CA2698743C - Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods - Google Patents

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CA2698743C
CA2698743C CA2698743A CA2698743A CA2698743C CA 2698743 C CA2698743 C CA 2698743C CA 2698743 A CA2698743 A CA 2698743A CA 2698743 A CA2698743 A CA 2698743A CA 2698743 C CA2698743 C CA 2698743C
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Brian Ellis
Colin Gillan
Beat Kuttel
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B44/00Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B44/00Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
    • E21B44/02Automatic control of the tool feed
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04Directional drilling
    • E21B7/10Correction of deflected boreholes

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US11/859,378 US7823655B2 (en) 2007-09-21 2007-09-21 Directional drilling control
US11/859,378 2007-09-21
US98586907P 2007-11-06 2007-11-06
US60/985,869 2007-11-06
US11/952,511 US7938197B2 (en) 2006-12-07 2007-12-07 Automated MSE-based drilling apparatus and methods
US11/952,511 2007-12-12
US1609307P 2007-12-21 2007-12-21
US61/016,093 2007-12-21
US2632308P 2008-02-05 2008-02-05
US61/026,323 2008-02-05
PCT/US2008/077125 WO2009039448A2 (en) 2007-09-21 2008-09-19 Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods

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