Measurement while drilling (MWD) : signal analysis, optimization, and design /

• Main Author: Chin, Wilson C.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Scrivener Publishing/Wiley, [2014]
• Subjects: Oil well logging, Electric.; Oil well drilling.; Orientation > Measurement.; Wells > Fluid dynamics.; Flow meters.; Formation damage (Petroleum engineering) > Measurement > Congresses.; Geophysical well logging.; Oil well logging > Congresses.; Petroleum > Geology > Congresses.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.; Electronic books.

Trade magazines and review articles describe MWD in casual terms, e.g., positive versus negative pulsers, continuous wave systems, drilling channel noise and attenuation, in very simple terms absent of technical rigor. However, few truly scientific discussions are available on existing methods, let...