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Electromagnetic drilling apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6998165
This patent describes an improvement in a drill string that extends downhole in a borehole for supporting a drill bit at a lower end thereof, there being a fluid passageway formed axially through the string by which drilling fluid is supplied to the bit. It comprises: an elongated drill collar for connection into the drill string and used downhole in a borehole for controlling hole deviation; and a plurality of longitudinal bowing chambers circumferentially extending about said axial passageway for bowing said collar in a selected direction away from the central axis thereof.
Assignee:
Parker Kinetic Designs, Inc., Austin, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4899834; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-138891A
OSTI ID:
6998165
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English