Interactive 3D Wellbore Viewer

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1 11 th Annual Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Renaissance Hotel Oklahoma City, Oklahoma September 15-18, 2015 Interactive 3D Wellbore Viewer Walter Phillips

2 What Is It? (A 3D Wellbore Viewer) Short answer: A web page Longer answer: An interactive 3D environment for rendering wellbores natively in a web browser using standards based technologies and methods Translation: It s a web page, no plugins or additional software Modern web browsers can render 3D graphics 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 2

3 The Modern Web Browser Increasingly standards based Increased performance Both desktop & mobile Native 3D support No plugins, just the browser * 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 3

4 Why a web page? Easy to deploy & support the users Same on both desktop & mobile Sharing and collaboration Drawbacks? Corporate access policies Web browsers have some limitations OS & hardware support for 3D acceleration Web browsers are all slightly different Supporting each browser/platform is difficult Standards are making that part easier 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 4

5 How does it work? Go to the web page, upload your deviation survey Click/drag to rotate, zoom, etc. Supported files: Rodstar & SROD (with embedded surveys) *.rsdx, *.inp6, *.dev, etc. Excel Template (for tubulars and other data) Cut & paste your survey and well data Other file types supported, or planned Copy & paste raw MD,INC,AZI data 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 5

6 A Bit More Detailed Data files provide Azimuth, Measured Depth & Inclination Converted to Cartesian coordinates (X,Y,Z) Connect the dots to create a 3D wellbore path Draw tubes around that path Render to the screen and update based on user actions All of this can be done in the web browser! 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 6

7 What Does It Look Like? Tubulars become visible when zoomed in Wellbore Path Solid, transparent, or wireframe 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 7

8 Wellbore Markers Failure Points Fluid Levels Other points of interest 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 8

9 Rod Taper Changes Relative to other components Rods Relative to well bore geometry Tubing Casing 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 9

10 Dog-Leg Severity (DLS) Easily see the high DLS sections on the wellbore Color coded Red = High DLS Perspective on what the DLS regions actually look like 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 10

11 Dog-Leg Severity (DLS) Understanding hidden geometry and it s repercussions 50% chance this will happen again Will we make a change? 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 11

12 Horizontal Wells Were are the high/low spots Local maximum/minimum Easily identify the low spots How bad are those low spots? Are they deeper than the casing diameter (i.e. full blockage)? Where will the fluid pool? 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 12

13 Horizontal Wells Casing Diameter Perspective with casing Horizontal plane shows relative low spots Casing is entirely below the low spot 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 13

14 Horizontal Wells Casing Diameter Casing size relative to the low spots Low spot creates a sump, but casing is only partially submerged 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 14

15 Horizontal Wells Different perspectives Without distortion Horizontal section 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 15

16 How to make a straight well look crooked 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 16

17 straight How to make a straight well look crooked Equal dimensions (X=Y=Z) Not nearly as bad as it looked before But we can t really see any of the details But we can zoom in! 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 17

18 A New View on Old Data Local inflection arrows on 3 adjacent points Exaggerate local trajectory changes Wellbore Can visualize the drilling corkscrew effect Difficult to recognize in static 2D views Spiral staircase 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 18

19 Corkscrew Wellbore This is supposed to be the straight section 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 19

20 Data Quality Do you need high resolution gyro surveys? No, but they are highly recommended Drilling surveys might not accurately represent casing placement 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop Deviation survey data 20 courtesy of

21 But is it really useful? Visualization tools available to production engineers: Very limited Often misleading Collaborate Visually justify decisions Better understand your wellbores & equipment locations Web Based Easy to deploy and access Low cost 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 21

22 Correlate Multiple Data Sources Historical Failures Historical Wear Patterns Rod & Tubing Components Historical Fluid Levels Casing Design (Size, Perfs, etc.) Reservoir & Geology Data Deviation Survey Visual Analysis & Decision Collaborative Input 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 22

23 Conclusion Feedback needed comments/suggestions welcome Limited development resources What features should be added? Ongoing development All of this is subject to change 2015 Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop 23

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