221 |
Coring bit to whipstock systems and methods |
US14104639 |
2013-12-12 |
US09512680B2 |
2016-12-06 |
John Campbell; Shantanu N. Swadi; Charles Dewey; Robert Utter; Praful C. Desai |
A coring system and method enable a single-trip operation for setting a deflector assembly, deploying a coring assembly and obtaining a core sample from a borehole drilled in a wellbore. The coring assembly has a barrel with a bore for collecting the core sample and has a coring bit coupled to an end portion of the barrel. The deflector system is arranged to deflect the coring bit into a side wall of the wellbore to drill the borehole therein. The deflector system includes a deflector and a collar. The collar, coupled to the deflector, restricts upward movement of the coring assembly relative to the deflector assembly. The collar may also be used as a retrieval device to engage the coring assembly and permit removal of the coring assembly and the deflector assembly as well as the core sample after the core sample has been obtained. |
222 |
INFILTRATED DIAMOND WEAR RESISTANT BODIES AND TOOLS |
US15232452 |
2016-08-09 |
US20160348443A1 |
2016-12-01 |
MICHAEL D. RUPP; CODY A. PEARCE; CHRISTIAN M. LAMBERT |
Implementations of the present invention include infiltrated diamond tools with increased wear resistance. In particular, one or more implementations of the present invention include a body comprising at least 10% by volume diamond particles that are infiltrated with a binder. Implementations of the present invention also include drilling systems including such infiltrated diamond tool, and methods of forming and using such infiltrated diamond tools. |
223 |
Coring Tools And Related Methods |
US15228875 |
2016-08-04 |
US20160341036A1 |
2016-11-24 |
Barry Moon; Vincent Jeffrey Pisio; Steven E. Buchanan |
A coring method includes disposing a coring tool in a borehole adjacent a subterranean formation to be sampled. The method further includes determining a property of the formation and selecting a coring tool operational mode based on the property of the formation. The method also includes obtaining a sample from the formation using the coring tool operational mode. A type of coring shaft also may be selected based on the property of the formation. |
224 |
Directional Drilling While Conveying a Lining Member, with Latching Parking Capabilities for Multiple Trips |
US15029492 |
2015-10-26 |
US20160326807A1 |
2016-11-10 |
Hernando Jerez; Richard T. Hay; John G. Evans |
A method and system for directional drilling while conveying a liner, with latching parking capabilities for multiple trips, is disclosed. As the wellbore is drilled, each casing and liner is installed having upper and lower interior latch couplings. A liner to be installed below a parent casing includes an exterior latch assembly dimensioned for connection to the interior latch couplings of the parent casing. A bottom hole assembly may include upper and lower exterior inner string latch assemblies for connection to the upper and lower interior latch couplings of the liner to be installed. Such arrangement allows the liner to be conveyed and installed with the bottom hole assembly while directional drilling and for the liner to be temporarily hung from the parent casing for bottom hole assembly change-out while drilling. Float plugs dimensioned to be landed at lower liner interior latch couplings may be provided for cementing operations. |
225 |
ROLLING CUTTER ASSEMBLIES |
US14758439 |
2014-07-28 |
US20160290056A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Christopher Charles Propes; Brian Atkins |
An example rolling cutter assembly includes a rolling cutter disposable within a cutter pocket defined in a drill bit, the cutter pocket including a receiving end, a bottom end, and a sidewall extending between the receiving and bottom ends. The rolling cutter provides a substrate having a first end with a diamond table disposed thereon and a second end arrangeable within the cutter pocket at or near the bottom end. A bearing element is disposable within the cutter pocket at the bottom end and engageable with the second end of the rolling cutter as the rolling cutter rotates about a central axis. |
226 |
CONTINUOUS FIBER-REINFORCED TOOLS FOR DOWNHOLE USE |
US14650003 |
2014-07-03 |
US20160281438A1 |
2016-09-29 |
Garrett T. Olsen |
Continuous fiber-reinforced hard composites may be useful in mitigating crack propagation in downhole tools. In some instances, a wellbore tool may be formed at least in part by a continuous fiber-reinforced hard composite portion that includes a binder material continuous phase with reinforcing particles and continuous fibers contained therein, wherein the continuous fibers have an aspect ratio at least 15 times greater than a critical aspect ratio (Ac), wherein Ac=σf/(2Tc, σf is an ultimate tensile strength of the continuous fibers, and Tc is a lower of (1) an interfacial shear bond strength between the continuous fibers and the binder material and (2) a yield stress of the binder material. |
227 |
TOP SURFACE DRILLING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DRILLING A CORE IN A TOP SURFACE |
US15078698 |
2016-03-23 |
US20160281433A1 |
2016-09-29 |
Elmar KOCH; Andreas Joachim HANSES; Sebastian FISCHER; Martin KÖPER |
A top surface drilling device has a core bit and a drill head disposed in the core bit. The drill head has a smaller diameter than that of the core bit, and the core bit and the drill head can be driven at different angular speeds. |
228 |
TRANSVERSE SIDEWALL CORING |
US14664347 |
