Patent ID: 11873710
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 7:
8. A method for determining an inclination of a borehole within a formation, comprising:
obtaining, by a set of accelerometers of an inclination sensor disposed on a conveyance for a downhole tool in the borehole, one or more accelerometer measurements, wherein the set of accelerometers comprises a first accelerometer, a second accelerometer, and a third accelerometer, wherein each of the first accelerometer, the second accelerometer, and the third accelerometer comprises a measurement axes, wherein the measurement axes of the first accelerometer, the second accelerometer, and the third accelerometer are all disposed at different locations along the longitudinal axis of the drill string or wellbore, wherein the measurement axes of each of the first accelerometer, the second accelerometer, and the third accelerometer is out of alignment with a longitudinal axis of the conveyance, wherein the set of accelerometers further comprises a fourth accelerometer, and wherein the fourth accelerometer comprises a measurement axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the conveyance;
comparing one or more measurements from the first accelerometer, the second accelerometer, and the third accelerometer to the fourth accelerometer to provide a quality assured measurement;
correcting for measurement error at least one of the one or more accelerometer measurements;
determining at least one of an orientation or an inclination of the inclination sensor based, at least in part, on the corrected at least one of the one or more accelerometer measurements; and
adjusting one or more drilling parameters based, at least in part, on the at least one of orientation or inclination of the inclination sensor.