Ikon Science develops new software for intelligent well locations and drilling plans

Ikon Science develops new software for intelligent well locations and drilling plans

MIDDLESEX, United Kindgom -- Ikon Science's RokDoc has launched its latest module, RokDoc GeoMechanics, which will help oil companies interested in choosing smart well locations and reducing the possibility of borehole failure.

RokDoc, the quantitative exploration and development software developed and marketed by Ikon Science, has been in use at oil and gas companies worldwide since 2001.

Since its early beginnings as a 1D2D rock physics analysis tool, RokDoc has expanded to include many science-rich workflows for cross-discipline integration: rock property prediction, reservoir characterisation, pore pressure prediction, reservoir modelling and now subsurface stress analysis.

The release of RokDoc GeoMechanics provides geoscientists and engineers with a set of easy to use, reliable tools that create robust 1D and 3D models of reservoirs and their surrounding formations. Not only can users model the geomechanical behavior of the subsurface, they can incorporate accurate rock physics and pore pressure information too.

With so much material at the users’ fingertips, RokDoc GeoMechanics facilitates the accurate prediction of reservoir rock properties and safe mudweight windows. It can be used to plan well trajectories and provides a trustworthy source of information to evaluate and mitigate the likelihood of wellbore collapse.

The RokDoc GeoMechanics module encompasses the expertise developed since 2001 by JRS Petroleum Research, the company founded by experts from the Stress Group of the Australian School of Petroleum at Adelaide University. JRS was acquired by Ikon Science in 2012 and is now part of the Ikon GeoMechanics product line.