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Methods to estimate downhole drilling vibration amplitude from surface measurement

US8977523B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2010
Grant dateMar 10, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B15/02
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method to estimate severity of downhole vibration for a drill tool assembly, including: identifying a dataset comprising selected drill tool assembly parameters; selecting a reference level of downhole vibration amplitude for the drill tool assembly; identifying a surface drilling parameter and calculating a reference surface vibration attribute for the selected reference level of downhole vibration amplitude; determining a surface parameter vibration attribute derived from at least one surface measurement or observation obtained in a drilling operation, the determined surface parameter vibration attribute corresponding to the identified surface drilling parameter; and estimating a downhole vibration severity indicator by evaluating the determined surface parameter vibration attribute with respect to the identified reference surface vibration attribute.

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