Patent ID: 11859487
Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a drilling system, comprising:
inputting a drill plan into a directional drilling system comprising a bottom hole assembly (BHA), the drill plan comprising a slide drilling operation;
conducting the slide drilling operation, comprising:
effecting an incident toolface angle of the BHA for a first distance of the slide drilling operation;
measuring a first toolface angle during the slide drilling operation;
comparing the measured first toolface angle to the incident toolface angle;
calculating an amount of consistency of the toolface angle over the first distance of the slide drilling operation based on the comparison of the measured first toolface angle to the incident toolface angle and a number of measured toolface angles for the first distance of the slide drilling operation; and
displaying the amount of consistency of the toolface angle over the first distance of the slide drilling operation to an operator on a display device.