HW#2 Well Path Planning Student Name : Ali Salah Abdulrasoul

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Due Date: Sunday 28/6/2020 @ 12:00 am

Q1/ A directional well is to be drilled from an offshore platform to intersect a target whose
horizontal displacement is 3500 ft at a depth of 10,500 ft (TVD). A Type I profile (build and
hold) is to be used with a KOP = 1600 ft and a build-up rate of 1.5° per 100 ft. Calculate:
a. the inclination at the end of the build section
b. the horizontal displacement and TVD at the end of the build section
c. the total measured depth to the target
Ans.

 Ht=3500 ft A

 Vt= 10500 ft
 Vb= 1600
 BUR= 1.5° per 100 ft

Vb = 1600 ft
a. ∝ = 𝒙 + 𝒚

𝑯𝒕 − 𝒓 𝒓 ∗ 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒙
∝ = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 ( ) + 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 ( )
𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃

Vt = 10500 ft
B C F
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 r
𝑩𝑼𝑹 = 𝒓 = 𝝅∗𝑩𝑼𝑹 = = 3821.656 ft
𝝅𝒓 𝝅(𝟏.𝟓) α

Ve
𝑯𝒕 − 𝒓 𝟑𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟓𝟔
Ve
r
𝒙 = 𝒕𝒂 𝒏−𝟏 ( ) = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 ( )
𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎
He E
α

(Vt-Ve)
𝒙 = - 2.069°

𝒓 ∗ 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒙 𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟓𝟔 ∗ 𝑪𝒐𝒔(− 𝟐. 𝟎𝟔𝟗) T

𝒚 = 𝑺𝒊 𝒏−𝟏 ( ) = 𝑺𝒊𝒏−𝟏 ( ) Ht = 𝟑𝟓𝟎𝟎 ft

𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 (𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎)
Type I (J)

y = 25.411°

∝ = 𝒙 + 𝒚 = − 𝟐. 𝟎𝟔𝟗 + 𝟐𝟓. 𝟒𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟐°

b. 𝑯𝑬 = 𝒓 (𝟏 − 𝑪𝒐𝒔 ∝) = 𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟓𝟔 (𝟏 − 𝑪𝒐𝒔(𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟐)) = 𝟑𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟕𝟖 𝒇𝒕

𝒗𝑬 = 𝒗𝒃 + 𝒓 ∗ 𝑺𝒊𝒏 ∝ = 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 + 𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟓𝟔 ∗ 𝑺𝒊𝒏(𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟐) = 𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟒. 𝟐𝟏𝟏 𝒇𝒕

𝟏𝟎𝟎 ∗ ∝ 𝟏𝟎𝟎×𝟐𝟑.𝟑𝟒𝟐
c. 𝑴𝑫𝑬 = 𝒗𝒃 + ( 𝑩𝑼𝑹
) = 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏.𝟓
= 𝟑𝟏𝟓𝟔. 𝟏𝟑𝟑 𝒇𝒕

𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝑬 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟒. 𝟐𝟏𝟏

𝑴𝑫𝒕 = 𝑴𝑫𝑬 + = 𝟑𝟏𝟓𝟔. 𝟏𝟑𝟑 + = 𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎. 𝟐𝟖𝟔 𝒇𝒕
𝑪𝒐𝒔 ∝ 𝑪𝒐𝒔(𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟐)
Q2/ A Type III profile is planned for the following well: Vt = 6000 ft, Ht = 1800 ft, build rate
= 2.5° per 100 ft. Calculate the KOP, the final inclination, and the total depth of the well.
Ans.
A

 Ht=1800 ft
 Vt= 6000 ft
 BUR= 2.5° per 100 ft

Vb= KOP
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
a. 𝒓 = 𝝅∗𝑩𝑼𝑹 = 𝝅 (𝟐.𝟓) = 𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟐. 𝟗𝟗𝟑 𝒇𝒕

