System and Method for Analyzing Wellbore Survey Data to Determine Tortuosity of the Wellbore Using Displacements of the Wellbore Path from Reference Lines

A system and method for providing information regarding the tortuosity of a wellbore path is provided. The method includes receiving data from a plurality of survey stations of a wellbore survey. The method further includes defining a plurality of reference lines for the wellbore path. The method fu...

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Hauptverfasser: Jegbefume, Onyemelem, Ledroz, Adrián Guillermo, Bang, Jon, Weston, John Lionel
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method for providing information regarding the tortuosity of a wellbore path is provided. The method includes receiving data from a plurality of survey stations of a wellbore survey. The method further includes defining a plurality of reference lines for the wellbore path. The method further includes determining a plurality of displacements of the wellbore path from the plurality of reference lines.