Boring or penetrating the earth inventions 04/06

20060086536 - Electrical transmission apparatus through rotating tubular members: The present invention provides an apparatus for the communication of power or data signals across the rotating gap of two tubular members, such as the stator and rotor of a mud motor, and between said rotating members of a drill string through inductive couplers located axially along the drill string....

20060086537 - Drilling with mixed tooth types: A rotary-cutter Earth-penetrating bit in which a given track of bottom hole is attacked by inserts of two different types, e.g. chisel-shaped and pointed, wider and narrower, higher and shorter, and/or of different materials. The different types of inserts can both be included within a single row of a cone....

20060086538 - Choke for controlling the flow of drilling mud: The invention relates to a drilling system and method for drilling a well bore into an earth formation, comprising: drilling means for drilling a well bore; pumping means for pumping drilling fluid into the well bore during drilling; and a drilling fluid outlet system for retrieving drilling fluid from the...

20060086539 - Coke drum automated drill stem guide and cover system: A drill stem guide and cover system is designed to guide a drill stem used in coke cutting operations. After a cutting tool and drill stem are inserted into a coke drum, covers close, forming a passageway small enough that it prevents the cutting tool on the end of the...

20060086540 - Dual-edge working surfaces for polycrystalline diamond cutting elements: A PCD cutting element, which in operation (and as it wears to a worn condition) presents at least two cutting lips to the material being cut. One particularly advantageous use of this new PDC cutting element is as cutting elements for earth boring drill bits....

20060081398 - Apparatus and method for hard rock sidewall coring of a borehole: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for coring a borehole in a hard rock sidewall of a well bore in a subterranean formation for testing purposes. The apparatus includes a drive motor for operation down hole, a flexible drive shaft coupled to the drive motor and...

20060081399 - Method and control system for directional drilling: A method and control system for directional drilling are described. A drill string motor is commanded to rotate at a constant speed in a forward direction and the constant speed in a reverse direction for a first duration and a second duration, respectively, for at least one oscillation cycle. The...

20060081400 - System and method for relocating extended length objects: A system and method for lifting and translating extended length objects includes a power roller assembly attached to an extendable mast. When a roller on the power roller assembly contacts the outer surface of the extended length object, extension or retraction of the extendable mast enables lifting or lowering of...

20060081401 - Downhole fluid loss control apparatus: A sealing device for downhole use, one of which is for casing, when drilling with casing, which allows the casing to be closed off if the bottom hole assembly needs to come out for any reason. In one embodiment, the internal packer is triggered to set in a variety of...

20060081402 - Impregnated diamond cutting structures: An insert for a drill bit that includes diamond particles disposed in a matrix material, wherein the diamond particles have a contiguity of 15% or less is disclosed. A method of forming a diamond-impregnated cutting structure, that includes loading a plurality of substantially uniformly coated diamond particles into a mold...

20060081403 - Bit assembly: A bit assembly for a drilling apparatus working by impact and rotation or merely by rotation, and comprising a pilot bit (1) drilling the hole centre and in connection with the pilot bit a ring bit (2) is arranged to drill the outer circle of the hole and, further, between...

20060076161 - Apparatus and method of identifying rock properties while drilling: Acoustic signals generated by drilling a bore hole with a drill bit are received at sensors placed in the drill string. The acoustic signals received by the sensors are processed, e.g. using a Fourier transform, and a characteristic of the acoustic signals is used to identify lithology, rock strength, presence...

20060076162 - Self cleaning coring bit: A coring member useful in wellbore excavating operations comprising at least one segment disposed onto the end of a shaft, where a channel is formed between each at least one segment. The at least one segment has an impeller like arrangement that on rotation produces a pressure differential across the...

20060076163 - Flow allocation in drill bits: A method for designing a drill bit comprising modeling a domain between a drill bit and a surrounding wellbore. A region is defined within each of a plurality of flow paths through which fluid travels through the domain. An allocation of flow among the plurality of flow paths through the...

20060070770 - Measuring the weight on a drill bit during drilling operations using coherent radiation: One embodiment includes an apparatus that includes a coherent radiation source to emit coherent radiation through a signal carrier that is positioned along at least a part of a length of a downhole drilling component. The apparatus also includes a receiver to receive the coherent radiation that is to be...

20060070771 - Earth boring drill bits with casing component drill out capability and methods of use: A drill bit including a bit body having a face on which two different types of cutting elements are disposed, the first type being cutting elements suitable for drilling at least one subterranean formation and the second type being cutting elements suitable for drilling through a casing bit disposed at...

20060070772 - Method for varying the density of drilling fluids in deep water oil and gas drilling applications: A method and system for controlling drilling mud density in drilling operations. The mud required at the wellhead is combined with a base fluid of a different density to produce diluted mud in the riser. By combining the appropriate quantities of drilling mud with base fluid, riser mud density at...