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7306060 Drilling assembly with a steering device for coiled-tubing operations  
The present invention provides a drilling assembly for drilling deviated wellbores. The drilling assembly includes a drill bit at the lower end of the drilling assembly. A drilling motor provides...
7299885 Downhole drill string having a collapsible subassembly and method of loosening a stuck drillstring  
A method and apparatus for allowing a downhole drill string to be stuck at one location and continue to rotate above the stuck section. The apparatus provides a method for collapsing the stuck...
7267184 Modular housing for a rotary steerable tool  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a rotary steerable tool includes a drive shaft configured to be coupled to a drill string at an upper end thereof and configured to be coupled to a...
7216726 Downhole fluid-tight flexible joint  
A downhole tool comprises a joint, and a resilient member 65 which extends through the joint and provides a restoring force which tends to strengthen the joint. The joint may comprise a flex...
7192094 Auger flight support system  
An auger support assembly for use with an augering system for mining which bores a pair of side-by-side holes through a coal seam using dual side-by-side augers. Each auger includes a drilling...
7188689 Variable gauge drilling apparatus and method of assembly therefor  
A variable gauge drilling apparatus and a method for assembling a variable gauge drilling apparatus for insertion in a subject borehole. The variable gauge drilling apparatus includes: an apparatus...
7182160 Drill string element having at least one bearing zone, a drill string, and a tool joint  
The drill string element has at least one bearing zone for bearing against the wall of the borehole during drilling. The bearing zone comprises at least one bearing segment extending in the axial...
7090007 Centralizer for wireline tools  
A centralizer for use in oil well wireline toolstrings comprising a central mounting rod and floating spring mechanisms between which a number of jointed centralizer arms are connected. The jointed...
7000713 Blockless reamer  
A blockless reamer drilling tool comprising an elongated tool body and a reamer unit. The reamer unit includes, a shaft having a first end and a second end and a cutter mounted on the shaft between...
6968904 Method and apparatus for operations in underground/subsea oil and gas wells  
A method and apparatus for advancing a rotating motorized downhole tool for operations in oil/gas wells. The apparatus is adapted for drilling and milling away of casing sections in the wells, as...
6935442 Stabilizer device for rotary string of drill rods with reduced friction  
The stabilizer ( 1 ) has a tubular central body ( 3 ) having means for connection ( 3 a , 3 b ) to a first and a second component of the string of drill rods and at least one external contact...
6688409 Friction reducing tool and method for its use in a wellbore  
A friction reducing tool ( 1 ) having a generally tubular body ( 2 ) and three or more groups of rotatable castors ( 3 ) provided about the periphery of the body, wherein the castors of each group...
6679559 Auger flight support for plural auger coal mining systems  
An auger flight support for use with an augering systems for mining which bores a pair of side-by-side holes through the coal seam using respective augers. Each auger includes a drilling section...
6668945 Method and apparatus for milling a window in a well casing or liner  
A method and apparatus for milling a window in a downhole structure, such as a casing or a liner, includes a mandrel that supports milling elements arranged in a predetermined pattern. In one...
6666267 Downhole tools  
A casing centralizer is provided. Such a casing centralizer includes a tubular body substantially comprised of a plastics material and having an innermost surface, an outermost surface, and opposed...
6655477 Friction-reducing drill pipe component  
The friction reducing drill pipe component in the form of a sub ( 10 ) is adapted to form part of a drill string. The sub ( 10 ) comprises a tubular mandrel ( 12 ) having first and second ends for...
6622803 Stabilizer for use in a drill string  
A stabilizer especially adapted for use with an drill string having an eccentric drilling element, such as a bi-center bit. The stabilizer has a pair of circumferentially displaced blades that lie...
6588517 Boring apparatus  
Apparatus for boring a hole from an inside of a casing outwardly at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the casing comprises a drill shoe having a longitudinal axis and being positionable...
6585043 Friction reducing tool  
A centralizer having a first group of rollers ( 5 ) for reducing friction between the centralizer and an oil field tubular ( 7 ) and a second group of rollers ( 4 ) for reducing friction between...
6557654 Drill pipe having a journal formed thereon  
A drill pipe ( 1; 12 ) has a journal ( 2; 15 ) formed thereon. Integrally formed stop collars ( 10, 11; 16, 17 ) are provided at each end of the journal ( 2; 15 ). The arrangement enables rotatable...
6494274 Axle, a friction reducing fitting and an axle installation method  
A friction reducing fitting for downhole applications. The fitting has a body portion ( 3 ) for securement about a tubular member, the body portion having a pair of apertures ( 5, 6 ). A roller ( 1...
6427783 Steerable modular drilling assembly  
In general, the present invention provides a modular drilling assembly having a module for contactless power and data transfer over a nonconductive gap between rotating and non-rotating members of...
6394198 Frictional vibration damper for downhole tools  
A damper for downhole tools consisting of a plurality of damping inserts arrayed about the tool body so that their radial protrusion describes a circumference greater than desired gauge of the...
6382333 Friction reducing tool for oilfield drilling applications  
A friction reducing tool for drilling applications having a plurality of rollers for about the periphery of the tool ( 3 ). The rollers ( 4 ) have extensions ( 7 ) which locate within cavities ( 8...
6321857 Directional drilling apparatus and method utilizing eccentric stabilizer  
Directional drilling apparatus (26) for location on a drill string (20) comprises a stabilizer (32) having a mandrel (38) for connection to the drill string (20) and an eccentric non-rotating...
