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EP0798443A3
EP0798443A3 EP97104675A EP97104675A EP0798443A3 EP 0798443 A3 EP0798443 A3 EP 0798443A3 EP 97104675 A EP97104675 A EP 97104675A EP 97104675 A EP97104675 A EP 97104675A EP 0798443 A3 EP0798443 A3 EP 0798443A3
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boring
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straight line
curves
directional drilling
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Franz-Josef Püttmann
Alfons Hesse
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Tracto Technik GmbH and Co KG
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Tracto Technik GmbH and Co KG
Tracto Technik Paul Schmidt Spezialmaschinen KG
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/18—Pipes provided with plural fluid passages
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/003—Drilling with mechanical conveying means
    • E21B7/005—Drilling with mechanical conveying means with helical conveying means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/064—Deflecting the direction of boreholes specially adapted drill bits therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/067—Deflecting the direction of boreholes with means for locking sections of a pipe or of a guide for a shaft in angular relation, e.g. adjustable bent sub
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/068—Deflecting the direction of boreholes drilled by a down-hole drilling motor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Excavating Of Shafts Or Tunnels (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Automatic Control Of Machine Tools (AREA)

Abstract

The boring machine bores via a remote controlled boring head (4). This is driven by concentric pipes with jointed sections (1). The rotation of the boring head is controlled to generate either straight line boring or curves. The latter are generated by varying the rotational speed. The boring head has water sprays and an eccentric cutting head. The bore obtained is smooth sided and has smooth curves. For straight line boring a constant drive speed is used.
EP97104675A 1996-03-30 1997-03-19 Directional drilling method Expired - Lifetime EP0798443B1 (en)

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DE19612902 1996-03-30
DE19612902A DE19612902C2 (en) 1996-03-30 1996-03-30 Direction drilling method and apparatus for performing the method

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EP0798443A2 EP0798443A2 (en) 1997-10-01
EP0798443A3 true EP0798443A3 (en) 1999-02-24
EP0798443B1 EP0798443B1 (en) 2003-02-26

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JP (1) JPH1030392A (en)
AT (1) ATE233366T1 (en)
DE (2) DE19612902C2 (en)

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EP0798443A2 (en) 1997-10-01
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EP0798443B1 (en) 2003-02-26
ATE233366T1 (en) 2003-03-15
DE19612902C2 (en) 2000-05-11
US5937954A (en) 1999-08-17
JPH1030392A (en) 1998-02-03

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