directional drilling
Steered underground excavation
Directional drilling is a technique for drilling wells that deviate from vertical, allowing access to underground formations that cannot be reached by drilling straight down.
Oil and gas operations use it to tap multiple reservoirs from a single surface location or to reach deposits beneath obstacles like bodies of water or developed land.
The company used directional drilling to access the offshore field from an onshore platform.
Horizontal drilling, where the wellbore eventually runs parallel to the surface, is an extreme form of directional drilling.
- oil recoveryObtaining crude from reservoirs
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- steering mechanismControls directional movement
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- doglegSharp angular bend
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