Patent Publication Number: US-8996316-B2

Title: System and method for fractionation of a well using a three dimensional wellbore profile with an executive dashboard

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/879,732 filed on Sep. 10, 2010, entitled “SYSTEM FOR GEOSTEERING DIRECTIONAL DRILLING APPARATUS”, and is a continuation-in-part to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/879,708 filed on Sep. 10, 2010, entitled “METHOD FOR GEOSTEERING DIRECTIONAL DRILLING APPARATUS.” These references are incorporated herein in their entirety. 
    
    
     FIELD 
     The present embodiments generally relate to a system and computer assisted method to fractionate an oil or other well using a three dimensional model of a lateral pay zone for a directionally drilled well enabling accurate identification of fractionation zones, accurate placement of well perforating guns, and accurate insertion of fractionation plugs to maximize production while the three dimensional model of the lateral pay zone is viewable by remote users and members of the fractionation team 
     BACKGROUND 
     A need exists for a system for fractionation that is accurate with regard to formations, placement of fractionation plugs, and insertion locations of well perforating guns. 
     A need exists for a system that can be manipulated by one or more users connected to a network to view a three dimensional model of the lateral pay zone for planning stages of fractionation of a well bore. 
     A need exists for a computer assisted method to create an executive dashboard of data for fractionation that can be manipulated by a plurality of users on their client devices. 
     A need exists for a continuously updatable three dimensional model, updated as events occur that can be viewed over a network, which incorporates a three dimensional model of a well bore profile, a three dimensional model of a lateral pay zone of the well bore, a three dimensional model of fractionation zones, indications of placement areas for well perforating gun locations in three dimensions allowing accurate and safe placement of charges. 
     The present embodiments meet these needs. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The detailed description will be better understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings as follows: 
         FIG. 1  is an overview of a wellbore with a plurality of fractionation zones and well perforating gun locations identified using the invention. 
         FIGS. 2A-2E  depict an embodiment of the fractionation system data storage with the various computer instructions therein. 
         FIG. 3  is a partial diagram of a display of the executive dashboard used for fractionation according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  is an executive dashboard presenting the information with a three dimensional overlay that enables a user to identify fractionation zones and placement of well perforating guns and fractionation plugs. 
         FIG. 5  is a representation of an actual survey usable in creating the stratigraphic cross section usable with the invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a detailed view of the stratigraphic cross section usable in the executive dashboard. 
         FIG. 7  is another representative executive dashboard usable to view a wellbore profile needed to fractionate a lateral pay zone. 
         FIG. 8  is a presentation of a geological prognosis usable in the invention. 
         FIG. 9  is a representation of an offset/type table usable in the invention. 
         FIG. 10  is an embodiment of a prognosed tops table usable in the invention. 
     
    
    
     The present embodiments are detailed below with reference to the listed Figures. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Before explaining the present apparatus in detail, it is to be understood that the apparatus is not limited to the particular embodiments and that it can be practiced or carried out in various ways. 
     The embodiments generally relate to systems and computer assisted methods to fractionate one or more hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs. 
     The systems and methods can utilize a user moveable and rotatable three dimensional model termed herein “the overlay” of a lateral pay zone for a directionally drilled well. 
     The systems and methods present the overlay to users via client devices over a network and the overlay is rotatable in 360 degrees by a user on their cell phone, and compressible and expandable for easy viewing. 
     The systems and methods also present the overlay within an executive dashboard that contains other well information relative to the lateral pay zone. 
     The executive dashboard is viewable and updatable by users of the system and method as fractionation events occur enabling all users to see what is going on at the production zone in real time, in some cases in only a few seconds. 
     The executive dashboard with the overlay and other wellbore information also enables accurate identification of fractionation zones, accurate placement of well perforating guns, and accurate insertion of fractionation plugs to maximize production of the well. 
     The overlay can be viewed and updated remotely and locally, allowing the fractionation team and management to view the overlay with status updates on the lateral pay zone. Accordingly, the management and the fractionation team can make better and safer decisions on where to plug and detonate well perforating guns. 
     The embodiments of the system allow a wellbore profile, adjacent formations, and associated land rights to be viewed in multiple dimensions. The system can use a wellbore profile created while drilling. 
     The system can include computer software designed to import and export WITS-compliant information. WITS, as used herein, stands for wellsite information transfer specification. 
     The computer software can enable a user of the system to receive and send updated fractionation and seismic survey data from a plurality of formats, such as: WITSML, WITS, Log ASCII Standard (LAS), different streaming formats, different logging formats, and other formats installed for use. The receiving and sending of updated fractionation and seismic survey data from the plurality of formats can occur in real-time, such as in a matter of seconds. 
     One or more embodiments of the system can be used: in the field adjacent a fractionation site; remote from the fractionation site, such as at an office; at sea on a subsea well site; or simultaneously from various remote and field locations. 
     The system has an executive dashboard program that can be used to present data to a plurality of users simultaneously and in real-time. The executive dashboard can allow users to simultaneously view numerous pieces of data and information associated with the fractionation. 
     The system can help users visualize formation structures by allowing users to explore formation structures in three dimensions and in two dimensions, and to explore different segments of a stratigraphic cross section or map simultaneously, thereby allowing the users to determine where a fractionation bit is within a wellbore. The system can therefore be used to avoid disasters associated with formation problems, such as unexpected faults and the like. 
     One or more embodiments of the system can include a fractionation processor in communication with fractionation equipment and a fractionation system data storage. 
     The communication can occur through a network. The processor and the data storage can be used to receive and send data to the fractionation team enabling proper placement of well perforating guns, fractionation plugs and use of related fractionation equipment. 
     The wellbore profile used with the overlay for fractionation includes: an inclination of the wellbore as measured by a directional drilling tool, such as a sensor or gyro; a measured depth of the wellbore, such as a measured depth measured by a depth encoder on a crown of a drilling rig; a tool depth, which can be the measured depth minus the distance of the tool from the bottom of a drill string; an azimuth as measured by a sensor on a directional drilling tool; and actual curve data such as gamma ray readings and resistivity readings as measured by sensors on directional drilling tools. 
     An executive dashboard with the fractionation information and the overlay can be communicated to client devices in communication with the processor through the network. 
     The client devices can be computers; mobile devices, such as cellular phones; laptop computers; or another type of client device having communication means, processing means, and data storing means. Each client device can have a processor, a data storage, and a display. The network can be a wireless network, a wired network, or any other type of communications network. 
