Directional Well Planning:

EXERCISE
Jakarta Drilling School
Example 1: Design of Directional Well
Design a directional well with the following restrictions:

• Total horizontal departure = 4,500 ft

• True vertical depth (TVD) = 12,500 ft

• Depth to kickoff point (KOP) = 2,500 ft

• Rate of build of hole angle = 1.5 deg/100 ft

• Type I well (build and hold)

Example 1: Design of Directional Well
(i) Determine the maximum hole angle required.

(ii) What is the total measured depth (MD)?

(MD = well depth measured along the wellbore, not the vertical depth)
(i) Maximum Inclination Angle
In the BUILD Section:

18,000
R1 =
π ∗ BUR

∆ ×= r(1 − cos I)

∆y = r sin I

π
Lhold = r ∗ Ideg
180
ΔX
(i) Maximum Inclination Angle
18,000
r1 =
1.5π

r2 = 0

D4 − D1 = 12,500 − 2,500

= 10,000 ft
 (i) Maximum Inclination Angle

D  D  x 24  ( D 4  D1 ) 2  2( r1  r2 ) x 4 
 max  2 tan 1  4 1

 2( r1  r2 )  x 4 
 


-1 10,000  4,500 2  10,000 2  2(3,820) 4,500 
 2 tan  

 2(3,820)  4,500 


 max  26.3 
(ii) Measured Depth of Well

x Build  r1 (1  cos  )
 3,820(1 - cos 26.3 )
 395 ft
 x Hold  4,500  395
 4,105 ft
 L Hold sin   4,105
 L Hold  9,265 ft
(ii) Measured Depth of Well
MD  D1  r1 rad  L Hold

 26.3 
 2,500  3,820   9,265
 180 

MD  13,518 ft