **Company Size:** 50% Enterprise, 38% Small-Business


  ### 3. [IHS Kingdom](https://www.g2.com/products/ihs-kingdom/reviews)
  IHS Kingdom software provides you the functionality needed for your portfolio management from prospect to production, with interpretation to microseismic analysis and geosteering resulting in interpretation and modeling sharing of data and more decision making.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 16


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [S&P Global](https://www.g2.com/sellers/s-p-global)
- **HQ Location:** New York, NY
- **Twitter:** @SPGlobal (46,886 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2934/ (40,714 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NYSE: SPGI

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Oil & Energy
  - **Company Size:** 56% Small-Business, 33% Mid-Market


  ### 4. [WellView](https://www.g2.com/products/wellview/reviews)
  WellView is a complete well information management system for well planning, drilling, completion, testing and workovers. This well integrity software, is a single comprehensive drilling and well information database which reduces duplicate data entry, improves data quality, and creates a collaborative information environment.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 16


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Peloton](https://www.g2.com/sellers/peloton)
- **Year Founded:** 1991
- **HQ Location:** Calgary, CA
- **Twitter:** @onepeloton (224,316 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/556236/ (227 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Oil & Energy
  - **Company Size:** 50% Enterprise, 31% Mid-Market


  ### 5. [geoSCOUT](https://www.g2.com/products/geoscout/reviews)
  geoSCOUT is a decision-support tool, providing data for all disciplines by integrating public and proprietary data in wells, well logs, land, pipelines and facilities, fields and pools and seismic studies, giving you access to the information you need.


  **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 12


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [geoLOGIC](https://www.g2.com/sellers/geologic)
- **Year Founded:** 1983
- **HQ Location:** Calgary, AB
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/334070/ (167 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Oil & Energy
  - **Company Size:** 58% Small-Business, 25% Mid-Market


  ### 6. [CorePlan](https://www.g2.com/products/coreplan/reviews)
  CorePlan is a digital operations platform built for Mining Exploration & Drilling. We are on a mission to help people in the mining industry to work better, together in the modern age. Using CorePlan, Drilling companies can manage their operations from capturing drilling data (know as Plods or DDRs), inspections, incidents to generating cost to clients and then invoicing them after approval. All of this without the need for error prone spreadsheets, back and forth email and paperwork. Exploration and Mining companies use CorePlan to run all their drill programs, from planning the drill holes and field activities, to tracking production & samples to then reconciling costs so they know they are drilling on time and on budget.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 5


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Springtech](https://www.g2.com/sellers/springtech)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** Perth, AU
- **Twitter:** @getcoreplan (42 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/coreplan/ (60 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Mining & Metals
  - **Company Size:** 60% Small-Business, 40% Mid-Market


  ### 7. [My Quorum](https://www.g2.com/products/my-quorum/reviews)
  Drive workforce productivity with a comprehensive enterprise-wide solution for your upstream and midstream business.


  **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 7


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Quorum Software](https://www.g2.com/sellers/quorum-software)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** Houston, TX
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/17518/ (1,727 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Phone:** +17134308600

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Oil & Energy
  - **Company Size:** 63% Enterprise, 25% Small-Business


  ### 8. [Petrosys](https://www.g2.com/products/petrosys/reviews)
  Petrosys provides a powerful connectivity of Petrosys mapping and surface modeling means that geoscientists and engineers can move easily between the wide range of technical and commercial challenges encountered across all stages of the petroleum exploration and development cycle.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 2


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Petrosys](https://www.g2.com/sellers/petrosys)
- **Year Founded:** 1984
- **HQ Location:** Adelaide, AU
- **Twitter:** @PetrosysInfo (555 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/petrosys (81 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Enterprise


  ### 9. [Pressure Explorer](https://www.g2.com/products/pressure-explorer/reviews)
  Pressure Explorer is a tool that allows the pressure specialist to convert wellsite derived data into concise graphical presentations.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 2


