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OwnerYounes Jalali, Shekhar Sinha +4inventors
InventorsYounes Jalali, Shekhar Sinha, Allyson Gajraj, Soraya S. Betancourt, Rintu Kalita, David L. Malone
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing well planning and design includes performing a general-level design. The general-level design involves generating a proposed well configuration based on inputs from a user. The proposed configuration, generated by a software module, includes a well trajectory, the reservoir-wellbore interface, and completion equipment. The proposed configuration is refined by an optimizer based on a performance measure or a target constraint.
Claims35
A method of determining a configuration of a well, comprising:
- receiving, at a first module executable in a system, input data relating to characteristics of a reservoir and a well surface arrangement;
- and
- selecting, by the first module based on the input data, a trajectory of a wellbore in the well, a type of interface between the reservoir and the wellbore, and completion equipment for installation in the wellbore.
An article comprising at least one storage medium containing instructions for determining a configuration of a well, the instructions when executed causing a system to:
- receive input data relating to characteristics of a reservoir and a well surface arrangement;
- and
- generate a proposed configuration of the well using a rule-based analysis, the proposed configuration including a trajectory of a wellbore in the well, a type of interface between the reservoir and the wellbore, and completion equipment for installation in the wellbore based on the input data.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- one or more modules executable on the processor to receive input data relating to characteristics of a reservoir and a well surface arrangement,
- the one or more modules executable to further generate a proposed configuration of the well, the proposed configuration including a trajectory of a wellbore in the well, a type of interface between the reservoir and the wellbore, and completion equipment for installation in the wellbore based on the input data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.