Continuous proportional steering reduced well tortuosity by 4 times Challenges • Quantify tortuosity and deviations in well path that increase potential problems while drilling, setting casing, running completions, and producing the reservoir • Improve short- and long-term production potential, and decrease overall field development costs Results • High-resolution wireline surveys provided tortuosity insight previously unknown • The data effectively compared the degree of tortuosity achieved by three RSS technologies • The study concluded that AutoTrak continuous proportional steering reduced tortuosity by 4 to 6 times compared push-the-bit and point-the-bit systems Tortuosity and deviations in well path cost time, increase potential problems while

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