Physics-Based Well Design - Engineering the Well for Production

Ensuring long-term well integrity and optimum completion performance is essential for economic development of assets developed with fewer, more-complex wells. The full-length paper describes unique, physics-based modeling capabilities used during well planning, design, and production to deliver optimized well performance over the life of the well. The modeling capabilities integrate fundamental physics to provide a more accurate determination of well-performance technical limits.

Synopsis of IPTC 10705

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper IPTC 10705, "Physics-Based Well Design - Engineering the Well for Production," by B. Kline, SPE, B. Dale, SPE, R. Pakal, SPE, S. Clingman, M. Asmann, and D. Rosenbaum, SPE, ExxonMobil, prepared for the 2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, 21-23 November.

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