Drilling Trajectory Prediction Model for Push-the-bit Rotary Steerable Bottom Hole Assembly

Rotary Steerable Directional Drilling Stick/Slip Mitigation Control

This paper details the online-identification-based adaptive design of a stick/slip minimization algorithm and top-drive servo control for Rotary Steerable System (RSS) directional drilling tools. Stick/slip in this context refers to the downhole angular velocity variation of the bit about a nominal value. The basic pole placement controller designs are SISO linear but recursively evaluated base...

Simulation Study on Fuzzy Control of Rotary Steering Drilling Trajectory

The purpose of this study is to establish a control method to make borehole trajectory smoother. Considering that the complexity of rotary steerable drilling trajectory control and uncertainty of underground work, analysis of the deficiencies for the traditional trajectory control and the rotary steerable drilling trajectory deviation vector control theory, introduced the concept of "trend Angl...

Successful New Technology Introduction and Applications of Rotary Steerable System

The change from steerable motor to rotary steerable system has been both technically and commercially successful in Lybia. Through these case histories the paper will demonstrate benefits resulting from the use of rotary steerable systems that have led to a step change in overall drilling performance in the Middle East. This paper describes the successful introduction and application of a rotar...

A Hybrid Approach to Closed-loop Directional Drilling Control using Rotary Steerable Systems

This paper proposes the use of a hybrid approach to perform the trajectory control in the oil drilling industry using Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS). Two levels of automation are proposed, the attitude control (Level 1) regulating inclination and azimuth downhole and the outer loop (Level 2), that monitors the performance of the inner loop and controls the directional drilling commands issued t...

Control of a Rotary Steerable System Directional Drilling Tool Roll­stabilised Control Unit

A directional drilling tool control unit whose design is based on servo control of a rotary valve using the roll-stabilised instrumented system approach has been successfully used in oil fields for over twenty years. In this paper, Field Oriented Control (FOC) is applied to cascaded voltage regulation and servo control using a open-loop plant model of the roll-stabilised control unit. The servo...

Deriving a statistical model for the prediction of spiralling in BTA deep-hole-drilling from a physical model