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jeudi 2 octobre 2014

Information From MWD Drilling Software

By Karina Frost


MWD which in full is Measurement While Drilling is measurement taken when drilling on an angle of inclination to the vertical line. These measurements are taken by the MWD Drilling Software. This data is used to produce a 3-D plot of the path of the oil well. This software will transmit crucial information to the operator during operations.

One of the information transmitted by the software is on the direction of the well. They are able to directional surveys and transmitting them in real time. The magnetometers and accelerometers in it are utilized to measure the azimuth and also the angle at which the hole drilled incline at that location. This data is then transmitted immediately to the surface.

Analysis of data is done on the surface before calculation of the location of the wellbore after data transmission which takes data from 10m to 500m in intervals. This information is as crucial as it being prove enough that the company is not doing any operation outside its permitted site or circumference. It may not be used when creating vertical holes or near vertical direction because it is quite expensive.

Drilling has to be done is a specific direction or in a directional-drilling. The information that is obtained from the MWD tools guides the driller on steering the process in the direction to the target zone. Bent housing or bent subs aid in directional operations with the MDW providing toolface measurements from the downholde mud motors.

Information on the drilling mechanics on the drill bit is also send by the software. Downhole temperature, smoothness of rotation, and operation speed of the rotation are some of the measurements taken. Weight and torque of the bit information aid in operating more efficiently. The driller monitors the tools used from this information to make sure they are working as per the technical specifications. Geologists have a use for this information which is to determine the rock formation of that area.

MWD tools are able to measure the properties of the formation and send the information to drillers when process is ongoing. The measure of the formation properties can be done by the MWD then sent to the drillers while operation is in progress. This information is basically used in geosteering to the targeted zone. The data obtained varies It is from variants such as porosity, acoustic-caliper, density, inclination at the drill bit and resistivity that this information oscillates.

The MWD tool is fitted with gamma ray sensors on the inside which are used to measure the natural gamma rays occurring at the well. They are very compact and cheap and can take measurements of unmodified drill collars during the process. The lifespan of drill bits in greatly increased when using the software and costs of creating the hole reduced.

Mud-pulse telemetry method or electromagnetic telemetry are the two methods used to transmit data from the drill bit. The mud valve downhole gives the information in the mud-pulse method, by creating pressure differences when restricting mud flows. The pulse can either be continuous wave, positive or negative pulse.

Electromagnetic telemetry method of data transmission by the MWD software involves generation of altered voltage different in the upper part and the lower portion of the electrical insulator used in the drillstring. A wire attached to the wellhead on the surface and another wire attached to the rod form the electrodes of a dipole antenna. From these electrodes the voltage signals are obtained and analyzed to give information.




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