Uncertainty handling in wellbore trajectory design: a modified cellular spotted hyena optimizer-based approach

Abstract It is vital to optimize the drilling trajectory to reduce the possibility of drilling accidents and boosting the efficiency. Previously, the wellbore trajectory was optimized using the true measured depth and well profile energy as objective functions without considering uncertainty between the actual and planned trajectories. Without an effective management of the uncertainty associated with trajectory planning, the drilling process becomes more complex. Prior techniques have some drawbacks; for example, they could not find isolated minima and have a slow convergence rate when dealing with high-dimensional problems. Consequently, a novel approach termed the “Modified Multi-Objective Cellular Spotted Hyena Optimizer” is proposed to address the aforesaid concerns. Following that, a mechanism for eliminating outliers has been developed and implemented in…