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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Laurier E. Comeau, Leduc, CA;
Elis Vandenberg, Sherwood Park, CA;
Edward James Cargill, Sherwood Park, CA;
John Ransford Hardin, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Terrance Dean Maxwell, Leduc, CA;
Bryan James Restau, Beaumont, CA;
Frank Seadio Ramirez, Humble, TX (US);
Colin Walker, Conchez-de-Bearn, FR;
Rick Hay, Nisku, CA;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for orienting a rotary drilling system comprised of a rotatable drilling string, a drilling string communication system and a drilling direction control device, the drilling direction control device comprising a deflectable drilling shaft connected with the drilling string. The method for orienting the rotary drilling system may involve the steps of orienting the drilling string at a desired orientation and sensing the desired orientation of the drilling string with the drilling string communication system. Further, the method involves the steps of communicating a desired orientation of the drilling string to a drilling direction control device and then actuating the drilling direction control device to deflect the drilling shaft to reflect the desired orientation of the drilling shaft. The desired orientation of the drilling shaft may be communicated directly to the drilling direction control device or to the drilling direction control device through a drilling string communication system.