PlanOpt

PlanOpt is a tool that assists in choosing the locations of vertical production wells during development, by applying pre-defined screening criteria to each column of grid blocks in a 3D simulation model to determine which could sensibly accommodate a production well.

A vertical well is completed in each column of cells that satisfies the criteria. A simulation run is then used to rank the wells, and the least effective wells are eliminated. This cycle repeats until the optimum well locations are identified.