DIRECTIONAL DRILLING: THE STATE OF THE ART

Controlled directional drilling is defined as the science of deviating a wellbore along a predetermined course to a target whose location is a given lateral distance from the vertical. The main applications are (a) Development of offshore fields, (b) Relief well drilling, (c) Straight hole control, (d) Sidetracking of obstruction, etc. For these operations there has been a tremendous development of drilling equipment, measuring devices, computers and drilling techniques. The paper reviews these developments with particular reference to the field of MWD (Measurement While Drilling). A brief general description is given of a Borehole Data System (BDS) currently under development.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Petroleum Rev., 40 (1986), p. 48 (March) [6 pp.]
• Authors:
  • Bakke, S
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00689548
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM