within the context of this section, the term measurement while drilling refers to directional-drilling measurements, e.g. for decision support for the wellbore...

terms Measurement while drilling (MWD) and LWD are related, within the context of this section, the term MWD refers to directional-drilling measurements, e...

Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non-vertical bores. It can be broken down into four main groups: oilfield directional...

Drilling engineering is a subset of petroleum engineering. Drilling engineers design and implement procedures to drill wells as safely and economically...

depth recorded while drilling an oil or gas well is known as the driller's depth. Since there is not a single reference or measurement system for calculating...

company near the drilling rig or on deck of an offshore drilling rig, or on a drill ship. Mud logging technicians in an oil field drilling operation determine...

survey, is the measurement of a borehole's departure from the vertical, expressed in degrees (°). When a well plan dictates the drilling of a straight...

geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, is used to aid the drilling of boreholes into the earth. Used while drilling oil and natural...

000 pounds force on the bit (in a vertical hole). Some downhole Measurement While Drilling (MWD) sensors can measure weight-on-bit more accurately and transmit...

Underbalanced drilling (UBD) is a procedure used to drill oil and gas wells where the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than the static pressure...

provide additional power to the bit while drilling. The PCPD pump uses drilling fluid (commonly referred to as drilling mud, or just mud) to create eccentric...

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motors. They are generally programmed by the measurement while drilling (MWD) engineer or directional driller who transmits commands using surface equipment...

downhole motor and rotary steerable system (RSS), measurement while drilling (MWD), and logging while drilling (LWD) tools. The components are joined using...

information at the surface. This is known as logging while drilling (LWD) or measurement-while-drilling (MWD). MWD logs use mud pulse technology to transmit...

Drill pipe, is hollow, thin-walled, steel or aluminium alloy piping that is used on drilling rigs. It is hollow to allow drilling fluid to be pumped down...

planned trajectory and to also include whatever Logging While Drilling (LWD) / Measurement While Drilling (MWD) tools for formation evaluation. As such BHA...

tripping of pipe. Downhole tools such as MWD (measurement while drilling), LWD (logging while drilling) or mud motors break down quite often. Another...

with an independent acoustic measurement of the borehole drilling fluid velocity, but the range of this type of measurement is often limited by the high...

less expensive and have similar properties. Measurement-while-drilling (MWD) tools in the directional drilling industry. A non-magnetic alloy is required...

lines of wire. Different from measurement while drilling (MWD) and mud logs, wireline logs are constant downhole measurements sent through the electrical...

variations in the drilling mud thickness, there are actually two receivers, one near and one far. This is because the travel time within the drilling mud will...

referred to as a mud drilling pump or drilling mud pump), is a reciprocating piston/plunger pump designed to circulate drilling fluid under high pressure...

magnetic resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance in porous media Logging while drilling SNMR Gluyas, J. & Swarbrick, R. (2004) Petroleum Geoscience. Publ. Blackwell...

transmit drilling mechanics and formation evaluation information uphole, in real time, as a well is drilled. These services are known as Measurement while drilling...

important for applications such as oil exploration (wireline logging, measurement while drilling). For most scintillators, light output and scintillation decay...

formations Resistivity and make up of the drilling mud Wellbore diameter The depth of invasion by the drilling mud into the formation Mud invasion into...

detector, but this configuration is susceptible to the effects of the drilling fluid. In a similar way to how the sonic logging tool was improved to compensate...

and manufacturing team introduced the Navi-Drill line of downhole drilling motors, which has led the drilling industry in performance and reliability for...

minimum volume commitment MW – mud weight MWD – measurement while drilling MWDRE – measurement while drilling report MWP – maximum working pressure MWS –...