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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kennedy J. Kirkhope, Nisku, CA;

Jonathan Peter Zacharko, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/067 (2013.01); E21B 7/062 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/024 (2013.01); E21B 47/02232 (2013.01); E21B 49/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for causing a desired drilling direction of a steerable subterranean drill in consideration of a contemporaneously detected formation tendency force acting on a drill bit of the steerable subterranean drill. The method includes detecting, utilizing a steering direction setting device, a direction and magnitude of a formation tendency force acting on the drill bit of the steerable subterranean drill. Further the steering direction setting device is configured to contemporaneously cause the drill bit of the steerable subterranean drill to drill in the desired direction, counteracting the formation tendency force based on the detected direction and magnitude of the formation tendency force acting on the drill bit.


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