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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2009
Peiwen Xia, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jan W. Smits, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Lawrence Chou, Pearland, TX (US);
Qiming LI, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dzevat Omeragic, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James F. Bristow, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Paul A. Wand, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Jean-michel Denichou, Stavanger, NO;
Peiwen Xia, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jan W. Smits, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Lawrence Chou, Pearland, TX (US);
Qiming Li, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dzevat Omeragic, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James F. Bristow, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Paul A. Wand, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Jean-Michel Denichou, Stavanger, NO;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for displaying a formation model while drilling a wellbore in the formation includes operating a well logging instrument at a measurement point in the formation along a wellbore while the wellbore is being drilled. Measurement data regarding the formation are obtained from the well logging instrument. An actual orientation of a geological structure is determined from the measurement data. A trajectory of the wellbore is displayed in three dimensions as it is being drilled through the formation. While drilling the wellbore, the geological structure is displayed along the trajectory of the wellbore according to the determined actual orientation of the geological structure. The actual orientation reflects an azimuth angle of planes corresponding to the geological structure. The trajectory of the wellbore is changed in response to displaying the determined actual orientation of the geological structure relative to the trajectory.