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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Robert Holtz, Littleton, CO (US);
Keith Holtzman, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/061 (2013.01); E21B 17/1078 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable stabilizer pad and method of directionally drilling a wellbore is disclosed. The wearable stabilizer pad is mounted on a component of a bottom hole assembly. The component of the bottom hole assembly is rotated in the wellbore thereby wearing the stabilizer at a predetermined wear rate by contacting the wellbore wall. Wearing of the stabilizer at the predetermined wear rate as it rotates and contacts the wellbore wall steers the bottom hole assembly in a curve portion of the wellbore.