Libraries

OpenWells® Software Features

A Library (Libraries) is an OpenWells and WELLPLAN™ software tool used to store a drillstring or fluid for future use. Once a drillstring or fluid is stored in a library, it can be retrieved (imported) to quickly and easily create a new fluid or drillstring based on the retrieved string or fluid. For example, a drillstring library can be used to store commonly used assemblies. Once a drillstring is imported from a library, it can be edited to meet your current objectives.

A library should not be confused with a catalog. A catalog contains a collection of similar drillstring components that can be used to build a drillstring. For example, there are jar catalogs, or drill pipe catalogs. A library is used to store the complete drillstring, not a certain type of drillstring component.

You can use the fluid library to store commonly used fluids. Each fluid entry in the library includes all the data required to define that fluid, such as rheological model, weight, gel strength, etc. As with drillstring library entries, once the fluid has been imported from a library into the current case, it can be edited as desired.

Using WELLPLAN, libraries can be shared with other users by exporting them at the database level to library transfer files (*.LIB). Libraries are accessible in the Daily Operations report, Drillstring Section and Fluids Section. Refer to the procedures in the Related Topics list for details.