Directional drilling is defined as the practice of controlling the direction and deviationof a
wellbore to predertermined underground target and location.
Directional drilling is the process of directing the wellbore along some trajectory to a
predertermined target. Deviation control is the process of keeping the wellbore contained
within some prescribed limits relative to inclination angle, horizontal excursion from the
vertical, or both.
Directional Drilling has been integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While
the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the
same: drilling wells at multiple angels, not just vertically, to better reach and produce oil and
gas reserves. Additionally, directional drilling allows for multiple wells from the same
vertical well bore, minimizing the wells environmental impact.
Mutilateral wells
Multilateral wells are new evolution of horizontal wells in which several wellbore
branches radiate from the main borehole.