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Python Tool API
The Python Tool API consists of a small number of classes allowing you to to read and write values from
various types of Petrel objects.
Please go to one of the sections listed below for more detailed information.
Index of Contents
• Getting started
• Examples
◦ Prerequsites
◦ Basic operations
◦ Working with the values of an object
• Using values from Petrel objects
• Talking to Petrel
• Exiting your script
• Indexing and Units
• A Simple Example
• Properties and Chunking
• Well Logs
• Surfaces
• Known Issues
• Working with Chunks
◦ Getting a chunk
◦ Retrieving the values of a chunk
◦ Setting the values of a chunk
◦ Chunk arithmetic
◦ Values set automatically
• Class Reference
◦ Domain Objects
◦ Helper Objects
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