181 |
ELECTRONICS FOR A THIN BED ARRAY INDUCTION LOGGING SYSTEM |
US13546771 |
2012-07-11 |
US20140015530A1 |
2014-01-16 |
Gerald P. Miles; Cesar A. Sarria; Jairo A. Mena; Mostafa M. Ebeid |
A logging tool electronics system is disclosed (FIG. 1) with noise minimization features and pulse compression signal processing techniques to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of array induction logging tools. The borehole is radiated with a magnetic field produced by a configurable multi-frequency sine wave signal stimulus section driving a fully differential single transmitter coil. Received signals from multiple mutually balanced fully differential receiver arrays are processed by receiver signal chains using adaptive algorithms under firmware control. The received signals are used to determine the conductivity and resistivity of the formation surrounding the borehole. |
182 |
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AT-BIT MEASUREMENTS FOR AN EARTH-BORING DRILLING TOOL |
US13586668 |
2012-08-15 |
US20130270007A1 |
2013-10-17 |
Danny E. Scott; Timothy Peter Mollart; John Robert Brandon |
An earth-boring drilling tool comprises a cutting element. The cutting element comprises a substrate, a diamond table, and at least one sensing element formed from a doped diamond material disposed at least partially within the diamond table. A method for determining an at-bit measurement for an earth-boring drill bit comprises receiving an electrical signal generated within a doped diamond material disposed within a diamond table of a cutting element of the earth-boring drill bit, and correlating the electrical signal with at least one parameter during a drilling operation. |
183 |
SENSOR-ENABLED CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS SO EQUIPPED, AND RELATED METHODS |
US13610123 |
2012-09-11 |
US20130068525A1 |
2013-03-21 |
Anthony A. DiGiovanni |
Sensor-enabled cutting elements for an earth-boring drilling tool may comprise a substrate base, and a cutting tip at an end of the substrate base. The cutting tip may comprise a tapered surface extending from the substrate base and tapering to an apex of the cutting tip, and a sensor coupled with the cutting tip. The sensor may be configured to obtain data relating to at least one parameter related to at least one of a drilling condition, a wellbore condition, a formation condition, and a condition of the earth-boring drilling tool. The sensor-enabled cutting elements may be included on at least one of an earth-boring drill bit, a drilling tool, a bottom hole assembly, and a drill string. |
184 |
Apparatus and methods for estimating loads and movements of members downhole |
US11836953 |
2007-08-10 |
US08220540B2 |
2012-07-17 |
Carsten Freyer |
This disclosure, in one aspect, provides an apparatus for use in a wellbore that includes a member having an encoded magnetic field and a sensor proximate the encoded magnetic field that measures a change in the magnetic field due to a change in the load on the member. In another aspect, a method for measuring loads on a downhole tool is provided that comprises inducing an encoded magnetic field along a section of a member of the tool and detecting a change in the magnetic field due to a load on the member when the tool is in the wellbore. |
185 |
Drill Bit Cutter Pocket Restitution |
US12432109 |
2009-04-29 |
US20100275425A1 |
2010-11-04 |
David R. Hall; Francis Leany |
A pocket restitution assembly is disclosed comprising a pocket formed in a surface comprising a central axis, an anchor seated in the pocket and aligned with the central axis, a tool attachment comprising an end for connection to the anchor and a hollow bit slidably and rotatably sitting on the tool attachment, wherein the hollow bit may fit within the pocket. Weld material may be deposited within the pocket to form an interior of the pocket. The weld material may be shaped by the hollow bit to accept a cutting element. |
186 |
MECHANICALLY MODIFIED FILTER CAKE |
US12554538 |
2009-09-04 |
US20090321074A1 |
2009-12-31 |
Michael A. Freeman |
