GB2334108A - Drilling system with integrated bottom hole assembly - Google Patents

Drilling system with integrated bottom hole assembly

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Publication number
GB2334108A
GB2334108A GB9909324A GB9909324A GB2334108A GB 2334108 A GB2334108 A GB 2334108A GB 9909324 A GB9909324 A GB 9909324A GB 9909324 A GB9909324 A GB 9909324A GB 2334108 A GB2334108 A GB 2334108A
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Prior art keywords
bottom hole
hole assembly
drilling
drilling system
drill bit
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GB9909324A
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GB2334108B (en
GB2334108A8 (en
GB9909324D0 (en
Inventor
Robert P Macdonald
John W Harrell
Volker Krueger
Hatem N Nasr
Roger W Fincher
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Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
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Baker Hughes Inc
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Priority claimed from US08/734,935 external-priority patent/US5842149A/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US1996/017106 external-priority patent/WO1997015749A2/en
Application filed by Baker Hughes Inc filed Critical Baker Hughes Inc
Priority claimed from PCT/US1997/020294 external-priority patent/WO1998017894A2/en
Publication of GB9909324D0 publication Critical patent/GB9909324D0/en
Publication of GB2334108A publication Critical patent/GB2334108A/en
Publication of GB2334108A8 publication Critical patent/GB2334108A8/en
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B44/00—Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B44/00—Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
    • E21B44/005—Below-ground automatic control systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/002—Survey of boreholes or wells by visual inspection
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/06—Measuring temperature or pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/06—Measuring temperature or pressure
    • E21B47/07—Temperature
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/08—Measuring diameters or related dimensions at the borehole
    • E21B47/085—Measuring diameters or related dimensions at the borehole using radiant means, e.g. acoustic, radioactive or electromagnetic
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
    • E21B47/11—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using tracers; using radioactivity
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
    • E21B47/113—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using electrical indications; using light radiations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
    • E21B49/005—Testing the nature of borehole walls or the formation by using drilling mud or cutting data

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention provides a drilling system (10) that utilizes an integrated bottom hole assembly (90). The bottom hole assembly contains sensors (59, S1-S6, 64, 76, 74) for determining the health of the bottom hole assembly, borehole condition, formation evaluation characteristics, drilling fluid physical and chemical properties, bed boundary conditions around and in front of the drill bit, seismic maps and the desired drilling parameters that include the weight on bit, drill bit speed and the fluid flow rate. A downhole processor (70) controls the operation of the various devices in the bottom hole assembly to effect changes to the drilling parameters and the drilling direction to optimize the drilling effectiveness.
GB9909324A 1996-10-22 1997-10-22 Drilling system with integrated bottom hole assembly Expired - Lifetime GB2334108B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/734,935 US5842149A (en) 1996-10-22 1996-10-22 Closed loop drilling system
PCT/US1996/017106 WO1997015749A2 (en) 1995-10-23 1996-10-23 Closed loop drilling system
US5161497P 1997-06-27 1997-06-27
PCT/US1997/020294 WO1998017894A2 (en) 1996-10-22 1997-10-22 Drilling system with integrated bottom hole assembly

Publications (4)

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GB9909324D0 GB9909324D0 (en) 1999-06-16
GB2334108A true GB2334108A (en) 1999-08-11
GB2334108A8 GB2334108A8 (en) 2000-03-14
GB2334108B GB2334108B (en) 2001-03-21

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Cited By (1)

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GB2462629A (en) * 2008-08-13 2010-02-17 Pilot Drilling Control Ltd A Controller for a Downhole Tool

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WO1993006339A1 (en) * 1991-09-26 1993-04-01 Elf Aquitaine Production Downhole drilling data processing and interpreting device and method for implementing same
US5332048A (en) * 1992-10-23 1994-07-26 Halliburton Company Method and apparatus for automatic closed loop drilling system
EP0713104A2 (en) * 1994-10-20 1996-05-22 Baker Hughes Incorporated Downhole depth correlation and computation apparatus and methods for combining multiple borehole measurements
EP0718641A2 (en) * 1994-12-12 1996-06-26 Baker Hughes Incorporated Drilling system with downhole apparatus for transforming multiple downhole sensor measurements into parameters of interest and for causing the drilling direction to change in response thereto

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US4747303A (en) * 1986-01-30 1988-05-31 Nl Industries, Inc. Method determining formation dip
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US4903245A (en) * 1988-03-11 1990-02-20 Exploration Logging, Inc. Downhole vibration monitoring of a drillstring
US4854397A (en) * 1988-09-15 1989-08-08 Amoco Corporation System for directional drilling and related method of use
WO1993006339A1 (en) * 1991-09-26 1993-04-01 Elf Aquitaine Production Downhole drilling data processing and interpreting device and method for implementing same
US5332048A (en) * 1992-10-23 1994-07-26 Halliburton Company Method and apparatus for automatic closed loop drilling system
EP0713104A2 (en) * 1994-10-20 1996-05-22 Baker Hughes Incorporated Downhole depth correlation and computation apparatus and methods for combining multiple borehole measurements
EP0718641A2 (en) * 1994-12-12 1996-06-26 Baker Hughes Incorporated Drilling system with downhole apparatus for transforming multiple downhole sensor measurements into parameters of interest and for causing the drilling direction to change in response thereto

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Title
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GB2462629A (en) * 2008-08-13 2010-02-17 Pilot Drilling Control Ltd A Controller for a Downhole Tool

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