Fully Integrated Workflow to Improve Well Planning
Ikon Science's proven methodologies have enabled customers to achieve significant savings in operation time and enhance drilling efficiency. We were able to address challenges such as limited well availability, reducing costs, and avoiding drilling hazards with our comprehensive solutions.
Challenges
- Limited Well Availability
- Need to increase efficiency in drilling operations to reduce costs
- Avoid drilling hazard presented by carbonate debris flows
- Understand distribution of high TOC shales in the Wolfcamp formation
Objectives
- Rock physics and geomechanical study to determine insitu stresses at wells
- Propagate model into 3D utilizing facies based inversion
- Predict drilling behavior at offset locations anywhere in 3D
Solutions
- Successfully predicted well behavior from seismic allowing risk mitigation on future Wells
- Improved drilling efficiency through avoidance of hazards and improved geosteering
Proven Results
- 14% decreased drill time
- 18% increased lateral feet per day
- 19% increase in lateral rate of penetration
- 24% less slide time
References
Payne, S. and Meyer J. 2017. Using seismic inversion to predict geomechanical well behaviour: a case study from the Permian Basin, URTeC, Abstract, 2665754
