EP0522446A3 - Method for controlling the direction of an earth drilling apparatus and device for making bore holes - Google Patents

Method for controlling the direction of an earth drilling apparatus and device for making bore holes Download PDF

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EP0522446A3
EP0522446A3 EP19920111212 EP92111212A EP0522446A3 EP 0522446 A3 EP0522446 A3 EP 0522446A3 EP 19920111212 EP19920111212 EP 19920111212 EP 92111212 A EP92111212 A EP 92111212A EP 0522446 A3 EP0522446 A3 EP 0522446A3
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drilling apparatus
bore holes
earth drilling
making bore
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Gustav Dr. Jenne
Dietmar Jenne
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Terra AG fuer Tiefbautechnik
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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
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/065—Deflecting the direction of boreholes using oriented fluid jets
    • 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
    • E21B10/36—Percussion drill bits
    • E21B10/38—Percussion drill 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
    • 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
    • E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
    • E21B4/06—Down-hole impacting means, e.g. hammers
    • E21B4/14—Fluid operated hammers
    • E21B4/145—Fluid operated hammers of the self propelled-type, e.g. with a reverse mode to retract the device from the hole
    • 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
    • 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
    • E21B7/26—Drilling without earth removal, e.g. with self-propelled burrowing devices

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
EP92111212A 1991-07-05 1992-07-02 Method for controlling the direction of an earth drilling apparatus and device for making bore holes Expired - Lifetime EP0522446B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4122350A DE4122350C2 (en) 1991-07-05 1991-07-05 Method for controlling the direction of a rough drilling device and device for producing earth bores
DE4122350 1991-07-05

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EP0522446A2 EP0522446A2 (en) 1993-01-13
EP0522446A3 true EP0522446A3 (en) 1993-03-24
EP0522446B1 EP0522446B1 (en) 1996-10-02

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US3365007A (en) * 1965-10-24 1968-01-23 Wilson Supply Co Directional drilling tool and method
GB2126267A (en) * 1982-09-07 1984-03-21 Coal Ind Drilling methods and equipment
US4787465A (en) * 1986-04-18 1988-11-29 Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson Iii Et Al. Hydraulic drilling apparatus and method
US4850440A (en) * 1986-08-13 1989-07-25 Smet Nic H W Method and device for making a hole in the ground
US4858703A (en) * 1987-11-02 1989-08-22 Underground Technologies, Inc. Self-propelled subsoil penetrating tool system
US4930586A (en) * 1989-05-12 1990-06-05 Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson, III Hydraulic drilling apparatus and method
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US4991667A (en) * 1989-11-17 1991-02-12 Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson, III Hydraulic drilling apparatus and method
US4993503A (en) * 1990-03-27 1991-02-19 Electric Power Research Institute Horizontal boring apparatus and method

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EP0522446A2 (en) 1993-01-13
DE4122350A1 (en) 1993-01-14
US5288173A (en) 1994-02-22
DE4122350C2 (en) 1996-11-21
EP0522446B1 (en) 1996-10-02

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