     The system can be used to expand an existing wellbore as well as to fractionate an existing wellbore. 
     The data storage can include a plurality of computer instructions. The data storage can include computer instructions to instruct the processor to create and present the executive dashboard. 
     The executive dashboard can be presented to a user on a display of the user&#39;s client device. The executive dashboard can include a presentation of: a section of a formation, a location of a lateral pay zone, fractionation zones, location for a well perforating gun, location of a fractionation plug and other wellbore information including well name, well location, and contact phone numbers of fractionation team members. 
     The executive dashboard can present numerous continuously updated data and pieces of information to a single user or simultaneously to a plurality of users connected together over the network. The executive dashboard can provide the users with the ability to continually monitor the fractionation in real-time during the occurrence of the fractionation in order to avoid dangers and environmental problems. 
     The executive dashboard can be updated in no more than ten seconds after the actual occurrence of an event associated with the data. For example, if the real-time presentation of data includes a location of a fractionation zone, the size of the formation zone can be measured and transmitted to the executive dashboard within ten seconds. 
     The executive dashboard can enable a user to view portions of interest in a stratigraphic cross section of the wellbore adjacent the lateral pay zone. 
     The portions of interest in the stratigraphic cross section of the wellbore can be used to correctly identify a location of a fractionation zone within the wellbore. 
     Various words and phrases can be used herein, for ease of understanding, the following are some of the definitions for terms that will be used herein. 
     The term “actual survey” refers to a plurality of azimuths for the wellbore, a plurality of inclinations for the wellbore, a plurality of measured depth points for the wellbore, and other data and information associated with an actual survey of the wellbore. The actual survey data can be stored in the data storage using computer instructions, and can be presented within the executive dashboard. 
     The term “geological prognosis” refers to a geological prognosis on the wellbore site including a prognosed tops table. The geological prognosis can include: at least one depth for at least one formation top, a formation top through which the fractionation zone is expected to impact and other information. 
     The term “wellbore profile” can refer to the composite visualization of features of the wellbore of interest. Illustrative features can be formation placement, one or more paths of the wellbore, actual curves, and the like. 
     The term “stratigraphic cross section” refers to a depiction of a formation dipping away from a perpendicular angle from a horizontal plane representing the surface surrounding the wellbore. The stratigraphic cross section can include a depiction of a formation dipping toward the perpendicular angle from the horizontal plane representing the surface surrounding the wellbore. 
     The stratigraphic cross section can continuously be in both three dimensions and two dimensions. 
     The “lateral pay zone” refers to the portion of the wellbore to be fractionated and the actual size and shape of the lateral pay zone that can be overlaid and plotted onto the stratigraphic cross section around the wellbore profile. 
     The term “control buttons” refers to the buttons that a user can manipulate on the executive dashboard. The control buttons can be viewed and operated by users to manipulate the overlay or if a two dimensional overlay is also used, to manipulate either one. 
     For example, the user can increase or decrease a starting measured depth of the wellbore profile to predict fractionation zones using one or more of the control buttons. 
     In one or more embodiments, an alarm can be used, such as, an audible alarm, a visual alarm, such as a “red X”, an email, a text message, an automated phone call to a user&#39;s cell phone or a similar alert. 
     It can be noted that the wellbore profile that is used with the fractionation uses a wellbore profile superimposed over a formation structure map, and to position the formation structure map behind the lateral pay zone to establish the location of faults in the formation relative to the lateral pay zone or individual fractionation zones. The formation structure map can be imported and/or inputted into the data storage from an external source and saved therein, and can include a calculated stratigraphic cross section before the wellbore has been drilled. 
     The wellbore profile can be made by superimposing the lateral pay zone over the stratigraphic cross section, and to position the stratigraphic cross section behind the lateral pay zone to establish formations simultaneously both in two dimensions and in three dimensions. 
     The term “report” as used herein refers to a presentation of some or all of the information imported and/or inputted into the data storage; any information and/or data stored in the data storage; any information and/or data presented within the executive dashboard; any information and/or data included within the various reports described herein; any information and/or data associated with the wellbore, the fractionation equipment, and the fractionation process; or combinations thereof. 
     The report can include: at least one, and up to several thousand formation names, projected tops of each listed formation, and a true vertical depth as drilled for each formation. The report can include a value representing a difference between a projected top of a formation and a formation top as drilled. The report can include a dip or dip angle, measured in degrees, of a plurality of formations as drilled at the tops of the formations. The report can include each drill angle, measured in degrees. The drill angle can be the angle of inclination of the wellbore at the top of the formation as drilled. For example, the drill angle can be 25.3 degrees. 
     The report can include identification information. The identification information can include: a job number; a well number; a location in which the wellbore is located, such as a country name, a state name, a county name; a rotary table bushing elevation, such as a kelly bushing elevation; a field name, such as the name of the field where the well was drilled; a start date for fractionation; a start depth for fractionation, such as 1240 feet; an API number, wherein the term “API” refers to American Petroleum Institute; a UWI, wherein the term “UWI” refers to a Unique Well Identifier; a ground level elevation, such as 783 feet; a unit number, such as unit 2 of the Lyon field with 12 units; an end date of fractionation; an end depth of the fractionation, such as 10,700 feet; and other information. The API number can be a unique, permanent, numeric identifier assigned to each well drilled for oil and gas in the United States. 
     Similarly, the executive dashboard can present buttons to produce reports automatically, as configured by the user. These “report buttons” can provide a report of information imported and/or inputted into the data storage; any information and/or data stored in the data storage; information from fractionation equipment; any information and/or data included within the various reports described herein; any information and/or data associated with the wellbore, the fractionation equipment model numbers, particulate diameters, and associated chemicals used with hydraulic fractionation, and the fractionation process; or combinations thereof. 
     The executive dashboard can include a report for a wellbore of current information for a zone where a user may want to insert a well perforating gun. 
     The term “current information” refers to a position selected by a user in the lateral pay zone that then provides at that position a measured depth, such as 10,500 feet, which can be adjustable using an onscreen control button. The current information can also include a formation name, such as “Selman Formation”. The formation name can be procured from an offset/type log table that the processor can obtain from communicating with another data storage accessible through the network. 
     The “current information” can include a “next formation name”, for formations that are adjacent the position being viewed by the user. For example, a formation adjacent some rock being indicated by the user, such as be “Juanita Shale”, whose name can be obtained from the same or a similar data storage. The next formation name can be the name of the next formation through which the fractionation zone is expected to pass. The current information can include location information for the current formation and for the next formation. 
