Geomechanics International, Inc.

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Mark David Zoback

Daniel Moos

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft

Colleen A Barton

Donald Ritter

Martin Brudy

A process to determine optimal completion type and design prior to drilling of a hydrocarbon producing well utilizing information from hydrocarbon recovery modeling such as reservoir, geo-mechanical, and material modeling over the production life of the well. An embodiment of the process includes obtaining information regarding pore pressure depletion, stress magnitudes and orientations, and strength of rock formation from hydrocarbon recovery modeling to determine optimum well completion design including the selection of a completion type, trajectory, and location. Additionally, the process may also consider probable failure mechanisms and identified completion requirements, and their corresponding effect on completion options.

System and process for optimal selection of hydrocarbon well completion type and design

A method of locking geological data, such as acoustic well bore logging information, and an analyzer program that analyzes the geological data commences with a generation of a first key. This first key is associated with both the geological data and a specific, compiled copy of the analyzer program. Gatekeeper logic is generated, the gatekeeper logic utilizing at least the first key to prevent the specific, compiled copy of the analyzer program from analyzing geological data other than the specific geological data. In this way, the specific copy of the analyzer program is locked to specific geological data, and is accordingly limited to performing analysis operations utilizing the specific geological data.

Method and logic for locking geological data and an analyzer program that analyzes the geological data

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