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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. 22, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank J Schuh, Plano, TX (US);
John H Striegler, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
175 41 ; 175 45 ; 175 62 ;
Abstract
A method for drilling a drainhole through a subsurface formation without intersecting upper or lower boundaries thereof in which a directionally sensitive measurement while drilling device carried on the drainhole string is used to measure a formation property which indicates proximity to a formation boundary. Upon detection of such proximity, the direction of drainhole drilling is changed to direct the drainhole away from the detected boundary.