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Develop preliminary well design

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Develop preliminary well design — illustrated

The bottom line

Roughly 85% of the work in Develop preliminary well design is information-shaped — already within reach of AI delivery. The question here is not whether it shifts, but which tasks go first and who staffs the residual.

Why: With no child occupations seeded, I relied on the process name and its industry context. Although anchored in the physical 'Oil and Gas Extraction' industry, 'Develop preliminary well design' is strictly an engineering and modeling process. Designing a well prior to construction involves analyzing geological data and drafting plans, which is a highly digital knowledge-work activity.

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Business-as-Code

Read as an executable program — the work decomposed into Code, Generative, Agentic, and Human.

Develop preliminary well design sits inside a larger value-flow — 1 parent structure it composes into. The hierarchy is grounding, not the story: it tells you which aggregate exposure Develop preliminary well design inherits.

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How the work flows

Trigger: A geological prospect is sanctioned for evaluation and management initiates the drilling planning phase.

  1. Analyze subsurface geological and reservoir data
  2. Define well depth and target trajectory
  3. Select preliminary casing and tubing specifications
  4. Identify potential drilling hazards and mitigation strategies
  5. Calculate initial drilling cost estimates
  6. Compile the preliminary well design package

Outcome: A preliminary well plan and initial cost estimate are ready for detailed engineering review and permitting.

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