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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Graham Richard Watson, Gloucester, GB;
John Martin Clegg, Tewkesbury, GB;
Graham Richard Watson, Gloucester, GB;
John Martin Clegg, Tewkesbury, GB;
ReedHycalog UK Ltd, , GB;
Abstract
A drill bit for drilling a borehole with a steerable drilling system, the drill bit comprising a longitudinal axis, and a cutting profile with a leading face section blended with a curved region into a tapered gauge region having a tapered gauge profile. The tapered gauge region being tapered with respect to the longitudinal axis determined by the steerable drilling system. The cutting profile and the gauge profile lie wholly within a bit profile envelope made up of a three dimensional surface of two complimentary conical sections set at the tilt angle and separated by and blended with a rounded section which forms an outermost diameter of the bit profile envelope. The rounded section has a diameter substantially equal to a maximum allowable API diameter for the drill bit, and further has a radius of curvature substantially equal to one-half the diameter.