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Tangential Method for Directional Drilling

The document discusses the tangential method for calculating directional well surveys. It provides the formulas for the tangential method to calculate north, east, and true vertical depth from measured depth, inclination, and azimuth values from two surveys. An example calculation is shown using surveys at 3500 feet and 3600 feet. The summary provides the essential information about the tangential method and an example calculation in under 3 sentences.
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Tangential Method for Directional Drilling

The document discusses the tangential method for calculating directional well surveys. It provides the formulas for the tangential method to calculate north, east, and true vertical depth from measured depth, inclination, and azimuth values from two surveys. An example calculation is shown using surveys at 3500 feet and 3600 feet. The summary provides the essential information about the tangential method and an example calculation in under 3 sentences.
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by [Link] on August 22, 2010
The tangential method is the simplest calculation among other directional survey calculations.

The tangential method formulas are listed below;

Tangential Method Calculation


formula
Where;
MD = Measured Depth between surveys in ft
I1 = Inclination (angle) of upper survey in degrees
I2 = Inclination (angle) of lower in degrees
Az1= Azimuth direction of upper survey
Az2 = Azimuth direction of lower survey

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The following example is the Tangential Method Calculation.


Survey 1
Depth = 3500 ft
Inclination = 15 degree (I1)
Azimuth = 20 degree (Az1)
Survey 2
Depth = 3600 ft
Inclination = 25 degree (I2)
Azimuth = 45 degree (Az2)
Solution:
MD = 3600 3500 = 100 ft

As per the formulas above, you will get answers as listed below;
North = 29.88 ft
East = 29.88 ft
TVD = 90.63 ft
Please find the Excel sheet used for The

Reference books:

Tangential Method Calculation

Directional Drilling Books

Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production and Workover, Second Edition

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chinonso February 7, 2011 at 11:18 pm


i acknowlegde this site for their work well done.
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Steve Hopkins April 11, 2013 at 5:47 am


There are several methods that can be used to calculate the survey data, of these some are accurate
while are other may produce some error for a given situation.
Some of the most common methods used for survey calculation in the industry are:
Tangential method (Least Accurate)
Balanced Tangential method
Average Angle method
Radius of Curvature method (Most Accurate)
Minimum Curvature method (Most Accurate)
Youve done a fine job, I thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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manmohan April 11, 2013 at 9:35 pm


xls file is password protected. plz give me that password
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[Link] April 19, 2013 at 9:38 am


Which sheet do you need to be unprotected? I can do it for you but I cannot give you the
password.
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