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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120012400 | HEAD FOR INJECTING CONSOLIDATING PRESSURISED FLUID MIXTURES INTO THE GROUND A head includes an outer cylindrical body with at least one upper inlet for fluids, at least one outlet side nozzle and at least one helical duct having a helical central line. The duct connects the upper inlet to the nozzle and imparts the fluid flowing through it a he... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120000710 | System and Method for Soil Saturation and Digging A system and method for soil saturation and digging is disclosed. First, a system for soil saturation and digging is disclosed. Said system comprises a digging tool having a first end and a second end, a pipe having a first end and a second end, a hose socket, a nozzle,... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110206459 | Appatus and methods for forming and using subterranean salt cavern Apparatus for solution mining and gas storage in a salt cavern formed by solution mining comprises a flow diverting conduit string is provided in fluid communication with two or more concentric conduits within the single main bore, with at least one lateral opening from... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110174537 | Method and System for Forming a Non-Circular Borehole System and methods for creating shaped, non-circular boreholes in rocks especially for use with geothermal heat pump applications and for increasing wellbore support in applications such as horizontal oil and gas drilling are described. The systems and methods when appl... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110147088 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FEED-IN SPEED OF A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE IN JET DRILLING OPERATIONS A jetting hose is conveyed downhole retracted on the end of a tubing string (coiled tubing) for jetting lateral boreholes from a main wellbore. The apparatus allows the operator to sense the speed at which the jetting hose and nozzle are penetrating the formation and ad... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110079397 | Jet-drilling and completion process A method of drilling a slim hole and inserting a slotted liner into such hole drilled in an underground reservoir using jet-drilling. The method enables jet-drilling to be effective in unconsolidated subterranean formations, such as some petroleum reservoirs. The method... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110017445 | Method and Device for Making Lateral Openings out of a Wellbore A method and device for making lateral openings out of a wellbore in a well formation where fluid is made to flow through a motherbore tubular like a completion or production pipe and then through a needle pipe that is aimed at the formation, and where the method includ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100307830 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTICLE JET BORING The present invention provides a method and system for the generation of, the utilization of, the processing of, and the maintenance of a heterogeneous solid-particle impactor-laden fluidic-process circuit that incorporates a particle-injector system and a fluidic-ampli... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100122846 | Boring green-hydro, cryo vertical drilling A vertical water jet cutter method of boring holes in the ground and other solid substrate managing the difficulties of removing the center stone by freezing it until brittle, and cracking it from the base yet to be cut or fragmenting it and removing the material. This ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100032207 | Method and System for Forming a Non-Circular Borehole System and methods for creating shaped, non-circular boreholes in rocks especially for use with geothermal heat pump applications and for increasing wellbore support in applications such as horizontal oil and gas drilling are described. The systems and methods when appl... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090321141 | Methods and Apparatus for Wireline Drilling On Coiled Tubing Apparatus for drilling an underground borehole, comprising:
| 12/31/2009 |
| 20090288884 | Method and apparatus for high pressure radial pulsed jetting of lateral passages from vertical to horizontal wellbores An apparatus and system that permits radial passages and lateral passages to be jetted into surrounding subsurface formation from existing or new wells. The system employs a casing cutting component that positionable by an anchored indexing device downhole to permit the... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090223718 | Impact Excavation System And Method A method and system for excavating a subterranean formation using a fluid comprising pumping the fluid through at least one nozzle such that a velocity of the fluid when exiting the nozzle is greater than a velocity of the fluid entering the nozzle. A plurality of solid... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090218098 | Methods Of Using A Particle Impact Drilling System For Removing Near-Borehole Damage, Milling Objects In A Wellbore, Under Reaming, Coring, Perforating, Assisting Annular Flow, And Associated Methods A particle impact drilling system and method are described. In several exemplary embodiments, the system and method may be a part of, and/or used with, an apparatus or system, methods, to excavate a subterranean formation. The system can including, for example, removing... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090205871 | Shot Blocking Using Drilling Mud A system and method for excavating a subterranean formation, according to which a suspension of liquid and a plurality of impactors are passed between a drill string to a body member for discharge from the body member to remove at least a portion of the formation. The f... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090200084 | Injection System and Method An injection system and method is described. In several exemplary embodiments, the injection system and method may be a part of, and/or used with, a system and method for excavating a subterranean formation.... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090145665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SOIL FRACTURING, SOIL EXCAVATION OR SOIL TREATMENT USING SUPERSONIC PNEUMATIC NOZZLE WITH INTEGRAL FLUIDIZED MATERIAL INJECTOR An apparatus and associated method of soil working is provided for performing one or more of soil fracture, soil excavation and soil treatment. The method comprises the steps of: supplying a source of pressurized gas; supplying a source of fluidized material; positionin... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090139728 | SCREENED VALVE SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE WELL STIMULATION AND CONTROL A well system includes a valve interconnected in a casing string and selectively configurable between first and second configurations via a line external to the casing string, the valve in the first configuration being operable to selectively permit and prevent fluid fl... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090078464 | MICROTUNNELING METHOD A microtunneling method includes: (a) forming a working well; (b) boring a tunnel from the working well through waterjet techniques which use at least one waterjet cutter including a jet seat and a jet nozzle mounted rotatably on the jet seat, the tunnel being bored by ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090065255 | Method and system for installing geothermal transfer apparatuses with a sonic drill The present invention relates to a method for drilling a hole and installing a geothermal transfer apparatus. A sonic drilling apparatus is positioned at a desired location. The sonic drilling apparatus includes a rotating and vibrating apparatus for rotating and vibrat... