The Capex econ model allows you to apply capital costs in your economic run. Currently, there are two ways of viewing Capex: advanced view and standard view. When creating a new capex model, you can click on "STANDARD VIEW" and "ADVANCED VIEW" in the top right corner to switch the views.
Advanced View
Advanced view provides a "spreadsheet like" set up where each rows represents a capex item.
You can begin adding capex items through:
- + Row: adds an empty line that you can model accordingly
- + Lookup Row: adds a line where you can reference an Embedded Lookup Table (ELT). For more info on ELT, visit the "ComboCurve: Embedded Lookup Tables" article.
Each row contains multiple headers:
- Category
- Capitalized investments generally access *new* prod such as moving to different zones.
- Expensed investments facilitate, enhance or re-establish prod from previously completed zones.
- Depletable investments are usually initial purchase of asset.
- Tangible
- Tangible describes possible tax treatment such as: rigs, equipment, pipe, etc.
- Intangible
- Intangible describes possible tax treatment such as: crews, employees, chemicals, supplies, etc.
- Criteria Option
- FPD: Begins at First Production Date
- As Of: Begins at the As Of Date in Dates section
- Disc Date: Begins at the discount date in Dates section
- Maj Seg: Begins when major phase starts prod
- Economic Limit: Begins when economic limit reached (like P&A)
- Date: Begins on hardcoded date
- Oil, Gas, Water or Total Fluid (Oil + Water) Rate - Rate triggers handy for workovers that occur at a certain rate. Note that these are always monotonic and require a declining forecast. Warning: If current rate is below the trigger, it will be treated as "already happened" and not trigger. It must cross the given rate.
- From Schedule (requires input of "Criteria From Option" - As long as you have a schedule selected for this well in the scenario page, you can refer to any of the populated dates generated from that schedule. Null dates throw away the Investment.
- From Headers - Pick any of the header dates to use to trigger CAPEX. Null dates throw away the Investment.
- Criteria From Option
- This only needs to be populated when using a criteria "From Schedule" or "From Headers"
- Criteria Values
- Number of offset days from the referenced date in the Criteria Option
- A positive number is days after the reference date
- A negative number is days before the referenced date
- After Econ Limit
- No: the cost will not incur after economic limit
- Yes: the cost will incur after economic limit
- Calculation
- Gross values are total cost
- Net is WI portion of total cost
- Escalation
- A dropdown here allows you to select any escalation model built in that tab to apply a particular investment in this row
- Escalation Start Option
- Apply to Criteria: Begin using the escalation model at the timing selected to trigger the investment in "Criteria" (plus/minus any offset used there)
- FPD: Begin using the escalation at the first production date for this well
- As Of Date: Begin using the escalation model at the current As Of date for this well
- Econ Limit: Begin using the escalation model at the Shut In of the well (Econ Limit). i.e. to escalate abandonment cost known at the time of shut-in to the delayed actual abandonment
- Date: Begin using the escalation model at a hardcoded date
- Note: none of the items above will reset the escalation but rather just begin applying it at that time.
- DD&A
- A dropdown here allows you to select any depreciation depletion and amortization model built in that tab to apply a particular investment in this row
- Paying WI / Earning WI
- Multiplier of WI for carried CAPEX. Default is 1 for no carry. This generalized multiplier can be used in a variety of ways to adjust or risk CAPEX by any fraction.
Drilling & Completion Cost Models
The Drilling Cost Model and Completion Cost Model can be found in the Capex standard view. These models allow to generate a drilling or completion capital cost based on the individual well design. You can toggle the models on to type in the respective values.
- $/ft TVD
- $/ft multiplied by TVD to get cost of vertical portion of the well to heel
- Note: you need to have the True Vertical Depth header populated
- $/FT PLL
- Cost per foot multiplied by the perforated lateral length to get cost for the horizontal portion of the well
- Note: you need to have the Perf Lateral Length header populated
- Fixed Cost
- Additional cost to the $/ft amount
- Unit Cost
- $/ft of perf lateral length for each scheduled proppant intensity. Used to get completion cost for well horizontal
- You can add multiple rows to interpolate on Prop/PLL to get a $/ft
- Tangible %
- Percentage of the total cost allocated to tangible cost
- 1 - % will be allocated to intangible cost
- Calculation
- Gross values are total cost
- Net values is WI portion of the total cost
- Escalation
- Dropdown to select any escalation models
- DD&A
- Dropdown to select any depreciation, depletion, and amortization models
- Paying WI / Earning WI
- Multiplier of WI for carried CAPEX. Default is 1 for no carry. This generalized multiplier can be used in a variety of ways to adjust or risk CAPEX by any fraction.
- Cost Schedule
- Cost schedule begins via the trigger mechanism selected (use negative values to offset before date trigger) and set by % of cost on each row to total 100%.
- FPD: Begins at First Production Date
- Disc Date: Begins at discount date
- Maj Seg: Begins when major phase starts prod
- Schedule Start: Begins on date of your first schedule step
- You'll need to have a schedule applied in the scenario
- Schedule End: Begins on the date of your last schedule step
- You'll need to have a schedule applied in the scenario
- Date
- Begins on the hardcoded date