DIRECTIONAL DRILLING (DD)

BASIC MATHEMATICS

FOR WELL PLAN

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 CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE

Cir cle = 3600

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 MEASUREMENTS AND FORMULAS

C = pD
C = 3600
C = 2pR

D iam et
er •C = 2pR
Radius • 3600 = 2pR
or 1 Radius • 3600/2 = pR
1 RA
• 1800 = pR
1 RA
• 1800/p = Ra
• 1Ra = 57.29580
1 unit of Radius = 1 Radian (Ra)

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 CIRCLE and ARC

Arc AB = 2pR x a/3600 = pR x a/1800

If R = 15m and a = 600:

C = 2 pR = 2 p(15) = 94.2m

Arc AB = pR x a/180
= (15)(60) p/180 = 15.7m

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 RADIUS OF CURVATURE

360 ·100
C = 2p R = BUR
360 ·100 arc Angle · 100
BUR = = in /100 ft
2pRc arc Length
18000
Rc= p ·BUR in feet
TVD1= Rc × sinI1 & TVD2 = Rc × sinI2
DTVD = TVD2 - TVD1 = Rc ( sinI2 - sinI1)
DTVD = 5729.58( sinI2 - sinI1)/BUR

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 RADIUS OF CURVATURE … ..cont’d

HD1 = Rc - Rc × cosI1 = Rc (1 - cosI1)

HD2 = Rc - Rc × cosI2 = Rc (1 - cosI2)
DHD = HD2 - HD1 = Rc (cos I1 - cosI2)
DHD = 5729.58(cos I1 - cosI2)/BUR
DMD = p Rc × ( I360
- I)
2 1
= length of the arc (ft)

DMD = (I2 – I1) x 100/BUR

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 BUILD UP RATE (BUR) FORMULA

Ra = Radius in Feet or Meters

BUR is usually in: 0/100ft or 0/ 30m
a) English units: 00 R (HD)
BUR = 57.29580 x 100/ Radius (ft)
BUR = 5729.580/ Radius (ft)
Radius (ft) = 5729.580/BURDTVD
b) Metric unit:
BUR = 57.29580 x 30/ Radius (m) DHD 900
BUR = 1718.870/ R(m)

BUR = 5729.58/ DTVD

or
BUR = 5729.58/ DHD
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 FUNDAMENTALS

400
500

DTVD 400 500

DHD
400 500
900 500

200
DTVD
90 0

DHD
200

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 DETERMINE END OF BUILD (EOB)

KOP TVD Build Radius

˘ = 500
˘

DTVD

EOB 900
DHD
EOB TVD = KOP (TVD) + DTVD

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