Kickoff point
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| Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir | |
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| Series | Methods in Exploration No. 14 |
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| Chapter | Introduction |
| Author | Timothy R. Carr, Erik P. Mason, Charles T Feazel |
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The kickoff point (KOP) is the location in a vertical wellbore or inclined section of a slant well where directional drilling operations commence in order to build the wellbore to the design orientation. The KOP defines the beginning of the build curve.
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See also
- Bend
- Build rate
- Extended-reach wells
- Geosteering
- Heel
- Horizontal well
- Lateral
- Logging while drilling (LWD)
- Measurement while drilling (MWD)
- Multilevel well
- Multilateral well
- Sidetrack
- Toe
- Total measured length (TML)
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