Integrated GeoScience & Well Path Planning
- 3D Integration and Visualization of:
- G&G Data
- Cultural Data
- Existing Wells: Paths, Logs, Tops
- Planned Wells
- Well Path Planning
- Conventionals
- Unconventionals
- Why do we need need software that integrates Well Path Planning with all available data?
The Exploration and Development Goal
- Whether you are a Drilling Engineer, Well Planner, Geophysicist, Geologist, Well Log Analyst, etc., the goal is to find, develop and produce reserves as efficiently, effectively and safely as possible.
- This can be most effectively accomplished by having all of the spatially referenced data properly registered and displayed in one place.
- InsightEarth WellPath is a step down this path.
Planning in 3D
- Early Experience using Geophysics to support 3D Well Path Planning •
- “Deep geothermal exploration in New Mexico using electrical resistivity” (Proceedings of the Second United Nations Symposium on the Development and Use of Geothermal Resources, 1975)
- Well Path #1: Drill into the hot-dry rock of a KGRA in New Mexico
- Create Fracture(s): Frac the hot-dry rock
- Geophysics: Use electrical resistivity measurements to determine the orientation/location of the fracture
- Well Path #2: Intersect the Fracture with a second borehole to allow circulation of injected water.
- “Deep geothermal exploration in New Mexico using electrical resistivity” (Proceedings of the Second United Nations Symposium on the Development and Use of Geothermal Resources, 1975)
Permian Basin Examples
- Shallow Drilling Hazards
- Water Source or Water Problem
- Planning in Mature Drilled areas
- Optimize Path and Completion Plans for Natural Fracture Swarms
- Plan for Multiple Stacked Reservoir Zones
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Keynote Presentation: Interactive Well Path Planning with integrated Geoscience and Cultural Data
Geoffrey A. Dorn (Speaker) and Joseph P. Dominguez