EP0289668A1 - Trépan de forage à molettes avec dispositif pour retenir le cône - Google Patents

Trépan de forage à molettes avec dispositif pour retenir le cône Download PDF

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EP0289668A1
EP0289668A1 EP87303233A EP87303233A EP0289668A1 EP 0289668 A1 EP0289668 A1 EP 0289668A1 EP 87303233 A EP87303233 A EP 87303233A EP 87303233 A EP87303233 A EP 87303233A EP 0289668 A1 EP0289668 A1 EP 0289668A1
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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
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/08—Roller bits
    • E21B10/22—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details
    • E21B10/24—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details characterised by lubricating details
    • E21B10/246—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details characterised by lubricating details with pumping means for feeding lubricant
    • 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
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/08—Roller bits
    • E21B10/18—Roller bits characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids
    • 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
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/08—Roller bits
    • E21B10/20—Roller bits characterised by detachable or adjustable parts, e.g. legs or axles
    • 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
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/08—Roller bits
    • E21B10/22—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details

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  • This invention relates generally to drill bits con­nectable to the lower ends of rotary drill strings for use in drilling oil and gas wells as drilling mud is circulated downward through the string, out the bit, and upwardly within the annulus between the string and well bore so as to remove cuttings therefrom. More particularly, it relates to im­provements in drill bits of this type having cones which are mounted for rotation about thrust bearings which extend in­wardly from the lower ends of legs which depend from a shank at the upper end of the bit body which is attached to the drill string.
  • the cones are releasably retained or held on the thrust bearings by locking balls or split metal rings received within races and matching recesses formed in the inner and outer cylindrical bearing surfaces of the cone and journal bearing, respectively. More particularly, means are provided for inserting or removing these retaining parts so that the cones may be replaced or repaired from time to time.
  • the locking balls and rings are subject to frequent breakage due to high temper­atures from uneven wear due to very high thrust loads on the cones, thus requiring frequent replacement of the entire bit body.
  • the races and recesses for the balls and rings reduce the bearing areas of the cone and journal bearing as well as the strength of the cones by reducing their thickness in the area of the races and recesses.
  • bits of this type are often provided with "nose” bearings in the form of cylindrical projections on the ends of the jour­nal bearings which are received within cylindrical bearing surfaces in the inner ends of the cone recess. This, how­ever, inherently reduces the end areas of the cones and jour­nal bearings available for carrying thrust on the cone.
  • Bits of this type are often made up of separate for­gings each comprising a section of the shank and a leg on which a journal bearing is mounted, and welded to adjacent sections along the inner and outer edges of their adjacent sides, because of their locations, these welds are difficult to form, particularly along the inner edges of the sections. Also, the welded side edges of the shank portions of the sec­tions require substantial preparation prior to the forming of threads thereon for connecting the shank to the lower end of the drill string.
  • the cones of bits of this type which are used to drill in rock or other hard formations often have carbide inserts mounted in rows along high wear areas of the cone. Conventionally, these are press fitted into cylindrical holes in the outer side of the cone. To securely hold the inserts, the holes must be of substantial depth, which of course lim­its the diameter of the journal bearing about which the cone rotates.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a bit of this type in which the cones are held or retained on the journal bearings by means which does not limit the cylin­drical bearing areas between them, and, more particularly which eliminates the need for "nose" bearings and thus pro­vides greater thrust bearing areas.
  • Another object is to provide a bit of this type in which lubricant is caused to circulate between the bearing surfaces of the journal bearing and cone, and thus maintained at a cooler temperature as the cone rotates about the bearing during drilling.
  • Another object is to provide a bit of the type de­scribed which makes it possible to accomplish both of the above described objects by a compact arrangement which re­quires substantially no modification of the overall shape and size of the thrust bearings and cones.
  • a further object is to provide a bit of this type in which lubricant is contained between the bearing surfaces of the journals bearings and cones in such a manner as to re­quire less repair or replacement of the seals therebetween, and, more particularly, without dynamic elastomeric seals.
  • Yet another object is to provide such a bit having a simple and inexpensive arrangement for insuring that foreign substances will not intrude between the lubricated bearing surfaces, even upon failure of the seals intended to contain the lubricant.
  • a still further object is to provide a bit of this type in which the body is of a construction which is simpler to assemble, and which requires no special preparation for the shank threads, then the above mentioned bit body con­structions.
