Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining gravity toolface and inclination in a rotating downhole tool
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Application No.: US14654873Application Date: 2012-12-27
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Publication No.: US10539005B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Clint P. Lozinsky
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Agent Jason Sedano
- International Application: PCT/US2012/071851 WO 20121227
- International Announcement: WO2014/105025 WO 20140703
- Main IPC: E21B47/024
- IPC: E21B47/024

Abstract:
Systems and methods for determining gravity toolface and inclination are described herein. An example may comprise a downhole tool (300) and a sensor assembly (330, 340, 350) disposed in a radially offset location within the downhole tool. The sensor assembly may comprise three accelerometers and an angular rate sensing device. A processor (402a) may be in communication with the sensor assembly and may be coupled to at least one memory device (402b). The memory device may contain a set of instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an output from the sensor assembly; determine at least one of a centripetal acceleration (r) and a tangential acceleration (a) of the downhole tool based, at least in part, on the output; and determine at least one of a gravity toolface and inclination of the downhole tool using at least one of the centripetal acceleration and the tangential acceleration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150330210A1 DETERMINING GRAVITY TOOLFACE AND INCLINATION IN A ROTATING DOWNHOLE TOOL Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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