AU7332791A - Utility tunneling method and apparatus - Google Patents

Utility tunneling method and apparatus

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AU7332791A
AU7332791A AU73327/91A AU7332791A AU7332791A AU 7332791 A AU7332791 A AU 7332791A AU 73327/91 A AU73327/91 A AU 73327/91A AU 7332791 A AU7332791 A AU 7332791A AU 7332791 A AU7332791 A AU 7332791A
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utility
tunneling method
tunneling
utility tunneling
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AU73327/91A
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Gregory R Gilchrist
Howard E Johnson
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
    • E21B4/02—Fluid rotary type drives
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/22—Handling reeled pipe or rod units, e.g. flexible drilling pipes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/12—Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling
    • E21B47/13—Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/067—Deflecting the direction of boreholes with means for locking sections of a pipe or of a guide for a shaft in angular relation, e.g. adjustable bent sub
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/068—Deflecting the direction of boreholes drilled by a down-hole drilling motor
AU73327/91A 1990-01-24 1991-01-23 Utility tunneling method and apparatus Abandoned AU7332791A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US46925090A 1990-01-24 1990-01-24
US469250 1990-01-24

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AU7332791A true AU7332791A (en) 1991-08-21

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GB2282165A (en) * 1993-09-03 1995-03-29 Cambridge Radiation Tech Directional drilling apparatus and method
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US4787463A (en) * 1985-03-07 1988-11-29 Flowmole Corporation Method and apparatus for installment of underground utilities
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US4813497A (en) * 1986-10-15 1989-03-21 Wenzel Kenneth H Adjustable bent sub
US4867255A (en) * 1988-05-20 1989-09-19 Flowmole Corporation Technique for steering a downhole hammer
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU642488B2 (en) * 1990-03-20 1993-10-21 Etat Francais Represente Par Le Laboratoire Central Des Ponts Et Chaussees Device for driving rods used primarily for soil mechanics tests into the ground

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