Baker Hughes Corporation

US Synthetic Corporation

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

Dan E Scott

Anthony Albert DiGiovanni

Chih C Lin

Hendrik John

Sunil Kumar

Michael H Johnson

Craig Hodges Cooley

Eric Charles Sullivan

Timothy Nathan Sexton

Nicholas J Lyons

Oleg Antonovych Mazyar

Jimmy Wayne Eason

Soma Chakraborty

Suresh G Patel

Wesley Dean Fuller

Anton F Zahradnik

Don Quy Nguyen

Marcus R Skeem

Othon Rego Monteiro

Eric E McClain

Van Jordan Brackin

Aaron J Dick

Robert M Welch

Yavuz Kadioglu

Scott Shiqiang Shu

Allen Sinor

Terry J Kolterman

Anthony A Digiovanni

Gaurav Agraval

Anthony Digiovanni

A drilling motor and method of making a drill motor are disclosed. The drilling motor includes a stator having a bore therethrough and inner surface and a rotor having an outer surface configured to be disposed in the stator. The outer surface of the rotor comes in contact with the inner surface of the stator. At least one of the inner surface of the stator and the outer surface of the rotor includes a coating of a diamond-like carbon material.

Downhole motor with diamond-like carbon coating on stator and/or rotor and method of making said downhole motor

A method of forming polycrystalline diamond includes forming metal nanoparticles having a carbon coating from an organometallic material; combining a diamond material with the metal nanoparticles having the carbon coating; and processing the diamond material and the metal nanoparticles having the carbon coating to form the polycrystalline diamond. Processing includes catalyzing formation of the polycrystalline diamond by the metal nanoparticles; and forming interparticle bonds that bridge the diamond material by carbon from the carbon coating.

Graphite coated metal nanoparticles for polycrystalline diamond compact synthesis

An apparatus for forming a wellbore in a formation may include a bit body and a sensor in the bit body. The sensor may include at least one cutting element and may be configured to generate information relating to a parameter of interest when the drill bit engages a wellbore surface.

At-bit evaluation of formation parameters and drilling parameters

A Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) cutter for a rotary drill bit is provided with an integrated sensor and circuitry for making measurements of a property of a fluid in the borehole and/or an operating condition of the drill bit. A method of manufacture of the PDC cutter and the rotary drill bit is discussed.

PDC sensing element fabrication process and tool

Control of the carbide volume in the matrix in an impregnated bit is accomplished by coating the hard particles in the matrix to space them further apart to increase the soft binder percentage in a controllable manner. The softer binder due to lower volume content of hard particles allows more rapid matrix wear in the softer formations to allow more diamond grit to cut better before getting flat spots and to be replaced faster with additional diamond grit further into the matrix as the higher content of the softer binder and the softer coating on the hard particles in the matrix promotes more effective cutting with more frequent emergence of diamond grit on the bit face as cutting progresses.

Impregnated bit with increased binder percentage

A diamond impregnated drill bit features layered encapsulation of the diamond grit where the innermost layer is hardest or most abrasion resistant while succeeding layers are generally softer and less wear resistant. This can be accomplished by manipulating several variables in the encapsulation layers such as particle size or hard particle concentration. The outer layers can have added binder to make them softer. The encapsulated grit can be sintered or pre-sintered to make it less friable when handled.

Impregnated bit with improved grit protrusion

A rock drilling bit having PDC radial bearings has journal and cone bearing surfaces with increased contact area to increase load support. The radius of curvature of the bearing pin journal and cone bearing surfaces are matched or conformed on the bearing pressure side. The conformal journal surfaces may be formed on the main journal bearing, the pilot pin radial bearing, or both surfaces. In addition, diamond inlays may be located on the bearing surfaces of the cone, the bearing pin, or both components.

Conformal bearing for rock drill bit

A method of constructing an earth-boring, diamond-impregnated drill bit has a first step of coating diamond grit with tungsten to create tungsten-coated diamond particles. These coated particles are then encapsulated in a layer of carbide powder held by an organic green binder material. The encapsulated granules are then mixed along with a matrix material and placed in a mold. The matrix material includes a matrix binder and abrasive particles. The mixture is heated in the mold at atmospheric pressure to cause the matrix binder to melt and infiltrate the encapsulated granules and abrasive particles.

Multi-layer encapsulation of diamond grit for use in earth-boring bits

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Montgomery, TX, United States of America

Dan E Scott