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OUIJA BOARD
Is a tool which can be used to determine the performance of the
mud motor referred to as the Ragland diagram or in its slide-rule form,
the Ouija Board.
It is based on a simple vector diagram
- The vector has:
- a magnitude equal to the hole inclination
- a direction equal to hole direction
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VECTOR DIAGRAM (RAGLAND)
showing dog leg required to change hole direction
Initial Inclination
N
e
w

i
n
c
l
i
n
a
t
i
o
n
Direction change
D
o
g

L
e
g
= Tool Face Orientation
Relative to High Side
Observations:
1. For a given dog leg, the change in direction which can be achieved
decreases with increasing inclination
2. When there is no change in direction between survey stations, the
change in inclination becomes the dog leg
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OUIJA BOARD S SCALES
A. Previous Drift Angle (0-25
0
and 0-50
0
)
B. Dog Leg (Semicircles)
C. Direction Change - is the outside scale
D. New Drift Angle - is the rotating scale
E. Tool Rotation (0-180
0
from High Side)
Dog Leg x 100
Course Length
Dog Leg Severity (
0
/100ft) =
It is necessary to know 3 of these values,
than use the Ouija Board to find the other 2!
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OUIJA BOARD S SCALES
A
Previous Drift Angle
B D
o
g
L
e
g
C
Direction Change
D
N
e
w

D
r
i
f
t

A
n
g
l
e
E
Tool Rotation (0-180
0
)
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HOW TO USE THE OUIJA BOARD
1. Set Previous Drift Angle to the known value
2. Locate your other two known values on the Ouija Board
3. Read off the two unknown values from the Ouija Board
Notes:
1.Ouija Board can not be used to measure the
Reactive Torque
2.Ouija Board can be used only at inclination > 5
0
,
when a good high side has been established in the hole
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TYPICAL USES OF THE OUIJA BOARD
A. Estimating Dog Leg and Dog Leg Severity (DLS)
1. Set value of inclination at first survey station on "Previous Drift
Angle" scale.
2. Set rotating scale to appropriate division on "Resultant Direction
Change on outside scale.
3. Locate the value of the second inclination on the "New Drift Angle
ruler.
4. Read off the dog leg where the second inclination intersects the
dog leg semicircle.
5. Normalize the dog leg to 100' course length to find DLS
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TYPICAL USES OF THE OUIJA BOARD
B. Find the Tool Face setting to give a desired
turn while building (or dropping) angle
C. Achieve a desired build (or drop) in angle
while turning the hole
D. Calculate the expected new direction and
inclination given a certain tool face and dog leg
severity
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DEFLECTION TOOL CALCULATIONS
Dog Leg =
( cos ) a b ab c
2 2
2 +
where
b = drift angle of survey point 1
a = drift angle of survey point 2
c = change in direction
Tool Face Setting
1. If b > a, i.e., inclination dropping over the course length
TF = 180 - tan
-1
a c
b a c
sin
cos
2. If b < a, i.e., inclination increasing over the course length
TF = tan
-1
a c
a c b

sin
cos
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DEFLECTION TOOL CALCULATIONS
Expected Change of Hole Direction
c = tan
-1
Dogleg toolface setting
b Dog Leg toolface setting

+
sin( )
( cos )
New drift angle
Dog Leg tool face setting
Expected change of direction
sin ( )
sin ( )
a =
Maximum change of direction possible
c
max
= sin
-1
(Dog Leg)
(Present Drift Angle)
a