Device for control of the horizontal borehole position

Author

Golodnykh, Evgeniy V. ; Borikov, Valeriy N.

fYear

2013

fDate

12-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Directional survey in the drilling process is widely used, and it is an essential part of the operational drilling along the predetermined path. Another type of measurement while-drilling, namely, measurement of the natural radioactivity of the rocks is currently becoming relevant. Information on the values of natural gamma radiation of rocks provides control of the drilling tool orientation in horizontal drilling. Measuring natural radioactivity of the rock can be used instead of wire line logging or used in combination with gamma-ray well logging to provide correlation and improve assessment of rocks as well.

Keywords

gamma-ray detection; natural radioactivity hazards; oil drilling; position control; radioactivity measurement; rocks; well logging; directional survey; drilling process; drilling tool orientation; gamma-ray well logging; gas well drilling; horizontal borehole position control; horizontal drilling; measurement while-drilling; oil well drilling; operational drilling; rock assessment; rock natural gamma radiation; rock natural radioactivity measurement; wire line logging; Crystals; Electric shock; Gamma-rays; Photomultipliers; Reservoirs; Rocks; Vibrations; gamma-module; gamma-ray; horizontal drilling; photomultiplier tube; scintillator; sensor unit of gamma-logging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Communications (SIBCON), 2013 International Siberian Conference on

Conference_Location

Krasnoyarsk

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1060-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIBCON.2013.6693635

Filename

6693635