GYRODATA

 TECHNICAL  CASE STUDY

Micro-­‐Guide:  E.S.P.  Placement  

Overview   Comparison  between  the  MWD  surveys  presented  and  

the  Micro-­‐Guide  log  data  showed  that  there  was  no  
On  a  well  that  was  recently  drilled  in  La1n  America   evidence  of  gross  errors  in  the  MWD  sensor  readings.  
Gyrodata  were  requested  to  perform  Micro-­‐Guide  log  in   However  the  well  had  not  been  drilled  as  expected  
the  9  5/8”  casing  sec1on  of  the  well  a@er  2  E.S.P.s  both   which  was  determined  by  the  gyro  survey.    
failed  a@er  short  periods  of  1me.    

 
Story  of  the  Well  

The  well  was  ini1ally  drilled  with  a  Rotary  Steerable  

System  and  surveyed  with  the  RGS-­‐DP  -­‐  drop  gyro  and  
MWD  down  to  2705.2m.  MWD  surveys  only  were  
collected  to  TD  at  3272.6m.  MWD  surveys  of  the  last  
400m  drilled  showed  the  following  azimuth  (inclina1on  
builds  from  58  deg  to  70  deg  over  this  sec1on):  

Outcome  

Costs  in  excess  of  $7  million  dollars  were  incurred  in  lost  
1me  and  damaged  equipment.  
 
As  a  result  of  the  Micro-­‐Guide  log,  the  decision  was  
taken  to  set  the  E.S.P.s  150m  higher  up  the  wellbore  to  
However  there  were  indica1ons  of  some  issues  on  the   avoid  further  damage.  
trip  out  of  hole  with  the  12  1/4"  bo\om  hole  assembly.    
Back  reaming  while  circula1ng  hole  clean  from  3290m   Conclusion  
to  3156m  and  back  reaming  from  3156m  to  2775m  was    
necessary.   The  Micro-­‐Guide  log  iden1fied  micro  doglegs  in  the  
  casing  not  picked  up  in  the  MWD  surveys,  collected  at  
When  running  the  9  5/8”  casing  the  string  hung  up  at   stand  length  intervals.  
3264m  and  could  not  go  further.  Despite  a\empts  to    
pick  up  the  string  it  could  not  be  pulled  free  and  the   Although  there  was  no  apparent  gross  error  in  the  
casing  stuck  at  3261m.   MWD  surveys  the  higher  resolu1on  and  level  of  detail  
  available  from  the  Micro-­‐Guide  log  data  iden1fied  a  
On  a  subsequent  clean  out  run,  the  9  5/8"  casing  area   “gross  error”  in  the  performance  of  the  drilling  
was  scraped  from  3059m  to  3079m.   assembly.  
 
The  comple1on  assembly  was  then  run  and  following  
the  failure  of  2  E.S.P.s  a  Micro-­‐Guide  log  was  requested.  
 
The  data  from  the  Micro-­‐Guide  log  is  collected  at  
21.74Hz  and  makes  it  possible  to  track  the  well  path  at  
0.1@  intervals  in  order  to  analyze  the  effect  of  micro-­‐
doglegs.  
 
In  this  case,  the  con1nuous  data  processed  at  1  meter  
intervals  painted  a  completely  different  picture  of  how  
the  well  had  been  drilled.