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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2013
Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, L.l.c., Dallas, TX (US);
Todd W. Benson, Dallas, TX (US);
Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, L.L.C., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for using controlled vibrations to bias a drilling direction of a bottom hole assembly (BHA) in a borehole. In one example, the system includes a movement mechanism and a vibration control mechanism. The movement mechanism is configured to use mechanical energy provided by a mechanical energy source to enable translational movement of a first surface relative to a second surface to allow the first surface to repeatedly impact the second surface to produce a plurality of vibration beats. The vibration control mechanism is configured to influence a drilling direction in which the BHA is drilling by controlling an amplitude of the vibration beats to regulate an impact force between the first surface and the second surface, where the amplitude is controlled based on directional information corresponding to the BHA.