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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ron Dirksen, Spring, TX (US);
Blaine C. Comeaux, Spring, TX (US);
Christopher A. Golla, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/20 (2006.01); E21B 19/22 (2006.01); E21B 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/15 (2013.01); E21B 17/00 (2013.01); E21B 17/003 (2013.01); E21B 17/206 (2013.01); E21B 19/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
In at least some embodiments, a high-voltage drilling system includes a a power supply to output high-voltage power to an electrical conductor, a bit that extends a borehole based on the high-voltage power, and a hybrid drillstring that transports a fluid flow from the bit to convey detached formation material out of the borehole. At least part of the electrical conductor resides within the hybrid drillstring to convey power to the bit. The hybrid drillstring includes a coiled tubing section and a jointed pipe section.