     The executive dashboard has many features, besides being able to allow a user to select “current information” or “next formation” information and have the control buttons to rotate and spin the three dimensional wellbore profile with lateral pay zone, the executive dashboard can present, using computer instructions in data storage, a “distance to next formation” from the current formation and the computed distance to next formation to the user within the executive dashboard. 
     Similarly, the data storage can include computer instructions to instruct the processor to compute an “estimated subsea depth of next formation”, such as −7842 feet, and the estimated true vertical depth of the next formation using the wellbore profile information. The estimated subsea depth of next formation can be presented to the user on the executive dashboard. 
     The wellbore profile includes information on dip angle or current dip of the wellbore. The data storage can include computer instructions to instruct the processor to compute the “current dip or dip angle”. 
     The “current dip” or “dip angle”, as the term is used herein, can be the angle of a formation referenced from the horizontal plane representing the surface surrounding the wellbore. In operation, if the angle is positive and the angle points towards the surface or is shallower, the current dip or dip angle can be referred to as “dipping towards” the wellbore; whereas if the angle is negative and the angle points away from the surface or is deeper, the current dip or dip angle can be referred to as “dipping away” from the wellbore. 
     The “current true vertical depth” is presented with the wellbore information in the executive dashboard. The current true vertical depth can represent the distance measured at the perpendicular angle from the horizontal plane representing the surface surrounding the wellbore to the fractionation zone using a reference point on top of the wellbore. 
     The term “current subsea true vertical depth” which is presented in the executive dashboard is a true vertical depth that is referenced from sea level, wherein positive numbers can indicate depths that are above sea level and negative numbers can indicate depths that are below sea level. 
     In one more embodiments, the stratigraphic cross section and/or the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section can be calculated using: the offset/type tops section, which can be shown as a thicknesses between lines; the starting measured depths for the stratigraphic cross section of the wellbore; the ending measured depths for the stratigraphic section of the wellbore; the true vertical depth offset for the stratigraphic cross section of the wellbore; and the dip angle for the stratigraphic cross section, which can be shown as an angle of tilt in the formation. 
     In one or more embodiments, the wellbore profile can be displayed with actual curves, which can be gamma ray curves. The wellbore profile can be displayed with curves that are total gas curves. Total gas can be the volume of gas detected at a particular measured depth. The actual curve can be a curve that includes multiple data points, such as those from a gamma ray analysis or another commonly known analytical method. Each data point can include a magnitude and a depth. 
     The stratigraphic cross section can be presented on the executive dashboard as a colored and/or visual map prior to importing the actual survey. Within the executive dashboard, different colors can represent different estimated tops of formations and other related data. 
     In one or more embodiments, the wellbore profile can include and provide a plot of the subsea true vertical depth against the true vertical depth and the measured depth of the wellbore. 
     The geological prognosis, as the term is used herein, can include a stratigraphic section or map. The stratigraphic section or map can include: at least one identified depth of a formation top, at least one identified depth of a formation bottom, at least one anticline, at least one syncline, at least one depth of a fault, at least one bedding plane between two formations, a fracture line of at least one fault, or combinations thereof. 
     The geological prognosis can be generated using computer instructions stored in the data storage that instruct the processor to use a surface elevation or a rotary table bushing elevation of a surface for a start of a wellbore, and at least one offset/type top of the projected formation provided by a user. 
     In one or more embodiments, the actual curves and projected curves can be used as gamma curves from a type log. 
     In one or more embodiments, a type log can be used as a test well to calculate thicknesses of formations and thicknesses of rock between formations. For example, by calculating an absolute value of the difference between the top true vertical depth of a first formation, such as the Juanita Shale formation, and the top true vertical depth of a second formation, such as the Nikki Sand formation, which, in this example, is the next deepest formation underneath the first formation, the thickness of the Juanita shale formation can be obtained. 
     In one or more embodiments, the plurality of offset/type tops can include a type log. An illustrative type log for the formation Juanita Shale can be the top true vertical depth value of 1,020 feet, and an illustrative type log for the formation Nikki Sand can be the top true vertical depth value of 1,200 feet. 
     A user can analyze the wellbore profile to determine portions of the wellbore that are appropriate for perforation, fracing, and/or production stimulation during completion stage operations. 
     For example, the user can highlight portions of the wellbore within the wellbore profile, such as by using an input device in communication with the executive dashboard. 
     The data storage can include computer instructions to instruct the processor to configure the executive dashboard to allow the user to highlight portions of the wellbore profile within the executive dashboard. The user can highlight portions to indicate the portions of the wellbore that are appropriate for perforation, fracing, and/or production stimulation. Engineers, at a location remote from the fractionation site can analyze the wellbore profile and highlight portions for further fractionation. Wellbore completion personnel, located at the fractionation site can see those highlighted portions on a presentation of the same executive dashboard and can use the information to perform well completion operations. 
     The engineers can therefore use the executive dashboard to communicate to drill site personnel which areas within the wellbore to perform further perforation, fracing, and/or production stimulation. The system therefore provides a unique graphical representation and communication means for indicating perforation, fracing, and/or production stimulation areas within a wellbore. 
     The user can also highlight portions of the wellbore within the wellbore profile to indicate portions of the wellbore that the user has determined are not appropriate for perforating, fracing, and/or production stimulation. For example, a user can identify where a fault is located and can indicate that the area adjacent the fault is not appropriate for perforating, fracing, and/or production stimulation. 
     For example, the user can highlight portions of the wellbore that are appropriate for perforating, fracing, and/or production stimulation in a first color, and can highlight portions of the wellbore that are not appropriate for perforating, fracing, and/or production stimulation in a second color. 
     Users of the system can therefore more efficiently implement perforating, fracing, and/or production stimulation in a wellbore without having to perform fracing, and/or production stimulation in areas which are not appropriate for fracing, and/or production stimulation, such as areas wherein an environmental, economic, or safety hazard exists. 
     In one or more embodiments, a textual report regarding areas appropriate and not appropriate for fracing, and/or production stimulation can be produced. This textual report can be presented in the executive dashboard along with the highlighted portions in the wellbore profile, and can be used in combination with the highlighted portions of the wellbore profile for determinations and communications. 
     One or more embodiments of the system can be used to perform fractionation of a well using a three dimensional wellbore profile with an executive dashboard. 
