Patent Document ID: 8005658
Application ID: 11756244
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of calculating a development plan for at least a portion of a field containing a subterranean resource, comprising the steps of: identifying a population including a plurality of targets for draining a reservoir in the field from a geological model; reducing the population of targets by selecting a first subset of the targets with a first analysis tool, wherein said first analysis tool utilizes a first set of algorithms for selection of a first subset of targets and wherein the first subset of the targets comprises a population of reservoir trajectory sets; reducing the first subset of targets by selecting a second subset of the targets with a second analysis tool, the second tool utilizing a second set of algorithms as compared to the first analysis tool and wherein the second subset of the targets comprises a population of overburden trajectory sets; calculating a Field Development Plan (FDP) from the second subset of targets; and presenting the FDP in tangible form.