Patent ID: 7546884
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method, practiced by a computer system, of well planning in a well planning system in response to input data including wellbore geometry and wellbore trajectory requirements, the computer system including a processor that is responsive to the input data, a recorder or display device, and a memory, the memory storing a software, the wellbore including a plurality of hole sections, comprising: executing, by the processor, the software stored in the memory of the computer system in response to said input data and, in response to the executing step, generating, by the processor, a summary of a drillstring in each hole section of the wellbore, the summary of said drillstring providing a drillstring design for the wellbore geometry in each hole section of the wellbore; and recording or displaying, by the recorder or display device, at least a portion of said summary of said drillstring in said each hole section of said wellbore on an output display of said recorder or display device, wherein said output display of said recorder or display device includes,