     The method can include identifying a wellbore profile for a wellbore of a well of interest. The wellbore profile can include measured depths, inclinations, azimuths, and gamma ray curves of the wellbore. The wellbore profile can be identified using computer instructions in a fractionation system data storage with a fractionation system processor of a fractionation system, wherein the fractionation system is in communication with a network. 
     The method can also include identifying a lateral pay zone for the well of interest. The lateral pay zone can be identified using computer instructions in the fractionation data storage. 
     The method can also include overlaying the wellbore profile over the lateral pay zone forming an overlay of the wellbore profile. The overlay can be formed using computer instructions in the fractionation system data storage. 
     The overlay can include a three dimensional presentation of a stratigraphic cross section, a three dimensional presentation of formations in the stratigraphic cross section, and a three dimensional presentation of the lateral pay zone in the wellbore profile. 
     The method can include identifying a fractionation zone and a non-fractionation zone in the lateral pay zone. For example, a user can highlight a fractionation zone in a first color and a non-fractionation zone in a second color. 
     The method can also include inserting the fractionation zone as a three dimensional fractionation zones in the overlay. 
     The method can also include identifying a well perforating gun location in the fractionation zones. 
     The method can further include inserting the well perforating gun location as a three dimensional well perforating gun location in the overlay. 
     The method can also include identifying at least one fractionation plug location for the fractionation zone. The identification of at least one fractionation plug location for the fractionation zone can be performed using computer instruction in the fractionation data storage. 
     The method can include inserting the fractionation plug location as a three dimensional fractionation plug location in the overlay. The insertion of the fractionation plug location as a three dimensional fractionation plug location in the overlay can be performed using computer instruction in the fractionation data storage. 
     The method can further include running a well perforating gun into a well perforating gun location in a fractionation zone identified on the executive dashboard. 
     The method can also include exploding the well perforating gun. 
     The method can also include removing the gun from the well. 
     The method can further include hydraulically pumping particulate and water into the wellbore and fractionating the fractionation zone. 
     The method can also include placing a fractionation plug into the lateral pay zone at a fractionation plug location identified by the executive dashboard after production begins. 
     Turning now to the Figures,  FIG. 1  is a schematic representation of an embodiment of a fractionation system for fractionation of a wellbore  26 . 
     The fractionation system can include a fractionation processor  14  in communication with a fractionation data storage  16 . The fractionation processor  14  can further be in communication with a network  18 . 
     The network  18  can be in communication with one or more client devices  20   a  and  20   b . A first gateway  58   a  can connect a first client device  20   a  to the network  18 , and a second gateway  58   b  can connect the second client device  20   b  to the network  18 . 
     The first client device  20   a  can be associated with a first user  31   a , which can be a member of the completion team, and the second client device  20   b  can be associated with a second user  31   b , which can be a member of the production management. 
     The first client device  20   a  can have a first display  8   a , and the second client device  20   b  can have a second display  8   b . The displays  8   a  and  8   b  can present the executive dashboards  22   a  and  22   b.    
     The fractionation processor  14  can receive additional data from other sources  17 , including data that is inputted and/or imported by users or data from additional data storages. 
     The executive dashboards  22   a  and  22   b  can present this additional data to the users  31   a  and  31   b . The fractionation processor  14  can use the received data and additional data to perform calculations and to display the information to allow the users  31   a  and  31   b  to make determinations associated with the fractionation process. 
     The executive dashboards can allow the users  31   a  and  31   b  to analyze the wellbore profile with the overlay over a lateral pay zone and the additional data, and to provide control commands using control buttons on the executive dashboards. 
     A well of interest  28  can have the wellbore  26  extending into the earth beneath a surface  32 . 
     A detonator  29  can be located at the surface  32 . The detonator  29  can be used to explode the well perforating gun  63 . A pump  51  can also be located at the surface  32 . The pump  51  can be used to pump fluid into the wellbore  26 . The fluid can be particulate, such as sand, water, chemicals, or combinations thereof. The fluid can be used to perform hydraulic fractionation. The fluid can be stored in a fluid source  62  in communication with the pump  51 . 
     A wireline  30  can be used to lower the well perforating gun  63  into the wellbore  26 . The well perforating gun  63  can be positioned in a second fractionation zone  66   b.    
     The well perforating gun  63  can be positioned in a lateral pay zone adjacent a second formation  35   b  and a first formation  35   a.    
     A second fractionation plug location  64   b  can separate the well perforating gun  63  from a non-fractionation zone  65 . The non-fractionation zone  65  can be identified in the overlay of the executive dashboard. 
     A first fractionation plug location  64   a  can be located in the first fractionation zone  66   a.    