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20080283299 | Hydrajet Tool for Ultra High Erosive Environment The present invention relates to an improved method and system for perforating, slotting, and cutting steel and subterranean rock; and also for fracturing a subterranean formation to stimulate the production of desired fluids therefrom. The invention involves a fluid je... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080217066 | Lubricated pilot tubes for use with auger boring machine pilot steering system A pilot tube for an auger boring machine has a lubrication through passage formed therein through which water or another lubricant may be pumped during the driving of the pilot tube to facilitate formation of a pilot hole in the earth which is subsequently followed by a... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080093125 | Method and System for Forming a Non-Circular Borehole System and methods for creating shaped, non-circular boreholes in rocks especially for use with geothermal heat pump applications and for increasing wellbore support in applications such as horizontal oil and gas drilling are described. The systems and methods when appl... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080000694 | Mechanical and fluid jet drilling method and apparatus A device useful for conducting lateral or transverse excavating operations within a wellbore comprising a rotating drill bit with jet nozzles on a flexible arm. The arm can retract within the housing of the device during deployment within the wellbore, and can be extend... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070151766 | Mechanical and fluid jet horizontal drilling method and apparatus A device useful for conducting lateral or transverse excavating operations within a wellbore comprising a rotating drill bit with jet nozzles on a flexible arm. The arm can retract within the housing of the device during deployment within the wellbore, and can be extend... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070131455 | Nozzle unit and method for excavating a hole in an object A nozzle unit for generating an abrasive jet. The nozzle unit has a first nozzle connected to a pressurized carrier fluid supply; a mixing chamber in which the first nozzle discharges; and a second nozzle connected to the mixing chamber. An abrasive particle inlet disch... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070063066 | Ultrasonic waterjet apparatus An ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) has a mobile generator module (20) and a high-pressure water hose (40) for delivering high-pressure water from the mobile generator module (20) to a hand-held gun (50) with a trigger and an ultraso... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060266554 | System and method for making a hole in an object A system and method for making a hole in an object, the system having jet means for generating an abrasive jet formed of a mixture of a fluid and abrasive particles, and for blasting the abrasive jet with an erosive power into impingement with the object in an impingeme... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060185907 | Device for transporting particles of a magnetic material and tool comprising such a device A device for transporting particles containing a magnetic material in a selected direction, the device having: a support member having a support surface for supporting the particles, the support surface extending in the selected direction; a magnet arranged to generate ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060169495 | Sleeved hose assembly and method for jet drilling of lateral wells A sleeved hose assembly for lateral jet drilling through an ultra-short radius curve. The sleeved hose assembly includes a wire-wound high-pressure hose inserted inside a reinforcing sleeve. In general, wire-wound high-pressure hoses exhibit transverse moduli that are i... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060162964 | Tool for excavating an object A tool for excavating an object, the tool comprising a jetting system having nozzle means arranged to receive a fluid and abrasive particles via an abrasive particle inlet, and arranged to impinge the object to be excavated with a jetted stream of the fluid mixed with t... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060124362 | Floating head reaction turbine rotor with improved jet quality A rotary jetting tool including a pressure-balanced rotor, which is achieved using a vented volume. Axial movement of the rotor relative to the housing caused by pressure imbalances acting on the rotor selectively uncovers or opens a vent that places the volume in fluid... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060113114 | Drilling tool and method A drill tool comprising a drill pipe having a turbine and a hydraulic pump, wherein drilling fluid is passed through the turbine and into the hydraulic pump through a hollow shaft in the drill pipe. The drill tool also includes a high pressure jet at a distal end of the... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060021798 | Impact excavation system and method with particle separation A system and method for excavating a subterranean formation, according to which a suspension of liquid and a plurality of impactors are introduced into at least one cavity formed in a body member and are discharging from the cavity so that the impactors remove a portion... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060016624 | Impact excavation system and method with suspension flow control A system and method for excavating a subterranean formation, according to which a suspension of liquid and a plurality of impactors are passed between a drill string to a body member for discharge from the body member to remove at least a portion of the formation. The f... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060016622 | Impact excavation system and method A method and system for excavating a subterranean formation using a fluid comprising pumping the fluid through at least one nozzle such that a velocity of the fluid when exiting the nozzle is greater than a velocity of the fluid entering the nozzle. A plurality of solid... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060011386 | Impact excavation system and method with improved nozzle A system and method for excavating a subterranean formation, according to which a suspension of liquid and a plurality of impactors is introduced into at least one cavity formed in the body member. The suspension is discharged from a nozzle disposed in the cavity toward... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060000644 | Drill head steering A method of steering a fluid drilling head in an underground borehole drilling situation is provided by rotating the flexible hose through which high pressure is provided to the drilling head and providing a biasing force on the drilling head. The hose can be rotated fr... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050236188 | Systems and methods for remotely determining and changing cutting modes during decoking A decoking system that not only enables an operator to remotely switch the coke-cutting process from boring to cutting mode without removing the drill stem from the coke drum, but also to remotely determine the drill stem's mode so that efficiency, safety and convenienc... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050230152 | Suspended abrasive waterjet hole drilling system and method A suspended abrasive waterjet narrow kerf cutting method is reconfigured to simultaneously drill multiple, closely-spaced holes in a target, including holes in confined non line-of-sight locations. Working fluid nozzles can be located on a flat or non-flat tool surface ... | 10/20/2005 |
