Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Terry Michael Dailey

Philip D Nguyen

Jiten Chatterji

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft

Travis Thomas Hailey, Jr

Tommy Frank Grigsby

Tommie Austin Freeman

Floyd Randolph Simonds

Sanjay M Vitthal

Alex Procyk

Jackie M LaFontaine

R Ashley Donaldson

John R Podowski

Morris Wayne Cox

An apparatus and method for completing an interval of a wellbore while drilling comprises a drill string () having a drill bit () mounted on the lower end thereof. A completion assembly () is positioned around a section of the drill string () such that when the wellbore () is extended by rotating the drill bit () and advancing the drill string (), the completion assembly () does not rotate. The advancement of the drill string () and rotation of the drill bit () is ceased when the completion assembly () has reached the desired interval of the wellbore (). Thereafter, the drill string () is disconnected from the drill bit () for retrieval to the surface leaving the completion assembly () and the drill bit () downhole.

Apparatus and method for completing an interval of a wellbore while drilling

The components required for changing out a bottom hole assembly are stored within a submerged storage chamber adjacent the lower end of a riser extending up from the bottom of a body of water. A vertical, revolving magazine holds the bottom hole assembly components within the storage chamber. A pressure lock between the storage chamber and the interior of the riser is opened to permit the bottom hole assembly components in the chamber to be exchanged with those forming the drilling string assembly within the riser. The storage chamber may be selectively sealed from the body of water and the internal riser area as the bottom hole assembly components are moved into and out of the chamber. A remotely operated mechanism assembles and disassembles the bottom hole assembly components of the drilling string assembly.

Sub sea bottom hole assembly change out system and method

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Terry Michael Dailey