HW#2 Well Path Planning

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Due Date: Thursday 25/6/2020 @ 11:59 pm .: Student No.: 30

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.

(c) (c) the total measured depth to the target.

𝑯𝒕 = 𝟑𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
𝑻𝑽𝑫 = 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
𝑲𝑶𝑷 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 = 𝟏. 𝟓 ° 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
ANS// Type Ⅰ
(a)the inclination at the end of the build section.
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝑹= = = 𝟑𝟖𝟏𝟗. 𝟕𝟏𝟗 𝒇𝒕
𝛑×𝐁𝐔𝐑 𝛑×𝟏.𝟓
𝜶=𝑿+𝒀
𝑯𝒕 − 𝑹 𝟑𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟏𝟗. 𝟕𝟏𝟗
𝑿 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = −𝟐. 𝟎𝟓𝟕°
𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒃 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝑹 × 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑿 𝟑𝟖𝟏𝟗. 𝟕𝟏𝟗 × 𝐜𝐨𝐬(−𝟐. 𝟎𝟓𝟕)
𝒀 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = 𝟐𝟓. 𝟑𝟗𝟖°
𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽 𝒕 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝜶 = 𝑿 + 𝒀 = −𝟐. 𝟎𝟓𝟕 + 𝟐𝟓. 𝟑𝟗𝟖 = 𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟏°
(b) the horizontal displacement and TVD at the end of the build section.
𝑬𝑪 = 𝑹 × (𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶) = 𝟑𝟖𝟏𝟗. 𝟕𝟏𝟗 × (𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟏) = 𝟑𝟏𝟐. 𝟓𝟖𝟕 𝒇𝒕
𝑽𝒄 = 𝑽𝒃 + 𝑹 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 + 𝟑𝟖𝟏𝟗. 𝟕𝟏𝟗 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟏) = 𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟑. 𝟑𝟔𝟔 𝒇𝒕
(c) the total measured depth to the target.
𝟏𝟎𝟎 × 𝜶 𝟏𝟎𝟎 × 𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟏
𝑴𝑫𝑪 = 𝑴𝑫𝑩 + = 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 + = 𝟑𝟏𝟓𝟔. 𝟎𝟔𝟕 𝒇𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝟏. 𝟓
𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒄 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟑. 𝟑𝟔𝟔
𝑴𝑫𝒕 = 𝑴𝑫𝒄 + = 𝟑𝟏𝟓𝟔. 𝟎𝟔𝟕 + = 𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟏. 𝟎𝟕𝟗 𝒇𝒕
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟒𝟏
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.

𝑯𝒕 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
𝑻𝑽𝑫 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 = 𝟐. 𝟓° 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒕
ANS// Type Ⅲ

𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝑹= = = 𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟏. 𝟖𝟑𝟏 𝒇𝒕
𝝅 × 𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝝅 × 𝟐. 𝟓
𝒅𝒙 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝒊𝒅𝒙 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 −𝟏 (𝟏 − ) = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 −𝟏 (𝟏 − ) = 𝟕𝟕. 𝟔𝟎𝟓°
𝑹 𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟏. 𝟖𝟑𝟏
𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒃
∵ 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝒊) = ∴ (𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒃 ) = 𝑹 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝒊)
𝑹

𝑽𝒕 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟐𝟐𝟗𝟏. 𝟖𝟑𝟏 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟕𝟕. 𝟔𝟎𝟓) = 𝟑𝟕𝟔𝟏. 𝟓𝟖𝟗 𝒇𝒕

𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝒊 𝟐. 𝟓 𝟕𝟕. 𝟔𝟎𝟓

( = )=( = )
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑿 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑿

𝑿 = 𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟒. 𝟐

𝑴𝑫𝒕 = 𝑽𝒕 + 𝑿 = 𝟑𝟕𝟔𝟏. 𝟓𝟖𝟗 + 𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟒. 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟖𝟔𝟓. 𝟕𝟖𝟗 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.

𝐕𝐭 = 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
𝐕𝐛 = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭 𝐍 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭 𝐄
𝐁𝐔𝐑 = 𝟐° 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
ANS// Type Ⅰ

(a) horizontal departure.

