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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Kennedy J. Kirkhope, Nisku, CA;
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Variably configurable anti-rotation device () in a rotary steerable subterranean drill (). The rotary steerable subterranean drill () includes a housing () with which the anti-rotation device () is associated. Wellbore engaging portions of the anti-rotation device () are positioned at an exterior () of the housing () and have a plurality of differently configurable, radially deployable drag members () that are peripherally spaced about the exterior () of the housing (). The drag member () has a plurality of settable operational configurations wherein, within each configuration, the drag member () is deployable across a borehole engaging range of motion spanning from a start position to a maximally extended, borehole engaging position. Additionally, for at least two of the plurality of settable operational configurations, the start position of the borehole engaging range of motion is different.