Mission

Define practices that promote the task of defining the required data which may be used to validate and potentially enhance a wellbore's position and uncertainty.

About

Project #1

Draft Survey QAQC List of Data - Completed 2022

Project #2

Optimize and issue a cut-down performance-based set of four documents:

  • Gyro QA/QC
  • MWD QA/QC
  • Along Hole Depth QA/QC
  • Data service Record (section III) MWD, DEPTH, GYRO and their calibration records

Completed 2023

Project #3

Write Survey QAQC EBook for public distribution - In progress

"Define and Communicate the Essential Data Required to Verify and Potentially Enhance a Wellbore."

ISCWSA QA/QC Sub-Committee published two SPE Papers on survey quality control procedures that are required to ensure a valid error model is applied to the survey data.

SPE 103734 is on ‘Internal’ survey quality checks and was presented at the IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference, Bangkok in November 2006.

SPE 105558 is on ‘External’ survey quality checks and was presented at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam in February 2007.

 

Project #4

Work up survey data redundancy guidelines and offer methods for industry adoption RIP tests, ChiSq testing methodology with example results

ISCWSA 60 QAQC SC Pres - Improved Chi-square GOF Test Proposal  

Officers

Position Name Contact
Chair Philip Harbidge philharbidge@gmail.com