The article describes the key innovations and features of the updated version of the PetroExplorer program, called PetroExplorer NEXT. This is a specialized geoinformation system that allows you to create and store hierarchical data arrays about the petrochemical composition of rocks and minerals. The data is linked to specific territories and objects.
Compared to the previous version, PetroExplorer NEXT has a four-level structure for storing and processing information. The program is equipped with a GIS interface that integrates data with popular geoinformation systems. Data processing and visualization algorithms have been improved, and flexible settings and tools for creating custom calculation algorithms have been added.
The development of PetroExplorer NEXT implemented many new ideas and technologies previously tested in applications of the Simple Tools line. The program received state registration, but remains free for download under the terms of the Freeware license.

Eugene V. Korinevsky
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences
Junior Researcher
Geological Department of the Ilmen State Reserve
South Ural Federal Scientific Center for Mineralogy and
Geoecology Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(SU FRC MG UB RAS)
1, build.1, Ilmen Reserve, Miass, Chelyabinsk region, 456317, Russia
e-mail: ujoe@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-0195-9021
ResearcherID: I-7633-2014
SPIN-code: 4733-9069
AuthorID: 62246

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