2015-03-20 |
US20160273292A1 |
2016-09-22 |
Christopher John Morgan; Hermanus J. Nieuwoudt |
A system and method of gathering sample cores from a subterranean formation with coring bit assemblies, where each of the coring bit assemblies retain a sample core within. Included is a container equipped with compartments for individual storage of each coring bit assembly and coring sample, so that each sample can be stored at the pressure at which it was obtained. The coring bit assemblies can be sequentially inserted into the container after being used to collect its sample core. In this instance, scaling devices, such as o-ring seals or a coining surface, are provided in the container. Bach coring bit assembly can also be disposed in a chamber, that is selectively scaled after the coring bit assembly gathers its coring sample. |
229 |
CORING TOOLS FOR MANAGING HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF DRILLING FLUID AND RELATED METHODS |
US14640656 |
2015-03-06 |
US20160258223A1 |
2016-09-08 |
Thomas Uhlenberg; Christian Fulda |
A coring bit for use on a coring tool for extracting a sample of subterranean formation from a well bore includes a bit body having a cavity, wherein a throat portion of the cavity extends into the bit body from a face of the bit body. The coring bit includes a sleeve disposed within the cavity of the bit body, the sleeve configured to separate a face discharge channel and a throat discharge channel. The face discharge channel is located radially outward of the sleeve and the throat discharge channel is located radially inward of the sleeve. A method of repairing a such a coring includes removing the sleeve from the cavity of a bit body. |
230 |
DRILL BITS WITH CORE FEATURE FOR DIRECTIONAL DRILLING APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF |
US14956897 |
2015-12-02 |
US20160177629A1 |
2016-06-23 |
Michael G. Azar |
A drill bit for obtaining core sample fragments from a subterranean formation includes a bit body having a bit centerline and a bit face, a plurality of blades extending radially along the bit face, including a coring blade, a plurality of cutting elements on the blades, and a non-planar insert embedded in the bit body proximate the bit centerline. One of the cutting elements is a first cutting element on the coring blade at a first radial position from the bit centerline, and at least a portion of the coring blade is radially outward from a most radially interior cutting part of the first cutting element. |
231 |
DRILL BIT |
US14742339 |
2015-06-17 |
US20150368979A1 |
2015-12-24 |
Christopher M. Casad |
A drag bit includes a blade extending from the bit body and supporting inner cutters proximate the longitudinal axis and outer cutters spaced from the longitudinal axis. The inner cutters are rotationally offset from the outer cutters. During operation the inner cutters deposit cut material in a channel that is contiguous with a channel that receives material cut by the outer cutters. The cutters and the contiguous channels flush agglomerating material from the slots. |
232 |
METHOD OF FILLING A CORING TOOL INNER BARREL WITH A CORING FLUID |
US14762309 |
2013-12-24 |
US20150361740A1 |
2015-12-17 |
Ludovic Delmar; Benjamin Llywelyn Evans |
A method for obtaining a core sample from a wellbore using a coring tool is disclosed. The method includes providing an outer barrel in the wellbore. The wellbore and outer barrel are at least partially filled with a drilling fluid. The method further includes lowering an inner barrel partially into the drilling fluid and displacing the drilling fluid in the inner barrel with a coring fluid. |
233 |
CORING TOOLS AND RELATED METHODS |
US14274495 |
2014-05-09 |
US20150322722A1 |
2015-11-12 |
Thomas Uhlenberg; Volker Richert |
A coring bit for extracting a sample of subterranean formation material from a well bore may include a bit body having a bit face and an inner surface defining a substantially cylindrical cavity of the bit body. A first portion of the inner surface may be configured to surround a core catcher. The coring bit may include a face discharge channel inlet formed in the inner surface of the bit body longitudinally at or above the first portion of the inner surface. The coring bit may also include a face discharge channel extending through the bit body from the face discharge channel inlet to the bit face. A tubular body having a core catcher may be disposed in the coring bit to form a coring tool. Methods of forming such bit bodies may include forming an inlet for a face discharge channel in the inner surface of the bit body at a location longitudinally at or above the first portion of the inner surface and forming a face discharge channel extending from the inlet to the bit face. |
234 |
DRILL BITS WITH AXIALLY-TAPERED WATERWAYS |
US14753853 |
2015-06-29 |
US20150300096A1 |
2015-10-22 |
Cody A. Pearce; Michael D. Rupp; Christian M. Lambert |
Drilling tools having axially-tapered waterways that can increase flushing and bit life, while also decreasing clogging. According to some implementations of the present invention, the waterways can be radially tapered in addition to being axially tapered. The axially-tapered waterways can include notches extending into the cutting face of the drilling tools and/or slots enclosed within the crown of the drilling tools. Implementations of the present invention also include drilling systems including drilling tools having axially-tapered waterways, and methods of forming drilling tools having axially-tapered waterways. |
235 |
