CA2416134A1 - Formation cutting method and system - Google Patents

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CA2416134A1
CA2416134A1 CA002416134A CA2416134A CA2416134A1 CA 2416134 A1 CA2416134 A1 CA 2416134A1 CA 002416134 A CA002416134 A CA 002416134A CA 2416134 A CA2416134 A CA 2416134A CA 2416134 A1 CA2416134 A1 CA 2416134A1
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Harry B. Curlett
David Paul Sharp
Marvin Allen Gregory
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PDTI Holdings LLC
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Harry B. Curlett
David Paul Sharp
Marvin Allen Gregory
Prodril Acquisition Company
Prodril Acquisition Company, Inc.
Particle Drilling, Inc.
Particle Drilling Technologies, Inc.
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    • 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
    • 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
    • E21B7/16—Applying separate balls or pellets by the pressure of the drill, so-called shot-drilling

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A method and system for drilling or cutting a subterranean well or formation (52) using a drilling rig (5), a drill string (55), a plurality of solid material impactors (100), a drilling fluid and a drill bit (60) is disclosed.
This invention may have particular utility in drilling wells for the petroleum industry and for cutting formation in the mining and tunnel boring industries.
In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of solid material impactors are introduced into the drilling fluid and pumped through the drill string and drill bit to impact the formation ahead of the bit. At the point of impact, a substantial portion by weight of the impactors may have sufficient energy to structurally alter, excavate, and/or fracture the impacted formation. The majority by weight of the plurality of solid material impactors may have a mean diameter of at least 0.100 inches, and may structurally alter the formation to a depth of at least twice the mean diameter of the particles comprising the impacted formation. Impactor mass and/or velocity may be selected to satisfy a mass-velocity relationship in the respective impactor sufficient to structurally alter the formation. Rotational, gravitational, kinetic and/or hydraulic energy available at the bit in each of the bit, the impactors and the fluid may thereby more efficiently effect the generation and removal of formation cuttings ahead of the bit.
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