Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reentry and/or redrilling ranging using focused electrode virtual sets and simulated rotation
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Application No.: US16629240Application Date: 2018-11-02
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Publication No.: US11512585B2Publication Date: 2022-11-29
- Inventor: Joseph Keith Young , Hsu-Hsiang Wu , Paul Rodney
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC
- Agent Benjamin Ford
- International Application: PCT/US2018/058843 WO 20181102
- International Announcement: WO2019/094272 WO 20190516
- Main IPC: E21B47/09
- IPC: E21B47/09 ; E21B47/0228 ; E21B47/024 ; G01V3/26 ; G01V3/38

Abstract:
A ranging system and method to determine a relative distance and direction of a target borehole relative to a second borehole using a ranging tool that can make ranging measurements while the ranging tool is not rotating. An array of button electrodes included in the ranging tool can be fired in a sequential fashion so as to simulate rotation of one or more button electrodes, without the ranging tool rotating. The array of button electrodes can also be fired in a sequential fashion so as to simulate rotational and/or longitudinal movement of the ranging tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200263534A1 Reentry And/Or Redrilling Ranging Using Focused Electrode Virtual Sets And Simulated Rotation Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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