Method for determining a set of net present values to influence the drilling of a wellbore and increase production

A method for determining an optimum trajectory of a wellbore being drilled into a reservoir, comprising:

• (a) modeling a corresponding reservoir in a simulator, said corresponding reservoir having a plurality of stations;
• (b) determining a plurality of net present values corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir;
• (c) determining, from among the plurality of net present values, a subset of maximum ones, relative to a predetermined threshold, of the plurality of net present values;
• (d) determining, from among the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir, a subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values;
• and
• (e) drilling said wellbore in said reservoir along a path which corresponds to the subset of stations, the optimum trajectory of the wellbore being drilled into the reservoir corresponding to said path.

A method of determining an optimum drilling method associated with a drilling of a wellbore into a reservoir, comprising:

• (a) modeling a corresponding reservoir in a simulator, said corresponding reservoir having a plurality of stations;
• (b) determining a plurality of net present values corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir;
• (c) determining, from among the plurality of net present values, a subset of maximum ones, relative to a predetermined threshold, of the plurality of net present values;
• (d) determining, from among the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir, a subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values;
• and
• (e) selecting a drilling method associated with a drilling of a wellbore into a reservoir in accordance with said subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values.

A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a set of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for determining an optimum trajectory of a wellbore being drilled into a reservoir, said method steps comprising:

• (a) modeling a corresponding reservoir in a simulator, said corresponding reservoir having a plurality of stations;
• (b) determining a plurality of net present values corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir;
• (c) determining, from among the plurality of net present values, a subset of maximum ones, relative to a predetermined threshold, of the plurality of net present values;
• (d) determine, from among the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir, a subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values;
• and
• said wellbore being drilled in said reservoir along a path which corresponds to the subset of stations, the optimum trajectory of the wellbore being drilled into the reservoir corresponding to said path.

A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a set of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for determining an optimum drilling method associated with a drilling of a wellbore into a reservoir, said method steps comprising:

• (a) modeling a corresponding reservoir in a simulator, said corresponding reservoir having a plurality of stations;
• (b) determining a plurality of net present values corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir;
• (c) determining, from among the plurality of net present values, a subset of maximum ones, relative to a predetermined threshold, of the plurality of net present values;
• (d) determine, from among the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir, a subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values;
• and
• (e) selecting a drilling method associated with a drilling of a wellbore into a reservoir in accordance with said subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values.

A system adapted for determining an optimum trajectory of a wellbore being drilled into a reservoir, comprising:

• apparatus adapted for modeling a corresponding reservoir in a simulator, said corresponding reservoir having a plurality of stations;
• apparatus adapted for determining a plurality of net present values corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir;
• apparatus adapted for determining, from among the plurality of net present values, a subset of maximum ones, relative to a predetermined threshold, of the plurality of net present values;
• apparatus adapted for determining, from among the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir, a subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values,
• drilling said wellbore in said reservoir along a path which corresponds to the subset of stations, the optimum trajectory of the wellbore being drilled into the reservoir corresponding to said path.

A system adapted for determining an optimum drilling method associated with a drilling of a wellbore into a reservoir, comprising:

• apparatus adapted for modeling a corresponding reservoir in a simulator, said corresponding reservoir having a plurality of stations;
• apparatus adapted for determining a plurality of net present values corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir;
• apparatus adapted for determining, from among the plurality of net present values, a subset of maximum ones, relative to a predetermined threshold, of the plurality of net present values;
• apparatus adapted for determining, from among the plurality of stations of the corresponding reservoir, a subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values,
• selecting a drilling method associated with a drilling of a wellbore into a reservoir in accordance with said subset of stations which correspond, respectively, to the subset of maximum ones of the plurality of net present values.