       FIGS. 2A-2E  depict an embodiment of the fractionation data storage  16  with the various computer instructions therein. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to identify a wellbore profile for the well of interest  1000 . The wellbore profile can include measured depths, inclinations; azimuths, and gamma ray curves of the wellbore. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to identify a lateral pay zone for the well of interest  1002 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to overlay the wellbore profile over the lateral pay zone forming a three dimensional overlay  1004 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to identify fractionation zones and non-fractionation zones in the lateral pay zone and insert the fractionation zones as three dimensional fractionation zones in the overlay  1006 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to identify at least one well perforating gun location in at least one of the fractionation zones and insert the at least one well perforating gun location as at least one three dimensional well perforating gun location in the overlay  1008 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to identify at least one fractionation plug location for at least one of the fractionation zones and to insert the at least one fractionation plug location as at least one three dimensional fractionation plug location in the overlay  1010 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to insert into the overlay with the three dimensional fractionation zones, the three dimensional well perforating gun locations and the fractionation plug locations into a web accessible executive dashboard  1012 . The web accessible executive dashboard can be accessed by a plurality of client devices over the network and can be used to stage the fractionation of the lateral pay zone. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to enable the overlay to be expandable, compressible and rotatable 360 degrees by a plurality of users  1014 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to instruct the processor to colorize a location, a formation, a fractionation zone, a fractionation plug location, a well perforating gun location, and present the colorized formation, fractionation zone, fractionation plug location, well perforating gun location in the overlay or combinations of the components  1016 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to insert colorization corresponding to a member of the group consisting of potential pay out, potential cost to fractionate, potential hazards, or combinations thereof  1018 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to provide a two dimensional overlay of the wellbore profile simultaneously with the overlay of the wellbore profile in the executive dashboard and provide continuous updates to the multidimensional overlays based on event information input from users connected to the network as events occur  1020 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to enable at least two gateways to be used simultaneously  1022 . The use of the two industry standard gateways can provide the executive dashboard to different client devices with different client device protocols. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to display an alarm regarding hazards adjacent a lateral pay zone  1024 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include can also include computer instructions to provide a notice that the alarm has been transmitted to at least one client device of a user  1026 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to provide a notice that the alarm has been received by at least one client device of a user  1028 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to re-transmit the alarm to a client device of a user while providing notice of retransmission on the executive dashboard that the alarm notice has been retransmitted  1030 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to present on the overlay a three dimensional offset/type top of a plurality of offset/type tops  1032 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to present a start measured depth on the overlay  1034 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to present an ending measured depth on the overlay  1036 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to present a true vertical depth offset on the overlay  1038 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to present a dip of a wellbore profile on the overlay  1040 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions plot an actual curve of the wellbore in the stratigraphic cross section and to plot a type log curve within in a graph for correlation of the actual curve to the type log curve  1041 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to form a plot of a portion of the actual curve within the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section versus a target relative depth scale  1042 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate a change in true vertical depth using the dip  1044 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate the true vertical depth at the start measured depth for the stratigraphic cross section using an actual survey  1046 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate the true vertical depth at a measured depth for a plurality of sampling data points along the actual curve using the actual survey  1048 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate a change in the true vertical depth by determining a difference between the true vertical depth at the start measured depth and the true vertical depth at the measured depth of the plurality of sampling data points along the actual curve  1050 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate a change in target relative depth by performing a summation of the change in true vertical depth using the dip and the change in true vertical depth  1052 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate an X-axis value for the plot of the actual curve, wherein the X-axis value is calculated by multiplying an actual value for each of the plurality of sampling data points with an actual scale factor  1054 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate a Y-axis value for the plot of the actual curve, wherein the Y-axis value is calculated by subtracting a starting target relative depth of the stratigraphic cross section from a change in target relative depth forming a difference, and then subtracting a true vertical depth shift from the difference  1056 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to display the plot of the portion of the actual curve versus the target relative depth scale simultaneously in a first relative matching graph and a second relative matching graph  1058 . These computer instructions can allow the user to correlate the actual curve to the type log curve thereby forming an actual curve of the wellbore profile for insertion into the overlay. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to enable the executive dashboard to display and allow a user to operate an actual scale factor button  1060 . These computer instructions can allow the user to increase or decrease the scale factor of the actual curve for both of the relative matching graphs. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to set, change, increase, or decrease a starting true vertical depth offset of the type log curve for both of the relative matching graphs  1062 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to depth zoom-in  1064 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to depth zoom-out  1066 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to value zoom-in  1068 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to value zoom-out  1070 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to scroll up along each relative matching graph; scroll down along each relative matching graph; move the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section in a first direction along the stratigraphic cross section; move a portion of interest in the stratigraphic section in a second direction along the stratigraphic cross section, or combinations thereof  1072 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to allow a user to form a legend on the executive dashboard  1073 . The legend can show: a planned wellbore, an actual wellbore, formation names, a current formation name, a next formation name, total gas curves, gamma ray curves, or other curves; or combinations thereof. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to enable the executive dashboard to present formation/marker tops in the overlay  1074 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can also include computer instructions to present a toolbar  1075 . The toolbar can be configured to provide information to a user. The toolbar can contain a job management menu that allows the user to choose at least one of the following options: new, open from local database, open from file, close, edit job information, save/export job to file, import and/load job file to local database, backup local database, and exit program. The tool bar can include a report generation menu that can allow the user to choose at least one of the following options: create a PDF report or create a rich text format (RTF) report and select additional report options. The tool bar can include a tops button to produce a drop down menu allowing the user to edit type logs and edit prognosed tops tables. 
     Furthermore, the tool bar can include a survey button that can allow the user to choose at least one of the following: edit a planned survey or edit the actual survey, a stratigraphy button that permits the user to edit stratigraphy adjustments to cause the correlation of the actual curve to the type log curve; a curve button that enables the user to perform editing of continuous curves in the wellbore profile; an update button that allows the user to update data from data sources in a synchronized manner; a configure button that allows the user to select at least one of the following: formations, curves, data sources, data source mappings, alarms, number of days left on a license key, and information on validity of the license key; a help button that allows the user to type questions and receive answers based on key words within the questions. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate the stratigraphic cross section  1076 . These computer instructions can provide the stratigraphic cross section that has multiple curves representing tops of formations through which the wellbore has traversed. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to plot curves for each formation in the stratigraphic cross section using: true vertical depth offsets from the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section; start measured depths from the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section, ending measured depths from the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section, dips from the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section, and thicknesses from the offset/type tops table  1078 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to determine a first point along the plotted curves for each formation in the stratigraphic cross section that represents a starting point for the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1079 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to determine a second point along the plotted curves for each formation in the stratigraphic cross section that represents an ending point for the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1080 . A portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section can represent a formation within the portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section. A first point of interest can have a first X-axis value and a first Y-axis value, and second point of interest can include a second X-axis value and a second Y-axis value. 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to use the second X-axis value of a previous portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section as the start measured depth for a current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1081 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate the first Y-axis value for the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section by summing the second Y-axis value of the previous portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section with a true vertical depth offset of the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1082 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to use the second X-axis value of the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section as an ending measured depth for the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1083 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate a change in measured depth as an absolute value of a difference in the ending measured depth and the starting measured depth of the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1084 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate a change in true vertical depth by multiplying a tangent of a negation of a dip angle for the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section with the change in measured depth of the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1085 . 
     The fractionation data storage  16  can include computer instructions to calculate the second Y-axis value by summing the first Y-axis value and the change in true vertical depth of the current portion of interest in the stratigraphic cross section  1086 . 
       FIG. 3  shows a partial view of an executive dashboard usable for fractionation can be a composite visualization that presents a wellbore profile. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can display an overlay  555 . The overlay  555  can have an actual curve  389  and formation tops  390 . 
     A two dimensional overlay  615  can be adjacent the overlay  555 . The two dimensional overlay  615  can have a start depth  676  and an end depth  678 . Although not shown, the start depth  676  and the end depth  678  can alternatively be displayed on the overlay  555 . In one or more embodiments the start depth  676  and the end depth  678  can be displayed on the overlay  555  and the two dimensional overlay  615  simultaneously. Other information, such as formations tops, actual wellbores, fractionations zones; and the like, can be displayed on the two dimensional overlay  615 , the overlay  555 , or combinations thereof. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can also have wellbore information  670  under a toolbar  691 . 