6250394 Apparatus for assisting the advancement of a work string and method  
An apparatus for assisting the advancement of a work string. In the preferred embodiment, the work string is concentrically disposed within a highly deviated tubular member. The apparatus comprises...
6227313 Anti-torque tool  
A downhole tool for engaging a borehole wall of a well, with outwardly displacing gripping elements to engage the borehole wall in such a way as to prevent rotation of the tool relative to the...
6209667 Drill string fitting  
A fitting for reducing friction between a drilling string and the wall of a well. In a first aspect the fitting has recesses (6) provided along the bore of the fitting to lubricate the interface...
6109374 Roller stabilizer  
An improved stabilizing tool includes a body with a pocket, and a roller rotatably disposed in the pocket. The body includes a fluid passageway formed axially therethrough. The passageway has a...
6059051 Integrated directional under-reamer and stabilizer  
The present invention is an apparatus for use in drilling operations. It uses an under-reamer having a plurality of elongated arms with cutting elements at the ends of the arms for enlarging a...
6033152 Pile forming apparatus  
An improved lateral soil displacement and compaction auger (24) is provided including a central shaft (34) equipped with a central cementious material pipe (42), helical flighting sections (36,38)...
6032748 Non-rotatable stabilizer and torque reducer  
An exemplary stabilizer and torque reducer which will engage a wellbore casing and locate the drill string substantially toward the concentric center of the wellbore casing. The device is capable...
5960895 Apparatus for providing a thrust force to an elongate body in a borehole  
A downhole tool for providing a thrust force to an elongate body extending in a borehole formed in an earth formation is provided. The tool comprises at least one rotatable body provided with a...
5931239 Adjustable stabilizer for directional drilling  
A drillstring carries a stabilizer sub above the drill bit for steering or directing drilling. The stabilizer body is rotatably carried by the stabilizer sub, wherein the stabilizer body remains...
5901798 Drill pipe tubing and casing protectors  
A drill pipe protector comprises an annular body (820) adapted to surround a drill pipe (824) in a borehole to protect the drill pipe and borehole (or borehole casing) against damage caused by...
5836407 Articulated tool for drilling oil, gas geothermal wells  
The invention relates to a tool for drilling oil, gas or geothermic wells. The tool includes two main members, a hollow shaft (1) and a blind tool body (2) more elongate than conventional tool...
5833018 Drill pipe/casing protector  
A non-rotating drill pipe/casing protector is disclosed. The protector has a bi-directional thrust bearing which can be mounted uphole or downhole from the protector. The bi-directional thrust...
5833015 Method and apparatus for sinking pipes or cables into a pilot borehole  
Method and apparatus for sinking pipes (8) or cables into a pilot borehole (4) by use of a drill string (3) including an expansion drill bit driven to rotate and pull is disclosed. The expansion...
5810100 Non-rotating stabilizer and centralizer for well drilling operations  
A non-rotating stabilizer tool is provided for connection within a drilling string for stabilization and centralization of the drill string within a well bore being drilled by a rotary drill bit....
5758723 Fluid pressure deactivated thru-tubing centralizer  
A thru-tubing centralizer 10, 102 positioned along a tubular T after passing through a small diameter tubing string TS centralizes the tubular within a large diameter casing string CS. The...
5715898 Stabiliser for a downhole apparatus  
A downhole apparatus, such as a stabilizer, having rotary bearing members in the form of bearing balls (36) which are each mounted for omni-directional movement within a bearing assembly (20)...
5711386 Equipment to reduce torque on a drill string  
A drill string torque-reducing sub-assembly is disclosed comprising: a hollow longitudinally-extending mandrel (1) capable of being coupled between adjacent first and second drill pipes in the...
5667027 Drill stabilizer  
A drill stabilizer is formed of housing with a mandrel extending from the housing between a first shoulder and a second shoulder, the mandrel having a mandrel axis and an outer diameter adjacent...
5649603 Downhole tools having circumferentially spaced rolling elements  
A downhole tool for providing rotary support of a downhole assembly in which the tool is incorporated, the tool also converting rotary contact with the wellbore to a longitudinal force tending to...
5603386 Downhole tool for controlling the drilling course of a borehole  
A downhole tool connectable to a drill string by a connection atop the tool includes a mandrel for connection with the drill string, the mandrel being rotatable within a body. A plurality of blades...
5579854 Drill pipe casing protector and method  
A drill pipe casing protector has an inner hub member releasably secured to the exterior of a drill pipe to rotate therewith and an outer buffer ring rotatably mounted on the inner hub to allow...
5538091 Bottom hole assembly  
The present invention provides a bottom hole assembly (BHA) for connection to a drillstring for use in directing the path of a drill bit while rotary drilling, the BHA comprising an apparatus for...
5522467 System and stabilizer apparatus for inhibiting helical stack-out  
A connector for drill string elements is formed as a cylindrical body having a bore and threaded sections on opposite ends for connecting drill tubing or pipes together. A plurality of bearings are...
5429198 Down reaming apparatus having hydraulically controlled stabilizer  
A down reaming apparatus has an upper stabilizer which supports the down reaming apparatus in the bored hole. A plurality of shoe assemblies are radially attached to the hub of the upper...
5407011 Downhole mill and method for milling  
A mill assembly having a mill face for milling material in a downhole milling operation is received in a casing or well bore having an internal wall having a first diameter. The mill face has a...
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