Texas directional surveys and horizontal wells

What this document usually means

A directional survey is a technical public record that can describe measured depth, inclination, azimuth, TVD, and offset stations along a wellbore. For horizontal wells, that path is often more useful than the surface point alone.

MD, or measured depth, follows the drilled path. Inclination describes angle from vertical. Azimuth describes direction. TVD, or true vertical depth, estimates vertical depth below the reference point. North/south and east/west offsets describe station movement from a reference location.

FutureWells derives map geometry by parsing public survey stations, fitting the line into longitude/latitude space where enough source context exists, simplifying it for previews, and labeling confidence and limitations.

Confidence levels vary because public documents differ. Some records include usable coordinate stations, some include offsets that can be projected from known points, and some do not contain enough structured information for a public geometry.

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