由于经济和其它的原因,石油和天然气的生产往往涉及定向钻井,井的路径从一个单一的井口在水平和垂直方向上都延伸好几公里。由于附近还有其它的钻孔,也由于目标的大小-储藏层可能只有数十到数百米宽-和安全上的理由,在精度上的要求很严格。使用陀螺仪的测量方法是最精确也是最昂贵的,因为它可能需要停止钻井数小时。一个替代的方法是使用磁性的测量,它可以进行钻井中测量。几近即时的磁性资料可以用来更正钻井的方向,并且邻近的磁场观测台是不可或缺的(Clark and Clarke, 2001; Reay et al., 2006)。磁性资料和风暴预测还有助于在持续的基础上弄清楚未知来源的操作错误。
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