Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for surveying a borehole with a rotating sensor package
- Patent Title (中): 用旋转传感器封装测量钻孔的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10989179Application Date: 2004-11-15
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Publication No.: US07650269B2Publication Date: 2010-01-19
- Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
- Applicant: Paul F. Rodney
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F17/10
- IPC: G06F17/10 ; G06G7/48

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for surveying a borehole using a rotating sensor package. A sensor tool preferably including a magnetometer sensor array is disposed in the bottom hole assembly of a drillstring. Conditioning circuitry in the sensor tool processes the sensor readings from the sensor array taken while the drillstring is rotating. In one embodiment, the conditioning circuitry includes processing circuitry adapted to adjust the sensor readings to account for an analytically predicted level of axial current induced in the drillstring as a result of its rotation in the Earth's magnetic field. In another embodiment, a current generator is provided to generate a counter-current intended to cancel the analytically predicted level of axial current induced in the drillstring as a result of rotation in the Earth's magnetic field. In another embodiment, insulating members are disposed above and/or below the sensor tool to prevent conduction of rotation-induced current therein. In still another embodiment, the sensor tool is disposed in a drill collar that is composed of a non-conducting material, such that no rotation-induced current is conducted through the sensor tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060106587A1 Method and apparatus for surveying a borehole with a rotating sensor package Public/Granted day:2006-05-18
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