A down hole tool including a compression surface, a compression surface axis, and at least one support member configured to attach the compression surface to a well drilling tool assembly, wherein the extendable support member is extendable by an extension force provided to the support member. The down hole tool is rotable relative to an axis of the well drilling tool assembly, and as the well drilling tool assembly rotates, the at least one compression device exerts a lateral force along a sidewall of a wellbore. Also, a method of forming filter cake comprising releasing a drilling fluid and contacting the drilling fluid with a mechanical pressure on the sidewall of the wellbore and the drilling fluid. |
187 |
Apparatuses and methods relating to cooling a subterranean drill bit and/or at least one cutting element during use |
US11279476 |
2006-04-12 |
US07493965B1 |
2009-02-24 |
Kenneth E. Bertagnolli; Scott M. Schmidt |
One aspect of the instant disclosure relates to a subterranean drilling assembly comprising a subterranean drill bit and a sub apparatus coupled to the drill bit. Further, the sub apparatus may include at least one cooling system configured to cool at least a portion of the drill bit. For example, the sub apparatus may include at least one cooling system comprising a plurality of refrigeration coils or at least one thermoelectric device. In another embodiment a subterranean drill bit may include at least one cooling system positioned at least partially within the subterranean drill bit. Also, a sub apparatus or subterranean drill bit may be configured to cool drilling fluid communicated through at least one bore of a subterranean drill bit and avoiding cooling drilling fluid communicated through at least another bore of the subterranean drill bit. Methods of operating a subterranean drill bit are disclosed. |
188 |
Guide frame for an earth drilling apparatus |
US11206018 |
2005-08-18 |
US07353892B2 |
2008-04-08 |
Jochen Klaiber; Klaus-Martin Uhl |
A guide frame (1) for an earth drilling apparatus includes a support plate (6) for holding the drive unit (7) and a handle frame (2) having handle sections (17, 18) for holding and guiding the earth drilling apparatus. Operator-controlled elements (19a, 19b, 19c) for controlling the drive unit (7) are arranged in the region of the handle section (18). The handle sections (17, 18) of the handle frame (2) lie in a plane (5) above the support plate (6). The handle frame (2) encloses the drive unit (7) as a closed frame and is connected via a carrier frame (8) to the support plate (6). The carrier plate (8) is fixed to the handle frame (2) via several coupling elements (20). Each coupling element (20) includes a vibration damper (24) which is arranged between the carrier frame (8) and the handle frame (2). In this way, the handle frame is decoupled by the carrier frame from the drive unit with respect to vibration without affecting the bracing of reaction forces via the handle frame. |
189 |
Apparatus and Methods for Estimating Loads and Movements of Members Downhole |
US11836953 |
2007-08-10 |
US20080035376A1 |
2008-02-14 |
Carsten Freyer |
This disclosure, in one aspect, provides an apparatus for use in a wellbore that includes a member having an encoded magnetic field and a sensor proximate the encoded magnetic field that measures a change in the magnetic field due to a change in the load on the member. In another aspect, a method for measuring loads on a downhole tool is provided that comprises inducing an encoded magnetic field along a section of a member of the tool and detecting a change in the magnetic field due to a load on the member when the tool is in the wellbore. |
190 |
Hole opener and drillable casing guide and methods of use |
US11036450 |
2005-01-15 |
US07258165B1 |
2007-08-21 |
Donald L. Williams |
A down-hole tool guide is disclosed for deflecting various down-hole tools having a tendency to hang or bind in uncased bore holes. The down-hole tool guide or ball guide assembly, being adaptive to the down-hole tools, extends forwardly there from and includes an eccentric rotatable ball and high-pressure jets. In cases where the guide is used to guide casing, the ball guide assembly is constructed from a drillable material thereby allowing the hole bore to be extended beyond the last set casing depth without side deviation from the original bore. |
191 |
Guide frame for an earth drilling apparatus |
US11206018 |
2005-08-18 |
US20060048974A1 |
2006-03-09 |
Jochen Klaiber; Klaus-Martin Uhl |
