5 - Well Trajectory Design
5 - Well Trajectory Design
EE060-3.5-3
Advanced Drilling Engineering
Directional Survey
• The method used to obtain the measurements needed to
calculate and plot the 3D well path is called directional survey.
• Note that:
= HD
b = I 2 – I1 = I 2
= HD
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• Combining these equations give:
• If target total vertical depth TVD, kick off point depth KOP,
horizontal departure DT and radius of build section are given then
the equation can be solved for the dogleg angle β (slant angle):
(bc)
b1
b2
90o
b1
b1
bd
dg
(100)
• With the tangential method, the greater the build or drop rate,
the greater the error. Also, the distance between surveys has an
effect on the quantity of the error. If survey intervals were 10 feet
or less, the error would be acceptable.
I1
A1
Survey 1 Survey 2
Depth = 3500 ft Depth = 3600 ft
Inclination = 15 degree (I1) Inclination = 25 degree (I2)
Azimuth = 20 degree (A1) Azimuth = 45 degree (A2)
North = 27.22 ft
East = 19.45 ft
TVD = 94.01 ft
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