SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING OF PADS

Systems and methods for the automated positioning of pads and orienting of slot templates for the pads. The systems and methods also include automated adjustment of well path plans from a pad to selected well targets. Fig 1 WO 2009/102804 PCT/US2009/033821 Start10 -100 116 I11b Populate 3D view Use Orient slot with surface and elevation template based on subsurface data ' 02 model to orient Yes elevation grid 102 template? contours No Define Pad 118 Parameters - i.e. number of slots, Optimize number 1 of slots orientation based number of pads Auto Orient slot Yes on minimizing etc 104 template? interference between plans 11Bb2 No Define Plan types and parameters 106 108b Auto assign plans to individual slots 108 Position Pads based on elevation model constraints and extract Use elevation model elevation hen for pad positioning or Yes - pads are elevation? positioned Optimize Plans to minimize - anti-collision by automatically nudging as required No 4, End Position Pads Automatically generate plans for each pad Define Slot template geometry -- for each pad