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SPE 11382 - Calculation of NMDC Length Required For Various Latitudes Developed From Field Measurements of Drill String Magnetisation
SPE 11382 - Calculation of NMDC Length Required For Various Latitudes Developed From Field Measurements of Drill String Magnetisation
lADC/SPE 11382
IADCISPE
Calculation of NMDC Length Required for Various
Latitudes Developed From Field Measurements of Drill
String Magnetisation
by S.J. (%indrod and J.M. Wolff, Konlnkh’jke/She//Exploratie & Producktie Lab.
217
is the length of the piece of drill string below Constructinga NMDC len~h Selection Chart
W’NMDC seation. Worn Fig. 1 it can be seen that
,hereis an optimum spacing Z. ~ where the error field NMDC length selection charts can be constructed
e a minimum Ibis is where th~ compass should be as follws. First of all, the bottom hole assembly is
Laced. chosen, i.e. the bit and stabiliserbelow the NMDC
section, The upper and lower strengthe (Pu & P ) with
JOLE-SZWZNGTHVALUES the length below the NMDC section (L~lT) can t~en be
Field measurementswere made both at eurface and used with equation (2) and a given length (L) of NMDC
[ownholein a number of wells in the Netherlands. (See to find the axial error field (AB ) at the optimum
~ppendicesA and B). The foLlc+?ingpole strengths were compass spacing (z. t). The incrcu?entsof the length
)bservadand ueed for calculations: (L) canbe the len& hof NMDc’s (say, 10 m). Examples
of these are given in Tables 1-4 for different
~er pole (PU) assemblies.
Irillcollars (pin)? up to +900 Ilwb
landlines, up to +20 Ilwb Zquation (3) is now re-arrangedto give
.owerpole (PL)
kabilisers and bit (box)~ up to -90 WA) AAacc.cos (DIP).IBI.n
10 m drill collar below NMDC (box), up to -300 ml sin I sin A = (4)
AB .180
?urbines(box)c Upto -1000 Ilwb Zept
218
ossible azimuth ekwor = 0.25 (~)2 = 0.64° TAWE 2 - MAGNITUDE AND POSITION OF MINIMUM ERRONEOUS
MAGNETIC FIELD IN NMDC SECTION
Iotethat thie value cannot ba used to correct eurvey
eaulta because, in practice, the actual pole BIT AND 10 m STEEL
trengths are not known.
Pu = 900 llwb
CONCLUSIONSAND RECOMMENDATIONS PL = 300 Wb
= 10III
‘BIT
) Basad on theoreticalconeiderationeand
measurementsof pale-strengthvalues in the field,
charts can be constructed for the selection of the L Zopt Zopt ‘ZOpt
minimum required NMDC length for a epeuific bottom- (m) (m) (%) (UT)
hole assembly and acceptable azimuth error.
Furthermore,the optimum spacing of the compasa 10 4.0 40.7 3.4
within that length can be determined. 20 S*O 40.2 00s0
30 11.9 39.6 0.34
!) E the maximum acceptable azimuth error due to 40 15.6 38.9 0.18
drill-stringmagnetisationie limited to 0.25° 50 19.1 3893 O*1I
(which ia taken to be the limit for good magnetic 60 22.6 37.7 0.075
surveys - see ref. 1), a comparison of these 70 26.0 37.2 0.054
results with some selection charts in current use 80 29.4 36.7 0.040
shw that these charts mey call for insufficient 90 32.6 36.3 0.031
NMDC length, particularly at high latitudes. 100 35.8 35.8 0.024
CKNWLEDGEMENTS
Thie study has been possible only by the efforts TABLE 3 - MAGNITUDE AND POSITION OF MINIMUM ERRONEOUS
lfmy people in various companies. considerable MAGNETIC FIELD IN WC SECTION
upport was given by shell International petroleum
laatechappijB.V., and practical data were provided by BIT ANO TURBINE
kderlandee Aerdolie Maatechappij B.V. and Skell U.K.
explorationand Production. We are Indebted to Sperry pu = 900 llwb
km Inc. and Russell Attitude systems for discussions PC = 1000 Ilwb
md co-operation in field teste. 10 m
‘BIT =
KXi’ERENCES
L zopt
1* Wolff, C.J.M. & de Wardtt J.P., Borehole position Zopt Bzopt
uncertainty - Analysis of measuring methods and (m) (m) (%) (IIT)
derivation of systematic error model. J.P.T.
