Well Planning Engineering

Abstract

Well drilling engineering is a discipline within the petroleum industry that is responsible for the design and planning of drilling oil and gas wells. This process is fundamental for the extraction of hydrocarbons, since it allows access to underground reserves and extracting oil or gas safely and efficiently as well as being in harmony with the environment and the laws of the place where the work is going to be carried out the project. The use of man hours of a multidisciplinary group is required for the success of the activity, Geologists, geoscientists, reservoir engineers, petrophysicists, drilling and completion engineers, engineers specializing in civil works, chemical engineers, in short a true teamwork. Using the Front-End Loading matrix is fundamental support for the economic and technical evaluation of the project and analyzing whether it is viable in both aspects. The rig selection to use as well as the well services companies’ selection be must make with time and study the investment and the economic impact that this services would have in the project. At the engineering level, drilling and completion simulations and calculations must be done respecting the FEL matrix. Analysis of neighboring wells it's necessary do it during the time of conceptualization, let's remember that this analysis is fundamental know the field and the problems possible that could in the project in study The cost engineering plays the important paper in the design of the project for this motive this cost must always is updating us.

Keywords: Well drilling