Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic borehole azimuth measurements
- Patent Title (中): 动态钻孔方位测量
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Application No.: US13323116Application Date: 2011-12-12
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Publication No.: US09273547B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Andrew G. Brooks , Junichi Sugiura
- Applicant: Andrew G. Brooks , Junichi Sugiura
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Kimberly Ballew
- Main IPC: E21B44/00
- IPC: E21B44/00 ; E21B47/022

Abstract:
A method for making dynamic borehole azimuth measurements while drilling includes processing cross-axial magnetic field measurements in combination with accelerometer measurements to compute the dynamic borehole azimuth. In one or more embodiments, the cross-axial magnetic field measurements and the accelerometer measurements may be used to compute the magnitude of a cross-axial magnetic field component, a toolface offset, and a borehole inclination, which may in turn be used to compute the dynamic borehole azimuth. The disclosed methods may utilize near-bit sensor measurements obtained while drilling, thereby enabling a near-bit dynamic borehole azimuth to be computed while drilling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130151157A1 DYNAMIC BOREHOLE AZIMUTH MEASUREMENTS Public/Granted day:2013-06-13
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