AUTOMATED FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OF WELL AND DRAINAGE LOCATIONS

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EP 2 150 683 B8

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	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	23.03.2016 Bulletin 2016/12

(45)	Mention of the grant of the patent:
	16.09.2015 Bulletin 2015/38

(21)	Application number: 08769796.7

(22)	Date of filing: 29.05.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 49/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2008/065098

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/150877 (11.12.2008 Gazette 2008/50)

(54)	AUTOMATED FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OF WELL AND DRAINAGE LOCATIONS AUTOMATISIERTE PLANUNG ZUR ENTWICKLUNG VON BOHRLOCH- UND DRAINAGEÖRTLICHKEITEN AUF ÖLFELDERN PLANIFICATION AUTOMATISÉE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT SUR LE CHAMP D'EMPLACEMENTS DE FORAGE ET DE DRAINAGE

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

31.05.2007 US 756244

(43)	Date of publication of application:
	10.02.2010 Bulletin 2010/06

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Proprietors:

Services Pétroliers Schlumberger
75007 Paris (FR)
Designated Contracting States:
FR
Schlumberger Holdings Limited
Road Town, Tortola (VG)
Designated Contracting States:
GB NL
Schlumberger Technology B.V.
2514 JG The Hague (NL)
Designated Contracting States:
BG CZ DE DK GR HU IE IT LT NO PL RO SI SK TR
PRAD Research And Development Limited
Road Town, Tortola (VG)
Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY EE ES FI HR IS LI LU LV MC MT PT SE

(72)	Inventors:
	TILKE, Peter, Gerhard Belmont, MA 02478 (US) BAILEY, William, J. Somerville, MA 02145 (US) COUET, Benoit Belmont, MA 02478-3804 (US) PRANGE, Michael Somerville, MA 02145 (US) CRICK, Martin Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1UL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Li, Boxi
	Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited Intellectual Property Law High Cross Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0EL Cambridge CB3 0EL (GB)

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US-A1- 2006 151 214

US-A1- 2004 153 299
US-B1- 6 549 879

CULLICK A.S., NARAYANAN K., GORELL S.: "Optimal Field Development Planning of Well Locations With Reservoir Uncertainty" SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, SPE, 9 October 2005 (2005-10-09), - 12 October 2005 (2005-10-12) pages 1-12, XP002496922 cited in the application
COTTINI-LOUREIRO A., ARAUJO M.: "Optimized Well Location by Combination of Multiple Realization Approach and Quality Map Methods" SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, SPE, 9 October 2005 (2005-10-09), - 12 October 2005 (2005-10-12) pages 1-10, XP002496923

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