Immersive Drilling Planner in Gocad

@inproceedings{TouysinhthiphonexayRM2002,
 abstract = { The Immersive Drilling Planner is a fully integrated immersive visualization tool based on GOCAD with proprietary algorithms for planning and updating well paths and platforms. This tool enables multi-disciplinary teams to use 3-D visualization technology, state-of-the-art planning algorithms, and integrated subsurface data for field exploration and development planning. Immersive 3-D visualization is used to visually integrate geological, geophysical, reservoir, and existing well data with drilling and platform planning information in a true 3-D planning environment. Real-time creation and editing of targets, platforms and wells allows multi-disciplinary teams to work through multiple planning scenarios, consider all critical factors, and generate high-level drilling plans which can readily be updated to accommodate changing conditions. This combination of data integration, interactive editing, and collaborative workflow can greatly reduce cycle times in planning wells and improve the overall economics of development. Pilot projects have demonstrated reductions in development planning cycle times from several months to a week or less.In this paper, we present the Immersive Drilling Planner features as implemented in GOCAD and plans for future development. },
 author = { Touysinhthiphonexay, Kim AND Bradley, Joseph },
 booktitle = { 22th gOcad Meeting },
 month = { "june" },
 publisher = { ASGA },
 title = { Immersive Drilling Planner in Gocad },
 year = { 2002 }
}