EP1499789A4 - Nozzle for jet drilling and associated method - Google Patents

Nozzle for jet drilling and associated method

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Publication number
EP1499789A4
EP1499789A4 EP03746666A EP03746666A EP1499789A4 EP 1499789 A4 EP1499789 A4 EP 1499789A4 EP 03746666 A EP03746666 A EP 03746666A EP 03746666 A EP03746666 A EP 03746666A EP 1499789 A4 EP1499789 A4 EP 1499789A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
nozzle
associated method
jet drilling
drilling
jet
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP03746666A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1499789A2 (en
Inventor
William G Buckman Sr
Thomas L Dotson
Michael D Mcdaniels
Wendell S Bell
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Buckman Jet Drilling Inc
Original Assignee
Buckman Jet Drilling Inc
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Publication date
Priority claimed from US10/119,790 external-priority patent/US6668948B2/en
Application filed by Buckman Jet Drilling Inc filed Critical Buckman Jet Drilling Inc
Publication of EP1499789A2 publication Critical patent/EP1499789A2/en
Publication of EP1499789A4 publication Critical patent/EP1499789A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • E21B7/18—Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet
    • B05B1/3421—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber
    • B05B1/3431—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves
    • B05B1/3447—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves the interface being a cylinder having the same axis as the outlet
EP03746666A 2002-04-10 2003-04-09 Nozzle for jet drilling and associated method Withdrawn EP1499789A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US119790 1993-09-10
US10/119,790 US6668948B2 (en) 2002-04-10 2002-04-10 Nozzle for jet drilling and associated method
PCT/US2003/010813 WO2003087522A2 (en) 2002-04-10 2003-04-09 Nozzle for jet drilling and associated method

Publications (2)

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EP1499789A2 EP1499789A2 (en) 2005-01-26
EP1499789A4 true EP1499789A4 (en) 2010-07-21

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EP03746666A Withdrawn EP1499789A4 (en) 2002-04-10 2003-04-09 Nozzle for jet drilling and associated method

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AU (1) AU2003226330B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2480249C (en)

Citations (12)

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US2017467A (en) * 1934-11-23 1935-10-15 Leavitt R Loomis Spray nozzle
US3344558A (en) * 1965-07-23 1967-10-03 Wyatt S Kirkland Sand blast nozzle
US3415453A (en) * 1967-03-13 1968-12-10 Anthony Mfg Corp Swirl device for sprinkler heads
GB1376591A (en) * 1972-06-26 1974-12-04 Franz N C Nozzle assemblies for use at extremely high fluid pressures
US4150794A (en) * 1977-07-26 1979-04-24 Camsco, Inc. Liquid jet cutting nozzle and housing
US4244521A (en) * 1978-04-01 1981-01-13 Bochumer Eisenhuette Heintzmann Gmbh & Co. Arrangement for discharging liquid medium under high pressure
GB1603090A (en) * 1978-05-25 1981-11-18 Hughes & Co Jetting apparatus
US4787465A (en) * 1986-04-18 1988-11-29 Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson Iii Et Al. Hydraulic drilling apparatus and method
US4790384A (en) * 1987-04-24 1988-12-13 Penetrators, Inc. Hydraulic well penetration apparatus and method
US4798339A (en) * 1984-02-13 1989-01-17 Sugino Machine Limited Submerged jet injection nozzle
US4852800A (en) * 1985-06-17 1989-08-01 Flow Systems, Inc. Method and apparatus for stablizing flow to sharp edges orifices
US6263984B1 (en) * 1999-02-18 2001-07-24 William G. Buckman, Sr. Method and apparatus for jet drilling drainholes from wells

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US5853056A (en) * 1993-10-01 1998-12-29 Landers; Carl W. Method of and apparatus for horizontal well drilling
US5862871A (en) * 1996-02-20 1999-01-26 Ccore Technology & Licensing Limited, A Texas Limited Partnership Axial-vortex jet drilling system and method
JP3298052B2 (en) * 1998-08-21 2002-07-02 豊田紡織株式会社 Air filter

Patent Citations (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2017467A (en) * 1934-11-23 1935-10-15 Leavitt R Loomis Spray nozzle
US3344558A (en) * 1965-07-23 1967-10-03 Wyatt S Kirkland Sand blast nozzle
US3415453A (en) * 1967-03-13 1968-12-10 Anthony Mfg Corp Swirl device for sprinkler heads
GB1376591A (en) * 1972-06-26 1974-12-04 Franz N C Nozzle assemblies for use at extremely high fluid pressures
US4150794A (en) * 1977-07-26 1979-04-24 Camsco, Inc. Liquid jet cutting nozzle and housing
US4244521A (en) * 1978-04-01 1981-01-13 Bochumer Eisenhuette Heintzmann Gmbh & Co. Arrangement for discharging liquid medium under high pressure
GB1603090A (en) * 1978-05-25 1981-11-18 Hughes & Co Jetting apparatus
US4798339A (en) * 1984-02-13 1989-01-17 Sugino Machine Limited Submerged jet injection nozzle
US4852800A (en) * 1985-06-17 1989-08-01 Flow Systems, Inc. Method and apparatus for stablizing flow to sharp edges orifices
US4787465A (en) * 1986-04-18 1988-11-29 Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson Iii Et Al. Hydraulic drilling apparatus and method
US4790384A (en) * 1987-04-24 1988-12-13 Penetrators, Inc. Hydraulic well penetration apparatus and method
US6263984B1 (en) * 1999-02-18 2001-07-24 William G. Buckman, Sr. Method and apparatus for jet drilling drainholes from wells

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
WANG RUIHE ET AL: "Theoretical and experimental study on conical swirling water jet flow", JOURNAL OF HYDRODYNAMICS, JOURNAL OF HYDRODYNAMICS, BEIJING, CN, vol. 10, no. 3, 1 January 1998 (1998-01-01), pages 80 - 90, XP008122899, ISSN: 1001-6058 *

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CA2480249A1 (en) 2003-10-23
EP1499789A2 (en) 2005-01-26
AU2003226330A1 (en) 2003-10-27
CA2480249C (en) 2009-09-15
AU2003226330B2 (en) 2007-05-31

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