STREAMLINED FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING FIELD DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
First Claim
1. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes at least one processor, for identifying and implementing hydrocarbon production opportunities including recompletion opportunities, the method comprising:
- accessing one or more portions of petrophysical log data obtained at a hydrocarbon extraction site to generate a geological map of the site;
accessing one or more portions of historical completion data for the hydrocarbon extraction site to identify uncontacted net pay intervals, the uncontacted net pay intervals representing material remaining in one or more hydrocarbon wells on the hydrocarbon site;
analyzing isolated and connected intervals of the hydrocarbon wells to determine, according to the geological map, which portions of the hydrocarbon wells have been drained by existing completions;
forecasting, using statistical neighborhood methods and one or more machine learning algorithms, projected production results for one or more recompletion opportunities at the hydrocarbon site, the projected production results including initial production estimates and/or ultimate recovery estimates;
calculating a level of geologic uncertainty relative to the forecasted production results and determined drainage, wherein the geologic uncertainty levels indicate levels of risk;
filtering a list of recompletion opportunities for selection according to geological feasibility, mechanical feasibility and/or engineering feasibility; and
initiating hydrocarbon production at at least one of the recompletion opportunities.
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to identifying and implementing hydrocarbon production opportunities including recompletion opportunities, new vertical drill target opportunities, and horizontal or deviated well target opportunities. Computer systems access multi-disciplinary data, perform data validation and pre-processing on the data, identify field development opportunities by identifying candidates, forecasting production at those candidates, generating an uncertainty quantification, and vetting and validating the data. The computer systems then list the viable well target opportunities including recompletion opportunities, vertical new drill target opportunities and deviated and horizontal target opportunities.
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1. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes at least one processor, for identifying and implementing hydrocarbon production opportunities including recompletion opportunities, the method comprising:
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accessing one or more portions of petrophysical log data obtained at a hydrocarbon extraction site to generate a geological map of the site; accessing one or more portions of historical completion data for the hydrocarbon extraction site to identify uncontacted net pay intervals, the uncontacted net pay intervals representing material remaining in one or more hydrocarbon wells on the hydrocarbon site; analyzing isolated and connected intervals of the hydrocarbon wells to determine, according to the geological map, which portions of the hydrocarbon wells have been drained by existing completions; forecasting, using statistical neighborhood methods and one or more machine learning algorithms, projected production results for one or more recompletion opportunities at the hydrocarbon site, the projected production results including initial production estimates and/or ultimate recovery estimates; calculating a level of geologic uncertainty relative to the forecasted production results and determined drainage, wherein the geologic uncertainty levels indicate levels of risk; filtering a list of recompletion opportunities for selection according to geological feasibility, mechanical feasibility and/or engineering feasibility; and initiating hydrocarbon production at at least one of the recompletion opportunities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer-readable media that store computer-executable instructions that, when executed, implement a method for identifying and implementing hydrocarbon production opportunities including new vertical drill target opportunities, the method comprising:
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accessing one or more portions of geological, petrophysical or engineering data related to a hydrocarbon extraction site; analyzing the accessed data to identify one or more well placement grid cells in the hydrocarbon extraction site that are fit for placing new wells according to one or more well placement constraints; generating a relative probability of success (RPOS) mapping for each zone that ranks the identified well placement grid cells according to one or more zone-mappable attributes associated with productive hydrocarbon wells; forecasting, for each new drill location, a potential production rate for one or more target zones; estimating the probability of exceeding or falling short of the forecasted potential production rate using at least a portion of neighborhood production data indicating an amount that wells in neighboring zones are producing; determining, based on one or more geologic factors related to the hydrocarbon site, a geologic risk measurement for a given target opportunity, the risk measurement indicating the connectivity of the reservoir and the quality of the geological mapping; filtering a list of new vertical drilling opportunities for selection according to geological feasibility, mechanical feasibility and/or engineering feasibility; and initiating hydrocarbon production at the selected new vertical drilling opportunity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system for identifying and implementing hydrocarbon production opportunities including horizontal or deviated well target opportunities, comprising:
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one or more processors; system memory; a data accessing module configured to access one or more portions of geological, petrophysical or engineering data related to a hydrocarbon extraction site; a domain identifier configured to identify potential regions that satisfy one or more stratigraphic, spatial and depth constraints within the hydrocarbon extraction site; a spatial analyzer configured to perform a 3D spatial analysis of one or more of the identified potential well placement zones within the hydrocarbon extraction site; a drainage analyzer configured to identify one or more zones of the hydrocarbon extraction site that include drained portions that have been drained by existing wells on the site; a 3D map generator configured to generate a relative probability of success (RPOS) 3D map that ranks the identified zones of the site according to one or more zone-mappable attributes associated with productive hydrocarbon wells; a well target identifier configured to search the 3D map to identify optimal target locations for horizontal or deviated wells according to the RPOS 3D map and one or more well placement constraints including at least one of azimuth, target length, or deviation range as defined by a user; an optimization module configured to perform an interference analysis designed to filter through and select an optimal set of non-interfering well candidates; a forecasting module configured to forecast an initial production rate for the selected horizontal well placement candidate placed in the identified location on the hydrocarbon extraction site using one or more analytical, simulation, or machine learning models; and a production initiator configured to initiate hydrocarbon production at the selected horizontal well placement candidate in the identified location. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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