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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Pushkar Jogi, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Neubert, Braunschweig, DE;
John D. Macpherson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Hood, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Dahl, Schwuelper, DE;
Volker Krueger, Celle, DE;
Andrew G. Brooks, Tomball, TX (US);
Gerald Heisig, Braunschweig, DE;
Pushkar Jogi, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Neubert, Braunschweig, DE;
John D. MacPherson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Hood, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Dahl, Schwuelper, DE;
Volker Krueger, Celle, DE;
Andrew G. Brooks, Tomball, TX (US);
Gerald Heisig, Braunschweig, DE;
Baker Hughes, Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for drilling a well comprises a tubular member having a bottomhole assembly at a bottom end thereof disposed in a wellbore. A first sensor is disposed in the bottomhole assembly at a predetermined axial location for detecting bending in a first axis and generating a first bending signal in response thereto, where the first axis is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the bottomhole assembly. A second sensor is disposed in the bottomhole assembly at the predetermined axial location for detecting bending in a second axis and generating a second bending signal in response thereto, where the second axis is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. A processor receives the first bending signal and the second bending signal and relates the first bending signal and the second bending signal to a borehole curvature according to programmed instructions.