Getting Started - Well Planning

Getting Started: Well Planning

How do I create a new well plan automatically?

The Automatic Well Planning tool allows you to automatically plan a single well, parallel wells, or radiating wells, from the Basemap at a specified offset from a picked horizon. After creating a well, you can view and modify the properties of the well from the Well Properties window, and edit the well plan using the Well Planning tool.

The Automatic Well Planning dialog box is launched from the Well Toolbar using the Multi-Line Automatic Well Planning () or Multi-Radial Well Automatic Planning () icon. Automatic Well Planning references the working set version of your seismic volume; therefore, when you are referencing a time volume you must have a velocity model, and reference a time horizon, and when you are referencing a depth volume you must also reference a depth horizon.

How do I create a well plan automatically?

Click the Multi-Line Automatic Well Planning () or Multi-Radial Well Automatic Planning () icon on the Well Toolbar.
Specify the Number of Wells you want to create.
Select a Velocity Model from the list of available models. If this list is empty, you need to create a model using the Velocity Modeling application.
Select a horizon to follow and enter a Horizon Offset. Use negative values to create the plan above the horizon, and positive values to place the plan below the horizon.
Enter a UWI for the well. When you are creating multiple plans each well will be assigned the UWI followed by a number, beginning with "1" for the first well.
Draw the well plan on the Basemap.
- For Multi-Line Plans:
  1. Click on the top hole location, hold down the mouse button, and then release the mouse at the bottom hole location. You will see a line on the map indicating the placement of the planned well.
  2. Click and drag your cursor to place additional wells. The first planned well will remain in its original location, and lines representing additional well plans will move with your cursor, placed evenly between the first and last wells.
  3. Release the mouse button. You will see lines on the map indicating the placement of all of the planned wells.
- For Multi-Radial Plans:
  1. Click on the top hole location and hold down the mouse button.
  2. Move your cursor. You will see multiple lines radiating evenly from the top hole location.
  3. Release the mouse button. You will see lines on the map indicating the placement of all of the planned wells.
Click Save. The well or wells will be saved to the database, and can be edited from the Well Properties window.

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