Interactive Wellbore Design Management for Reservoir Correlation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing wellbore design information are inefficient, particularly for high-angle and horizontal wells, as they struggle to accurately correlate completion intervals with reservoir data, leading to difficulties in visualizing and assessing reservoir quality along the wellbore trajectory.
Innovation Solution
An interactive wellbore design management system that uses a software component to create and validate wellbore profiles, allowing for the visualization of wellbore trajectories and associated components, and provides detailed reporting, enabling better correlation of wellbore data with reservoir information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional methods are used to manage wellbore design information, then the system is simpler to operate, but the accuracy of correlating completion intervals with reservoir data deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments wellbore design information into distinct components including wellbore trajectory data, completion interval data, and reservoir data. Each component is separately managed and displayed in dedicated interface sections, allowing for precise correlation while maintaining organized system complexity through modular information architecture.
2Ease of operation
If detailed wellbore information is displayed in traditional formats, then complete information is provided, but the ease of visualizing and assessing reservoir quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms wellbore information from traditional tabular or textual formats into a graphical user interface that displays wellbore trajectory visually with completion intervals and reservoir quality indicators overlaid on the same spatial framework. This dimensional transformation enables simultaneous visualization of multiple data types without information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an interactive graphical user interface as an intermediary between raw wellbore data and user comprehension. The GUI serves as a mediator that correlates completion intervals with reservoir data through visual representations, making complex relationships accessible while preserving complete information through interactive exploration capabilities.
3Productivity
If multiple documents are used to access wellbore and reservoir information, then comprehensive data is available, but the time required to assess reservoir quality increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges wellbore trajectory information, completion interval data, and reservoir quality indicators into a single integrated graphical user interface. This consolidation eliminates the need to access multiple separate documents, allowing professionals to assess reservoir quality efficiently while maintaining access to comprehensive data through the unified interface.
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AI summary
Implementations of computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and computer systems for interactive wellbore design management include displaying a well design including a wellbore profile representing a wellbore in a user interface. A first well component object is positioned at a first user interface position in the user interface. The first user interface position corresponds to a first well position of a first well component represented by the first well component object in the wellbore. A positioning of a second well component object at a second user interface position in the user interface is detected. The second user interface position corresponds to a second well position of a second well component represented by the second well component object in the wellbore. Using the well design, a compatibility of the second well component positioned at the second well position with the first well position of the first well component is determined.