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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120037372 | Recovery or Storage Process A method for recovering gases and/or liquids stored within one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs comprising locating the upper consolidated boundary of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs; drilling an access well which extends downwardly to at least adjacent... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037425 | BEARING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING BEARING SUPPORT RING CONFIGURED TO REDUCE THERMAL WARPING DURING USE, BEARING APPARATUSES USING THE SAME, AND RELATED METHODS Various embodiments relate to a bearing assembly including a support ring configured to reduce thermal warping under operational temperature conditions, a bearing apparatus that may utilize such a thrust-bearing assembly, and applications that incorporate the disclosed ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037426 | Downhole Tool The present invention relates to downhole tools, and in particular an underreamer tool for use in a wellbore of an oil or gas well and a method of actuation. In an embodiment, the underreamer tool has body having a longitudinal axis and a fluid conduit, a tool element a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031674 | SHAPED CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND RELATED METHODS A cutting element for an earth-boring tool. The cutting element comprises a substrate base, and a volume of polycrystalline diamond material on an end of the substrate base. The volume of polycrystalline diamond material comprises a generally conical surface, an apex ce... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031673 | LOCKABLE REAMER A downhole tool comprises a body, an extendable cutting member operable to cooperate with a hydraulically actuated cam member, and a cam member lock. The lock is configurable to be activated downhole to restrict movement of the cam member relative to the body and preven... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031671 | Drill Bits With Rolling Cone Reamer Sections A drill bit for drilling a borehole in earthen formations comprises a bit body having a central bit axis, a first end adapted to be connected to a drillstring, and a second end opposite the first end. In addition, the bit comprises a pilot bit extending from the second ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031675 | Abrasive Compact of Superhard Material and Chromium and Cutting Element Including Same Cutting elements having a substrate and a layer of superhard material sintered to the substrate are disclosed. The layer includes a working surface at a first surface. From the interface of the layer with the substrate, a reaction zone extends into the layer toward the ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031672 | Apparatus and Methods for Real Time Communication in Drill Strings A drill pipe made according to one embodiment includes a number of serially connected tubulars with a communication device placed between the connecting ends of the tubulars, wherein the communication device provides a direct data communication link between the adjoinin... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120024603 | APPARATUS FOR A PIPE STRING OF A GEOLOGICAL DRILL HOLE, PIPE STRING, METHOD FOR OPERATING A GEOLOGICAL DRILLING GEAR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PIPE STRING FOR A GEOLOGICAL DRILL HOLE The invention relates to an apparatus for a pipe string of a geological drill hole, with a pipe string element and a fluid supply line which is arranged outside the pipe string element, extends along the pipe string element and is connected to a fluid injection device o... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024602 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MUD CLEANING APPARATUS Techniques for controlling drilling fluid cleaning apparatus that reclaim lost circulation material from spent drilling fluid are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a tank, a density separation device, and a fluid density control system. The tank holds spen... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024604 | FIXED CUTTER DRILL BIT FOR ABRASIVE APPLICATIONS The invention provides a fixed cutter drill bit for drilling through unconsolidated, highly abrasive formations. The bit includes a bit body having a cutting face and a side portion. The bit body comprising carbide matrix material. A plurality of blades azimuthally spac... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024605 | DRILL HOLE PLANNING Forming a sequence plan for a machine to travel to a series of specified locations is described. An initial cost table (414) and a pattern of locations (412) is inputted to a Sequential Ordering Problem (SOP) solver (402). The resulting sequence ( 02/02/2012 | |
| 20120027516 | METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING UNDERGROUND BOREHOLE CONFIGURATIONS AND RELATED SOLUTION MINING METHODS Disclosed are methods for solution mining of evaporite minerals, such as trona, comprising drilling an access well and at least two lateral boreholes; injecting a fluid; circulating the fluid through the lateral boreholes with a controlled fluid flow; and collecting a p... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120018223 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF USING SAME A polycrystalline diamond cutting (PDC) element of a drill bit of a downhole drilling tool is provided. The PDC element having a substrate, a diamond table and at least one pattern. The diamond table has an initial cutting edge along a periphery thereof. The pattern int... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120018228 | Method and Apparatus for Transforming a Pressure Drop into a Continuous Fluid Flow An apparatus energizes a consumer of a pressurized fluid using a high pressure source and a low pressure source. The apparatus may include a fluid circuit in fluid communication with the consumer. The fluid circuit may have a first and a second reservoir. In one arrange... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120018221 | Drill String Tooling Joint A joint connecting a pair of members rotatable about a common axis end to end includes a first member having a threaded end portion and a non-circular exterior surface rearwardly of the threaded end portion, a second member having a threaded socket wherein the threaded ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120018222 | Inflatable Restraint System A racking board for retaining tubulars is disclosed having a first finger, a second forger positioned generally parallel to the first finger and with a gap between the fingers serving as a storage area for tubulars. A first inflatable member is supported adjacent to the... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120012390 | DRILLING DEVICE AND DRILLING METHOD The invention relates to a drilling device and a drilling method for drilling inside a casing tube, wherein the drilling apparatus has a supporting frame with a fastening means for fixation with respect to the casing tube and a drilling tool, which is driven in a rotati... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012391 | DRILLING DEVICE FOR EXECUTING DIAPHRAGM WALLS AND METHOD THEREOF A drilling method and device is for the execution of diaphragm walls by cutters, (131, 105, 110) carried by a frame (130) supported by suspension and movers (102). A guide hole (200) is formed as far as the depth specified in the design at th... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120000708 | Surfactant Additives Used to Retain Producibility While Drilling Of the many embodiments provided herein, one embodiment includes a method comprising: providing a drilling fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a surfactant; and drilling a well bore in a subterranean formation comprising an oleaginous fluid using the drilling fluid,... