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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Amit Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald G. Dusterhoft, Katy, TX (US);
Richard D. Colvin, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Kenneth E. Williams, Houston, TX (US);
Amit Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald G. Dusterhoft, Katy, TX (US);
Richard D. Colvin, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Kenneth E. Williams, Houston, TX (US);
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Optimizing well planning scenarios. At least some of the illustrating embodiments include: receiving, by a computer system, a complex fracture model that estimates fractures in a subsurface target; applying the complex fracture model to a reservoir model that estimates geological features between the subsurface target and earth's surface; and determining an earth surface well site and a well path from the earth surface well site to the subsurface target based on the complex fracture model and the geological information, wherein the earth surface well site is offset from the subsurface target.