Improvement of Wired Drill Pipe Data Quality via Data Validation and Reconciliation

Abstract

Wired drill pipe (WDP) technology is one of the most promising data acquisition technologies in today’s oil and gas industry. For the first time it allows sensors to be positioned along the drill string which enables collecting and transmitting valuable data not only from the bottom hole assembly (BHA), but also along the entire length of the wellbore to the drill floor. The technology has received industry acceptance as a viable alternative to the typical logging while drilling (LWD) method. Recently more and more WDP applications can be found in the challenging drilling environments around the world, leading to many innovations to the industry. Nevertheless most of the data acquired from WDP can be noisy and in some circumstances of very poor quality. Diverse factors contribute to the poor data quality. Most common sources include mis-calibrated sensors, sensor drifting, errors during data transmission, or some abnormal conditions in the well, etc. The challenge of improving the data quality has attracted more and more focus from many researchers during the past decade.