Workflow to optimize well design using

specific inclination angle and entry point

into the reservoir

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Petrel 2009
Create a well with technical drilling limitations:
• Defined reservoir entry point
• Defined inclination angle at reservoir entry point
• Defined DSL and kick off point

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Use Well optimizer process to choose the well
Solution
1. Create the reservoir entry points using Make Edit Polygon Process
2. Create a plane surface using Make Edit Surface Process
3. Create the platform (well head) and create a well sub-folder
4. Run the well optimizer process to create the optimized well using the
entry points as target, the platform and defining the kick off value and
DSL parameters

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5. In the workflow editor:
1. Define the inclination angles to be used in the Make Edit
Surface Process as a list of values
2. Assign the Z values of the target points to the plane surface
3. Run the workflow
1. Create the reservoir entry points

• Active Make Edit Polygon Process

• Click on Create / Edit Point icon
• Click on start new set of points
(Deactivate old ones)

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• Click the position where the well must
cross the reservoir horizon or surface
• Draw two more points close to the entry
point.
• The point set is stored in the Input Pane
• Change the name to Target Points
2. Create a planar surface using entry point XYZ

• Open Make Edit Surface

and define a geometry (get
from horizon or surface)
• Use Artificial algorithm

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(Plane), define the XYZ of
the entry point, well
azimuth and dip angle. The
dip angle is defined as: 90 –
inclination angle. In this
case the desired inclination
azimuth is 83, so the used
dip is 7. Click on Ok
3. Create the platform (well head) and a well
subfolder
• Right click on Wells folder and
select the option “Insert a new
Well”
• A dialog box pops up, then define

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the XY position of the optimized
wells
• Right click on Wells folder and
select the option “Insert well sub
folder” and called “Opt wells
workflow”
4. Run the Well Optimizer process

• Open the Well design process

and go to well optimizer tab
• In Target tab, drop the target
points in the Input Targets

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column
• Drop in the platform well in the
Platforms column
• Define the Kick off depth and
set the slot to one
• In the Cost model tab, define
the cost model and click on Run
5. In the workflow Editor define dip angles and
target points
• In $DIP variable, define the list of angles to be used
• Assign the Z value of Target points to the plane surface
• Drop the Opt Well Workflow subfolder in the “Folder to copy it into blank”
• Run the workflow
Optimized well final results

Copy of
optimized

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wells

Red line is the plane surface at angle 83