  • Still another object is to provide a bit of this type in which carbide inserts for the cones are installed in holes in the cone which are of less depth, so that the journal bearings may be made of correspondingly greater diameters.
  • the body has conduits which connect each chamber with the exterior of the body, each conduit having an out­wardly facing seat intermediate its ends, and a plug is threadedly connected to each conduit outwardly of the seat.
  • the plug has a vent port therethrough with a seat on its inner end about the port, and a closure element is disposed between the seats to close the vent port and the conduit as the plug is moved inwardly to displace liquid which fills the chamber.
  • the closure element is held off the seat on the plug by means of a needle or the like extending through the vent port so as to permit liquid to pass outwardly therethrough as the plug is threaded inwardly within the conduit.
  • each cone has a shaft which is inserted within a recess in the journal bear­ing as the cone is fitted over the bearing and the chamber is formed between the outer end of the shaft and the inner end of the recess with which the conduit connects.
  • the liquid lock is formed between each cone and journal bear­ing without within the normal combines of the bearing's ex­terior dimensions.
  • first passageway means extends longitudinally between the cylindrical bearing surfaces of each journal bearing and the recess in the cone which fits over the bear­ing are connected with the second passageway means and which extend between adjacent ends of the journal bearing and cone recess, and means including a pump means connecting with the passageway means and is provided for circulating the lubri­cant therethrough in response to rotation of the cone.
  • the second passageway means are formed on op­posite faces of a thrust bearing between the ends of the journal bearing and cone recess and connecting with an an­nular recess between the cone recess and the outer diameter of the thrust bearing with which the first passageway means connect.
  • the above mentioned shaft on each cone which extends into a recess in the journal bearing has an enlarged inner end which forms an annular pump chamber on the inner end of the enlarged end opposite the chamber on the opposite outer end thereof which is filled with liquid to form a liquid lock holding the con on the journal bearing, and a helical vance is fixed to on of the shaft and cone recess to displace lubricant in the pump chamber in response to rotation of the cone.
  • the passageways of the first passageway means are formed in the upper side of the journal bearing, and thus away from the lower side which carries the load from the cone.
  • the first passageways of the first passageway means are enlarged intermediate their ends which connect respec­tively with a supply port connecting with the exterior of the bit body and the aforementioned annular recess so as to form a heat sink, which, in combination with the circulation of the lubricant within the passageways, lowers to a consider­able extent the temperature of the lubricant.
  • the shaft which extends into the recess in the journal bearing to form the pump chamber passes through a central opening in the thrust bearing and has means thereon which fits closely with­ in the hole in the thrust bearing to hold it centered as well as openings therein connecting with the pump chamber with the second passageways formed in opposite faces of the thrust bearing.
  • the lubricant is contained between the bear­ing surfaces of each cone and journal bearing by means which includes a generally triangularly shaped groove in the corner of the cone about the outer end of its recess, a seal ring of elastarmeric material in the corner of the recess, and a ring of carbon graphite or other suitable composite refractory metal disposed between the seal ring and inner end of the cylindrical surface of the journal bearing, the graphite ring and journal bearing having sealing surfaces which are curved about approximately 90° so as to maintain sealing engagement between them despite some longitudinal misalignment of the cone and journal bearing.
  • annular pads of deformable material are held between adjacent sides of the recess and the graphite ring to insure that the seal ring and graphite ring rotate with the cone, whereby the seal ring of is static and then much less prone to failure than dynamic seals formerly used for this purpose.
  • the bit body includes an upper body section adapted for connection to a drill string having a shank with a bore in one end, and hollow legs depending from the lower end of the shank, to connect the bore of the shank with its open end so that drilling fluid circulating downwardly through the drill string may be jetted through a jet nozzle in each leg toward the lower areas of the bit.
  • the body also includes lower sections which are connected to the lower end of the shank and to one another in side by side relation and with the jet nozzle legs extending between them. More particularly, each lower body section includes a depending leg having an inwardly extending journal bearing therein to receive a cone for rotation thereabout.
  • the bit may be assembled without having to make difficult weld along the inner edges of the adjacent segments of the bit body, and since it is not necessary to weld along the shank, without having to prepare the shank prior to threading the same for attachment to the lower end of the drill string.
