Tortuosity factors for highly tortuous wells: A practical approach

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 747-752

  Samuel, G Robello ^a   Bharucha, Kaiwan ^a   Luo, Yuejin ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DEEP OIL WELL DRILLING; DRILLING; FRICTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TRAJECTORIES; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; WELL LOGGING;

HOLE SPIRALING; TORTUOSITY; TORTUOUS WELLS; WELLBORE OSCILLATION;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 22344454015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/92565-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Stroud, D., Peach, S., Johnston, I., "Optimization of Rotary Steerable System Bottomhole Assemblies Minimizes Wellbore Tortuosity and Increases Directional Drilling Efficiency", SPE 90396. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., and September 2004.
2. Tom Gaynor, Doug Hamer, David Chen, and Darren Stuart: "Quantifying Tortuosities by Friction Factors in Torque and Drag Model" SPE 77617 presented at The SPE Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September-2 October 2002.
3. Paul Pastusek and Van Brackin,.: "A Model for Borehole Oscillations" SPE 77617 presented at The SPE Annual Technical Conference, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., pp. 5-8 October 2003.
4. Yuejin Luo, Kaiwan Bharucha, Robello Samuel, Faris Bajwa: "Simple practical approach provides a technique for calibrating tortuosity factors" Oil & Gas Journal 15, 2003.
5. Tom Gaynor, Doug Hamer, David Chen, Darren Stuart, and Blaine Comeaux.: "Tortuosity versus Micro-Tortuosity - Why Little Things Mean a Lot" SPE 67818 SPMADC Drilling Conference held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 27 February-1 March 2001.