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Well Planning Definition

Well Planning is defined as those, primarily engineering activities, which follow on from the identification of a subsurface target for a well (exploration, appraisal, or development well) until the completion of that well. This includes:

• Definition of well objectives
• Planning of the well trajectory
• Selection of drilling hardware (bits, tubulars, mud, etc.)
• Planning of casing points
• Logging objectives and selection of logging tools (MWD, LWD, wireline logs)
• Test program and decision criteria for testing
• Completion program and criteria for completion

Best Practice Definition
Real-Time Well Execution
IDEF Definition
Visualization Tools Definition
Integration Definition

Well Planning in context of platform planning (i.e., planning a group of wells from a platform or pad at one time to allow engineering and economic optimization of the entire platform). This ties to entire field development planning (for a given set of targets in a new field, optimize the number and locations of platforms)