Determining Directional Data for Device within Wellbore using Contact Points
AssigneeGyrodata, Incorporated
InventorsJon Bang, Onyemelem Jegbefume, Adrián Guillermo Ledroz, John Lionel Weston
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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.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- (a) receiving survey data acquired at a plurality of survey stations during a survey of a wellbore configured to have a tubular structure disposed therein, wherein the tubular structure is configured to have an elongate structure disposed therein;
- (b) determining a plurality of contact points for the elongate structure disposed within the tubular structure based on the survey data;
- (c) determining first directional data for the elongate structure at the plurality of contact points based on the survey data;
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- (d) determining second directional data for an estimated trajectory of the elongate structure within the tubular structure based on the first directional data.
A method, comprising:
- receiving survey data acquired at a plurality of survey stations during a survey of a wellbore configured to have a production tubing disposed therein, wherein production tubing is configured to have a rod disposed therein;
- determining a plurality of contact points for the rod disposed within the production tubing based on the survey data;
- determining first directional data for the rod at the plurality of contact points based on the survey data;
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- determining second directional data for an estimated trajectory of the rod within the production tubing based on the first directional data, wherein the second directional data comprise inclination values and azimuth values for predetermined intervals along the estimated trajectory.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive survey data acquired at a plurality of survey stations during a survey of a wellbore configured to have a tubular structure disposed therein, wherein the tubular structure is configured to have an elongate structure disposed therein;
- determine a plurality of contact points for the elongate structure disposed within the tubular structure based on the survey data;
- determine first directional data for the elongate structure at the plurality of contact points based on the survey data;
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- determine second directional data for an estimated trajectory of the elongate structure within the tubular structure based on the first directional data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.