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [R-WEB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/r-web)
- **HQ Location:** Perth, AU
- **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/1881771 (4 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 50% Enterprise, 50% Small-Business


  ### 10. [CTEMP](https://www.g2.com/products/ctemp/reviews)
  CTEMP software predicts wellbore circulating temperature for drilling/circulating operations. CTEMP addresses the transient heat transfer between wellbore and sea water/rock formation.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Pegasus Vertex](https://www.g2.com/sellers/pegasus-vertex)
- **Year Founded:** 2000
- **HQ Location:** Houston, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2425764 (12 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


  ### 11. [Datamine Discover Suite](https://www.g2.com/products/datamine-discover-suite/reviews)
  Datamine Discover Suite is designed especially for the Mining and Exploration industry. It provides a seamless suite of tools for compiling, visualizing, analysing, and mapping 2D and 3D spatial geoscience data.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Datamine](https://www.g2.com/sellers/datamine)
- **Year Founded:** 1981
- **HQ Location:** Brisbane City, AU
- **Twitter:** @Datamine_SW (176 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/dataminesw/ (645 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


  ### 12. [INTELLEX Exploration System](https://www.g2.com/products/intellex-exploration-system/reviews)
  INTELLEX Exploration System is a solution that provides tools that allows each database to be custom managed, updated and verified to help you manage accuracy, productivity, and more.


  **Average Rating:** 3.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Energy Graphics](https://www.g2.com/sellers/energy-graphics)
- **Year Founded:** 1979
- **HQ Location:** Magnolia, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/energy-graphics-inc (8 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


  ### 13. [MESA](https://www.g2.com/products/mesa/reviews)
  MESA offers a offshore 3D program leveraging geological knowledge from BasinSPAN programs to deliver high quality imaging.


  **Average Rating:** 2.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [ION Geophysical](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ion-geophysical)
- **HQ Location:** Houston, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/15031 (546 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NYSE: IO

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


  ### 14. [OLGA Dynamic Multiphase Flow Simulator](https://www.g2.com/products/olga-dynamic-multiphase-flow-simulator/reviews)
  The industry-standard tool for dynamic multiphase flow simulation.


  **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SLB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/slb-198f919f-8761-4195-b804-317681d11409)
- **Year Founded:** 1846
- **HQ Location:** Houston, TX
- **Twitter:** @Schlumberger
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/slbglobal/ (78,869 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** LSE:SCL

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market


  ### 15. [Petrofly](https://www.g2.com/products/petrofly/reviews)
  An advanced and integrated oil and gas software for upstream operators. We focus on field data capturing, reducing lifting cost, owners relation, and much more! One of the major highlights of Petrofly is that it connects your production and expenditure together to drive up your profits by introducing more efficient vendors with better pricing. In addition, an operator's production management and owners relation will also be streamlined based on each operators' unique needs.


  **Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 9


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Petrofly](https://www.g2.com/sellers/petrofly)
- **HQ Location:** Los Angeles, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/71022941 (4 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Oil & Energy
  - **Company Size:** 56% Mid-Market, 33% Small-Business


  ### 16. [Antaeus](https://www.g2.com/products/antaeus/reviews)
  The GeoFit™ cloud collaborative platform is a secure, cloud-based solution designed to meet the needs of the E&P Industry. It provides access to data and applications while enabling visualization and analysis by team members through a single repository. With its ability to share data with anyone at anytime and anywhere throughout the world, GeoFit™ helps you make faster and better decisions, and significantly reduce your data storage and software licensing costs.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [ANTAEUS TECHNOLOGIES](https://www.g2.com/sellers/antaeus-technologies)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** San Jose, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/bigstream (2 employees on LinkedIn®)



