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