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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoqing Ge, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Venkata Madhukanth Vadali, Houston, TX (US);
Jason D. Dykstra, Spring, TX (US);
Xingyong Song, Houston, TX (US);
Yuzhen Xue, Humble, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for a gain scheduling based toolface control system for a rotary steerable drilling tool are disclosed. The method includes determining a desired toolface of a drilling tool, calculating a toolface error by determining a difference between a current toolface and the desired toolface, determining a plurality of operating points of the drilling tool, selecting one of the plurality of operating points based on a current operating point of the drilling tool, determining a model based on the selection, calculating a correction to correct the toolface error, the correction based on the model, transmitting a signal to the drilling tool such that the signal adjusts the current toolface based on the correction, and drilling a wellbore with a drill bit oriented at the desired toolface.