CA2278933A1 - Tool and method for drilling a lateral well - Google Patents

Tool and method for drilling a lateral well Download PDF

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CA2278933A1
CA2278933A1 CA002278933A CA2278933A CA2278933A1 CA 2278933 A1 CA2278933 A1 CA 2278933A1 CA 002278933 A CA002278933 A CA 002278933A CA 2278933 A CA2278933 A CA 2278933A CA 2278933 A1 CA2278933 A1 CA 2278933A1
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lateral well
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David Michael Haugen
Guy Lamont Mcclung, Iii
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Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC
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Lucas, Brian Ronald
David Michael Haugen
Guy Lamont Mcclung, Iii
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc
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    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
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    • E21B23/02—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells for locking the tools or the like in landing nipples or in recesses between adjacent sections of tubing
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    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs, or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
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    • E21B34/101—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells operated by control fluid supplied from outside the borehole with means for equalizing fluid pressure above and below the valve
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    • 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
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    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/09—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes
    • E21B47/095—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes by detecting an acoustic anomalies, e.g. using mud-pressure pulses
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    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
    • E21B49/02—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells by mechanically taking samples of the soil
    • E21B49/06—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells by mechanically taking samples of the soil using side-wall drilling tools pressing or scrapers
    • 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
    • E21B7/04—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

Abstract

A tool for use in forming a lateral, which tool comprises a formation drill (525) which is provided with a protective layer (527), and a mill (520) for forming a window in casing, the arrangement being such that, in use, said protective layer (527) will inhibit damage to said formation drill (525) whilst said mill (520) forms a window in said casing.
CA002278933A 1997-01-30 1998-01-30 Tool and method for drilling a lateral well Expired - Lifetime CA2278933C (en)

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US08/790,543 US5887655A (en) 1993-09-10 1997-01-30 Wellbore milling and drilling
US08/790,543 1997-01-30
US08/832,483 US5887668A (en) 1993-09-10 1997-04-02 Wellbore milling-- drilling
US08/832,483 1997-04-02
PCT/GB1998/000197 WO1998034007A1 (en) 1997-01-30 1998-01-30 Tool and method for drilling a lateral well

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