𝑯𝒕 = √(∆𝑵)𝟐 + (∆𝑬)𝟐 = √(𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟎)𝟐 + (𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟎)𝟐

𝑯𝒕 = 𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟓. 𝟒𝟔𝟓
(b) final inclination.
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝑹= = = 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟒. 𝟕𝟖𝟗 𝒇𝒕
𝝅 × 𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝝅×𝟐
𝜶=𝑿+𝒀
𝑯𝒕 − 𝑹 𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟓. 𝟒𝟔𝟓 − 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟒. 𝟕𝟖𝟗
𝑿 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 ( )
𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒃 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝑿 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟎𝟕°
𝑹 × 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑿 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟒. 𝟕𝟖𝟗 × 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟎. 𝟖𝟖𝟏
𝒀 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 ( ) = 𝟔𝟑. 𝟓𝟐𝟔°
𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒕 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝜶 = 𝑿 + 𝒀 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟎𝟕 + 𝟔𝟑. 𝟓𝟐𝟔 = (𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟑𝟑° )
(c) total length of well.
𝑽𝒄 = 𝑽𝒃 + 𝑹 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶
𝑽𝒄 = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 + 𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟒. 𝟕𝟖𝟗 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟑𝟑 = 𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒. 𝟐𝟕𝟐 𝒇𝒕
 𝟏𝟎𝟎 × 𝜶 𝟏𝟎𝟎 × 𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟑𝟑
𝑴𝑫𝑪 = 𝑴𝑫𝑩 + = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 + = 𝟕𝟎𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟓 𝒇𝒕
𝑩𝑼𝑹 𝟐
𝑽 𝒕 − 𝑽𝒄 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒. 𝟐𝟕𝟐
𝑴𝑫𝒕 = 𝑴𝑫𝒄 + = 𝟕𝟎𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟓 + = 𝟖𝟒𝟒𝟖. 𝟑𝟕𝟗 𝒇𝒕
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟔𝟒. 𝟒𝟑𝟑

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.

𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭 (𝐍𝐚 , 𝐄𝐚 ) , 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 (𝐍𝐭 , 𝐄𝐭 ), 𝛂 = 𝟗𝟎

ANS// Type Ⅰ

𝜶 = 𝟗𝟎° 𝜶 = 𝑩𝑪 𝑹 = 𝑽𝒕 − 𝑽𝒃
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝐁𝐔𝐑 =
𝛑×𝐑
𝑳𝑩𝑬 𝜶 𝟐𝝅𝑹𝜶 𝟐𝝅𝑹 × 𝟗𝟎
= 𝑳𝑩𝑬 = =
𝟐𝝅𝑹 𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝝅𝑹
𝑳𝑩𝑬 =
𝟐
𝑽𝑬 = 𝑽𝒕 = 𝑻𝑽𝑫 , 𝑹 = 𝑪𝑬
𝝅𝑹
𝐌𝐃𝐄 = 𝐕𝐛 + 𝐋𝐁𝐄 = 𝐕𝐛 +
𝟐

𝑴𝑫𝑻 = 𝑴𝑫𝑬 + 𝑬𝑻 𝑬𝑻 = 𝑯𝒕 − 𝑹
Q6// For the well in in Q5 evaluate a horizontal production well 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) build up rate.
(c) total length of the well.

∆𝐍 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
∆𝐄 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
𝐕𝐭 = 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
𝐕𝐛 = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭

ANS// Type Ⅰ

(a) horizontal departure.

𝐇𝐭 = √(∆𝐍)𝟐 + (∆𝐄)𝟐 = √(𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎)𝟐 + (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎)𝟐

𝐇𝐭 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟓. 𝟓𝟓𝟏

(b) build up rate.

𝐑 = 𝐕𝐭 − 𝐕𝐛 = 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 = 𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝐁𝐔𝐑 = = = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟗° 𝐏𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐭
𝛑×𝐑 𝛑 × 𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎
(c) total length of the well.
𝟐𝝅𝑹𝜶 𝝅𝑹 𝝅 × 𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝑳𝑩𝑬 = = = = 𝟓𝟎𝟐𝟔. 𝟓𝟒𝟖 𝒇𝒕
𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝟐 𝟐
𝐌𝐃𝐄 = 𝐕𝐛 + 𝐋𝐁𝐄 = 𝟑𝟖𝟎𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎𝟐𝟔. 𝟓𝟒𝟖 = 𝟖𝟖𝟐𝟔. 𝟓𝟒𝟖 𝒇𝒕
𝐌𝐃𝐓 = 𝐌𝐃𝐄 + (𝐇𝐭 − 𝐑)
= 𝟖𝟖𝟐𝟔. 𝟓𝟒𝟖 + (𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟓. 𝟓𝟓𝟏 − 𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎)
𝐌𝐃𝐓 = 𝟗𝟐𝟑𝟐. 𝟎𝟎𝟗 𝐟𝐭