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`Introduction .......................................................................................................................
`Overview.............................................................................................................................
`Main Window Layout .........................................................................................................
`Main Menu ...................................................................................................................
`Overview of File Menu Items ................................................................................
`Overview of Plans Menu Items .............................................................................
`Overview of Views Menu Items ............................................................................
`Overview of the Tools Menu Items .......................................................................
`Overview of the Wellbore Planner Main Window Spreadsheet ..................................
`Calculation Parameters ................................................................................................
`How Wellbore Planner Interacts with Other Applications .................................................
`Applications that Connect Directly to Wellbore Planner ............................................
`Other Applications That Communicate with Wellbore Planner ..................................
`Finding the Information You Need.....................................................................................
`Organization of Sections ..............................................................................................
`Other Sources of Information ......................................................................................
`Using Online Help .......................................................................................................
`Conventions Used in the Documentation ....................................................................
`Managing Windows and Dialog Boxes ..............................................................................
`Common Window Features .........................................................................................
`Using Lists .............................................................................................................
`Using Menu Bars ...................................................................................................
`Using Menu Options ..............................................................................................
`Using Scroll Bars ...................................................................................................
`Resizing Windows .................................................................................................
`Moving Windows ..................................................................................................
`Raising and Lowering Windows ............................................................................
`Activating Windows ..............................................................................................
`Using Dialog Boxes .....................................................................................................
`Common Features ..................................................................................................
`Other Dialog Box Buttons .....................................................................................
`Using a File Selection Dialog Box ........................................................................
`Shortcuts ......................................................................................................................
`Accepting Parameters ............................................................................................
`Highlighting ...........................................................................................................
`Opening Button 3 Popup Menus ............................................................................
`Selecting Items from a List ....................................................................................
`Tabbing Through Dialog Boxes ............................................................................
`Getting Started ....................................................................................................................
`Setting Up the Initial OpenWorks Session ..................................................................
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`Selecting the Database Server for the OpenWorks Session ..................................
`Selecting an OpenWorks Project ...........................................................................
`Selecting an Interpreter ..........................................................................................
`Selecting a System of Measurement ......................................................................
`Selecting an OpenWorks Well List .......................................................................
`Choosing the Order of the Well List ......................................................................
`Choosing a Well Name Format .............................................................................
`Launching Wellbore Planner ..............................................................................................
`Workflows ..........................................................................................................................
`Integrated Well Planning Workflow ............................................................................
`Designing Well Paths in Wellbore Planner .................................................................
`Exiting Programs and Applications ....................................................................................
`Exiting Wellbore Planner .............................................................................................
`Exiting OpenWorks .....................................................................................................
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`Creating a Well Plan ....................................................................................................
`Overview.............................................................................................................................
`Working with Projects ........................................................................................................
`About Well Planning Projects ......................................................................................
`Selecting a Wellbore Planner Project to Display .........................................................
`Creating a New Project During the Current Session ...................................................
`Opening an Existing Project ........................................................................................
`Deleting a Wellbore Planner Project ...........................................................................
`Saving a Wellbore Planner Project ..............................................................................
`Introduction to Working with Well Plans...........................................................................
`Creating a New Well Plan ...........................................................................................
`Opening an Existing Well Plan ....................................................................................
`Making a Copy of the Active Well Plan ......................................................................
`Closing the Well Plan and Canceling Unsaved Changes ............................................
`Deleting a Well Plan ....................................................................................................
`Specifying a Well Plan Type ..............................................................................................
`Overview ......................................................................................................................
`Creating an Unknown Type of Well Plan ....................................................................
`Creating a Surface Well Plan .......................................................................................
`Creating a Sidetrack Well Plan ....................................................................................
`Adding Existing Wells to the Well Planning Project ............................................
`How to Create a Sidetrack Well Plan ....................................................................
`Creating a Look Ahead Well Plan ...............................................................................
`Creating a Complex Extension Well Plan ...................................................................
`Creating a Platform Location and Platform Well Plans ..............................................
`Creating a Platform Location .................................................................................
`Creating a Platform Well .......................................................................................
`Viewing Well Plans ............................................................................................................
`Quick Overview of the Shortcut View Buttons ...........................................................
`Displaying the View Windows ....................................................................................
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`Specifying General Viewing Options ..........................................................................
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`Defining the Range of Targets and Well Plans Displayed ....................................
