Inventors:
Pushkar Jogi - Houston TX, US
Michael Neubert - Braunschweig, DE
John D. MacPherson - Sugar Land TX, US
James Hood - Houston TX, US
Thomas Dahl - Schwuelper, DE
Volker Krueger - Celle, DE
Andrew G. Brooks - Tomball TX, US
Gerald Heisig - Braunschweig, DE
Assignee:
Baker Hughes, Incorporated - Houston TX
International Classification:
E21B 47/02
Abstract:
A system for drilling a well comprises a tubular member having a bottomhole assembly at a bottom end thereof disposed in a wellbore. A first sensor is disposed in the bottomhole assembly at a predetermined axial location for detecting bending in a first axis and generating a first bending signal in response thereto, where the first axis is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the bottomhole assembly. A second sensor is disposed in the bottomhole assembly at the predetermined axial location for detecting bending in a second axis and generating a second bending signal in response thereto, where the second axis is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. A processor receives the first bending signal and the second bending signal and relates the first bending signal and the second bending signal to a borehole curvature according to programmed instructions.