𝒓−𝑯𝒕 𝒓−𝑯𝒕 r

Vt = 6000 ft
C
𝑪𝒐𝒔 ∝ = ∝= 𝑪𝒐𝒔−𝟏 ( ) B
𝑹 𝒓 α

𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟐.𝟗𝟗𝟑−𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎
∝ = 𝒄𝒐𝒔−𝟏 ( ) = 77.584°

BE
𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟐.𝟗𝟗𝟑
r

𝑩𝑬
b. 𝑺𝒊𝒏 ∝ = BE = r*Sin ∝ E Ht =1800 ft
T
𝒓
Type III (Continuous building)
𝑩𝑬 = 𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟐. 𝟗𝟗𝟑 ∗ 𝑺𝒊𝒏(77.584) = 2239.365 ft

𝑲𝑶𝑷 = 𝒗𝒕 − 𝑩𝑬 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟐𝟐𝟑𝟗. 𝟑𝟔𝟓 = 𝟑𝟕𝟔𝟎. 𝟔𝟑𝟓 𝒇𝒕

𝟏𝟎𝟎∗∝ 𝟏𝟎𝟎×𝟕𝟕.𝟓𝟖𝟒
c. 𝑴𝑫𝑩𝑻 = = = 𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟑. 𝟑𝟔 𝒇𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝟐.𝟓

𝑴𝑫𝑻 = 𝑴𝑫𝑩𝑻 + 𝑲𝑶𝑷 = 𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟑. 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟑𝟕𝟔𝟎. 𝟔𝟑𝟓 = 𝟔𝟖𝟔𝟑. 𝟗𝟗𝟓 𝒇𝒕

Q3/ A discovery well is drilled in the offshore GOM and the first deviated production well has
to be planned for this field. The production well is planned from the center of the production
platform to 2500ft N and 1500ft E. The target TVD is 7000 ft and KOP is 3800 ft. Calculate:
a. horizontal departure
b. final inclination
c. total length of well
Ans.
A

 ∆𝑵 = 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
 ∆𝑬 = 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
 Vt= 7000 ft


Vb = 3800 ft
Vb= 3800
 BUR= 2° per 100 ft (I suppose it)

a. 𝑯𝒕 = √∆𝑵𝟐 + ∆𝑬𝟐 = √𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟐 = 𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟓. 𝟒𝟕𝟓 𝒇𝒕

Vt = 7000 ft
B C F
r
α
b. ∝ = 𝒙 + 𝒚

Ve
Ve
r

𝑯𝒕 − 𝒓 𝒓 ∗ 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒙
∝ = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 ( ) + 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 ( ) He E
𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 α

(Vt-Ve)
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝑩𝑼𝑹 = 𝒓 = 𝝅∗𝑩𝑼𝑹 = = 2866.242 ft T
𝝅𝒓 𝝅(𝟐)
Ht = 𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟓. 𝟒𝟕𝟓 ft

𝑯𝒕 − 𝒓 𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟓. 𝟒𝟕𝟓 − 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟔. 𝟐𝟒𝟐 Type I (J)

𝒙 = 𝒕𝒂 𝒏−𝟏 ( ) = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 ( )
𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎

𝒙 = 0.881°

𝒓 ∗ 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒙 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟔. 𝟐𝟒𝟐 ∗ 𝑪𝒐𝒔(𝟎. 𝟖𝟖𝟏)

𝒚 = 𝑺𝒊 𝒏−𝟏 ( ) = 𝑺𝒊𝒏−𝟏 ( )
𝒗𝒕 − 𝒗𝒃 (𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎)

y = 63.584°

∝ = 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎. 𝟖𝟖𝟏 + 𝟔𝟑. 𝟓𝟖𝟒 = 𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟔𝟓°

c. 𝒗𝑬 = 𝒗𝑩 + 𝒓 ∗ 𝑺𝒊𝒏 ∝= 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 + 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟔. 𝟐𝟒𝟐 × 𝑺𝒊𝒏(𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟔𝟓) = 𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟔. 𝟐𝟕𝟑 𝒇𝒕

