Patent ID: 11920459
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 11:
12. A method for drilling a subterranean wellbore, the method comprising:
(a) rotating a drill string in the subterranean wellbore to drill, the drill string including a rotary steerable tool or a steerable drill bit including a plurality circumferentially spaced pads configured to extend radially outward from a tool body and engage a wall of the wellbore, the engagement operative to steer the drill string in a drilling direction;
(b) measuring radial displacements of at least one of the plurality of circumferentially spaced pads while rotating in (a); and
(c) computing at least one of (i) an eccentering distance between a center of the tool body and a center of the wellbore or (ii) a diameter of the wellbore by processing the radial displacements measured in (b).