  • the upper ends of the lower body sections have interfitting parts which are closely received in a lower extension of the shank bore to hold them against lateral displacement, and a plug is disposed across and seal­ed within the bore extension above the innerfitting parts to divert drilling fluid into the nozzle legs.
  • each of the cones which is rotatable about a journal bearing has carbide inserts which are mounted about the outer side of the body for cutting the bottom of a well bore as the cones rotate with and relative to the body of the bit. More particularly, in accordance with still another novel aspect of the present invention, each such insert is mounted has a conical surface on its inner end which is adapted to fit closely within a conical inner end of the hole in the outer side of the body and is held within its hole by a brazing material which forms a bond between their conical surfaces.
  • each such insert has a vent passage which permits gas to escape from the pellet as it is brazed to the cone and insert.
  • Lubricant is supplied to the bearing surfaces of the cone and journal bearing by means which includes a reservoir for the lubricant leading to the first passageway means, an opening in the body which connects the reservoir with the outside of the body, and a piston which is sealably slidable in the reservoir and which is urged towards the reservoir by well fluid.
  • a charge of gas intermediate the piston and lubricant in the reservoir is maintained at a pressure some what higher than that of the ambient well fluid. More particularly, a means is formed in the piston to permit the charge to be injected into the space between the piston and the reservoir upon filling of the reservoir with liquid and movement of the piston into the body opening.
  • the overall bit which is indicated in its entirety by reference character 20 in Fig. 1, comprises a body at 21 which includes a shank 22 having a threaded upper end 23 connected to the lower end of a drill string DS and having a bore 24 in its upper end forming a lower continu­ation of the bore through the drill string.
  • the upper body 22 of the drill bit body also includes three hollow legs 25 which depend from the lower end of the shank in generally equally spaced apart relation to connect the bore 25 in the shank with their open lower ends.
  • a jet nozzle 27 is releas­ably mounted within the lower end of the hole 26 through each leg so that drilling mud which is circulated downwardly through the drill string may be jetted toward a desired area of the bit.
  • the bit body 21 also includes three lower sections 27 which are connected to the lower end of the shank and to one another in side by side relation, with the nozzle legs 25 extending between the sides of the upper ends adjacent body sections 27, as best shown in Fig. 10. More particularly, each such lower section 27 of the bit body has a depending leg 28 and a generally inwardly and downwardly extending journal bearing 29 thereon and about which a cone 31 is rota­table. The upper end of each section 27 has a neck portion 32 which, together with the neck portions of the other lower body sections, forms a cylindrical boss which fits closely with a lower extension 33 of the bore 24 of the shank.
  • shoulders 34 on the upper ends of the lower body sections are adapted to abut the lower end 35 of the shank, and the adjacent outer end edges of the shoulders and lower end of the shank are chamfered to receive a peripheral weldment 36 connecting the lower body sections to the upper body section.
  • the outer edges of the adjacent inner ends of the sides of the lower body sec­tions are also chamfered to receive a longitudinal weldment 40 between them.
  • the outer ends of the sides of the adjacent lower body sections are flared at 37 to form a recess 38 extending lengthwise thereof to receive the nozzle legs 25 between them, and the lower ends 41 of the upper portions of the lower body sections are disposed above the cones 31 received on the journal bearings.
  • Holes 42 are formed in the abutting sides 39 for alignment with one an­other to receive pins dowel pins 43 which hold the sections in vertically side by side relation.
  • two of the lower body sections 27 are moved into interfitting relation by means of two vertically spaced dowel pins received within aligned holes in their sides, and the third body section is then moved into position by dis­posing its holes 42 over the ends of the dowel pins on one of the previously connected sections, the holes 42 between the last connected and the other of the first two connected sec­tions being empty.
  • a plug 44 is disposed within the bore extension 33 of the shank and has an "O" ring 45 carried thereabout for seal­ably engaging the extension and thereby combine drilling fluid within the bore 24 for flow into and through the hollow nozzle legs 27. More particularly, and as shown in Fig. 1, the upper side of the plug is generally conically shaped to direct the flow of the drilling fluid evenly to the three nozzles.
  • Each journal bearing pin has a recess 46 formed in its outer end to receive a shaft 47 threadedly connected to the end of the recess 30 in each cone 31 as the cylindrical surface of the cone recess is moved over the cylindrical outer diameter of the journal bearing.
