发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of the axis of a borehole. |
摘要 |
<p>A method for determining the orientation of the axis of a borehole with respect to an earth-fixed reference coordinate system at a location in the borehole comprising the steps of: measuring two cross-borehole components or two-cross-borehole components and an axial component of the earth's gravity field at a location in the borehole; measuring two cross-borehole components of the earth's magnetic field; determining the inclination angle of the borehole axis from the gravity component measurements; determining the highside angle reference of the cross-borehole measured components of the earth's gravity and magnetic fields from the gravity component measurements; determining more than one individual estimate of the azimuthal orientation of the borehole axis from the inclination angle, the highside angle reference and the two measured cross-borehole components of the earth's magnetic field; determining an error indicative parameter for each individual estimate of the azimuthal orientation of the borehole axis; and determining a single estimate of the azimuthal orientation of the borehole axis based on the individual estimates of azimuthal orientation and the error indicative parameters for each estimate.</p> |
申请公布号 |
EP0615573(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
1997.12.03 |
申请号 |
EP19920909634 |
申请日期 |
1992.03.18 |
申请人 |
SCIENTIFIC DRILLING INTERNATIONAL |
发明人 |
ENGEBRETSON, HAROLD, J. |
分类号 |
E21B47/022;(IPC1-7):E21B47/022 |
主分类号 |
E21B47/022 |
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