Create a Well

If you are working in a corporate database, your rights to see wells might be limited. In this case, copying a well might be preferable to creating a new one because the new well might not be visible to you unless you enter the required Custom Field data. See Cautions for Creating New Wells in a Corporate Database below.

Also see Copy an Entity and Edit Entity Information.

To create a new oil or gas well

  1. In the Entity Explorer, right-click, point to Create, and select Oil Well or Gas Well.
  2. In the Well Information dialog box, complete the following fields, as required:
    3. Tab Field Description
    Well Properties Display Name Name displayed in the Entity Explorer.
    Well Name Well Name
    Field Field
    Field Code Field Code
    Pool Pool
    Pool Code Pool Code
    Country Select the country. See Add a Country.
    State/Province Select the Province or State. See Add a Province or State.
    County/District County/District
    Operator Operator
    Licensee Licensee
    Unit Unit
    Status Status
    Well Type
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Water Source
    • Solvent Injection
    • Gas Injection
    • Water Injection
    • Cost Entity
    • Undefined
    Product List Oil, Gas, or Condensate
    Entity Currency Select the currency for economic calculations. See Add a Currency.
    Well Profile Type
    • Deviated
    • Horizontal
    • Slant
    • Vertical
    Surface Lat/Long Horizontal wells are displayed on the map with a square to indicate the surface location with a line leading to the bottomhole location. SeeView Horizontal Deviation on the Map.
    Bottomhole Lat/Long
    Parent Entity Optional. Add the new entity to a Group, Rollup, Type Well, Common Termination Entity, or Ring Fence.
    Reserves Properties Oil Reserves Type Standards of disclosure for oil and gas require that products be designated by the type of material being extracted and reserves reports are displayed according to these product types. Select the appropriate oil and gas reserves types.
    • Light and medium oil
    • Heavy oil
    • Bitumen
    • Synthetic oil
    • Shale oil
    • Tight oil
    Gas Reserves Type
    • Gas
    • Shale gas
    • Coal bed methane
    • Hydrates
    • Solution gas
    • Synthetic gas
    Custom Fields Import Tag A field used to label wells with custom information. See Configure Custom Fields
  3. Enter appropriate values on the Custom Fields tab to sort your new wells into Entity Hierarchy folders.
  4. Ensure the Country and State/Province fields are populated. Economics are based on the location of the wells.
  5. Click OK.

Create Wells on the Map

You can also point to a location on the Map tab and create a well. The Latitude and Longitude of your mouse pointer position are displayed at the bottom left of the map.

To create a well on the map

  1. Click the Map tab.
  2. Move your cursor to the location on the map where you want to create the well.
  3. Right-click and click Create Oil Well or Create Gas Well.
  4. Enter the Display Name (this is the name that appears in the Entity Explorer), Well Name, Field, and Pool.
  5. Select the Country.
    If the country you want to use is not displayed, seeAdd a Country .
  6. Select the Province or State.
    You must select the country before this list is populated.
  7. Select the Entity Currency.
    For more information on selecting the entity currency, Set the Entity Currency.
  8. Enter the remaining well information, as required, and click OK.

Cautions for Creating New Entities in a Corporate Database

If you are a user with limited viewing and editing privileges creating a new well, type well, or group in a corporate database, you must enter the appropriate text in a Custom Field in order for the entity to be visible because your user rights are based on the Custom Fields. If your user rights to see entities are limited by Custom Fields and this information is not entered for the new entity, the entity will not be visible to you. If you are about to create an entity that will not be visible to you, a warning is displayed.

Copying a well, rather than creating a new one, automatically populates the well information and attributes (including Custom Field information). The copied well will appear in the same folder as the source well whereas newly created wells go to the bottom of the Entity Explorer unless their well information and attributes are entered. However, it is important to remember that factors such as volumetrics, gas analysis, plant products and pressures are also copied.

If you have created a new well, but cannot see it, contact your administrator and ask to have the appropriate Custom Field information entered for the new well.