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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2025
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
John Morin, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Xu Huang, Spring, TX (US);
Ahmed Hanafy, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Rebecca Dar, Magnolia, TX (US);
John Abhishek Raj Bomidi, Peral River, NY (US);
Guodong Zhan, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An earth-boring tool includes a bit body having blades. Each blade has a rotationally leading surface, a rotationally trailing surface, and a formation facing surface therebetween. Each blade also has fluid courses formed between the rotationally leading surfaces and the rotationally trailing surfaces of rotationally adjacent blades. The fluid courses have a fluid course surface. The tool also includes cutting elements disposed on at least one of the blades and at least one nozzle disposed on the bit body within at least one of the fluid courses. The nozzle is adapted to be in fluid communication with a source of drilling fluid. The nozzle protrudes from the fluid course surface such that a tip of the nozzle is disposed at a distance from the fluid course surface that is greater than or equal to about 90% of a depth of the at least one of the fluid courses.