Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Uniformly variably configurable drag members in an anit-rotation device
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Application No.: US15111566Application Date: 2014-02-14
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Publication No.: US10066438B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Kennedy J. Kirkhope
- Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- International Application: PCT/US2014/016572 WO 20140214
- International Announcement: WO2015/122916 WO 20150820
- Main IPC: E21B7/06
- IPC: E21B7/06 ; E21B17/10 ; E21B3/00 ; E21B10/42 ; E21B47/024 ; E21B47/18

Abstract:
Variably configurable anti-rotation device (252) in a rotary steerable subterranean drill (20). The rotary steerable subterranean drill (20) includes a housing (46) with which the anti-rotation device (252) is associated. Wellbore engaging portions of the anti-rotation device (252) are positioned at an exterior (52) of the housing (46) and have a plurality of differently configurable, radially deployable drag members (254) that are peripherally spaced about the exterior (52) of the housing (46). The drag member (254) has a plurality of settable operational configurations wherein, within each configuration, the drag member (254) is deployable across a borehole engaging range of motion spanning from a start position to a maximally extended, borehole engaging position. Additionally, for at least two of the plurality of settable operational configurations, the start position of the borehole engaging range of motion is different.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160348438A1 UNIFORMLY VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE DRAG MEMBERS IN AN ANIT-ROTATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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