由於經濟和其它的原因,石油和天然氣的生產往往涉及定向鑽井,井的路徑從一個單一的井口在水平和垂直方向上都延伸好幾公里。由於附近還有其它的鑽孔,也由於目標的大小-儲藏層可能只有數十到數百米寬-和安全上的理由,在精度上的要求很嚴格。使用陀螺儀的測量方法是最精確也是最昂貴的,因為它可能需要停止鑽井數小時。一個替代的方法是使用磁性的測量,它可以進行鑽井中測量。幾近即時的磁性資料可以用來更正鑽井的方向,並且鄰近的磁場觀測台是不可或缺的(Clark and Clarke, 2001; Reay et al., 2006)。磁性資料和風暴預測還有助於在持續的基礎上弄清楚未知來源的操作錯誤。
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