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RODSTAR Release Notes

RODSTAR 2020 Rel 1:

  • New and updated pumping units
  • New and updated rod grades
  • Improvements made to minimum and maximum axial loads calculations to help some problem deviated cases
  • Improvements made to automatic-batch option with better logging to help with running more than 100 cases.
  • Improvements made to program launch logging
  • Improvements made to top minimum stress calculations for some problem deviated cases
  • Improvements made to help some problem Unico LRP cases, running XROD versus RODSTAR
  • Improvements made to help problem Lufkin LowProfile deviated case running higher SPM

 

RODSTAR 2019 Rel 2:

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes
  • Improvements in program launch speeds related to license and sentinel checks
  • Continued improvements in execution speed for deviated well
  • Improvements made for different regional settings
  • Improvements made to XDIAG Expert Analysis
  • Improvements made related to custom\measured pumping units
  • (improved functionality and custom32.pud retired. Now all user data is stored in UserData.sdf).
  • Improvements made related to customized pumping unit lists
  • (customrgpu.mdb retired).
  • Upgraded XDIAG to use database instead of using the registry.
  • New pumping unit manufacturers and units
  • New and updated rod grades (USRods, ELS)
  • Improvements automatic batch in RODSTAR
  • Improvements number of rod guide data entry validation
  • New “How-to” screens.

 

RODSTAR 2019 Rel 1:

  • For RODSTAR and XDIAG:
  • New pumping unit addtions
  • New sucker rod additions
  • Additions to improve execution speed of deviated cases
  • New Setup\General option “Optimize deviated survey (recommended)”
  • New Setup\Defaults option “Stress Methods for D or KD Grades: Use Default Stress Method or Use MG T/2.9”
  • New Setup\Output Options option to “Disable System Score Penalty for Over Designed Pumping Units”
  • For XDIAG:
  • New Surface Card analysis for detecting pump tagging, when not detected in downhole card
  • New Surface Card analysis to help detect bad surface card data
  • New Surface Card analysis to help detect top and bottom shallow friction
  • Improvements made to logic that helps correct detected phase shifts, using measured surface card positions
  • Improvements to Expert Analysis