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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2024
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Abdulrahman Almulhim, Dhahran, SA;

Babatunde Moriwawon, Al Khobar, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/30 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05);
Abstract

Systems and methods for placing a well in a subsurface formation include obtaining reservoir properties from the subsurface formation; determining an area of interest based on the reservoir properties and a free water level or an oil-water contact in the subsurface formation; determining sweet spot areas in the area of interest based on the reservoir properties; identifying a location to place a well in the subsurface formation by performing a clustering analysis based on the sweet spot areas; and determining a well path for the well based on the reservoir properties and the free water level or the oil-water contact.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Almulhim, Abdulrahman. (2025). Placing wells in a subsurface formation (U.S. Patent No. 12509979). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12509979

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