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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kjell Haugvaldstad, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/1014 (2013.01); E21B 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotary steerable device includes a steering pad disposed with a drilling tool and radially moveable relative to a centerline of the drilling tool to apply a steering force to a borehole wall. The steering pad has a front face to contact the borehole wall and having a diameter or width and a tapered section that tapers inward at a taper angle toward the centerline along a taper length in the direction from a take-off position to a leading edge relative to one of a rotational direction of the drilling tool or a drilling direction.