9 5/8 Production Casing

This section is often landed directly above the target or reservoir. The actual position of the
well bore is now very important to determine to prevent drilling in to the reservoir with the
wrong type of mud potently damaging the production zone. This requires accurate calculation
models to be used in both phases. Anti-collision will again be very important as multiple
wells might already have been drilled into the same target. High values of dogleg severity are
also allowed as drilling equipment is small and permits higher bending forces. This is crucial
so that target can be reached. Functions that enable many/all endpoint parameters is needed to
describe what drilling parameters are required to hit the target.

To sum up:

- The different well sections will have different well paths starting from vertical in the
top to tight curve and bends in the end
- Anti-collision is always an important factor, but depending on the field and number of
wells this will often be most important in the top and finishing sections
- Allowed dogleg severity will increase as formation gets stronger and hole diameter
and BHA gets smaller.
- Accurate calculation models are important throughout the well in the planning phase.
The need for accuracy will increase the deeper the well gets when drilling and running
surveys. Accurate calculations of the drilled well path will prevent large divergence
from the well plan.
- The closer you get to the target, the need for functions that offer the user to decide
more end point parameters will increase.

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