Smith International, Inc.

Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Schlumberger Canada Limited

Bala Durairajan

Michael George Azar

Madapusi K Keshavan

Carl M Hoffmaster

Peter Thomas Cariveau

Youhe Zhang

Sujian Huang

Xiaoge Gan

Huimin Song

Chen Chen

Liang Zhao

Michael L Stewart

Zhijun Lin

Yuelin Shen

Dwayne P Terracina

Charles H S Douglas, Iii

Rolando Descarpontriez Arteaga

Scott D McDonough

Michael Allen Siracki

Gregory Thomas Lockwood

Yuri Y Burhan

Dennis Cisneros

Jonan Fulenchek

Sandeep Tammineni

Rahul Bijai

Mahavir Nagaraj

William Moore

Ehren Long

Kurt T Bush

A cutting element may include a substrate and an ultrahard layer. A top surface of the ultrahard layer includes a peripheral edge extending around the cutting element, a cutting crest extending across a major dimension of the cutting element from a cutting edge at a first portion of the peripheral edge to a modified region at a central axis of the ultrahard layer, and a lateral portion extending across a minor dimension of the cutting element from the peripheral edge to the modified region. The modified region along the major dimension includes a concave cross-sectional shape. The lateral portion along the minor dimension from the peripheral edge to the modified region includes one or more of a linear shape and a convex shape, and the modified region along the minor dimension includes a planar shape perpendicular to the central axis.

Cutting elements having non-planar surfaces and downhole cutting tools using such cutting elements

A cutting element may include a substrate, an upper surface of the substrate including a crest, the crest transitioning into a depressed region, and an ultrahard layer on the upper surface, thereby forming a non-planar interface between the ultrahard layer and the substrate. A top surface of the ultrahard layer includes a cutting crest extending along at least a portion of a diameter of the cutting element, the top surface having a portion extending laterally away from the cutting crest having a lesser height than a peak of the cutting crest.

A cutting tool may include a tool body, blades extending from the tool body, and primary cutting elements and backup cutting elements are on each of blades. The backup cutting elements may be behind and at approximately the same radial distance from the axis of the tool body as a corresponding primary cutting element, where the primary cutting elements include cutting elements having a first non-planar shape and the backup cutting elements include cutting elements having a second, different non-planar shape.

Cutting structures for fixed cutter drill bit and other downhole cutting tools

A cutting tool may includes a tool body; a plurality of blades extending from the tool body; and a plurality of non-planar cutting elements disposed along each of the plurality of blades, the plurality of non-planar cutting elements form a cutting profile, in a rotated view of the plurality of non-planar cutting elements into a single plane, the cutting profile including a cone region, a nose region, a shoulder region, and a gage region. The plurality of non-planar cutting elements include a first shape in at least one of the cone region, nose region, shoulder region, and gage region, and a second, different shape in at least one other region.

A drill bit having a bit body with a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and a plurality of blades extending from the bit body is disclosed. Each blade has an outer face and at least one side wall. The drill bit has at least one junk slot, wherein each junk slot is defined by the bit body surface and the side walls of adjacent blades. At least one nozzle bore is formed in the bit body, wherein each nozzle bore has an intersecting surface between the bit body surface of a junk slot and an inner surface of the nozzle bore. At least one formation evacuation channel extends through the intersecting surface of at least one of the nozzle bores, wherein each formation evacuation channel has a base surface, and wherein the formation evacuation channel extends partially around the circumference of the nozzle bore.

Feature to eliminate shale packing/shale evacuation channel

A downhole cutting tool may include a tool body; a plurality of blades extending azimuthally from the tool body; and a plurality of cutting elements disposed on the plurality of blades, the plurality of cutting elements comprising: at least two conical cutting elements comprising a substrate and a diamond layer having a conical cutting end, wherein at least one of the at least two conical cutting elements has a positive back rake angle, and at least one of the at least two conical cutting elements has a negative back rake angle.

