Optimizing the Method Used to Design the Trajectory of a Horizontal Well

2014 
The aim of this study is to optimize a method used to design the trajectory of horizontal wells. Many of the well-known can be used for various types of well (directional, horizontal, extended-reach, sidetrack horizontal, etc.) and for various curvature radii (long, medium, short, and ultrashort), but while the resulting trajectories meet standard field operation requirements they are still suboptimal. The research done here not only optimizes the angle of inclination of the linear (tangent) section of the well but also accounts for the forces created by rock debris and the equivalent circulating density (ECD) of the drilling fluid.
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