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Anti-collision software that supports the decision. It never makes it.

This page starts with the limit, because the limit is the product: NWE WellReport's anti-collision module is decision support only. It presents separation factor and closest-approach calculations from the accepted survey record for a professional's review. It never signs off on a well for drilling. The operator's approved anti-collision program and official surveys remain authoritative — always.

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Why the wording matters

A number that looks like permission is a liability, not a feature.

Anti-collision output is safety-critical. Presented wrong, a clean-looking result can read as a clearance — and a clearance is a promise no support tool should make.

Collision avoidance rests on the operator's approved anti-collision program, official surveys, and professional judgment exercised under that program. Software that blurs that line — that lets a separation factor wear the costume of an approval — puts people and wells at risk, whatever its math.

So NWE WellReport draws the line in the product itself. The calculations are presented for review, the notice travels with them on screen and in the generated report, and bad or missing data fails loudly — it never produces a clean-looking result. Verification against an operator-approved ISCWSA implementation is a hard gate before any pilot relies on the module at all.

What it calculates

The numbers, presented for review.

Read this first — the standing notice.Anti-collision results in NWE WellReport are decision support for a qualified professional's review. They do not sign off on a well, a section, or a single stand for drilling. The operator's approved anti-collision program and official surveys are authoritative; where this module and that program disagree, the program governs and the discrepancy is a stop-and-review event, not a rounding difference.

01 / THE CALCULATIONS

Separation and closest approach, from the record.

Against the offset wells in the record, the module presents center-to-center distance, separation factor, and closest approach, worked from the same accepted survey ledger the crew steers from — one set of surveys underneath the steering picture and the anti-collision picture, so the two can never quietly diverge. Error modeling follows the ISCWSA framework the industry verifies against.

Center-to-center distance
Separation factor
Closest approach vs. offset wells

Live NWE WellReport Directional Drilling workspace with surveys on one record

02 / FAIL LOUDLY

Missing data stops the answer, not the warning.

Anti-collision math on incomplete inputs is worse than no math at all. When surveys are missing, stale, or fail QC, the module says so — plainly, in the view and in the report — instead of dressing a guess in the formatting of a result. The professional-use, verify-first notice is printed on the view and carried into every generated anti-collision report.

Bad or missing data fails loudly
Verify-first notice on view and report
No clean-looking result from bad inputs

Live NWE WellReport workspace showing the well record behind the calculations

The verification gate

A workplan stands between this module and any reliance on it.

Build on the record.

Calculations run only from accepted, QC-checked surveys in the one ledger — the same stations used for steering.

Verify against ISCWSA.

Per the verification workplan, results are checked against an operator-approved ISCWSA implementation before any pilot reliance.

Review by a professional.

A qualified professional reviews the output under the operator's approved anti-collision program — the program governs.

Decide under the program.

Drilling decisions are made under that program and its official surveys. This module informs; it does not decide.

Deliverables

Calculations, with their limits printed on them.

Decision support only. Never a clearance.

Every output below is presented for a professional's review under the operator's approved anti-collision program — and carries the decision-support notice with it, on screen and in print.

Separation factor
Center-to-center distance
Closest approach
Offset well comparison
ISCWSA-framework error modeling
Decision-support notice on the report
Fail-loud data warnings
Results tied to the accepted ledger

Decision support only · never a clearance

Where it stands

Verification is the gate, and the gate is not waived.

The ISCWSA workplan comes first.An ISCWSA verification workplan for this module was drawn up in October 2026, and verification against an operator-approved implementation is a hard gate: no pilot relies on these calculations until that gate is passed. Until then the module is presented exactly as what it is — decision support in founding field testing, with its limits stated on the page, in the view, and on the report.

Responsibility stays where it belongs.Wellbore-placement responsibility remains with the operator under its approved anti-collision program and official surveys. NWE WellReport's role is to present calculations honestly, from the best survey record available, with their limits attached — and to fail loudly rather than reassure falsely.

Common questions

Questions, answered straight.

What is anti-collision software?

Anti-collision software calculates the spatial relationship between the well being drilled and offset wells — center-to-center distance, separation factor, and closest approach — so professionals can manage collision risk under an approved anti-collision program. In NWE WellReport it is a decision-support module fed by the accepted survey ledger, and its output is presented for a professional's review.

Does NWE WellReport sign off on a well for drilling?

No. Never. The anti-collision module is decision support only: it presents calculations for a professional's review and does not sign off on a well, a section, or a stand for drilling. The operator's approved anti-collision program and official surveys remain authoritative at all times, and drilling decisions are made under that program.

What calculations does it present?

Center-to-center distance, separation factor, and closest approach against the offset wells in the record, worked from the same accepted survey ledger the crew steers from, with error modeling in the ISCWSA framework. Results are presented with the decision-support notice attached, on the view and in the generated report.

What is the ISCWSA verification gate?

Before any pilot relies on the module, its results must be verified against an operator-approved implementation of the ISCWSA error model, per the verification workplan. That gate is hard: it is not waived for schedule, and it is not replaced by internal testing. Until the gate is passed, the module is decision support in field testing and is labeled as such.

What happens when the data is bad or missing?

The module fails loudly. Missing, stale, or QC-failed surveys produce a plain warning — in the view and in the report — instead of a clean-looking calculation. A support tool that guesses quietly is worse than one that stops, so ours stops.

One platform

Anti-collision is one module of the entire well.

It reads the same survey record as everything else — which is precisely why its limits have to be the clearest on the site. Explore the family:

The hub

Oil and Gas Software

The entire well in one application — every module below, one survey record underneath all of it.

See the platform Surveys

Survey Management Software

The accepted, QC-checked ledger every anti-collision calculation is worked from.

See the guide Planning

Well Planning Software

The stage-based plan and plan-vs-actual picture the well is steered against.

See the guide Data

Geosteering Data

The same accepted record, supplied cleanly to geosteering platforms.

See the guide Data

Drilling Data Management

One well record with a chain of custody from the first target through P&A.

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