A drill bit for drilling a borehole in earth formations may include a bit body having a bit axis and a bit face; a plurality of blades extending radially along the bit face; and a plurality of cutting elements disposed on the plurality of blades. The plurality of cutting elements may include: at least one cutter including a substrate and a diamond table having a substantially planar cutting face; and at least two conical cutting elements including a substrate and a diamond layer having a conical cutting end. In a rotated view of the plurality of cutting elements into a single plane, the at least one cutter may be located a radial position from the bit axis that is intermediate the radial positions of the at least two conical cutting elements.

Kerfing hybrid drill bit and other downhole cutting tools

A drill bit for drilling a borehole in an earthen formation includes a first blade having a cutter-supporting surface. The cutting profiles of cutting faces of primary cutter elements mounted to the cutter-supporting surface define an outermost cutting profile Pin rotated profile view. A stabilizing member may be included, having an end distal the cutter-supporting surface including a tip. The tip may be offset from the outermost cutting profile Pin rotated profile view.

Stabilizing members for fixed cutter drill bit

A drill bit that includes a body having a lower end face for engaging a rock formation. The end face having a plurality of raised ribs extending from the face of the bit body and separated by a plurality of channels therebetween At least one of the plurality of ribs has a varying width along at least a portion of a rib height.

Impregnated drill bit

A drill bit for drilling a borehole in earthen formations comprises a bit body including a cone region, a shoulder region, and a gage region. In addition the bit comprises a first primary blade and a second primary blade. Further, the bit comprises a plurality of primary cutter elements mounted to the first primary blade in different radial positions. Still further, the bit comprises a plurality of primary cutter elements mounted to the second primary blade in different radial positions. Moreover, a first primary cutter element of the plurality of primary cutter elements on the first primary blade and a first primary cutter element of the plurality of primary cutter elements on the second primary blade are each positioned in the cone region and are redundant. The shoulder region has a total cutter redundancy percentage that is less than a total cutter redundancy percentage in the cone region.

Drill bit cutting structure and methods to maximize depth-of-cut for weight on bit applied

A drill bit includes a bit body, a plurality of blades extending radially from the bit body, a plurality of cutter pockets disposed on the plurality of blades, at least one rolling cutter disposed in one of the cutter pockets, wherein each rolling cutter has a substrate, a cutting face, a cutting edge, and a side surface, and at least one blocker positioned adjacent to each of the at least one rolling cutters on a leading face of the blade, wherein each blocker has a retention end and an attachment end. The retention end of each blocker is positioned adjacent to a portion of the cutting face of each rolling cutter to retain the rolling cutter in the cutter pocket and the attachment end is attached to a portion of the blade.

Rolling cutter assembled directly to the bit pockets

A downhole cutting tool may include a tool body; a plurality of blades extending azimuthally from the tool body; and a plurality of cutting elements disposed on the plurality of blades, the plurality of cutting elements comprising: at least two non-planar cutting elements comprising a substrate and a diamond layer having a non-planar cutting end, wherein at least one of the at least two conical cutting elements has a positive back rake angle or positive side rake angle, and at least one of the at least two non-planar cutting elements has a negative back rake angle or a negative side rake angle.

A drill bit may have a bit body, a plurality of cutting blades extending radially from the bit body and having cutting elements disposed thereon, the plurality of cutting blades forming a cutting blade gage pad diameter configured to contact a formation, and a plurality of raised volumes of material extending from the bit body and devoid of cutting elements, the plurality of raised volumes of material forming a gage pad diameter configured to contact the formation, wherein the plurality of cutting blades and the plurality of raised volume of material are circumferentially spaced having fluid courses that extend therebetween.

Drag bit with utility blades

A PDC cutter includes a body formed from a substrate material, an ultrahard layer disposed on the body, and a concave cutting face perpendicular to an axis of the body. A PDC cutter includes a body formed from a substrate material, an ultrahard layer disposed on the body, and a non-planar cutting face perpendicular to an axis of the body, the cutting face including a circumferential concave portion, and an inner protrusion portion.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Bala Durairajan