Dec. 1981 pp. 2339-2350. 10 5.0 50.6 5.7
20 9 ●9 49.8 1.3
),0 Magnetic charts iseued by the hydrographer of the 30 14.6 48.8 0.54
British Royal Navy. 40 19.2 48.1 0.29
50 23.7 47.3 0.18
60 28.0 46.6 O*I2
TABLE 1 - MAGNITUDE AND POSITION OF MINIMUM ERRONZOUS 70 32.2 46.0 0.082
MAGNETIC FIE&D IN NNDC SECTION 80 36.3 45.4 0.061
90 40.4 44.9 0.047
BIT AND STABILISER 100 44.4 44.3 0.037
Pu = 900 llwb
PL = 90 llwb
2M
‘BIT =
APPENDIX B
MEASUREMENTSON SURFACE
The results for the four assemblies are summarised in For stabilisersa dipole pattern of the magnetic
Table Al. field was found due to the-proximityof another pole
at the opposite end of the stabiliser.Assuming the
distance between the poles to be 2m,
I.nmA
APPENDIX C
L.c. BZ=~-~,
4m 4T(r+2)2
EXAMPLE CONSTRUCTIONOF A SELECTION CHART
te pole etrengths in Table S2 were found.
First, for the area of application of the
Ie pole strengths found at the tops of turbines are selection charts, the local values of the earth’s
Lven in Table 83. magnetic dip angle (DIP) and the total earth’s
magnetic field strength (lEl) are obtained.
10 0.03
20 0015
30 0.36
40 0.67
50 1.08
“i
too
2
J
I 50
z=L
upper pie (Pu)
I
1 x
I 2C
I!
=L
x
x
DISTANCE r (m)
1( , i
t 2 3 4 5
x
/
x
Imver pole (PL) x
— ABZ t x
J
“-l-
. LBIT x
x
,1 x
z = - LBIT x
bti pole (-PL)
x
x
, x
x
x
flG. 1
SKETCH OF MAGNETISED BOTTOMHOLE ASSEMBLY AND OF
EXTRANEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD (ABZ)
FIG. 01
dnlltcilars
&111ccJ0r5 nl!aucm ( 9 Y* “)
(7U) vcwbtj 6 ‘~”) — 34.26 m
.
stkitiir
-l— 2782m
—2ZSm
1.. tiatilwr
.-– W3 m
I
drill
dam
(94”1
2 NMOC 2 NNOC
117.9m)
i (19.27 m)
I s@’fi* - ““m
l165m
1-i- -—
.— 12.86 m
Swlliwr
—- 820m (2U)
NMOC stablllsef ~ m2r’jm
(973m) 1“ !0Z4m
.3E4)m
4.7Zm !-“ 11’lAnwdrdl
Dcmp@ ●atxliser
E!-
----—— 393m (L65m)
—-— 307m
DCn,pplr shaam~c — 284m
NB -
192m — 204m — 1.27 m WXbdl
stow!.?, N S stok *ilisw
Srahlisw —W2m
(lnm)
— — ;~m -Z.k Q~Tm M ——— 024m 8 —Om
Ml
‘i ZAND
43 LIR 43 BLIJA ETV .4
HORIZONTAL BN
I 130REHj~E DIRECTION
A Bz sin I I #ti~
I
1~~---
A 82 L EAST
r A9Z tin I sin A
VERTICAL
\ BOREHOLE
90.0T-..
7---i7----
il
J
0’1
i
1’
/’
60*0 - ---” - +
I
/’
I
45”0 - ----+ ‘ -*
z I
o 1’
z
(
/
30”0 ----j .- .“
P
; f
II ‘
/’; ,
15”0 -“:./ ‘
%f\,
;If \
1’/, ;/
,1/
, I 1,’,~ ,
I/#; R.’ *
:%:. ~- - -- /
o
o
inclination EAST OR WEST
FiG.4
SK //3 f-Q
,
0+=-!- : !’ : : II 1 I I
, i90
o 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
L bit 2.00 m
FIG. 5
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