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Minimum Horizontal Stress for Landing and Trajectory Design
Lateral and vertical drilling markers for structural in-zone trajectory design and drilling can now be defined based on mineralogy contrasts that define the geomechanics and stress measured by the inverted 3D seismic geomechanics, representing a first step in minimizing drill time for cost reduction.
Mechanical Earth Solutions for Acreage High Grading
Quantitative mapping of stress heterogeneity allows for acreage high-grading ahead of the drill bit to identify completion quality "sweet spot" fairways and areas more prone to frac hits and parent-child issues. Cookie-cutter development strategies assume subsurface isotropy and fail to account for rock heterogeneity.
Mechanical Earth Solutions for Pad Design and Well Spacing
Pre-drill parameterization of fracture geometry models for horizontal landing, well spacing, and engineered treatment design requires an anisotropic in-situ stress measurement defining the vertical and lateral heterogeneity of geomechanical properties defined by the seismic, along horizontal and vertical wellbores.
Seismic Geomechanics for Frac Hit Mitigation
Changes in geology define intrinsic 3D seismic geomechanics or elastic properties of tight rock that are effectively measured by the seismic directly at the area of interest. SciCat integrates the seismic with mechanical earth models defining near wellbore and far field vertical and horizontal stress variability for interwell frac hit mitigation in 1D and 3D space.