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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Kent Erin Hulick, Houston, TX (US);
Kent Erin Hulick, Houston, TX (US);
Varco I/P, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for selectively orienting a bit at the end of a drillstring in a wellbore, the system, in certain aspects, having: motive apparatus for rotating a drillstring and a bit connected to an end of the drillstring; a control member manually movable to effect a change in orientation of the bit; a control system in communication with the motive apparatus and the control member for translating a signal from the control member indicative of manual movement of the control member into a command to the motive apparatus, the command commanding the motive apparatus to rotate the drillstring and the bit in correspondence to the movement of the control member.