Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.p.

Ben Chrest

Christopher M Casad

Carl Aron Deen

Mitchell A Rothe

Thomas A Damian

Kristy Everheart

Kerry Sisson

A PDC drill bit for use in downhole air drilling includes a body with a face for engaging a bottom of a hole being drilled and a gauge for engaging a side of the hole being drilled. The face includes a cone, a nose outward of the cone, a shoulder outward of the nose. The bit further includes channels formed in the face of the bit that extend from within the cone to the gauge. The channels define a plurality of blades separated by the channels. Each of the plurality of blades has a leading edge with PDC cutters mounted thereon. One or more of the channels are defined by two side walls and a bottom wall and has a length, width and depth. The width or depth remains substantially constant from a first point on its length within the cone to a second point within the shoulder.

Polycrystalline-diamond compact air bit

A bladeless polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bit includes a head having a plurality of knots protruding from a drilling face of the head. Each of the plurality of knots includes a single cutter. Each of the cutters is arranged about a central axis of the head such that each cutter has a unique radial position and angular position relative to the central axis. The head defines at least one fluid port extending through the drilling surface.

No blade bit

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Holmen, WI, United States of America

Ben Chrest