     The executive dashboard  22  can display a plot of fractionation zones  556 , plot of perforating gun locations  557 , plot of non-fractionation zones  559 , and plot of fractionation plug locations  558 . The plot of fractionation zones  556 , perforating gun locations  557 , non-fractionation zones  559 , and fractionation plug locations  558  can be displayed on the two dimensional overlay  615 , as shown, the overlay  555 , not shown, or combinations thereof. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can also display stratigraphic information  672 . The stratigraphic information  672  can be for portions of the wellbore and associated formations surrounding the lateral pay zone. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can display start measured depths for fractionation zones  676 . 
     The executive dashboard  22  can display end measured depths for fractionation zones  678 . 
     The executive dashboard  22  can display identification information  680 . The identification information can be a well location, a well name, and a completion team. 
       FIG. 4  shows a detail of the additional report elements  120  which include show formation labels check box  121 ; show formations check box  123 ; minimum true vertical depth (TVD) scale control  125 ; maximum true vertical depth scale control  127 ; minimum northing scale control  129 ; a maximum northing scale control  131 ; a minimum easting scale control  133 ; a maximum easting scale control  135 ; and combinations thereof. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can be a composite visualization that presents a wellbore profile  25 . The wellbore profile  25  can include true vertical depths (TVD)  27  and for subsea drilling, subsea true vertical depths (SSTVD)  114 . Both true vertical depths are plotted with respect to measured depths  33 . 
     The true vertical depths  27  for the wellbore profile  25  are shown here ranging from 6,200 feet to 6,900 feet. The measured depth  33  of the wellbore profile  25  is shown here ranging from 5,500 feet to 10,700 feet. The subsea true vertical depths  114  of the wellbore profile are shown here ranging from −4,966 feet to −5,666 feet. Any variation of feet for a given formation can be used. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a curve button  144  that enables the user to perform editing of continuous curves used in the wellbore profile  25 , such as the gamma ray curve  110  and the total gas curve  111 . For example, the user can add values versus measured depths in a table that produces the continuous curves of the wellbore profile. 
     The toolbar  222  can include an update button  145  that allows the user to update data from data sources which includes information from the data storage in a synchronized manner. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a configure button  146  that allows the user to select at least one of the following: formation to configure, curve to configure, data source to reference for mapping, a map for inserting data from a selected data source, alarm to configure, view a quantity of days left on a license key of an analytic tool usable for wellbore profiling, and view information on the validity of a license key. For example, the user can select the formation option and can then configure a formation set of data by adding formations to the formation set, removing one or more formations from the formation set, configuring line styles, line thicknesses, and line colors of formations in the formation set, or combinations thereof. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a help button  148  that allows the user to type questions and receive answers based on key words within the user&#39;s questions. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a job management menu  134  that allows a user to choose at least one of the following options: new, open from local database, open from file, close, edit job information, save/export job to file, import and/load job file to local database, backup local database, and exit program. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a report generation menu  136  that allows the user to choose at least one of the following options: create a PDF report or create a rich text format report (RTF report) and select additional report options. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a tops button  138  that can produce a drop down menu allowing the user to edit a type log tops and edit a prognosed tops table. 
     The toolbar  222  can include a survey button  140  that allows the user to choose at least one of the following: edit a planned survey or edit an actual survey. For example, a planned survey can include the kick off point for a proposed wellbore, a landing point for the proposed wellbore, and a target true vertical depth for the proposed wellbore. 
     The toolbar can include a stratigraphy button  142  that permits the user to edit stratigraphy adjustments to adjust the fitting/correlation of the actual curve, such as a gamma ray curve  110  and total gas curve  111 , such as a type log gamma ray curve. The stratigraphy button  142  allows editing of the estimated formation structure map by a user. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can display report header information, including: a job number  86  shown as 44455; a well name or number  87 , shown as PUMA #5; a county  88 , shown as Midland; a kelly bushing elevation  89 , shown as 1234; a field name  90 , shown as WILDCAT; a start date for drilling  91 , shown as Aug. 11, 2010; a start depth for drilling  92 , shown as 5500 feet; an American Petroleum Institute (API) number  93 , shown as 12-345-67890 which is a unique number for a well drilled in the United States; a state in which the drilling occurs  94 , shown as Texas; a ground level elevation  95 , shown as 1204; a unit number  96 , shown as having a value  99 ; an end date of drilling  97 , shown as Aug. 25, 2010; and an end depth of the drilling  98 , shown as 10700 feet. Additional report elements  120  can also be shown. 
       FIG. 4  shows that the executive dashboard  22  can include current information  68 , which can include: a current measured depth  69 , shown as 10,300.0 feet; a current formation name  70 , such as MATT SPRINGS; a next formation name  71 , such as HARD BOTTOM; a distance to next formation  72 , show as 358.7 feet; an estimated subsea depth of next formation  73 , shown as −5,501.4 feet; a current dip angle of the formation  74 , shown as 8.60 degrees; a current true vertical depth  75 , shown as 6,636.1 feet; and a current subsea true vertical depth  76 , shown as −5,402.1 feet. 
     In  FIG. 4 , the executive dashboard  22  can include a formation transition report  77 , which can include: at least one formation name  78 , such as JODI SILT; at least one projected formation top  79  of the formation associated with the formation name, such as 5859.6; at least one true vertical depth as drilled  80 , shown as 5826.1; at least one difference  81  between a projected formation top and an as drilled top, shown as −33.5; at least one dip  82  for a top of a formation as drilled, shown as 1.70; at least one drilled angle  83  of the wellbore at a top of a formation, shown as −33.5; at least one distance to formation  84 , shown as 0.0; and at least one estimated/actual subsea formation depth  85  relative to sea level for a top of a formation, shown as −4592.1. The distance to formation  84  can be a distance to the next formation or a distance to a selected formation. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can include a legend  34  which identifies the planned wellbore curve, the actual wellbore curve, formation names, a total gas curve, and a gamma ray curve. 
     The gamma ray curve  110  can be formed by plotting a real-time value  115 , here shown with a range from 0 to 300, against the measured depth  33  of the wellbore, here shown ranging from 5,500 feet to 10,700 feet. 
