Extract text from LIS files
To convert your LIS file to another format, you need Oracle PeopleSoft or other Text software.
To convert other file formats to the "Report Output File" file type, you need software like Oracle PeopleSoft or a similar tool.
The .LIS file extension is a versatile container primarily used for Output Listing Files generated by legacy systems, engineering software, and reporting tools like Alesco HRMS, ANZ Transactive, and Oracle PeopleSoft (via SQR). These files typically contain plain text data, logs, or formatted reports intended for dot-matrix printers or terminal viewing. A critical, distinct use case is the Schlumberger Log Information Standard (LIS), a binary format used in the oil and gas industry to store geophysical well log data.
Users often face significant challenges with .LIS files due to their fragmentation. Text-based listings frequently rely on archaic fixed-width formatting, page breaks, or PCL control codes that break layout when opened in standard word processors like Microsoft Word. Binary well logs are even more restrictive, requiring expensive petrophysical software like Schlumberger Techlog to visualize. To make this data usable, the best practice is to convert text-based reports to PDF for preserving layout integrity or Excel/CSV for data analysis. For binary well logs, converting to the modern LAS (Log ASCII Standard) or DLIS format is essential for compatibility with current geoscience tools.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LIS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LIS converter.