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110315449 | Retention of cutters in bore hole tools A cutter retention method which uses brazed material placed in cutter pockets and cutter pocket grooves or recesses to allow braze material between the cutters and cutter pockets and in said grooves and overlapping onto the top of the cutters to better retain the cutter... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315447 | Downhole cutting tool having center beveled mill blade Downhole cutting tools such as blade mills comprise a body having a first end for connection with a rotating component of a drill string and a cutting end for rotation in unison with the body. The cutting end comprises at least two blades, each of the at least two blade... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315444 | Apparatus and Methods for Corrosion Protection of Downhole Tools In one aspect, an apparatus for use in a wellbore is provided that in one embodiment includes a drill bit having a bit body that is susceptible to corrosion when the drill bit is utilized in wellbore, an anode placed at a selected location on the bit body, a cathode ass... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315448 | Cutting Elements for Cutting Tools Cutting elements for downhole cutting tools comprise a top surface having a cutting surface portion and a cutting profile disposed across the top surface. The cutting elements comprise first and second longitudinal side surfaces and first and second lateral side surface... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110308861 | EXPANDABLE REAMERS FOR SUBTERRANEAN DRILLING AND RELATED METHODS An expandable reamer apparatus and methods for reaming a borehole are disclosed, including at least one laterally movable blade carried by a tubular body selectively positioned at an inward position and an expanded position. The at least one laterally movable blade, hel... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110308860 | Continuous Circulating Sub for Drill Strings A system and method for maintaining continuous flow through a drill string during drill pipe connection includes establishing drilling fluid flow axially through the length of a tubular sub attached to the top of a drill string. The sub is then engaged with a collar dis... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110303461 | Clutch for a Jack Element A downhole tool string, comprising a tool string bore and a drill bit located at the bottom of the tool string. The drill bit comprises a body intermediate a shank and a working surface. The working surface may comprise a substantially coaxial rotationally isolated jack... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297443 | EXPANDABLE REAMER APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS An expandable reamer apparatus and methods for reaming a borehole, wherein a laterally movable blade carried by a tubular body may be selectively positioned at an inward position and an expanded position. The laterally movable blade, held inwardly by blade-biasing eleme... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290563 | DEVICE FOR PERFORMING DEEP DRILLINGS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING DEEP DRILLINGS Device for performing deep drillings, especially geothermal, may include a surface base, a borehole in a geological formation, filled with fluid, and a robotic multi-functional underground drilling platform, which contains especially a block (2) for crushing rock... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110290562 | INTEGRATED GEOMECHANICS DETERMINATIONS AND WELLBORE PRESSURE CONTROL Well pressure control is integrated in real time with geomechanics determinations made during drilling. A well drilling method includes updating determinations of properties of a formation surrounding a wellbore in real time as the wellbore is being drilled; and control... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284291 | Tension/Collar/Reamer Assemblies And Methods The present invention provides drilling assembles and methods that are especially useful for a bottom hole drilling assembly for drilling/reaming/ or other operations related to drilling a borehole through an earth formation. In one embodiment, the drilling assembly uti... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILLING A method and apparatus for down-the-hole drilling. The drilling is carried out by a drilling device including a casing and a drilling unit. The drilling head includes a first drill for drilling a center hole, a second drill for reaming the center hole and a flushing flo... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278064 | ELECTRONICALLY ACTIVATED UNDERREAMER AND CALLIPER TOOL An electronically activated tool (50) comprising a tool body, cutter blocks and sensors with means for attachment to a drilling support and rotation so as to permit the simultaneous underreaming and measurement of the diameter of a wellbore (especially in oil and... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278068 | REGENERATIVE DRIVE MECHANISM FOR HYDRAULIC FEED CYLINDERS IN HYDROSTATIC OR HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS Methods and systems for storing kinetic energy in a fluid-base power circuit. A regenerative control valve manifold diverts fluid flow from a hydraulic device performing a first operation into an accumulator. The accumulator stores a fluid volume sufficient to perform a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110274492 | DRILLED UNDERGROUND GASEOUS STORAGE SYSTEM The present invention discloses embodiments of a drilled underground gaseous storage system. The embodiments of the present invention comprise storage tubes inserted below the surface of the ground for the storage of gases. The embodiments of the present invention may b... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110266058 | PDC Sensing Element Fabrication Process and Tool A Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) cutter for a rotary drill bit is provided with an integrated sensor and circuitry for making measurements of a property of a fluid in the borehole and/or an operating condition of the drill bit. A method of manufacture of the PDC ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110266059 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACTS, CUTTING ELEMENTS AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH COMPACTS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH COMPACTS AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS Methods of forming a polycrystalline diamond compact for use in an earth-boring tool include forming a body of polycrystalline diamond material including a first material disposed in interstitial spaces between inter-bonded diamond crystals in the body, removing the fir... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110266060 | EXPANDABLE EARTH-BORING WELLBORE REAMERS AND RELATED METHODS Expandable reamer tools include an outer body, a fluid passageway extending through the outer body, and at least one blade configured to slide relative to the outer body between a refracted position and an expanded position in a direction oriented at an acute angle of l... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110259642 | CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS Cutting elements, earth-boring drill bits having such cutting elements and related methods are described herein. In some embodiments, a cutting element for an earth-boring tool may include a diamond table having an indentation in a cutting face thereof and a shaped feat... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110259639 | Downhole Axial Flux Generator What is claimed is a downhole tool string component comprising a generator. The generator may comprise a toroidal stator comprising an interior channel formed between inward extending stator poles. A coil of wire is disposed within the interior channel, and a plurality ... | 10/27/2011 |