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`Examples of Target Range and Well Plan Range Viewing Options .....................
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`Selecting a Color Scheme for Displaying Well Plans and Wells ..........................
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`Enabling View Windows to Display Uncertainty Ranges .....................................
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`Arranging Windows with the Auto-Tile Function .................................................
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`Using the Plan View Window .....................................................................................
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`Setting Target and Label Display Options for the Plan View Window .................
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`Displaying a ZGF Backdrop in the Plan View Window .......................................
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`Clearing ZGF Backdrops from the Plan View Window ........................................
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`Using the Section View Window .................................................................................
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`Setting Display Options in the Section View Controls Dialog Box ......................
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`Displaying a Grid in the Section View Window ...................................................
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`Using the 3D View Window ........................................................................................
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`Using the Redline View Window ................................................................................
`Setting Redline Parameters for a Well Planning Project ....................................... 102
`Understanding the Redline Parameters .................................................................. 103
`Using the Spreadsheet Controls ............................................................................. 104
`Using the Diagram Preview Window .......................................................................... 105
`Displaying the Diagram Preview Window ............................................................ 105
`Specifying Diagram Preview Display Options ...................................................... 107
`Working with Targets .........................................................................................................
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`Creating New Targets in Wellbore Planner ................................................................. 110
`Displaying the Target Editor Window ................................................................... 110
`Using the Target Editor Window to Create a New Target .................................... 111
`Displaying a Target in the Target Editor Window ...................................................... 113
`Selecting and Sorting Well Plan Targets ..................................................................... 114
`Selecting Targets for the Well Plan ....................................................................... 114
`Specifying the Order of Targets in the Well Plan .................................................. 115
`Setting Target Parameters ............................................................................................ 117
`Selecting the Target View ...................................................................................... 117
`Setting the Target Location Coordinates ............................................................... 118
`Setting the Target Display Color ........................................................................... 119
`Selecting the Shape of a Target ............................................................................. 120
`Setting Parameters for the Selected Target Shape ................................................. 123
`Associating a Target with a Feature Name ............................................................ 126
`Editing Targets Graphically ......................................................................................... 127
`Editing Targets Graphically in the Target Editor Window .................................... 127
`Editing Targets Graphically in the Plan View or Section View Window ............. 129
`Updating the Well Plan with Changes Made in Other Applications ........................... 130
`Establishing Default Parameters for Targets ............................................................... 130
`Using Reference Targets .............................................................................................. 130
`Converting Regular Targets into Reference Targets ............................................. 131
`Converting Reference Targets into Regular Targets ............................................. 132
`Creating Reference Targets from Grids ....................................................................... 132
`Making Changes to Reference Targets You Created from Grids .......................... 134
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`Using the Snap Targets Tool to Realign Target Positions ........................................... 135
`Snapping Target Penetration Points to the Well Path ............................................ 135
`Snapping Targets to Right Angles Along the Well Path ....................................... 136
`Optimizing the Penetration Points of Shaped Targets ................................................. 137
`Renaming Targets ....................................................................................................... 140
`Deleting Targets ........................................................................................................... 140
`Closing the Target Editor Window .............................................................................. 141
`Calculating the Well Path ...................................................................................................
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`Setting the Calculation Options .................................................................................. 143
`Setting Surface and Depth Measurement Units ..................................................... 143
`Choosing a Calculation Method ............................................................................ 144
`Specifying a Minimum Value for Dogleg Severity ............................................... 144
`Sorting Targets ....................................................................................................... 145
`Extending the Depth of the Well Path ................................................................... 145
`Applying a Hold Point to the Well Plan ................................................................ 146
`Communicating with Other Applications .............................................................. 148
`Selecting a Calculation Mode ................................................................................ 148
`Reading the Well Plan Spreadsheet ............................................................................. 149
`Cursor Tracking ..................................................................................................... 149
`About the Data for Well Path Points in the Spreadsheet ....................................... 150
`Understanding the Spreadsheet Columns .............................................................. 151
`Performing Advanced Well Planning Tasks ................................................................ 152
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`Converting, Importing, (cid:3)
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`Converting Time and Depth Domain Values .....................................................................