     The total gas curves  111  can be formed by plotting a lag time value  117 , shown as ranging from 0 to 8,000, against the measured depth  33  of the wellbore. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can present the overlay  555  of a projected path for a drill bit simultaneously as superimposed over the stratigraphic cross section. 
     The overlay  555  can include northing  59  as the “y” axis, easting  220  as the “x” axis, and true vertical depth  27  as the “z” axis. 
     Each portion of the executive dashboard  22  can be presented simultaneously to a plurality of users with client devices over a network, providing for constant monitoring and increased safety during drilling operations. 
     In an embodiment, the information for the executive dashboard can be updated with only two clicks, based on events. If the events occur quickly, then the dashboard can be updated in only a few seconds, such as from about three seconds to about five seconds, or updated daily if the gamma ray is only updated daily. If the user is connected to streaming gamma ray, then the updating can be automatically without clicking. 
     In an embodiment, the system can show the information in color for fast understanding. Namely, the graphic representations can show the tops for the formations as green markers, the bottom of the target formation can be red, particular named formations such “Eagleford Shale” can be color coded blue or yellow, brown, black, and the curves for the wellbore path can be dashed lines, or solid lines, the wellbore path can change color as the wellbore path passes through specific formations. A hot gamma ray path can be red, and a cold gamma ray path can be blue to easily identify the hot zone versus the cold zone. 
       FIG. 5  is a representation of an actual survey  19  usable in the system. The actual survey  19  can include: a measured depth column  196 ; an inclination  198 ; an azimuth  200 ; a tool type  202 ; such as a gyroscope, a survey table name  204 ; a proposed azimuth  206 , such as 149.0 degrees; a target angle  208 , such as 90 degrees; a calculation method  210 , such as the minimum curvature method; a target true vertical depth  212 , such as 6632.2; an initial value true vertical depth  214 ; an initial value vertical section  216 ; a northing  59 , and an easting  220 . 
     As an example, in one or more embodiment of the actual survey  19 , calculations will not be performed in the first line of the actual survey; rather, initial values will presented here, such as: starting points, the TVD is 5824.90, the vertical section, the northing, and the easting. 
     The actual survey  19  can include exemplary survey points. The exemplary survey points can include the measured depths at which the actual survey is being or has been conducted, such as at 5890 feet. The actual survey  19  can show that the survey is using a gyro tool, as depicted in the tool type  202  column. For example, the gyro tool can measure the inclination as 2.3 degrees from vertical, and the azimuth can be a compass direction at 172.8 degrees when at a depth of 5890 feet. The actual survey  19  can include a save and close button, a save button, and a close button which can function the same as those described for the offset/type table described herein. 
       FIG. 6  is a detailed view of a stratigraphic cross section  11  for the wellbore profile  25 . The stratigraphic cross section  11  can include: a projected path  12  for a drilling bit, an actual path  37  for the drilling bit, a true vertical depth offset  106  for the stratigraphic cross section of the wellbore, a dip angle  108  for the stratigraphic cross section, which is shown in this Figure as a dip away that is approximately a 30 degree angle. 
     The stratigraphic cross section  11  can include: one of the tops sections thickness  100  through which the projected path will follow, a starting measured depth  102  for a stratigraphic section  57  of the wellbore, and an ending measured depth  104  for the stratigraphic section  57 . 
     The stratigraphic cross section  11  can display formations. The formations can be identified hydrocarbon bearing formations. 
       FIG. 7  depicts an embodiment of an executive dashboard  22  that can be used to identify a lateral pay zone. The executive dashboard  22  can have a plurality of control buttons that can be presented to a user. The user can manipulate the buttons using an input device. For example, the user can manipulate the buttons by clicking a mouse over the buttons. 
     The control buttons can include: a control button  36   a  to manipulate a starting measured depth, a control button  36   b  to manipulate an ending measured depth, a control button  36   c  to manipulate a true vertical depth offset, and a control button  36   d  to manipulate a dip or dip angle in degrees. For example, the user can increase values, decrease values, or replace a value with a new value using the control buttons. 
     A first indicator  67   a  to identify dipping away from the projected path of the drill bit, and a second indicator  67   b  to identify dipping towards the projected path of the drill bit are depicted. 
     Additional navigation controls can be presented to the user, including a first navigation control  150  for moving the portion of interest in the stratigraphic section  57  in a first direction along the stratigraphic cross section, and a second navigation control  152  for moving portion of interest in the stratigraphic section  57  in a second direction along the stratigraphic cross section. In one or more embodiments, the navigation controls can have “double” arrows for moving a user to the end or start of a stratigraphic cross section. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can have additional buttons  44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ,  48 , and  50  that can be used to manipulate a first relative matching graph  43   a  and a second relative matching graph  43   b.    
     The additional control buttons include an actual scale factor button  40  that can be used to increase or decrease a scale value of the actual curves for both of the relative matching graphs, such as the gamma ray curves and the total gas curves. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can include a starting true vertical depth offset control button  42  to set, change, increase, or decrease a starting true vertical depth offset of a type log curve for both of the relative matching graphs. 
     The additional controls for the relative matching graph  43   a  can include the control button  44  for each of the relative matching graphs that can be used for depth zoom-in and the control button  45  for each of the relative matching graphs that can be used for depth zoom-out. For example, a user can use a depth zoom-in to examine the curve values in more detail to achieve a better or desired curve fit. 
     The control button  46  for each of the relative matching graphs that can be used for value zoom-in. The control button  47  for each of the relative matching graphs that can be used for value zoom-out, and the control button  48  for each of the relative matching graphs that can be used to scroll up along the relative matching graph  43   a . For example, a user can use a value zoom-out button to examine the curve from a macro perspective rather than in detail. 
     The control button  50  for each of the relative matching graphs is also used to scroll down along the relative matching graph  43   a . For example, the user can use control button  50  to view different portions of the relative matching graph. The relative matching graph  43   b  can have the same additional control buttons, which are not labeled in this figure. 
     The relative matching graphs can be formed by plotting the target relative depth scale  51  versus the value scale  52 . The target relative depth scale  51  can be a true vertical depth scale that is relative to the target true vertical depth. For example, if the target true vertical depth is 6632 feet, this target true vertical depth can be set as a zero on the target relative depth scale  51 , such that a value of −100 feet on the target relative depth scale  51  would represent 6532 feet in terms of true vertical depth, and a value of 50 feet on the target relative depth scale  51  would represent 6682 feet in terms of true vertical depth. The value scale  52  can be a real-time value of the actual curves and type log curves, such as the gamma ray curves and other curves. 
