GB2312905A - Automatically steered drill assembly - Google Patents

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GB2312905A
GB2312905A GB9609659A GB9609659A GB2312905A GB 2312905 A GB2312905 A GB 2312905A GB 9609659 A GB9609659 A GB 9609659A GB 9609659 A GB9609659 A GB 9609659A GB 2312905 A GB2312905 A GB 2312905A
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control unit
bias
formation
drilling system
sensor
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John Denzil Barr
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Camco Drilling Group Ltd
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Priority to EP97303135A priority patent/EP0806542A3/fr
Publication of GB2312905A publication Critical patent/GB2312905A/en
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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
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/01—Devices for supporting measuring instruments on drill bits, pipes, rods or wirelines; Protecting measuring instruments in boreholes against heat, shock, pressure or the like
    • 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
    • E21B4/006—Mechanical motion converting means, e.g. reduction gearings
    • 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
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0085—Adaptations of electric power generating means for use in boreholes
    • 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
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes

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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
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  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
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GB9609659A 1996-05-09 1996-05-09 Automatically steered drill assembly Withdrawn GB2312905A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

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GB9609659A GB2312905A (en) 1996-05-09 1996-05-09 Automatically steered drill assembly
EP97303135A EP0806542A3 (fr) 1996-05-09 1997-05-08 Système de forage rotatif à déviation réglable

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GB2312905A true GB2312905A (en) 1997-11-12

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US6601658B1 (en) 1999-11-10 2003-08-05 Schlumberger Wcp Ltd Control method for use with a steerable drilling system
GB2398091A (en) * 2001-05-14 2004-08-11 Baker Hughes Inc Adaptive control of a bit during downhole operations

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US5230386A (en) * 1991-06-14 1993-07-27 Baker Hughes Incorporated Method for drilling directional wells
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GB2039093A (en) * 1978-12-26 1980-07-30 Conoco Inc Drill machine guidance using natural occurring radiation
US5230386A (en) * 1991-06-14 1993-07-27 Baker Hughes Incorporated Method for drilling directional wells
GB2259316A (en) * 1991-08-30 1993-03-10 Camco Drilling Group Ltd Modulated bias units for steerable rotary drilling systems
WO1995003472A1 (fr) * 1993-07-20 1995-02-02 Baroid Technology, Inc. Procede et appareil de commande de la tete d'un dispositif de forage ou de carottage
EP0728909A2 (fr) * 1995-02-25 1996-08-28 Camco Drilling Group Limited Système de forage rotatif à déviation réglable

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6601658B1 (en) 1999-11-10 2003-08-05 Schlumberger Wcp Ltd Control method for use with a steerable drilling system
GB2398091A (en) * 2001-05-14 2004-08-11 Baker Hughes Inc Adaptive control of a bit during downhole operations
GB2398091B (en) * 2001-05-14 2005-06-29 Baker Hughes Inc Method and apparatus for monitoring and recording of the operating condition of a downhole drill bit during drilling operations

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EP0806542A2 (fr) 1997-11-12
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