Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization

The optimization and control of the wellbore trajectory is one of the important technologies to improve drilling efficiency, reduce drilling cost, and ensure drilling safety in the process of modern oil and gas exploration and development. In this paper, a multi-objective wellbore trajectory optimiz...

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Main Authors: Xiaowei Li, Yu Li, Yang Wu, Zhaokai Hou, Haipeng Gu
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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Yu Li
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description The optimization and control of the wellbore trajectory is one of the important technologies to improve drilling efficiency, reduce drilling cost, and ensure drilling safety in the process of modern oil and gas exploration and development. In this paper, a multi-objective wellbore trajectory optimization mathematical model is established, which takes into account the five factors of wellbore trajectory length, friction, torque, trajectory complexity, and target accuracy. A DR-NSGA-III-MGA algorithm (dynamic reference NSGA-III with multi-granularity adaptation) is proposed. By introducing multi-granularity reference vector generation and an information entropy-guided search direction adaptation mechanism, the performance of the algorithm in the complex target space is improved, and the three-stage wellbore trajectory is optimized. Simulation experiments show that the DR-NSGA-III-MGA algorithm is stable in a variety of complex problems, while maintaining good convergence, and has good generalization ability and practical application value.
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spelling doaj-art-78bfddd8b2c84981a4793d15dcbbac982025-08-20T03:36:15ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-07-011514786210.3390/app15147862Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective OptimizationXiaowei Li0Yu Li1Yang Wu2Zhaokai Hou3Haipeng Gu4School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, ChinaSchool of Geosciences, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, ChinaSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, ChinaNEPU Sanya Offshore Oil & Gas Research Institute, Northeast Petroleum University, Sanya 572000, ChinaSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, ChinaThe optimization and control of the wellbore trajectory is one of the important technologies to improve drilling efficiency, reduce drilling cost, and ensure drilling safety in the process of modern oil and gas exploration and development. In this paper, a multi-objective wellbore trajectory optimization mathematical model is established, which takes into account the five factors of wellbore trajectory length, friction, torque, trajectory complexity, and target accuracy. A DR-NSGA-III-MGA algorithm (dynamic reference NSGA-III with multi-granularity adaptation) is proposed. By introducing multi-granularity reference vector generation and an information entropy-guided search direction adaptation mechanism, the performance of the algorithm in the complex target space is improved, and the three-stage wellbore trajectory is optimized. Simulation experiments show that the DR-NSGA-III-MGA algorithm is stable in a variety of complex problems, while maintaining good convergence, and has good generalization ability and practical application value.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/14/7862wellbore trajectorymulti-objective optimizationinformation entropy guided searchvector generation
spellingShingle Xiaowei Li
Yu Li
Yang Wu
Zhaokai Hou
Haipeng Gu
Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization
Applied Sciences
wellbore trajectory
multi-objective optimization
information entropy guided search
vector generation
title Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization
title_full Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization
title_fullStr Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization
title_full_unstemmed Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization
title_short Non-Vertical Well Trajectory Design Based on Multi-Objective Optimization
title_sort non vertical well trajectory design based on multi objective optimization
topic wellbore trajectory
multi-objective optimization
information entropy guided search
vector generation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/14/7862
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