US 11,852,008 B2
Well insert
Lorents Reinås, Stavanger (NO); Tore Geir Wernø, Sandnes (NO); Morten Sæther, Lillestrøm (NO); and Harald Sigurd Nesse, Sandnes (NO)
Assigned to EQUINOR ENERGY AS, Stavanger (NO)
Appl. No. 17/602,078
Filed by EQUINOR ENERGY AS, Stavanger (NO)
PCT Filed Apr. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NO2019/050081
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/209724, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0205355 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/28 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E02D 27/52 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/022 (2013.01) [E02D 27/52 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling the orientation of a well, the method comprising:
installing a well foundation, the foundation having a channel therethrough;
measuring an angle of the foundation relative to vertical;
providing a well insert, the well insert comprising a channel therethrough for the well; and
inserting the well insert into the channel in the installed well foundation,
wherein the well insert corrects for a misalignment of the channel in the well foundation from vertical after the foundation has been installed.