长期发展规划需要加密钻探。由于海上环境中的槽位数量有限，因此需要新的钻井中心（井口塔）。钻探中心的优化选址对于降低钻探费用可发挥重要作用。完整的论文讨论了与井口塔放置相关的两个主要挑战：首先，根据地下坐标和钻井约束将未来的钻井中心放置在哪里；其次，如何将数十个地下目标分配给多个钻井中心。

Long-term development planning requires infill drilling. Because of the limited number of slots in the offshore environment, new drilling centers (wellhead towers) are required. Optimized location of drilling centers can play a major role in reducing drilling expenses. Two main challenges related to wellhead-tower placement are discussed in the complete paper: first, where to place future drilling centers based on subsurface coordinates and drilling constraints; and second, how to allocate dozens of subsurface targets to multiple drilling centers.