CORE BARREL AND RELATED DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD |
US14627558 |
2015-02-20 |
US20150226016A1 |
2015-08-13 |
Ludovic Delmar; Olivier Mageren; Eric Fannes |
There is disclosed herein drilling apparatus, in particular for use in the field of oil prospecting, comprising: a first tubular member (1, 2, 3); a second tubular member (6, 7, 8, 9) mounted at least partly within the first tubular member so as to be reciprocally free in rotation with respect to the first tubular member about an axis (5); and a drill bit (4) operatively connected to one of the first or second tubular members so as to be rotated in response to the one tubular member being turned in order to effect drilling, characterised in that: the drilling apparatus further comprises a restoring member (18, 36) for applying a forces between the first tubular member and the second tubular member at least in respective first axial directions in response to relative displacement of the first tubular member and the second tubular member in the respective opposite axial directions. Also provided are a tubular assembly and a method of assembling tubular members. |
236 |
No-Waterway Or Single Waterway Drill Bits And Systems And Methods For Using Same |
US14585716 |
2014-12-30 |
US20150184465A1 |
2015-07-02 |
Cody A. Pearce; Michael D. Rupp |
A drill bit for forming a hole in a formation. The drill bit has a shank and an annular crown that cooperate to define an interior space that receives water or other drilling fluid. The annular crown defines inner channels spaced circumferentially about an inner surface of the crown and outer channels spaced circumferentially about an outer surface of the crown. The annular crown can completely circumferentially enclose the interior space of the drill bit, or the annular crown can be provided with a single waterway extending between the inner and outer surfaces of the crown. |
237 |
BIT FOR DRILLING WELLS AND ASSOCIATED DRILLING METHOD |
US14623092 |
2015-02-16 |
US20150159439A1 |
2015-06-11 |
Abdelhakim Hahati; Sébastian Desmette; Benoît Deschamps; Robert Delwiche; Matthieu Naegel |
A bit for drilling wells has a front face with radial blades having cutting elements distributed around the front face. A space for forming a core is situated at the center of the front face. A cavity is provided for evacuating the core towards a periphery of the bit. At least a portion of the cavity is situated between adjacent blades. The cavity is delimited by two lateral surfaces and a clearance surface set back with respect to the front face, and the cavity is open in a direction opposite the clearance surface. The bit may be used in methods for drilling wells and makes it possible to rapidly drill wells of great depth in all types of rock without the risk of clogging. |
238 |
ORIENTATION OF CUTTING ELEMENT AT FIRST RADIAL POSITION TO CUT CORE |
US14482992 |
2014-09-10 |
US20150068816A1 |
2015-03-12 |
Suman Velvaluri; Hemachandar Mada |
A fixed cutter drill bit may include a bit body having a bit centerline; a plurality of blades extending radially from the bit body and separated by a plurality of flow courses therebetween, each of the plurality of blades being spaced a radial distance from the bit centerline to define a core-forming region; a plurality of cutting elements disposed on the plurality of blades, the plurality of cutting elements comprising at least one coring cutting elements disposed on at least one of the plurality of blades, the at least one coring cutting elements being the radially innermost cutting element on the plurality of blades, wherein a coring angle of the coring cutting element is less than a inner cone angle thereof. |
239 |
FIXED CUTTER DRILL BIT WITH MULTIPLE CUTTING ELEMENTS AT FIRST RADIAL POSITION TO CUT CORE |
US14482965 |
2014-09-10 |
US20150068815A1 |
2015-03-12 |
Hemachandar Mada; Michael G. Azar; Jason R. Gregg; Joshua Gatell; Edward Wayne Gutierrez; Suman Velvaluri |
A fixed cutter drill bit may include a bit body having a bit centerline; a plurality of blades extending radially from the bit body and separated by a plurality of flow courses therebetween, each of the plurality of blades being spaced a radial distance from the bit centerline to define a core-forming region; a plurality of cutting elements disposed on the plurality of blades, the plurality of cutting elements comprising at least two coring cutting elements disposed on the plurality of blades, the at least two coring cutting elements being the radially innermost cutting elements on the plurality of blades. |
240 |
CORING TOOL INCLUDING CORE BIT AND DRILLING PLUG WITH ALIGNMENT AND TORQUE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS |
US14020296 |
2013-09-06 |
US20150068809A1 |
2015-03-12 |
Nathaniel R. Adams |
A coring tool may comprise a core bit, and the core bit may comprise at least one cutting structure extending from adjacent an inner bore of the core bit to an outer gage of the core bit. A drill plug may be configured to close the inner bore of the core bit, and the drill plug may comprise at least one cutting structure. An indexing device may be disposed between the drill plug and the core bit. The indexing device may be configured to maintain a predetermined angular relationship between the core bit and the drill plug. The at least one cutting structure of the core bit and the at least one cutting structure of the drill plug may form a substantially continuous cutting structure at the predetermined angular relationship. Related methods of drilling with a coring tool. |