Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steerable drilling method and system
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Application No.: US15109370Application Date: 2014-12-19
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Publication No.: US10202840B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Sicco Dwars
- Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Priority: EP14150039 20140102
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/078683 WO 20141219
- International Announcement: WO2015/101518 WO 20150709
- Main IPC: E21B47/024
- IPC: E21B47/024 ; E21B47/18 ; E21B44/04 ; E21B7/06

Abstract:
A method for steerable drilling is presented herein. The method includes inducing a drill string rotation modulation system to modulate a rotational speed of a drill string during each revolution of the drill string. The method also includes inducing a Measuring-While-Drilling device (MWD) to transmit repeatedly measured orientations of a Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) between the drill string and the drill bit to the drill string rotation modulation system to steer a drill bit with a tilted toolface in a deviated drilling direction. The MWD divides each revolution of the BHA into a plurality of angular intervals, and transmits average percentages of time that the BHA rotates through the angular intervals to the drill string rotation modulation system to provide the modulation system with information about an angular orientation of the deviated drilling direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160326864A1 STEERABLE DRILLING METHOD AND SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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