New electromagnetic surveying/ranging method for drilling parallel horizontal twin wells

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-88

  Kuckes, A F ^a   Hay, R T ^b   McMahon, Joseph ^c   Nord, A G ^d   Schilling, D A ^d   Morden, Jeff ^c  

^a Vector Magnetics Inc

^b Atlas Wireline Services

^c Sperry Sun Drilling Serv of Canada

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STEAM; SURVEYING; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RANGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYING; MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING SURVEY INSTRUMENT; PARALLEL HORIZONTAL TWIN WELLS; STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE; TRUE VERTICAL DEPTH; WELLBORE SURVEYS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

DRILLING-HORIZONTAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING; SURVEYING; WELLS-HORIZONTAL;

EID: 0030159438     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/27466-pa     Document Type: Article

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