Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for estimating the probability of collision between wells
- Patent Title (中): 估算井间碰撞概率的方法
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Application No.: US12493397Application Date: 2009-06-29
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Publication No.: US08447522B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Andrew G. Brooks
- Applicant: Andrew G. Brooks
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40 ; G01V3/18 ; G01V5/04 ; G01V9/00 ; E21B44/00

Abstract:
A method for drilling a well, the method including: identifying another well proximate to the well being drilled; collecting spatial information for at least a portion of the another well and the well being drilled; estimating a trajectory for at least a portion of the well being drilled and the another well; estimating an uncertainty in spatial information for each trajectory; estimating a probability of a collision with the another well during the drilling of the well by integrating a probability density function using the uncertainties and the trajectories; and performing the drilling in a manner that limits the probability of collision. A system and another method are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100169018A1 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE PROBABILITY OF COLLISION BETWEEN WELLS Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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