Patent ID: 8907951
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a user interface on a display for predicting the physical attributes of a proposed well, the method comprising: (a) displaying, on a display and using a processor, an offset formation top graph of formation top data for at least one offset well and a proposed formation top graph of the formation data for the proposed well; (b) mapping, using the processor, one or more portions of the offset formation top graph to one or more portions of the proposed formation top graph, each mapped portion of the offset formation top graph mapped to an associated mapped portion of the proposed formation top graph; (c) normalizing, using the processor, physical attribute data associated with each mapped portion of the offset formation top graph to the associated mapped portion of the proposed formation top graph; (d) displaying, on the display and using the processor, a normalized physical attribute graph of the normalized physical attribute data associated with each mapped portion of the offset formation top graph; (e) selecting, using the processor, one or more portions of the normalized physical attribute graph; and (f) determining, using the processor, the physical attribute data for the proposed well as the selected portions of the normalized physical attribute graph, wherein the normalizing modifies the depth associated with each element of the physical attribute data by performing a linear interpolation based upon the depths of the mapped portion of the offset formation top graph and the depths of the associated mapped portion of the proposed formation top graph.