BHA Weight For Steerable Motor Assemblies
In practice, BHA weight for steerable assemblies on typical directional
wells is not a problem for the following reasons.
• The WOB is usually fairly low, especially when a PDC bit is used.
• When the drillstring is not rotated, the drill pipe is not subjected to the
cyclical stresses which occur during rotary drilling. Therefore,
sinusoidal buckling can be tolerated when there is no rotation of the
drillstring. Helical buckling however, must be avoided.
Helical buckling occurs at 1.41 FCR, where FCR is the compressive force
at which sinusoidal buckling occurs.
Therefore, if BHA weight requirements are evaluated as for rotary drilling,
the results should be valid for steerable systems in the oriented mode
except for unusual well paths which create exceptionally high values of
axial drag.
In practice, BHA weight for steerable assemblies on typical directional
wells is not a problem for the following reasons.
• The WOB is usually fairly low, especially when a PDC bit is used.
• When the drillstring is not rotated, the drill pipe is not subjected to the
cyclical stresses which occur during rotary drilling. Therefore,
sinusoidal buckling can be tolerated when there is no rotation of the
drillstring. Helical buckling however, must be avoided.
Helical buckling occurs at 1.41 FCR, where FCR is the compressive force
at which sinusoidal buckling occurs.
Therefore, if BHA weight requirements are evaluated as for rotary drilling,
the results should be valid for steerable systems in the oriented mode
except for unusual well paths which create exceptionally high values of
axial drag.
