Visualization of directional influence of wells on correlation
A well may be selected from a group of wells. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be determined based on propagation of boundaries from other wells to the selected well. A visual representation of the multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be provided based on spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells. A visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells may be provided.
1 . A system for visualizing directional influence of wells on linkage of geologic sections in different wells, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
obtain well information, the well information defining a group of wells within a region of interest, the group of wells including multiple wells, the multiple wells including a selected well, a first well, and a second well;
obtain boundary information, the boundary information defining different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well, a given boundary including a geologic feature within a given well that separates two distinct geologic sections in the given well, a given boundary location including a location of the given boundary within the given well, a given scenario including a set of potential boundary locations within the given well from extension of boundaries in another well to the given well, wherein the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well are determined by extending boundaries of different ones of the wells in the group of wells to the selected well, further wherein a first scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the first well to the selected well and a second scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the second well to the selected well; and
provide a visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well based on spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well visually indicating directional influence of the other wells on locations of boundaries extended to the selected well in the different scenarios of boundary locations, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations including visual elements that indicate from which directions the locations of boundaries within the selected well were extended.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine-readable instructions to provide a visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein:
the visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well includes a rose plot;
the selected well is positioned at a center of the rose plot; and
the other wells are positioned around the center of the rose plot based on the spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the rose plot is divided into wedges of different color, individual wedges covering azimuthal ranges around the center of the rose plot, size of the wedges indicating number of the other wells that fall within the wedges.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the individual wedges cover azimuthal ranges of a user-specified number of degrees or desired resolution.
6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well includes a histogram plot, a first axis of the histogram plot representing depths in the selected well and a second axis of the histogram plot representing a number of the scenarios in which a boundary is located at a corresponding depth in the selected well.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the histogram plot includes a stacked histogram plot, bars of the stacked histogram plot having visually differentiated segments, the segments corresponding to the wedges in the rose plot.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein size of the segments of the bars indicates the number of the scenarios, from wells in the corresponding wedges in the rose plot, in which the boundary is located at the corresponding depth in the selected well.
9 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the histogram plot includes a conditional density plot, the conditional density plot providing visualization of relative influence of the other wells in the different wedges in the rose plot on the boundary locations within the selected well.
10 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the histogram plot includes azimuthal range histogram plots, individual azimuthal range histogram plots representing the number of the scenarios, from wells in corresponding wedges in the rose plot, in which the boundary is located at the corresponding depth in the selected well.
11 . A method for visualizing directional influence of wells on linkage of geologic sections in different wells, the method comprising:
obtaining well information, the well information defining a group of wells within a region of interest, the group of wells including multiple wells, the multiple wells including a selected well, a first well, and a second well;
obtaining boundary information, the boundary information defining different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well, a given boundary including a geologic feature within a given well that separates two distinct geologic sections in the given well, a given boundary location including a location of the given boundary within the given well, a given scenario including a set of potential boundary locations within the given well from extension of boundaries in another well to the given well, wherein the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well are determined by extending boundaries of different ones of the wells in the group of wells to the selected well, further wherein a first scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the first well to the selected well and a second scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the second well to the selected well; and
providing a visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well based on spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well visually indicating directional influence of the other wells on locations of boundaries extended to the selected well in the different scenarios of boundary locations, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations including visual elements that indicate from which directions the locations of boundaries within the selected well were extended.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing a visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well includes a rose plot;
the selected well is positioned at a center of the rose plot; and
the other wells are positioned around the center of the rose plot based on the spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the rose plot is divided into wedges of different color, individual wedges covering azimuthal ranges around the center of the rose plot, size of the wedges indicating number of the other wells that fall within the wedges.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the individual wedges cover azimuthal ranges of a user-specified number of degrees or desired resolution.
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well includes a histogram plot, a first axis of the histogram plot representing depths in the selected well and a second axis of the histogram plot representing a number of the scenarios in which a boundary is located at a corresponding depth in the selected well.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the histogram plot includes a stacked histogram plot, bars of the stacked histogram plot having visually differentiated segments, the segments corresponding to the wedges in the rose plot.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein size of the segments of the bars indicates the number of the scenarios, from wells in the corresponding wedges in the rose plot, in which the boundary is located at the corresponding depth in the selected well.
19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the histogram plot includes a conditional density plot, the conditional density plot providing visualization of relative influence of the other wells in the different wedges in the rose plot on the boundary locations within the selected well.
20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the histogram plot includes azimuthal range histogram plots, individual azimuthal range histogram plots representing the number of the scenarios, from wells in corresponding wedges in the rose plot, in which the boundary is located at the corresponding depth in the selected well.