  ### 17. [DionisosFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/dionisosflow/reviews)
  E&P Software Solutions Openflow suite provides solutions from exploration to reservoir management. It provides geoscience software for exploration and development of conventional and non-conventional O&G.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [BeicipFranlab](https://www.g2.com/sellers/beicipfranlab)
- **Year Founded:** 1967
- **HQ Location:** Rueil-Malmaison, FR
- **Twitter:** @beicip (37 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/beicip-franlab/ (225 employees on LinkedIn®)



  ### 18. [Drillbench Dynamic Drilling Simulation Software](https://www.g2.com/products/drillbench-dynamic-drilling-simulation-software/reviews)
  Dynamic drilling simulations for pressure control, well control, blow out control, managed and underbalanced operations.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SLB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/slb-198f919f-8761-4195-b804-317681d11409)
- **Year Founded:** 1846
- **HQ Location:** Houston, TX
- **Twitter:** @Schlumberger
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/slbglobal/ (78,869 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** LSE:SCL



  ### 19. [Drilling Formula Sheets](https://www.g2.com/products/drilling-formula-sheets/reviews)
  Drilling Formula Sheets is a free drilling formula sheet app for calculating and recording standardised drilling formulas used routinely by drillers in the Exploration & Production sector.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Skynet Labs](https://www.g2.com/sellers/skynet-labs)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **Twitter:** @Skynetlabs1 (189 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)



  ### 20. [Event Velocity](https://www.g2.com/products/event-velocity/reviews)
  Event Velocity is a digital operations software platform that integrates information streams from machine data, video, instruments and sensors to automate the management and improve the safety of critical assets and infrastructure.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Pixel Velocity](https://www.g2.com/sellers/pixel-velocity)
- **Year Founded:** 2001
- **HQ Location:** Ann Arbor, US
- **Twitter:** @Pixel__Velocity (163 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/154534 (5 employees on LinkedIn®)



  ### 21. [Genesis Planning and Follow Up (PFU)](https://www.g2.com/products/genesis-planning-and-follow-up-pfu/reviews)
  Genesis PFU allows you to plan an intervention by designing a new activity sequence based on historical data. The intervention plan is followed up with actual times from executed operations.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Genesis Petroleum Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/genesis-petroleum-technologies)
- **Year Founded:** 2005
- **HQ Location:** Bentley, AU
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/4800328 (6 employees on LinkedIn®)



  ### 22. [GeoFrame Reservoir Characterization Software](https://www.g2.com/products/geoframe-reservoir-characterization-software/reviews)
  GeoFrame reservoir characterization software provides a comprehensive solution for your integrated seismic, geological, mapping, and petrophysical interpretation needs.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SLB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/slb-198f919f-8761-4195-b804-317681d11409)
- **Year Founded:** 1846
- **HQ Location:** Houston, TX
- **Twitter:** @Schlumberger
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/slbglobal/ (78,869 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** LSE:SCL



  ### 23. [Geology by Seisware](https://www.g2.com/products/geology-by-seisware/reviews)
  Geology by SeisWare places traditional geologic interpretation tools, including tops picking and log correlation, into a dynamic 3D environment. Any changes in interpretation are immediately reflected in 2D and 3D space, with structural surfaces and zone interval maps updating on the fly. Dynamic cross sections can be moved through the reservoir to check for accuracy and consistency in interpretations. Best of all, Geology is fully integrated with Geophysics by SeisWare, for a complete sub-surface interpretation solution.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SeisWare International](https://www.g2.com/sellers/seisware-international)
- **Year Founded:** 1996
- **HQ Location:** Calgary, Alberta
- **Twitter:** @SeisWare (564 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/428331/ (40 employees on LinkedIn®)



  ### 24. [GeoX Exploration Risk, Resource, and Value Assessment Software](https://www.g2.com/products/geox-exploration-risk-resource-and-value-assessment-software/reviews)
  GeoX exploration risk, resource, and value assessment software provides easy-to-use and scalable decision support for consistent, unbiased, and accurate assessments of your exploration opportunities in any environment or risk scenario.




