Robotic Controlled Drilling: A New Rotary Steerable Drilling System for the Oil and Gas Industry

Proceedings of the Drilling Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 135-149

  Yonezawa, Tetsuo ^a   Cargill, Edward J ^b   Gaynor, Tom M ^b   Hardin Jr , J R ^b   Hay, Richard T ^b   Ikeda, Akio ^c   Kiyosawa, Yoshihide ^d  

^a GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Sperry Sun Drilling Services   (United States)

^c MIN Consultant Inc

^d Harmonic Drive Systems Inc ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL DRILLERS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MOTORS (PDM);

ACTUATORS; BOREHOLES; DRILLING RIGS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; TORQUE;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1642459858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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