High wellbore tortuosity can lead to problems such as high torque and drag, reduced hole cleaning and stuck pipe events. It can also negatively affect completion and production operations and ultimately affect well production. Therefore, it is important to have a robust mechanism to measure the tortuosity of wells
that are drilled. At the University of Texas at Austin, drawing inspiration from some approaches used in the medical field, we have developed an easy to use “Tortuosity Index”. This index only uses commonly available survey data, and is a real-time index. This thereby enables well path corrections as the drilling progresses. The index is three dimensional, but can also be used independently to evaluate the tortuosity on both the azimuthal and inclination plane. This talk will introduce this
very useful index, showcase some results and explore future work in this area.
To view the agenda and/or register, go to https://www.iadd-intl.org/events/75/
Event Details
- Thursday, February 22, 2018
- 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Landry's Seafood; 1212 Lake
Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380
- Members: $45; Non-Members: $60
Donations Requested
Over the years, the IADD has partnered with Operation Military Embrace, Inc., (OME)—a Texas-based tax-exempt/non-profit 501(c)(3) military support organization that’s helps America’s seriously injured and ill Warriors and their families in their time of need—through the donation of cash and
household items (toys, kitchen items, linens, etc.).
This year, we’d like to invite attendees to our Houston chapter luncheons to
bring items (clothes, gift cards, food items, etc.), which will then be given to wounded service members at Camp Hope (Houston campus for the PTSD Foundation), as well as other private and VA facilities throughout the year.
For a list of what is needed, click here. For information on OME, go to http://www.operationmilitaryembrace.com/.