𝟏𝟎𝟎 ∗ ∝ 𝟏𝟎𝟎 × 𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟔𝟓

𝑴𝑫𝑬 = 𝒗𝑩 + ( ) = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 + = 𝟕𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝟐𝟓 𝒇𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝟐

𝒗𝑻 − 𝒗𝑬 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟔. 𝟐𝟕𝟑

𝑴𝑫𝑻 = 𝑴𝑫𝑬 + = 𝟕𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝟐𝟓 + = 𝟖𝟒𝟒𝟕. 𝟎𝟎𝟒 𝒇𝒕
𝑪𝒐𝒔 ∝ 𝑪𝒐𝒔(𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟔𝟓)
Q5/ A special type I well (build and hold) is a well with a horizontal hold section (final
inclination is 90°). Derive the required equations to determine a type I well when the following
information is given:
a. Surface coordinates
b. target coordinates
c. true vertical depth of target
d. kick off point
Ans.
A

Slot (Na,Ea) , Target (Nt,Et) , ∝ = 𝟗𝟎

𝑯𝒕 = √∆𝑵𝟐 + ∆𝑬𝟐 = √(𝑵𝒂 + 𝑬𝒂 )𝟐 + (𝑵𝒕 + 𝑬𝒕 )𝟐

Vb = KOP
∆𝑬 ∆𝑬 𝑬𝒕−𝑬𝒂
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜷 = ∆𝑵 𝜷(𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒉) = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (∆𝑵) = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (𝑵𝒕−𝑵𝒂)

TVD = KOP + CE (CE = r)

Vt = TVD
B r C F

TVD = KOP + r r = TVD - KOP α

Ht = He + ET = r + ET ET = Ht – r
He = r E T
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 Ht = 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 =
𝝅𝒓
Type I (J) with a horizontal hold section
𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝟗𝟎 𝟗𝟎𝟎𝟎
= 𝑴𝑫 MDBE = 𝑩𝑼𝑹
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑩𝑬

𝟗𝟎𝟎𝟎∗𝝅𝒓
MDBE = = 𝟏. 𝟓𝟕 𝒓 = 𝟏. 𝟓𝟕(𝑻𝑽𝑫 − 𝑲𝑶𝑷)
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎

𝑴𝑫𝑻 = 𝑲𝑶𝑷 + 𝑴𝑫𝑩𝑬 + 𝑬𝑻

hQ6/ For the well in in Q5 evaluate a horizontal production well from the center of the
production platform to 3000ft N and 2000ft E. The target TVD is 7000 ft and KOP is 3800 ft.
Calculate:
a. horizontal departure
b. build up rate
c. total length of the well
Ans.
A

 ∆𝑵 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
 ∆𝑬 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
 Vt= 7000 ft

Vb = 3800 ft
 Vb= 3800

a. 𝑯𝒕 = √∆𝑵𝟐 + ∆𝑬𝟐 = √𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟓. 𝟓𝟓𝟏 𝒇𝒕

Vt = 7000 ft
B r C F
α
b. 𝒓 = 𝑻𝑽𝑫 − 𝑲𝑶𝑷 = 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 = 𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
r
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝑩𝑼𝑹 = = = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟗𝟏 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
𝝅𝒓 𝝅(𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎) He = r E T
Ht = 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟓. 𝟓𝟓𝟏 𝒇𝒕

c. ET = Ht – r = 3605.551 – 3200 = 405.551 ft Type I (J) with a horizontal hold section

MDBE = 1.57 (TVD – KOP)= 1.57(7000-3800) = 5024 ft

𝑴𝑫𝑻 = 𝑲𝑶𝑷 + 𝑴𝑫𝑩𝑬 + 𝑬𝑻

𝑴𝑫𝑻 = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎𝟐𝟒 + 𝟒𝟎𝟓. 𝟓𝟓𝟏 = 𝟗𝟐𝟐𝟗. 𝟓𝟓𝟏 𝒇𝒕