MWD tool life is affected by its operating environment. High vibration, shock and temperature reduce the life of the tool. This paper presents a method for combining vibration, shock and temperature effects to calculate MWD tool life.

Keywords:
mwd, lwd, society of petroleum engineers, damage fraction, drilling equipment, vibration level, accumulative vibration damage, drilling data acquisition, vibration limit, drilling measurement
Subjects:
Drilling Equipment, Drilling Measurement, Data Acquisition and Automation, Measurement while drilling, Logging while drilling, Drill string components and drilling tools (tubulars, jars, subs, stabilizers, reamers, etc)
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