Directional/complex wells

Field/project development

Telemetry Approach Enables Optimal Well Placement Despite Geohazards

This paper discusses cases from the North Sea and offshore California in which high-fidelity pressure and dynamics measurements, combined with high-speed telemetry, helped overcome complex geotechnical challenges.

$A simplified schematic showing what the common deepwater vertical frac and packdevelopment strategy would look like in both a) a thicker, continuous sand (left) or b) stacked sands (right).$

Sand management/control

High-Angle Multifractured Completion System Develops Deepwater Subsea Wells

This paper describes an alternative lower-completion concept for developing Lower Wilcox reservoirs referred to as high-angle multifractured well design.

Fig. 1—Direction sets for possible orientations (four shown for illustration).

Field/project development

Mixed Integer Programming Optimizes Well Placement

This paper presents an efficient mathematical optimization method for well placement that maximizes contact with the productive zones for the best locations in the reservoir.