Schlumberger Technology Corporation

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Smith International, Inc.

Andrei Plop

Peter Thomas Cariveau

Geoffrey Charles Downton

Lance D Underwood

Gokturk Tunc

Lawrence C Lee

Maxim Pushkarev

Brian P Jarvis

William E Murray

Brian Williams

Nigel Wilcox

Daniel D Alvarado

Warren E Askew

Shunetsu Onodera

Shun'etsu Onodera

Lawrence Lee

Vernon E Koval

Techniques involve a motor assembly including a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a contact surface for contacting an outer surface of the rotor. The contact surface includes a rigid material. The motor assembly also includes at least one constraint disposed along a length of the motor assembly, where the constraint constrains a radial and/or tangential movement of the rotor relative to the stator. The at least one constraint may be disposed at one or more proximate ends of the motor assembly, and/or along the length of the motor assembly. The contact surface of the stator may have a profile including peaks and valleys, and in some embodiments, the contact surface may be treated to reduce friction and/or wear.

Apparatus and method for controlling or limiting rotor orbit in moving cavity motors and pumps

Techniques relate to a moving cavity motor or pump, such as a mud motor, including a rotor, a stator, and one or more apparatus for constraining (i.e., controlling or limiting) the movement of the rotor relative to the stator, where the apparatus for constraining is operable with the rotor catch. The motor may include a top sub, power section having a progressive cavity motor with a stator and rotor, a rotor catch, and an apparatus between a proximal and distal end of the rotor catch shaft. The apparatus may constrain the radial and/or tangential movement of the rotor catch shaft and the rotor.

Positive displacement motor with radially constrained rotor catch

A moving cavity motor or pump, such as a mud motor, comprising: a rotor, a stator, and one or more apparatus for constraining (i.e., controlling or limiting) the movement of the rotor relative to the stator, where the apparatus for constraining is operable with the rotor catch.

A moving cavity motor or pump, such as a mud motor, comprising: a rotor, a stator, and one or more apparatus for constraining (i.e., controlling or limiting) the movement of the rotor relative to the stator.

A system and method for drilling a wellbore along a desired well path is disclosed. The system and method employed a bearing housing which may be connected into a bottom hole assembly to facilitate drilling of deviated wellbore sections. The bearing housing has an internal bore with an axis that can be positioned to form a non-zero angle with the central or longitudinal axis of the bearing housing. The internal bore is designed to rotatably receive a drill bit shaft such that a drill bit is oriented at a desired angle with respect to the bearing housing. Alternatively, the internal bore may be positioned in a sleeve which is received in the bearing housing.

System and method for drilling a deviated wellbore

A bearing arrangement comprises a first componentand a second component, bearingsbeing provided to support one of the first and second componentsfor rotation relative to the other of the first and second components, a radial clearancebeing provided between cylindrical surfaces of the first and second components, fluid being supplied through the radial clearanceto lubricate the bearings, wherein the cylindrical surface of at least one of the first and second componentsis shaped to define at least one pocket

Bearing arrangement

A stator for a positive displacement motor including an external tube. The external tube includes an outer surface and an inner surface, and the inner surface includes at least two radially inwardly projecting lobes extending helically along a length of the external tube. A liner is positioned adjacent the inner surface, and the liner conforms to the radially inwardly projecting lobes formed on the inner surface and to the helical shape of the inner surface. A thickness of the liner is at a maximum at the at least two radially inwardly projecting lobes.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Andrei Plop