  • An enlarged outer end 48 of the shaft 47 carries seal rings of 49 which are seala­bly engageable within the recess 46 to divide it into an inner annular chamber about the shaft between the inner end of the head 48 and the end of the cone recess and an outer chamber intermediate to the outer side of the head 48 and the end of the recess 46 in the journal bearing.
  • the end wall 50 of the journal bearing recess connects with a conduit 51 leading to the outer side of the shirtail of the leg 28 from which the jour­nal bearing extends.
  • the outer end of the conduit 51 is enlarged at 52 to form a seat about conduit 51 and threaded to receive a plug 53 which in turn has a vent port 54 formed therethrough.
  • a closure element in the form of a ball 55 is disposed between a seat on the inner end of the vent port 54 and the seat formed in the conduit 51.
  • the cone is held on the journal bearing over which it fits by liquid which fills the outer chamber and from which air has been exhausted upon displacement of the liquid through the port in the plug 53 as it is moved inwardly with­in the threaded conduit 52.
  • the ball 55 is held off the seat on the inner end of the vent port by means of a needle (not shown) inserted through the vent port as the plug is moved inwardly.
  • a needle (not shown) inserted through the vent port as the plug is moved inwardly.
  • liquid within the chamber may flow past the ball and through the vent port until the inner end of the ball is held tightly between the seats on the plug and conduit following which the needle may be withdrawn.
  • air-free liquid is captured within the chamber and the conduit which forms a liquid lock to hold the cone on place on the journal bearing.
  • the outer end of the plug 53 has a noncircular recess to receive a suitable tool for moving it into and out of the threaded end 52 of the conduit.
  • a stopper 56 (see Fig. 1) may be moved into place to seal off the outer end o the conduit in the event there might be leakage past the plug.
  • the outer end of the enlarged head of the shaft 47 also has a noncircular recess to receive a suitable tool for connecting it to a cone.
  • This seal assembly which will be described in more detail to follow, seals off passageways through which lubricant is circulated between the cylindrical bearing surfaces of the journal bearing and its cone during rotation of the cone about the journal bearing.
  • a first set of passageways through which the lubricant circulates are shown at 58 to comprise recesses formed in the outer bearing surface of the journal bearing and extending longitudinally in spaced apart relation on the upper side of the bearing surface. More particularly, each such passageway 58 connects intermediate its upper and lower ends with lateral passageways 59 leading to the pump chamber formed between the inner end of the en­larged head 48 of the shaft 47 and the inner end of the re­cess in the cone, and the outer ends of the passageways 58 are flat, as best shown in Fig. 5, to connect with laterally extending second passageways 59 between the end of the jour­nal bearing and the end of the recess in the cone and leading to the opposite end of the pump chamber.
  • a helical vane 60 is mounted about the shaft 47 for rotation within the pump chamber, so that as the cone rotates in a clockwise direction, as seen in a dir­ ection looking from the journal bearing downwardly, the lu­bricant is caused to circulate downwardly through the pump chamber, laterally outwardly through passageways between the ends of the cone and recess and then upwardly through the longitudinal passageways 58 for return through to the pump chamber through the lateral suction passageways 59. More particularly, and as shown, the longitudinal passageways 58 are deep intermediate their upper and lower ends to provide heat sinks which further contribute to reducing the temper­ature of the lubricant.
  • Lubricant is supplied to the above described passage­ways and pump chamber form a reservoir 61 formed in the lower body section 27 and connected to the upper end of one of the passageways 58 by means of a vertically extending port 62 depending from the lower end of the reservoir and a downward­ly and inwardly extending port 63 connecting with the upper end of the middle passageway 58.
  • Lubricant may be supplied to the reservoir and the passageways through an opening con­necting the port 63 to the upper shirttail of the leg 28, and closed by means of a plug 64.
  • the upper end of the reservoir 61 is closed by means of a piston 65 sealably disposed within the reservoir and held down by means of a snap ring 66, and is filled with lubricant to a level below the lower open end of the piston.
  • a chamber 67 formed between the reservoir and the lower side of the piston 65 is filled with nitrogen at a pressure which is somewhat higher than that of the well fluid which acts against the upper side of the piston.
  • the chamber 67 is adapted to be filled with nitrogen or other gas through a valve plug 68 extending through the piston 66 and closed, upon filling, by means of a cap 69 across its outer end.
