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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:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
May. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leon H Robinson, Houston, TX (US);
Jerry M Speers, Houston, TX (US);
Adelbert Barry, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel J Campbell, Bellaire, TX (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166315 ; 166 / ; 166250 ; 174 47 ; 175 40 ; 175 57 ; 175320 ;
Abstract
An insulated electric conductor employed in a tubular drill string to transmit electric energy between subsurface and surface locations is arranged within the drill string in a convoluted configuration to provide an excess length of conductor. The convoluted conductor is prevented from entangling during drilling by rotation limiting assemblies mounted in the drill string over a selected interval.