EP0100230A3 - Earth drilling apparatus and method - Google Patents

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EP0100230A3
EP0100230A3 EP83304298A EP83304298A EP0100230A3 EP 0100230 A3 EP0100230 A3 EP 0100230A3 EP 83304298 A EP83304298 A EP 83304298A EP 83304298 A EP83304298 A EP 83304298A EP 0100230 A3 EP0100230 A3 EP 0100230A3
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drilling apparatus
earth drilling
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drilling
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Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson Iii
Robert Wayne Dickinson
Stanley O. Hutchison
Sherman C. May
Charles S. Mackey
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B44/00—Automatic 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
    • E21B44/005—Below-ground automatic control systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/04—Couplings; joints between rod or the like and bit or between rod and rod or the like
    • E21B17/042—Threaded
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/04—Couplings; joints between rod or the like and bit or between rod and rod or the like
    • E21B17/07—Telescoping joints for varying drill string lengths; Shock absorbers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/28—Dissolving minerals other than hydrocarbons, e.g. by an alkaline or acid leaching agent
    • E21B43/281—Dissolving minerals other than hydrocarbons, e.g. by an alkaline or acid leaching agent using heat
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK 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
    • E21B7/061—Deflecting the direction of boreholes the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/18—Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Excavating Of Shafts Or Tunnels (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
EP83304298A 1982-07-26 1983-07-25 Earth boring apparatus Expired EP0100230B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT83304298T ATE39538T1 (en) 1982-07-26 1983-07-25 DRILLING DEVICE FOR EARTH DRILLING.

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US40161382A 1982-07-26 1982-07-26
US47143083A 1983-03-02 1983-03-02
US471437 1983-03-02
US471430 1983-03-02
US06/471,437 US4527639A (en) 1982-07-26 1983-03-02 Hydraulic piston-effect method and apparatus for forming a bore hole
US401613 1989-08-31

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EP0100230A2 EP0100230A2 (en) 1984-02-08
EP0100230A3 true EP0100230A3 (en) 1985-05-15
EP0100230B1 EP0100230B1 (en) 1988-12-28

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EP83304298A Expired EP0100230B1 (en) 1982-07-26 1983-07-25 Earth boring apparatus

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AU (1) AU564613B2 (en)
BE (1) BE897361A (en)
BR (1) BR8303989A (en)
DE (2) DE3326350A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2540968B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2124278B (en)
IL (1) IL69277A0 (en)
IT (1) IT1163856B (en)
MX (1) MX159238A (en)
SE (1) SE8304122L (en)

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AU605122B2 (en) * 1985-12-19 1991-01-10 Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson Iii Mechanically actuated whipstock assembly
GB2194183A (en) * 1986-08-22 1988-03-02 Perard Torque Tension Ltd Drilling apparatus
CA1276007C (en) * 1989-07-24 1990-11-06 Robert L. Zeer Deflection apparatus
US5435400B1 (en) * 1994-05-25 1999-06-01 Atlantic Richfield Co Lateral well drilling
WO2000058599A1 (en) * 1999-03-31 2000-10-05 Landers Carl W Method of and apparatus for horizontal well drilling
AU2017393950B2 (en) 2017-01-18 2022-11-24 Minex Crc Ltd Mobile coiled tubing drilling apparatus

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US1660999A (en) * 1926-10-04 1928-02-28 James A Macdonell Well-drilling apparatus
US2345816A (en) * 1940-12-24 1944-04-04 Russell R Hays Hydraulic drilling apparatus
US3576222A (en) * 1969-04-01 1971-04-27 Gulf Research Development Co Hydraulic jet drill bit
US3934659A (en) * 1975-04-15 1976-01-27 Mikhail Ivanovich Tsiferov Apparatus for drilling holes in earth surface
US4022279A (en) * 1974-07-09 1977-05-10 Driver W B Formation conditioning process and system

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US2258001A (en) * 1938-12-23 1941-10-07 Dow Chemical Co Subterranean boring
US2271005A (en) * 1939-01-23 1942-01-27 Dow Chemical Co Subterranean boring
GB617740A (en) * 1945-11-02 1949-02-10 Randolph Knox Whitehead Improvements in re-directing deflected bore holes
US2796129A (en) * 1951-08-13 1957-06-18 Orpha B Brandon Oil recovery process
US3191697A (en) * 1953-11-30 1965-06-29 Mcgaffey Taylor Corp Subsurface earth formation treating tool
US4317492A (en) * 1980-02-26 1982-03-02 The Curators Of The University Of Missouri Method and apparatus for drilling horizontal holes in geological structures from a vertical bore
US4431069A (en) * 1980-07-17 1984-02-14 Dickinson Iii Ben W O Method and apparatus for forming and using a bore hole

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US1660999A (en) * 1926-10-04 1928-02-28 James A Macdonell Well-drilling apparatus
US2345816A (en) * 1940-12-24 1944-04-04 Russell R Hays Hydraulic drilling apparatus
US3576222A (en) * 1969-04-01 1971-04-27 Gulf Research Development Co Hydraulic jet drill bit
US4022279A (en) * 1974-07-09 1977-05-10 Driver W B Formation conditioning process and system
US3934659A (en) * 1975-04-15 1976-01-27 Mikhail Ivanovich Tsiferov Apparatus for drilling holes in earth surface

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KR840005515A (en) 1984-11-14
DE3378778D1 (en) 1989-02-02
GB2124278B (en) 1985-11-06
IT8322246A1 (en) 1985-01-26
IT1163856B (en) 1987-04-08
SE8304122D0 (en) 1983-07-25
EP0100230A2 (en) 1984-02-08
MX159238A (en) 1989-05-08
DE3326350C2 (en) 1988-01-14
GB8319965D0 (en) 1983-08-24
SE8304122L (en) 1984-01-27
BE897361A (en) 1984-01-25
GB2124278A (en) 1984-02-15
FR2540968B1 (en) 1986-10-24
EP0100230B1 (en) 1988-12-28
FR2540968A1 (en) 1984-08-17
IT8322246A0 (en) 1983-07-26
BR8303989A (en) 1984-02-28
AU1696883A (en) 1984-02-02
AU564613B2 (en) 1987-08-20
DE3326350A1 (en) 1984-01-26

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