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [SLB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/slb-198f919f-8761-4195-b804-317681d11409)
- **Year Founded:** 1846
- **HQ Location:** Houston, TX
- **Twitter:** @Schlumberger
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/slbglobal/ (78,869 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** LSE:SCL



  ### 25. [Grain-e](https://www.g2.com/products/grain-e/reviews)
  Digital Twin of Wellbore Geology Digitalising Sediment Description using AI: From Grain Images to Reservoir Insights Our team has developed a powerful new approach that uses machine learning to transform how geologists interact with cuttings samples. By combining high-resolution imagery, artificial intelligence, and interactive filtering tools, we’re making it possible to measure thousands of individual grains automatically and accurately in each cutting sample, delivering detailed sedimentological data in a fraction of the time. From Cuttings to Clean Data To create consistent data, samples are processed using the proprietary approach of Rockwash Geodata. The samples go through a fully automated washing process. Each samples is photographed under controlled lighting. Each image captures fine details of a 43 mm by 28 mm area at extremely high resolution (4000 x 6000 pixels). Smart Grain Segmentation (AI) The real breakthrough lies in what happens next. Using a proprietarily trained segment anything model, we segment the image—identifying and outlining individual grains. This gives us a digital map of the grains in each sample. We then calculate properties like grain size, roundness, sphericity, and average colour for each grain. However, the process isn’t perfect. Sometimes the model mistakes a bit of shale or paint for a grain, or combines multiple grains into one. That’s why we’ve developed an interactive filtering system that lets geologists review and refine the output. With sliders and visual tools, users can filter out grains based on colour, size, shape, brightness, and whether the grain is clearly visible in the foreground. This ensures only representative grains are included in the final datasets. Sedimentary statistics The ability to get grain size, sorting, sphericity and other characteristics on thousands of grains allows for a vast dataset to understand the sedimentology. With the ability to filter out shale contamination, cavings, drilling additives and partially obscured background grains allows for a clean high confidence sedimentological information in even highly contaminated samples. Geomechanics (Pore Pressure module) An exciting feature is the ability to identify “splintery” cavings—elongated fragments that can indicate high pore pressure zones in the subsurface. These features often appear in over-pressured formations where the rock breaks due to higher pore pressure than mud weight. Automatically detecting and quantifying these features identifies early warning signs for drilling hazards and informs geomechanical models in offset wells. Stratigraphic subdivision With the ability to extract colours from each grain, given the high-quality consistent lighting we can build stratigraphic logs based on bulk colour (majority of the grains) and trace colour (few or single occurrence grains in a sample). These colour logs can reveal subtle changes in bulk or trace mineralogy relating to provenance and depositional environments. Why It Matters This approach has several big advantages. First, it creates a consistent, repeatable way to describe sediments. Whether you’re working on a single well or comparing data across a basin, the measurements are objective and data-driven. Second, it dramatically speeds up analysis. Instead of estimating colours and composition under the microscope, the system analyses thousands of grains in each sample, with hundreds of samples in a well. Third, it opens up new types of data that were previously hard to capture at scale. Properties like sphericity, trace colour, or the presence of splintery cavings can now be logged quantitatively and consistently. Applications Reservoir Characterisation: Detailed grain properties help assess sorting, depositional energy, and potential permeability. Drilling Safety: Detection of splintery cavings can support real-time pore pressure prediction. Stratigraphy and Correlation: Colour logs and grain statistics assists correlation between wells and identification of subtle lithological changes. Cuttings Digitisation: With a growing move towards digital well data, this method provides a scalable way to digitise physical samples at scale and integrate all your data into subsurface models. Looking Ahead We’re refining the system and expanding its capabilities. Talk to us about your specific problems and we will develop the tools to extract the statistics you most need!




**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Molyneux Advisors](https://www.g2.com/sellers/molyneux-advisors)
- **Year Founded:** 2018
- **HQ Location:** Perth, AU
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/molyneux-advisors (8 employees on LinkedIn®)





## Parent Category

[Oil and Gas Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/oil-and-gas)