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Method and apparatus for enhancing directional accuracy and control using bottomhole assembly bending measurements

  • US 20050150689A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2004
  • Published: 07/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for drilling a well, comprising:

  • extending a tubular member having a bottomhole assembly at a bottom end thereof into a wellbore;

    measuring bending of the bottomhole assembly at a predetermined axial location along said bottomhole assembly; and

    estimating a borehole curvature from the measured bending.

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