Well Planning

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Mapping The Reservoir

l Establish the boundaries of the reservoir.

l Seismic Surveying - most common method.
l Sound waves are reflected from subsurface layers.
l Some of the sound waves energy is absorbed by
fluids.
l The sysmic measurement relative to time and depth
is inferred
l Correlated to offset well logs.
l Can only be verified by actually drilling the well!

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 Placement of the Rig - General

Determined By Things such as:

l Surface features
l Leases & Boundaries
l Existing facilities (such as production facilities)
l Natural & man-made obstacles
l Multiple targets (necessary to drill a directional
well from an offset surface location)

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There are many variables that must be accounted for when choosing a surface
location. For example, the Wytch Farm project involved drilling offshore
from a land location to help cut costs and speed up the first oil returns. How
did it do that?????

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 Leases & Boundaries

l Leases normally have clearly defined

boundaries.
l Any point within a lease can usually be
defined in terms of distance from any two
adjoining boundaries.
l Lines are surveyed along the irregular
edges of the property using the azimuth
and length of the lines.
An example would be:
• 300.6' from the S43.8W line
• 248.8' from the N50.2W line.

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Leases and blocks are usually defined in the legal coordinate system.

Within the next 3 to 5 years, all wells in the world will be located or relocated
in some legal coordinate system.

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 Placement of the Rig - Offshore

l The main difference between locations on land

and offshore is the number and proximity of
wellbores.
l Offshore platforms tend to have between 6 and
60 wells. Adjacent wells may have only 6' feet
between their centers.
l Many factors including water depth, bottom
slope, sandy bottom versus coral reef, local
currents, etc.., interact to control the selection of
the offshore site.

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Offshore could have logistical problems such as supplies in bad weather, etc.

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 Designing a Well - Reservoir Characteristics
The types of wells planned for a reservoir are
determined by:

l The production plan for the reservoir.

l The thickness of the targets.
l The size of the targets.
l The shape of the targets.
l The production plan of that particular well.
l The projected borehole stability considering
the desired well plan and subsequent angle.

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The production plan will include things such as:

The best way to drain the reservoir.
The types of production liners which will be used.
The use of downhole pumping equipment if necessary.

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Designing a Well - Drilling Considerations
When planning a well the client will consider things
such as:

l The types of drilling rigs available.

l The target depths.
l The expected hole sizes of the various phases of
the well.
l The expected casing points and concerns.
l The mud program.
l The design of the BHAs.
l The budget.

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Designing a Well - The Anadrill DPC

l Assembles all necessary information.

l Calculates torque and drag.
l Determines expected kick-off point.
l Calculates target azimuth.
l Has knowledge of build rates in area.
l Finalizes BHAs.
l Plans the well trajectory keeping in mind existing
wells (anti-collision)..
l Plots the actual “Well Plan” on paper.

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 Well Planning
Terminology

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 Grid Systems

Two Common Projection Models:

l UTM Grid System

• Divides world into 60 equal longitudinal zones
• Each zone is 6 deg wide
• Distortion increases toward the north
l Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
• Parallels of latitude that are unequally spaced arcs of
concentric circles
• Distortion increases toward the edges

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The grid system in use will be defined by the client. All we need is the
correction to input into the inits. For more information on the grid system, see
the D&I Training Manual.

The well is planned using one of the projections. The surveys we take
must be corrected to the same system used to plan the well.

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 Horizontal Displacement
T a rg e t

l LATITUDE = TOTAL De p a rt u re
Clo
DISTANCE NORTH FOR sur
e

EACH SURVEY STATION

l DEPARTURE = TOTAL

ent
lacem
DISTANCE EAST FOR

Latitude

Disp
EACH SURVEY STATION

ion
NEGATIVE NUMBERS ARE

ect
l

al S
rtic
FOR SOUTH OR WEST

Ve
RESPECTIVELY

S urfa c e Re fe re nce Po int

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The line to the target is defined by the azimuth from rotary table to target init
in the tie-in-point.

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Horizontal Displacement
T a rg e t

CALCULATE DISPLACEMENT: De p a rt u re
Clo
sur
e

LAT 2 + DEP 2 = DISPLACEMENT

ent
lacem
Latitude

Disp

ion
ect
al S
rtic
Ve
S urfa c e Re fe re nce Po int

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Closure Azimuth
T a rg e t

De pa rt ure Clo
sur
e
CLOSURE AZIMUTH =

ent
DEPARTURE

lacem
tan − 1

Latitude

Disp
LATITUDE

ion
ect
al S
rtic
Ve
Surface Re fe re nce Po int

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Vertical Section
VERTICAL SECTION=
DISPLACEMENT X cos(TARGET AZIMUTH - CLOSURE AZIMUTH)
Ta rg e t

Depart ure Clo

sur
e

VERTICAL SECTION IS

ent
THE PROJECTION OF

lacem
THE SURVEY STATION

Latitude

Disp

ion
ONTO THE PLANE OF

ect
al S
PROPOSAL

rtic
Ve
Surface Reference Point

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 Plane of Proposal
PURPOSE FOR CALCULATING
Departure Clo
VERTICAL SECTION: su
re
l Project well onto Plane Target

of Proposal

t
men
Latitude
l Plot progress of well on

lace

on
the Well Plan.

cti
Disp

Se
al
rtic
Ve
PLANE OF PROPOSAL

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The vertical section is used in the planning stages. We calculate it in order to

plot the progress of the well on the wall plot. Therefore, it is imperative that
the same azimuth from rotary table to target used in the planning is used while
drilling.

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