  • a thrust bearing 70 disposed between the lower end of the journal bearing and the inner end of the recess of the cone has a central hole 71 through which the shaft 47 on the cone extends, and an outer diameter which is of somewhat lesser diameter than the bearing surface of the journal bear­ing and spaced from the inner diameter of the cone recess by an annular passageway 72. More particularly, and as shown in Fig.
  • the inner end of the cone recess has a curved outer wall 73 and the corner of the journal bearing adjacent to its inner end has a quarter round 74 so that, with the outer diameter of the thrust ring 70 substantially aligned with the reduced diameter inner end of the journal bearing, the pas­sageway 72 permits the free flow of lubricant between longi­tudinally extending passageways 58 between the cylindrical surfaces of the journal bearing and cone recess and the lat­eral suction passageways 59 between the inner ends.
  • these laterally extending pas­sageways 75 and 76 are formed in the opposite faces of the thrust bearing and extend radially outwardly from the hole 71 to the recess 72 so as to permit lubricant to pass radially either between the lower end of the journal bearing and the opposite face of the thrust bearing or between the end of the recess in the cone and the opposite face of the thrust bear­ ing.
  • the passageways on opposite sides of the thrust bearing are staggered in a circumferential sense.
  • the thrust bearing may be made of berrelium copper, or, if desired, a composite refractory metal such as MoS2.
  • the thrust bearing is held in a position of alignment with the longitudinal axis of the thrust bearing by means of an enlargement 77 formed on the portion of the shaft 47 which extends through the hole 71 in the thrust bearing.
  • the mid portion of the enlargement 77 has an outer diameter 78 which fits closely within the hole 71, and slots 79 are formed in the enlargement 77 to permit lubricant to flow from the pump chamber into the hole 71 in the thrust bearing and thus radially outwardly through slots 75 and 76 into the annular recess 72 and thus into the longitudinal passageways 58.
  • the thrust bearing 70 may be found to rotate with the cone, and thus with respect to the journal bearing, or alternatively may be held against rotation with respect to the thrust bearing, so that the cone rotates with respect to it.
  • the seal assembly 57 is best shown in Fig. 7 to com­prise an O-ring 80 of elastameric material disposed within a triangularly shaped groove 81 formed at the intersection of the inner diameter of the recess of the cone with the end of the cone opposite a sealing surface about the intersection of the journal bearing 29 extends. More particularly, the seal assembly also includes a ring 82 of carbon graphite or other composite refractory metal such as MOS2 disposed between the O-ring 81 and sealing surface, and, as shown in Fig. 7, the outer wall of the graphite ring and the opposite sealing surface of the journal bearing against which it is sealably engaged form quarter rounds which enable some misalignment of the longitudinal axis of the journal bearing and cone without damage to the seal assembly.
  • the sealing surface is ground and lapped to fit the graphite ring.
  • the seal assembly also includes annular pads 83 of rubber of other deformable material disposed between the sides of the groove and the oppositely facing sides of the graphite ring 82 disposed opposite thereto. More particularivelyly, the pads are pressed between them to form a frictional grip which prevents the ring 82 from rotating with respect to the cone, and in turn prevents the seal ring 81 from rotating with respect thereto. Consequently, a wear surface of the seal assembly is formed of non-elastermeric material, and the elastermeric ring thereof is static and thus less suscept­ible to wear than would be a dynamic seal.
  • a pellet 93 of brazing material such as nickel which has a conical shape adapted to fit closed within the conical end 92 of the hole in which the insert is to be im­bedded is adapted to be heated, and an electrical potential is connected across the insert and the cone, with its posi­ tive end connected to the insert in its negative end connect­ed to the cone, so as to soften the pellel 93 as the lower pointed end of the insert 91 is moved into contact therewith.
  • the brazing material and gases which it releases are permitted to escape between the hole and the insert through one or more slots 94 formed in the side of the insert.
  • the outer end of the hole and an intermediate portion of the recess are formed with surfaces above the conical portions which stabilize the insert when brazed to the cone in the manner described.

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US20130067762A1 (en) * 2006-10-04 2013-03-21 Varco I/P, Inc. Reclamation of components of wellbore cuttings material
US8533974B2 (en) * 2006-10-04 2013-09-17 Varco I/P, Inc. Reclamation of components of wellbore cuttings material
US9073104B2 (en) 2008-08-14 2015-07-07 National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Drill cuttings treatment systems
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