WO2020234859A1 - Diamond drilling hole correction tool - Google Patents
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- WO2020234859A1 WO2020234859A1 PCT/IB2020/056858 IB2020056858W WO2020234859A1 WO 2020234859 A1 WO2020234859 A1 WO 2020234859A1 IB 2020056858 W IB2020056858 W IB 2020056858W WO 2020234859 A1 WO2020234859 A1 WO 2020234859A1
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- hole
- drill
- drill string
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- external guide
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- 229910003460 diamond Inorganic materials 0.000 title claims description 7
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Classifications
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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
- E21B7/10—Correction of deflected boreholes
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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
- E21B7/061—Deflecting the direction of boreholes the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock
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- the present invention relates to industrial drilling.
- the invention relates to drill hole correction tools for use in diamond drilling.
- a drill hole may veer off target.
- the current methodology for correcting the direction of the drilling by deflecting a drill hole requires use of a metallic wedge within which the outside of the drill bit is carried along the drill hole.
- the tapered wedge is placed with its wide end at the end of the drill hole.
- the metallic nature of the wedge makes it harder for the bit to cut than is the rock.
- the metal wedge remains in the hole indefinitely.
- the drill rods are removed, according to prior art technology.
- the wedge may then be lowered down the hole and fixed in place.
- the rods are then lowered back into the hole and the portion of the hole with the wedge is re-drilled, but now in the corrected direction.
- the process of removing the drill rods from the hole presents the risk that the hole may collapse due to their absence. It is desirable to provide a system in which the rods are never removed from the hole, thereby eliminating the risk of the hole caving in.
- the present invention provides a diamond drilling hole correction tool for a drill string having a lower latch body, the hole correction tool comprising: an internal push rod attachable to the lower latch body; an external guide cylinder for receiving the internal push rod; a shear pin for fixing the internal push rod to the external guide cylinder; an internal locking pin positioned below the external guide cylinder; and a foot pivotally attached by a pin into a blind slot in the external guide cylinder.
- the internal push rod may comprise two components, an upper portion and a lower portion, the two portions reversibly detachable.
- the invention provides a method for correcting the trajectory of a drill hole, the method comprising the steps of: raising the drill rods to a position 3.0 m above the bottom of the drill hole; pulling the inner tube out and removing it from the drill string; deploying an adhesive into the bottom of the drill hole below the drill bit; lowering the hole correction tool of claim 1 down the drill string until the landing ring reaches the landing shoulder and the latches are deployed; rotating the hole correction tool to a desired orientation using an orientation tool; lowering the drill string to press the external guide cylinder into the adhesive until the external guide cylinder reches the bottom of the hole, thereby shearing the shear pin; further lowering the drill string 6 to 8 inches until a significant load on the drill string is registered by an operator; extending the clamping mechanism and clamping the external guide cylinder in place; allowing the adhesive to cure; retrieving the back end and internal guide rod from the drill hole and removing them from the drill string; and lowering the original standard inner tube down the drill string.
- Figure 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the drill hole correction tool assembly of the present invention
- Figure 2 depicts a cross-sectional view of the tool assembly of the invention in place in a drill hole
- Figure 3 depicts a cross-sectional view of the tool assembly of the invention in a drill hole showing the clamping mechanism extended and the external guide cylinder fixed in place;
- Figure 4 depicts a cross-sectional view of the tool assembly of the invention with a conventional core barrel replacing the internal pushrod assembly;
- Figure 5 depicts a cross-sectional view of the tool assembly of the invention in a corrected position in the drill hole.
- the drill hole correction tool consists of 5 components; the internal push rod, the external guide cylinder, the internal locking pin, the foot, and the shear pin.
- the internal push rod is attached to the lower latch body.
- the internal push rod is inserted into the external guide cylinder and pinned in place with the shear pin.
- This connection fixes the internal push rod and external guide cylinder relative to one another and prevents them from rotating or sliding within each other.
- the internal locking pin is located below the internal push rod.
- the foot is inserted into a blind slot in the external guide cylinder at the same end as the internal locking pin.
- the foot is attached to the external guide rod by a pin, allowing it to pivot.
- the latch assembly retains the tube at the bottom of the hole and spins with the rods while the inner tube stays stationary with the core.
- the latch assembly also contains a landing shoulder which sits on a landing ring inside of the drill rods and prevents the inner tube from being positioned too low inside the string and contacting the drill bit.
- the hole may deviate from the desired direction. This deviation must be corrected in order for the drill hole to intersect the target.
- the rods are first raised 3.0 m from the bottom of the hole. This creates sufficient distance for the external guide cylinder to drop below the bit. The inner tube may then be pulled up and removed from the drill string. Adhesive is then deployed into the bottom of the hole below the bit.
- the apparatus of the present invention may then be dropped, or lowered, down the drill string. Once the landing ring has reached the landing shoulder and the latches have deployed, the apparatus may be oriented. At this point the external guide cylinder will extend beyond the bit. The clamping mechanism will not be deployed yet and the external guide cylinder and rods will be free to turn within the hole.
- the external guide cylinder may be oriented to the desired orientation using an orientation tool and twisting the drill string.
- the drill string is then lowered, pressing the external guide cylinder into the adhesive below the bit.
- the shear pin will shear and the drill operator will see indication of this on this feed gauge. They will then continue to lower the drill string 6 to 8 inches until they see a significant change in the load on the drill string as the internal rods will have travelled all the way down the external guide cylinder and reached the bottom of the hole.
- the clamping mechanism may now be extended, and the external guide cylinder fixed in place, as shown in Fig. 3.
- the back end and internal guide rod can be retrieved from the bottom of the hole and removed from the drill string.
- the original standard inner tube can then be dropped, or lowered, down the drill string.
- the tube has landed drilling can commence. Once the inner tube is full as indicated with water pressure, the inner tube can be retrieved from the bottom of the hole and the external guide cylinder and core can be removed as normal. At this point another correction can be drilled, or a standard inner tube can be dropped, or lowered, to the bottom of the hole and drilling can commence as normal.
- the advantages of the present invention include the ability to drill over something as opposed to beside something to redirect the hole. This allows the hole direction to be corrected without the removal of the drill string from the hole.
- the object being drilled over is angled within the hole.
- the means of fixing or clamping the rod within the hole may be accomplished in a number of ways, either externally as described herein, or internally within the drill string.
- the material of the object being drilled along may be metallic or non-metallic. In a preferred embodiment, steel is desirable due to its availability and cost.
- the internal push rod consists of two parts, an upper portion and a lower portion. This permits increased ease of assembly, and allows the push rod to be manufactured in a single piece or multiple pieces.
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AU2020279992A AU2020279992A1 (en) | 2019-05-21 | 2020-07-21 | Diamond drilling hole correction tool |
US17/612,051 US20220235611A1 (en) | 2019-05-21 | 2020-07-21 | Diamond Drilling Hole Correction Tool |
CA3140759A CA3140759A1 (en) | 2019-05-21 | 2020-07-21 | Diamond drilling hole correction tool |
MX2021014214A MX2021014214A (en) | 2019-05-21 | 2020-07-21 | Diamond drilling hole correction tool. |
PE2021001922A PE20220113A1 (en) | 2019-05-21 | 2020-07-21 | DIAMOND DRILLING HOLES CORRECTION TOOL |
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CN201521245U (en) * | 2009-10-28 | 2010-07-07 | 华北有色工程勘察院有限公司 | Vertical drill hole gyroscope eccentric deviation correction device |
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