Oil and gas industry faces challenge of limited oil and gas resources. In order to maintain a stable supply of oil and gas, companies must continuously drill new wells. These new wells are often being drilled deeper, in different directions than previous wells, and in environments more extreme and contain more unknown elements. Magnetic sensors can help to optimize companies drilling operations, and fluxgate magnetometer is one of them.

Fluxgate magnetometer is magnetic field sensor for vector magnetic fields, and they are used to measure a magnetic field’s intensity and direction. In the oil and gas industries, fluxgate magnetometers are used in directional drilling applications in order to assess the trajectory of the drill. In directional drilling, multiple new wells are drilled from a single vertical well. Directional drilling is highly dependent on having accurate information regarding a drill’s position, as inaccurate positioning can result in well collision. Fluxgate magnetometers allow for wells to be drilled in reservoirs that would otherwise be prohibitively difficult to drill in. Utilizing fluxgate magnetometers for navigation enables improved access to resources.

Smagall fluxgate magnetometer is widely applied in the oil and gas industry. To learn more, please contact us.