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Well Planning

Well Planning is a systematic engineering process within drilling engineering that involves the design and optimization of well trajectories, equipment selection, operational procedures, and risk assessment to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective wellbore construction from surface to target formation.

970

Publications

27.7K

Citations

2.9K

Authors

524

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

197

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Publications

970

Application of a particle swarm optimization algorithm for determining optimum well location and type

Jérôme Onwunalu, Louis J. Durlofsky · Computational Geosciences · 2009 · 447 citations

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A Parametric Comparison of Horizontal and Vertical Well Performance

Hemanta Mukherjee, Michael J. Economides · SPE Formation Evaluation · 1991 · 311 citations

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Optimization of Nonconventional Well Type, Location, and Trajectory

B. Yeten, Louis J. Durlofsky, Khalid Aziz · SPE Journal · 2003 · 309 citations

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On optimization algorithms for the reservoir oil well placement problem

Wolfgang Bangerth, Héctor Klíe, Mary F. Wheeler et al. · Computational Geosciences · 2006 · 275 citations

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The Mechanical Earth Model Concept and Its Application to High-Risk Well Construction Projects

Richard A. Plumb, Stephen Edwards, Gary Pidcock et al. · 2000 · 262 citations

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Authors

2.9K

  1. AC
    Albert C. Reynolds

    University of Tulsa, United States

    11 publications · 524 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. LJ
    Louis J. Durlofsky

    Stanford University, United States

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. EV
    Eric van Oort

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    9 publications · 188 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. MC
    Mathias C. Bellout

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    7 publications · 349 citations

    7

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  5. QF
    Qihong Feng

    China University of Petroleum, East China, China

    6 publications · 219 citations

    6

    h-index

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Institutions

524

  1. Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

    Road Town, British Virgin Islands

    21 h-index

    198 publications

    6.7K citations

  2. Halliburton (United Kingdom)

    Arbroath, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    145 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Shell (Netherlands)

    The Hague, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    92 publications

    2.1K citations

  4. BP (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    79 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    16 h-index

    32 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. ExxonMobil (United States)

    Irving, United States

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Equinor (Norway)

    Stavanger, Norway

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    869 citations

  8. Chevron (Netherlands)

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

    15 h-index

    53 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

    59 publications · 2.5K citations

    30

    h-index

  2. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 91 publications · 2.4K citations

    26

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  3. SPE Drilling & Completion

    28 publications · 726 citations

    15

    h-index

  4. Offshore Technology Conference

    Conference · 21 publications · 444 citations

    14

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  5. Computational Geosciences

    16 publications · 1.6K citations

    14

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