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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2020
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
John Kenneth Snyder, Spring, TX (US);
Graeme O'Brien Phillip Salmon, Spring, TX (US);
Jeremy Alexander Greenwood, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for configuring a bottom hole assembly (BHA) includes receiving bending moment values for the BHA, curvature values and drilling conditions for a wellbore, and processing the bending moment values to create a representation of the curvature of the drilled wellbore. Processing the bending moment values includes selecting a set of curvature values in a specified range for a selected location, calculating a bending moment value for each curvature value, and determining an actual wellbore curvature at the location by matching the received bending moment value to one of the calculated bending moment values. The method further includes generating a representation of an actual path of the wellbore using selected curvature values at a plurality of wellbore locations, comparing the actual path of the wellbore with a planned path of the wellbore; and based on the comparison, determining a configuration of the BHA to drill a next wellbore.