Invention Application
US20110018542A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING WELL CASINGS FROM AN ADJACENT WELLBORE
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用于从相邻的井筒定位井壳的方法和装置
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING WELL CASINGS FROM AN ADJACENT WELLBORE
- Patent Title (中): 用于从相邻的井筒定位井壳的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12897203Application Date: 2010-10-04
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Publication No.: US20110018542A1Publication Date: 2011-01-27
- Inventor: Brian Clark , Christophe Dupuis , Gerald N. Minerbo
- Applicant: Brian Clark , Christophe Dupuis , Gerald N. Minerbo
- Main IPC: G01V3/08
- IPC: G01V3/08

Abstract:
A wellbore tool for locating a target wellbore containing a conductive member from a second wellbore and directing the trajectory of the second wellbore relative to the target wellbore includes an electric current driver having an insulated gap; a three-axis magnetometer positioned within a non-magnetic housing that is disposed within a non-magnetic tubular, the three-axis magnetometer positioned below the electric current driver; a drill bit positioned below the three-axis magnetometer; a hollow tubular connected between the electric current driver and the three-axis magnetometer; and a measurement-while-drilling tool. The current driver generates an electric current across the gap to the portion of the tool below the insulated gap. In a method a current is generated across the insulated gap to the portion of the tool below the insulated gap to the conductive material in the target wellbore returning to a portion of the bottom hole assembly above the insulated gap thereby producing a target magnetic field. Measuring the target magnetic field at the bottom hole assembly and the earth's magnetic field; and determining the position of the second wellbore relative to the target wellbore. Then steering the bottom hole assembly to drill the second wellbore along a trajectory relative to the target wellbore.
Public/Granted literature
- US08289024B2 Method and apparatus for locating well casings from an adjacent wellbore Public/Granted day:2012-10-16
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