Well pad placement
OwnerZhengang Lu, Elena Valova +1inventors
InventorsZhengang Lu, Elena Valova, Martin Crick
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Abstract
A method can include assigning one or more constraints to an upper surface, assigning one or more constraints to a lower surface, defining a pad configuration, generating pad locations locatable on the upper surface that conform to the defined pad configuration and the assigned constraints for the upper surface and the lower surface, and outputting specifications at least one of the generated pad locations. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- assigning one or more constraints to an upper surface;
- assigning one or more constraints to a lower surface;
- defining a pad configuration;
- generating pad locations locatable on the upper surface that conform to the defined pad configuration and the assigned constraints for the upper surface and the lower surface;
- and
- outputting specifications at least one of the generated pad locations.
One or more computer-readable storage media comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to:
- receive constraint information for a multilayer model of an environment;
- receive configuration information for a drilling pad;
- generate a ranking of drilling pad locations based on the constraint information, the configuration information and the multilayer model of the environment;
- present, via a graphical user interface, at least some of the ranked drilling pad locations;
- and
- output specifications for at least one of the drilling pad locations based on input received via the graphical user interface.
One or more computer-readable storage media comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to:
- generate a graphical user interface for selection of regional geometry constraints for an environment;
- generate a graphical user interface for selection of pad and well specifications for the environment;
- generate a graphical user interface for selection of pad placement options for placement of pads in the environment;
- and
- generate a graphical user interface for selection of presenting a cost surface or presenting pad locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.