A guide frame (1) for an earth drilling apparatus includes a support plate (6) for holding the drive unit (7) and a handle frame (2) having handle sections (17, 18) for holding and guiding the earth drilling apparatus. Operator-controlled elements (19a, 19b, 19c) for controlling the drive unit (7) are arranged in the region of the handle section (18). The handle sections (17, 18) of the handle frame (2) lie in a plane (5) above the support plate (6). The handle frame (2) encloses the drive unit (7) as a closed frame and is connected via a carrier frame (8) to the support plate (6). The carrier plate (8) is fixed to the handle frame (2) via several coupling elements (20). Each coupling element (20) includes a vibration damper (24) which is arranged between the carrier frame (8) and the handle frame (2). In this way, the handle frame is decoupled by the carrier frame from the drive unit with respect to vibration without affecting the bracing of reaction forces via the handle frame. |
192 |
Drill bit and stabilizer gauge |
US10912074 |
2004-08-06 |
US20050072014A1 |
2005-04-07 |
Eric Saunders |
The drill bit and stabilizer gauge is a flexible, elongate strip that is wrapped about the circumference of a drill bit or drill bit stabilizer to measure the diameter. The strip has a rectangular tab at one end with a slot defined therein so that the opposite end of the strip can be inserted through the slot after being wrapped around the drill bit or stabilizer. A zero pointer is stamped on the tab adjacent the slot to ensure accurate measurement. A scale is imprinted on the strip with markings at each interval of π times the dimensional unit and fractions thereof for reading the diameter directly. The gauge is made from spring steel, a thermoplastic material, or other suitable, inextensible, flexible material which has sufficient elasticity, but also sufficient stiffness, that the strip may be bent into a loop retaining a nearly perfect circular form. |
193 |
Drill bit and other downhole tools having electro-negative surfaces and
sacrificial anodes to reduce mud balling |
US60182 |
1993-05-07 |
US5330016A |
1994-07-19 |
William C. Paske; Paul F. Rodney; Ronald D. Ormsby |
Various steel, downhole tools and components of a drill string, including, as examples, a PDC drill bit, a rotary rock bit, a cross-over sub, a stabilizer, a reamer, a hole enlarger and a coring bit, are selectively treated to cause certain of their parts to be electro-negative with respect to steel, and certain other parts to either have the same electro-negativity as steel, or to be treated to be electro-positive with respect to steel. |
194 |
Big hole bit |
US803700 |
1977-06-06 |
US4125167A |
1978-11-14 |
Robert F. Evans; James H. Allen |
A large diameter drill bit having a plurality of rolling cutters is provided with permanent magnets mounted on flexible flaps to collect magnetic debris on the bottom of a drill hole. A flap carrying a permanent magnet is mounted adjacent each cutter, or flaps carrying magnets are formed in a radially extending row to sweep the bottom of the hole as the bit rotates. In another form, magnets are included in wheels which roll on the bottom of the hole to collect the magnetic debris. |
195 |
Apparatus and method for situ sharpening of bore hole bits |
US30422472 |
1972-11-06 |
US3818997A |
1974-06-25 |
BRIDWELL H |
An impregnated diamond core bit is sharpened at the bottom of a bore hole, the bit being secured to the outer barrel of coring apparatus attached to a tubular drill string extending to the top of the bore hole. A sharpener is releasably mounted in the lower end of an inner core barrel lowered through the drill string into the outer barrel and latched thereto, with the sharpener projecting below the lower end of the core bit, the sharpener having nozzles for discharging abrasive material pumped through the sharpener against the drilling face of the bit to sharpen the same, whereupon the coring operation can be effected in the usual manner, the core releasing the sharpener from the inner barrel and pushing it upwardly along and within the inner barrel as the core is formed. The sharpener is retrieved with the inner barrel upon release of the latter from the outer barrel and its upward removal through the drill string to the top of the bore hole.
