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The utilization of the massive amount of real-time data acquired in wired drillpipe operations

Authors: Olberg, T.S., Laastad, H., Lesso, B. and Newton, A.

Journal: SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volume: 2

Pages: 984-996

ISBN: 9781605601007

Abstract:

Drilling data telemetry rates with the current commercial mud pulse MWD systems present a severe bottleneck to the users of downhole drilling data. Wired drillpipe (WDP) telemetry allows for a several orders of magnitude increase in data transmission rates. StatoilHydro tested WDP during the drilling of the horizontal section of a well on the Visund platform in the Norwegian North Sea. There were two aspects of this test: first, the hardware and process operation of the wired drill pipe with a full range of MWD and LWD tools, and second, the use of this data by a multi-disciplinary team in real-time to turn data into information so that better drilling decisions could be made. While this paper discusses both of these areas, it concentrates on the use of WDP data. Copyright 2008, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference.

Source: Scopus