`Overview of How Time and Depth Values Are Stored ............................................... 154
`When to Use the Time/Depth Server Utility ............................................................... 155
`Using the Time/Depth Server Utility ........................................................................... 156
`Displaying the Time/Depth Server Window ......................................................... 157
`Choosing a Velocity Model ................................................................................... 158
`Effects of Changing the Velocity Model ............................................................... 159
`Keeping the Time/Depth Server Utility Running .................................................. 161
`Loading a Project into Wellbore Planner in Time-based Mode ............................ 161
`Changing the Domain Used as the Calculation Basis ............................................ 163
`Creating and Using a Time/Depth File ........................................................................ 165
`Importing COMPASS Well Planning Files ........................................................................
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`Using the File Conversion Utility .......................................................................................
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`Starting the File Conversion Utility ............................................................................. 169
`File Conversion Utility Menu Options ........................................................................ 169
`Viewing Time Values for Wellbore Planner Well Plans ............................................. 170
`Exporting Well Plans and Projects .....................................................................................
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`Using the Export COMPASS (ASCII) File Dialog Box .............................................. 171
`Using the Export Dialog Box ....................................................................................... 173
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`Saving a Line of Section to the OpenWorks Database ................................................ 175
`Creating and Managing Linked Wells ................................................................................
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`Saving a Well Plan as an OpenWorks Well ................................................................ 176
`Managing Linked Wells ............................................................................................... 180
`Displaying the OpenWorks Well Manager Dialog Box ........................................ 180
`Adding and Editing Casing Information for a Linked Well .................................. 183
`Adding and Editing Completion Information for a Linked Well .......................... 187
`Adding and Editing Well Target Picks for a Linked Well .................................... 189
`Adding and Editing Well Target Faults for a Linked Well ................................... 193
`Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Plan-to-well Link .......................................... 195
`Adding a Well to an OpenWorks Well List ................................................................. 200
`Creating Hardcopy Reports and Graphics ..........................................................................
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`Creating Data Reports for Well Plans .......................................................................... 201
`Viewing Well Plan Reports ......................................................................................... 205
`Turn Point Report .................................................................................................. 205
`Survey Point (Well Path) Report ........................................................................... 205
`Penetration Point Report ........................................................................................ 207
`Target Shape Report .............................................................................................. 208
`Error Ellipses Report ............................................................................................. 209
`Creating a Proximity Report ........................................................................................ 210
`Viewing a Proximity Report ........................................................................................ 213
`Capturing View Window Contents as Graphic Files ................................................... 215
`Creating Graphic Files from the Contents of the Basic View Windows ............... 215
`Capturing the Diagram Preview Window’s Contents as a Graphic File ............... 219
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`Uncertainty Workflow ........................................................................................................
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`Calculating Well Position Uncertainty ...............................................................................
`Selecting a Default Survey Tool .................................................................................. 229
`Working with Survey Histories and (cid:3)
`Uncertainty Calculations for Single Wells .................................................................. 231
`Displaying a Single Well’s Survey History and Uncertainty Data ........................ 231
`Customizing a Single Well’s Survey History ........................................................ 236
`Working with Uncertainty Calculations for Multiple Wells ....................................... 239
`Making Multiple Well Uncertainty Calculations ................................................... 240
`Visualizing Well Position Uncertainty ...............................................................................
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`Viewing Uncertainty Ranges in Wellbore Planner Views ........................................... 242
`Enabling Wellbore Planner to Display Uncertainty Projections ........................... 243
`Selecting View Window Options for Uncertainty Display ................................... 244
`Viewing Uncertainty Ranges for Wells and Well Plans in OpenVision ..................... 246
`Displaying the OpenVision Visualization Dialog Box .......................................... 247
`Choosing Wells and Options for OpenVision Uncertainty Display ...................... 249
`Working with Survey Tools................................................................................................
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`Overview of Tools Dialog Box Functions ................................................................... 257
`Displaying the Tools Dialog Box ................................................................................ 258
`Understanding the Error Models .................................................................................. 259
`Error Cone Model .................................................................................................. 259
`Systematic Error Model ......................................................................................... 260
`Inclination Cone of Error Model ........................................................................... 261
`Choosing Between “Good” and “Poor” Tools ............................................................. 262
`Selecting a Default Survey Tool .................................................................................. 262
`Customizing the Survey Tool Set ................................................................................ 263
`Creating Survey Tools ........................................................................................... 264
`Editing Survey Tool Information ........................................................................... 268
`Deleting a Tool from the Survey Tool Set ............................................................. 269
`Importing Survey Tools from the COMPASS Application ...................................