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DOWNHOLE SURVEYING UTILIZING MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS

  • US 20100096186A1
  • Filed: 10/28/2009
  • Published: 04/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a drill string, comprising:

  • receiving one or more first signals from a first sensor package mounted in a first portion of the drill string at a first position within a wellbore, the first signals indicative of an orientation of the first portion of the drill string relative to the Earth;

    receiving one or more second signals from a second sensor package mounted in a second portion of the drill string at a second position within the wellbore, the second signals indicative of an orientation of the second portion of the drill string relative to the Earth, the drill string adapted to bend between the first portion and the second portion; and

    calculating a first amount of bend between the first portion and the second portion in response to the first signals and the second signals.

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