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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Scott Boone, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Ellis, Houston, TX (US);
Beat Kuttel, Houston, TX (US);
John Thomas Scarborough, Houston, TX (US);
Chris Papouras, Houston, TX (US);
Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods to steer a hydraulic motor when elongating a wellbore having a non-vertical component that includes a quill adapted to transfer torque, rotation, or position between a drive assembly and a drillstring, a bottom hole assembly (BHA) including a toolface orientation detector and at least one measurement while drilling (MWD) instrument or wireline-conveyed instrument, and a controller configured to transmit operational control signals to minimize friction between a drillstring and a wellbore, wherein the instrument is configured to detect pressure between an external surface of the BHA and an inner diameter of the wellbore.