SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURFACE STEERABLE DRILLING

摘要

A system and apparatus for displaying toolface orientation data including a surface steerable system for controlling drilling direction of a bottom hole assembly (BHA). The surface steerable system configured to receive toolface orientation data from the BHA and generate display data responsive thereto. A circular chart display is generated responsive to the display data responsive to the display data from the surface steerable system, the circular chart display representing current and historical toolface orientation data. The current and historical toolface orientation data is represented as an arc indicator defined on the circular chart illustrating a range in degrees of the current and historical toolface orientations.

主权项

1. A method for displaying toolface orientation data, comprising:
receiving, by a surface steerable system coupled to a drilling rig, toolface orientation data from a bottom hole assembly (BHA) over a period of time; generating, responsive to the toolface orientation data, a circular chart representing current and historical toolface orientation data, the current and historical toolface orientation data represented as an arc indicator defined on the circular chart illustrating a range in degrees of the current and historical toolface orientations; and displaying the circular chart represent the current and historical toolface orientation data on a display associated with the surface steerable system.