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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2002
James B. Terry, Houston, TX (US);
Carey J. Naquin, Katy, TX (US);
Patrick Laursen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Estep, Houston, TX (US);
Martin Paulk, Houston, TX (US);
E. Alan Coats, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Ron Crook, Duncan, OK (US);
Rickey L. Morgan, Comanche, OK (US);
James B. Terry, Houston, TX (US);
Carey J. Naquin, Katy, TX (US);
Patrick Laursen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Estep, Houston, TX (US);
Martin Paulk, Houston, TX (US);
E. Alan Coats, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Ron Crook, Duncan, OK (US);
Rickey L. Morgan, Comanche, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing cuttings in a deviated borehole using drilling fluids. The apparatus includes a pipe string and a bottom hole assembly having a down hole motor and bit for drilling the borehole. The pipe string has one end attached to the bottom hole assembly and does not rotate during drilling. The apparatus and methods raise at least a portion of the pipe string in the deviated borehole to remove cuttings from underneath the pipe string portion.