|
196 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETAINING AN ELECTRONIC TAG ON A DOWNHOLE TOOL |
PCT/US2014064802 |
2014-11-10 |
WO2015070142A3 |
2015-09-24 |
LAUGHLIN STEVEN D; ARNSPIGER MARK; GHANSYAM HARESH; BUTUC STEFAN M |
A trackable downhole tool includes a tool body having a tag mortise formed therein. The tag mortise has a female dovetail profile. An encapsulated electronic tag is retained in the mortise. The encapsulated electronic tag includes an electronic tag embedded in an encapsulation body. The electronic tag contains or is programmable to contain a unique asset identification code associated with the downhole tool. The encapsulation body has a male dovetail profile that cooperates with the female dovetail to form a dovetail joint that retains the encapsulated electronic tag in the tag mortise. |
197 |
DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY, TOOL AND METHOD |
PCT/US2013026926 |
2013-02-20 |
WO2013138034A3 |
2014-05-22 |
CLARK KEVIN; TUTT JOSHUA |
A downhole measurement assembly, tool, and method is provided. The downhole measurement assembly includes at least one drill collar 220 having at least one compensation portion and at least one force portion with a load path 239 therethrough. The compensation portion has a different dimension from the force portion. The assembly also includes a plurality of compensation sensors 230.1, 230.2 positionable about the compensation portion to measure downhole tool pressures applied thereto, and a plurality of force sensors 230.3, 230.4 positionable about the force portion to measure downhole forces applied thereto. The compensation sensors and the force sensors are positionable about the drill collar(s) 220 in a strain configuration along the load path 239 whereby the measured downhole tool pressure is isolatable from the measured downhole forces on the drill collar(s). |
198 |
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AT-BIT MEASUREMENTS FOR AN EARTH BORING DRILLING TOOL |
PCT/US2013055053 |
2013-08-15 |
WO2014028685A8 |
2014-10-16 |
SCOTT DANNY E; MOLLART TIMOTHY PETER; BRANDON JOHN ROBERT |
An earth-boring drilling tool comprises a cutting element. The cutting element comprises a substrate, a diamond table, and at least one sensing element formed from a doped diamond material disposed at least partially within the diamond table. A method for determining an at-bit measurement for an earth-boring drill bit comprises receiving an electrical signal generated within a doped diamond material disposed within a diamond table of a cutting element of the earth-boring drill bit, and correlating the electrical signal with at least one parameter during a drilling operation. |
199 |
ELECTRONICS FOR A THIN BED ARRAY INDUCTION LOGGING SYSTEM |
PCT/US2013049554 |
2013-07-08 |
WO2014011531A3 |
2014-02-27 |
MILES GERALD P; SARRIA CESAR A; MENA JARIO A; EBEID MOSTAFA M |
A logging tool electronics system is disclosed (FIG. 1) with noise minimization features and pulse compression signal processing techniques to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of array induction logging tools. The borehole is radiated with a magnetic field produced by a configurable multi-frequency sine wave signal stimulus section driving a fully differential single transmitter coil. Received signals from multiple mutually balanced fully differential receiver arrays are processed by receiver signal chains using adaptive algorithms under firmware control. The received signals are used to determine the conductivity and resistivity of the formation surroundin the borehole. |
200 |
DOWN-HOLE SWIVEL SUB |
PCT/GB2012051692 |
2012-07-16 |
WO2013011293A3 |
2013-12-05 |
HYLAND ROSS; POLLOCK IAN; HANTON JOHN; MARR GRAEME THOMAS |
The present disclosure relates to a down-hole swivel sub (10) for connection in a work-string between a work-string and a down-hole apparatus, the sub comprising a first substantially cylindrical body (12) with a sleeve portion (22), a second substantially cylindrical body (28) being partially located within the sleeve portion (22) and the bodies being arranged to rotate relative to each other; and a clutch (90) disposed between said first and second substantially tubular bodies. |