By Bryan Gentry DIRECTIONAL WELL PLANNING & PROJECT DATABASE

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING INDUSTRY The directional drilling industry has allowed the advancement of reservoir performance and accessibility.

WELL PLANNING Well planners create well paths based on customer needs and requests, as well as tool capabilities and offset wells.

NEED FOR DATABASE While working in a well planning role. I discovered that there was a need for a database that could capture both well information and location data that could be used to retrieve pools of data to help develop future recommendations.

PROJECT OBJECTIVE With this project I will focus on creating a database that will consolidate information on wells that have been drilled. The objective is to have a database that any division can access to pull information needed to aid in the recommendations of future work.

DATABASE SOFTWARE After researching multiple programs for applications and features, I decided the best approach for this particular database would be a GIS (geographic information systems) software.

SETUP The database was structured so that the person performing a search of well information could filter data by either Operator or targeted formation. After information has been filtered to the requested level needed by the searcher, the results will be displayed by placing all relevant wells on a map.

INFORMATION Each well will give a set of information that will include – Operator, well name, targeted formation, and real world coordinates. Other information that the will be available from the map view will include the geographic location of the well in relation to State borders, County borders, Towns, and roads. Also available will be a tool to measure distances between multiple wells.

DATA UTILIZATION Now less time and energy is being spent searching for relevant offset wells that match a certain aspect. Also more time is allowed to analyze the performance data so that it can be used for future recommendations and presentations.

CONCLUSION Receiving multiple information requests, lead to a discovery of the need for a database to consolidate a set of information. With the implementation of the database, employees are better able to manage time and energy spent in the search of relevant wells to gather related performance to use in future recommendations.