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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Gyrodata, Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jon Bang, Trondheim, NO;
Onyemelem Jegbefume, Cypress, TX (US);
Adrián Guillermo Ledroz, Houston, TX (US);
John Lionel Weston, Christchurch, GB;
Assignee:
Gyrodata, Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/022 (2013.01); E21B 47/024 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for providing information regarding the tortuosity of a wellbore path is provided. The method includes receiving data from a plurality of survey stations of a wellbore survey. The method further includes determining a plurality of tortuosity parameter values for the wellbore path within a corresponding plurality of analysis windows, wherein each analysis window has at least one tortuosity parameter value.