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  2. Measurement while drilling - Wikipedia

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    Competing work supported by Mobil, Standard Oil and others in the late 1960s and early 1970s led to multiple viable systems by the early 1970s, with the MWD of Teleco Oilfield Services, systems from Schlumberger (Mobil) Halliburton and BakerHughes. However, the main impetus to development was a decision by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to ...

  3. Logging while drilling - Wikipedia

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    Logging while drilling (LWD) is a technique of conveying well logging tools into the well borehole downhole as part of the bottom hole assembly (BHA).. Although the terms Measurement while drilling (MWD) and LWD are related, within the context of this section, the term MWD refers to directional-drilling measurements, e.g., for decision support for the smooth operation of the drilling, while ...

  4. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Wikipedia

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    The program includes 60 miles (97 km) of new pipelines to convey the treated water across four regional groundwater basins, an industrial facility, and two MWD treatment plants. The program calls for a water treatment facility that would be one of the largest in the nation, producing 150 million gallons per day or 168 thousand acre-feet per ...

  5. Directional drilling - Wikipedia

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    In critical sections, measurement while drilling (MWD) tools provide continuous downhole measurements for immediate directional corrections as needed. MWD uses gyroscopes, magnetometers, and accelerometers to determine borehole inclination and azimuth while the drilling is being done.

  6. After 7-month investigation, California water agency set to ...

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    The MWD board also voted last month to spend about $141 million for planning work on the state’s proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

  7. Mud logging - Wikipedia

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    The MWD technician, often a separate service company employee, logs data in a similar manner but the data is different in source and content. Most of the data logged by an MWD technician comes from expensive and complex, sometimes electronic, tools that are downhole installed at or near the drill bit.

  8. Report urges Metropolitan Water District to abandon Newsom's ...

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    Gomberg said if the MWD board agrees to support the delta tunnel project and take on its portion of the cost, “that is going to really impact the cost of water and ultimately ratepayer bills ...

  9. Top manager of California's largest water supplier accused of ...

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    She said Hagekhalil has harassed, demeaned and sidelined her and created a hostile work environment. MWD Board Chair Adán Ortega Jr. announced the decision after a closed-door meeting, saying the ...