     The relative matching graph  43   a  can include: the first formation/marker top  53 , the second formation/marker top  54 , and the third formation/marker top  55 . In operation, a user can use the two relative matching graphs to view two separate views of the actual curve overlaid onto the type log curve, thereby simultaneously viewing a macro and a micro view of the curve fit. 
     The executive dashboard  22  can include additional control buttons, which can be disposed below the plot of the actual curves, such as the gamma rays curve  110 , which are disposed below the wellbore profile  25 . For example, the executive dashboard  22  can include an add control button  38  to add a stratigraphic section to the wellbore profile, and delete control button  39  to delete a stratigraphic section to the wellbore profile. For example, the user can add a stratigraphic section representing the measured depths of the wellbore starting at 7040 feet and ending at 7650 feet to the wellbore profile  25 . The executive dashboard  22  can include a control button to set speed control  41   a  for depth and a control button to set speed control  41   b  for dip, which can each be used to adjust a rate of change of the other controls of the executive dashboard  22 . 
     The wellbore profile  25  and the plot of the actual curves, such as the gamma ray curve  110 , can include a portion of interest in the stratigraphic section  57 . A portion of the actual curve  49   a  within the portion of interest in the stratigraphic section  57  can be plotted within each of the relative matching graphs  43   a  and  43   b , shown as  49   b  and  49   c , along with the type log curves  103   a  and  103   b.    
     In operation, the user can add stratigraphic sections using the control buttons. Then, for each stratigraphic section, the user can adjust a width of the portion of interest in the stratigraphic section. Then, for each stratigraphic section, the user can then adjust true vertical depth offset and the dip or dip angle using the control buttons such that the actual curve overlays the type log curve to achieve the highest degree of fit/correlation between the two curves as is possible. Adjusting the true vertical depth offset in the actual curve changes the vertical shift of the actual curve as plotted. Adjusting the dip or dip angle of the actual curve changes the thickness, shape, and direction of the actual curve as plotted. 
       FIG. 8  is presentation of a geological prognosis  23  usable in the invention. The geological prognosis  22  can include: header information  168 , payzones  170 , formation information  172 , top depths of formations  174 , base depths of formations  178 , and a target line  180 . 
     For example, the header information  168  can include information about the wellbore including contact information, identifying information for the wellbore, and other information. The payzones  170  can also be referred to as target objectives, project objectives, zones of interest, and formations of interest. The formation information  172  can include formation names, formation markers, markers, and annotated points of interest. The target line  180  can include the target true vertical depth, the target angle, and a range above and below the target depth forming a target zone. The top depths of formations  174  can be true vertical depths or measured depths. The base depths of formations  178  can be true vertical depths or measured depths. 
       FIG. 9  is a representation of an offset/type table  15  usable in the system, including a table identifier  981  that identifies the type log tops being stored in the offset/type table. 
     The offset/type table  15  can include rows and columns of data. A first column of data  982  can include a formation marker name. The first column of data  982  can include a plurality of offset/type tops of a projected formation, including offset/type top  914   a , offset/type top  914   d , offset/type top  914   g , and offset/type top  914   j.    
     The offset/type table  15  can include: top depths of formations column  984 , such as depth 2114.0 feet for the Selman Sand formation. 
     The offset/type table  15  can include a true vertical depth tops column  986 , which can be 3788.0 for the Midland Silt Marker formation. 
     The offset/type table  15  can include a true vertical depths base column  988 , such as 4884.0 for the Thomas SS formation. 
     The offset/type table  15  can include a subsea true vertical depth tops column  990 , such as −4066.0 for the Brian Marker  1  formation. 
     Additionally the offset/type table  15  can include a subsea true vertical depth base column  992 , such as −945.0 for the Selman Sand formation, and a thickness of formation column  994 , such as 264.0 for the Midland Silt Marker formation. 
     The offset/type table  15  can have a first selector button  991  that allows a user to enter a true vertical depth into the top depths of formations column  984 . A second selector button  995  can allow a user to enter a subsea true vertical depth into the top depths of formations column  984 . 
     The offset/type table  15  can have three storage buttons including a save and close button  993  that can be used to save data that has been edited in the offset/type table  15  to the fractionation data storage  16  of  FIG. 1 , and saves the presented template of the offset/type table  15 , and can remove the offset/type table  15  from the display. A save button  997  can be used to save the data that has been edited in the offset/type table  15  to the fractionation data storage  16 . A close button  999  can be used to close a present template of offset/type table  15 , and to remove the template from the display. 
       FIG. 10  depicts an embodiment of a prognosed tops table  24 . 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can include the table identifier  1181  that identifies the type log tops being stored in the prognosed tops table  24 . 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can include rows and columns of data. A first column of data  1882  that includes formation/marker names. The first column of data  1182  can include a plurality of offset/type tops of a projected formation, including offset/type top  1114   a , offset/type top  1114   d , offset/type top  1114   g , and offset/type top  1114   j.    
     The prognosed tops table  24  can include: top depths of formations column  1184 , such as depth 2144.0 feet for the Selman Sand formation. 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can include a true vertical depth tops column  1186 , which can be 3788.0 for the Midland Silt Marker formation. 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can include a true vertical depths base column  1188 , such as 4884.0 for the Thomas SS formation. 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can include a subsea true vertical depth tops column  1190 , such as −4066.0 for the Brian Marker  1  formation. 
     Additionally the prognosed tops table  24  can include a subsea true vertical depth base column  1192 , such as −945.0 for the Selman Sand formation, and a thickness of formation column  1194 , such as 264.0 for the Midland Silt Marker formation. 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can have a first selector button  1191  that allows a user to enter a true vertical depth into the top depths of formations column  1184 . A second selector button  1195  can allow a user to enter a subsea true vertical depth into the top depths of formations column  1184 . 
     The prognosed tops table  24  can have three storage buttons including a save and close button  1193  that can be used to save data that has been edited in the prognosed tops table to the data storage, and saves the present template of the prognosed tops table, and can remove the prognosed tops table  24  from the display. A save button  1197  can be used to save the data that has been edited in the prognosed tops table  24  to the data storage, such as fractionation data storage  16 , as shown in  FIG. 1 . A close button  1199  can be used to close the prognosed tops table  24 , and to remove the prognosed tops table from the display. 
     While these embodiments have been described with emphasis on the embodiments, it should be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the embodiments might be practiced other than as specifically described herein.