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GB2410334A - Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements - Google Patents

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GB2410334A
GB2410334A GB0505631A GB0505631A GB2410334A GB 2410334 A GB2410334 A GB 2410334A GB 0505631 A GB0505631 A GB 0505631A GB 0505631 A GB0505631 A GB 0505631A GB 2410334 A GB2410334 A GB 2410334A
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Glen T Daigger
Edwin J Fleischer
Albert M Wollmann
Robert A Estes
Roland E Chemali
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Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
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Priority claimed from PCT/US2004/004694 external-priority patent/WO2005017315A1/en
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/02—Determining slope or direction
    • E21B47/022—Determining slope or direction of the borehole, e.g. using geomagnetism
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/02—Determining slope or direction
    • E21B47/026—Determining slope or direction of penetrated ground layers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V3/00—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation
    • G01V3/18—Electric or magnetic prospecting or detecting; Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation specially adapted for well-logging

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Abstract

This invention provides a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) downhole assembly (90) for use in drilling boreholes which utilizes directional formation evaluation devices on a rotating assembly in conjunction with toolface orientation sensors. The data from the toolface orientation sensors are ananlyzed by a processor and toolface angle measurements are determined at defined intervals. Formation evaluation sensors operate substantially independently of the toolface orientation sensors and measurements of the formation evaluation sensors are analyzed in combination with the determined toolface angle to obtain formation parameters.

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GB 2410334 A continuation (72) Inventor(s): Robert A Estes Roland E
Chemali (74) Agent and/or Address for Service: Frank B Dehn & Co. 179 Queen Victoria Street, LONDON, EC4V 4EL, United Kingdom
GB0505631A 2003-07-29 2004-02-19 Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements Expired - Lifetime GB2410334B (en)

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US10/629,268 US7000700B2 (en) 2002-07-30 2003-07-29 Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements
PCT/US2003/023707 WO2004011775A2 (en) 2002-07-30 2003-07-30 Measurement- while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements
US10/654,186 US6946073B2 (en) 2003-09-02 2003-09-02 Method for treating wastewater in a membrane bioreactor to produce a low phosphorus effluent
US10/771,675 US7114565B2 (en) 2002-07-30 2004-02-04 Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements
PCT/US2004/004694 WO2005017315A1 (en) 2003-07-29 2004-02-19 Measurement-while-drilling assembly using real-time toolface oriented measurements

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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US5646611A (en) * 1995-02-24 1997-07-08 Halliburton Company System and method for indirectly determining inclination at the bit
US5678643A (en) * 1995-10-18 1997-10-21 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Acoustic logging while drilling tool to determine bed boundaries
US6023443A (en) * 1997-01-24 2000-02-08 Baker Hughes Incorporated Semblance processing for an acoustic measurement-while-drilling system for imaging of formation boundaries
US6173793B1 (en) * 1998-12-18 2001-01-16 Baker Hughes Incorporated Measurement-while-drilling devices with pad mounted sensors
US20010041963A1 (en) * 1997-12-04 2001-11-15 Robert Alan Estes Measurement-while-drilling assembly using gyroscopic devices and methods of bias removal
US6493632B1 (en) * 1998-12-30 2002-12-10 Baker Hughes Incorporated Water saturation and sand fraction determination from borehole resistivity imaging tool, transverse induction logging and a tensorial water saturation model
US20030023381A1 (en) * 2001-05-18 2003-01-30 San Martin Luis E. Virtual steering of induction tool attenuation and phase difference measurements
US6584407B2 (en) * 2001-01-10 2003-06-24 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Formation resistivity measurement method that eliminates effects of lateral tool motion

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5646611A (en) * 1995-02-24 1997-07-08 Halliburton Company System and method for indirectly determining inclination at the bit
US5646611B1 (en) * 1995-02-24 2000-03-21 Halliburton Co System and method for indirectly determining inclination at the bit
US5678643A (en) * 1995-10-18 1997-10-21 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Acoustic logging while drilling tool to determine bed boundaries
US6023443A (en) * 1997-01-24 2000-02-08 Baker Hughes Incorporated Semblance processing for an acoustic measurement-while-drilling system for imaging of formation boundaries
US20010041963A1 (en) * 1997-12-04 2001-11-15 Robert Alan Estes Measurement-while-drilling assembly using gyroscopic devices and methods of bias removal
US6173793B1 (en) * 1998-12-18 2001-01-16 Baker Hughes Incorporated Measurement-while-drilling devices with pad mounted sensors
US6493632B1 (en) * 1998-12-30 2002-12-10 Baker Hughes Incorporated Water saturation and sand fraction determination from borehole resistivity imaging tool, transverse induction logging and a tensorial water saturation model
US6584407B2 (en) * 2001-01-10 2003-06-24 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Formation resistivity measurement method that eliminates effects of lateral tool motion
US20030023381A1 (en) * 2001-05-18 2003-01-30 San Martin Luis E. Virtual steering of induction tool attenuation and phase difference measurements

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