Directional drilling and earth curvature

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-43

  Williamson, Hugh S ^a   Wilson, Harry F ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; SURVEYING;

EARTH CURVATURE;

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING;

CURVATURE; DRILLING; TRAJECTORY PREDICTION;

CURVATURE; DIRECT DRILLING; DRILLING; GEODETIC DATUM;

EID: 0034162684     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/62114-PA     Document Type: Review

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4. Bull. D20, Directional Drilling Survey Calculation Methods and Terminology, API, Dallas (1985).
5. Thorogood, J.L. and Sawaryn, S.J.: "The Travelling Cylinder: A Practical Tool for Collision Avoidance," paper SPE 19989 presented at the 1990 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Houston, 27 February-2 March.