Integrated approach to rotary-steerable drilling optimization using concurrent real-time measurement of near-bit borehole caliper and near-bit vibration

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition: Intelligent Energy 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 698-716

  Sugiura, Junichi ^a   Jones, Steve ^a  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITS; BOREHOLES; DRILLS; ENGINEERS; GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DRILLING OPTIMIZATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NOVEL SENSOR SYSTEMS; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEMS; ROTARY-STEERABLE DRILLING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 52049119063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/112163-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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