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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tyler Clark, Montgomery, TX (US);
Matthew White, Spring, TX (US);
Peter Harvey, Tampa, FL (US);
Harmeet Kaur, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/0006 (2013.01); E21B 47/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes coupling a strain gauge to a tubular member, and positioning the tubular member in the wellbore such that the tubular member is placed under bending stress by a curvature or deviation in the wellbore. The method also includes measuring bend on the tubular member with the strain gauge in at least one plane and determining one or more of the magnitude or orientation of the curvature of the wellbore based on an output of the strain gauge.