IN-SITU DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENT CORRECTION AND CONTROL

Abstract: a method includes providing a bottom hole assembly (bha) in a wellbore. the bha includes a rotary steerable system and a downhole attitude correction and control system. the downhole correction and control system includes a first sensor set, the sensors of the first sensor set positioned near ferromagnetic components of a drill string and a second sensor set, the sensors of the second sensor set positioned further from the ferromagnetic components of the drill string than the sensors of the first sensor set. corrupted data from the first sensor set and reference data from the second sensor set is obtained, the corrupted data including cross-axis magnetometer and accelerometer measurements. the method additionally includes correcting the corrupted sensor data to form corrected sensor measurements and calculating an estimated azimuth from the corrected sensor measurements. the method further includes steering the rotary steerable system based on the estimated azimuth.

Inventor(s): Timothy WHITACRE, Matthew A. White, Pong PIPATWIT

CPC Classification: E21B44/005 (Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions)

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