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Boring Or Penetrating The Earth > Processes > Boring With Specific Fluid Boring With Specific FluidBoring With Specific Fluid patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/24/08 - 20080017417 - Impact excavation system and method with suspension flow control A system and method for excavating a subterranean formation is described. ... 12/20/07 - 20070289781 - Consolidating agent emulsions and associated methods Methods are provided that include a method comprising providing a consolidating agent emulsion composition comprising an aqueous fluid, an emulsifying agent, and a consolidating agent; and introducing the consolidating agent emulsion composition into at least a portion of a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the consolidating agent emulsion composition may ... 12/13/07 - 20070284148 - System and method for damping vibration in a drill string A system for damping vibration in a drill string can include a valve assembly having a supply of a fluid, a first member, and a second member capable of moving in relation to first member in response to vibration of the drill bit. The first and second members define a ... 08/02/07 - 20070175666 - Full-displacement pressure grouted pile system and method An auger bit is provided for a foundation pile system including a drilling rig adapted for mounting and rotating a grout pipe connected to the auger bit to form an auger. The auger bit includes a stem with lower and upper sections, which taper towards a transition whereat the stem ... 08/02/07 - 20070175665 - Method for drilling with a wellbore liner A method for drilling with a liner includes: providing a liner string including an upper portion extending towards surface and a lower portion; drilling to a depth with the liner string; disconnecting the upper portion from the lower portion; pulling the upper portion from the well; and leaving the lower ... 04/26/07 - 20070089910 - Method of forming a bore A method of forming a supported subterranean well bore in which, in one disclosed embodiment, a first drill bit is mounted on a first string of casing tubulars via a steerable tool, and the drill bit is used to form a first bore. Upon reaching the required depth the casing ... 02/15/07 - 20070034410 - Methods for reducing circulation loss during drilling operations A method for reducing circulation loss during drilling operations, the method comprising: performing drilling operations using a water-based drilling fluid system comprising a first amount of water insoluble particulate; providing the drilling fluid system with a second amount of alkali metal silicate, the first amount of water insoluble particulate and ... 12/14/06 - 20060278437 - Fluid loss reducer for high temperature high pressure water based-mud application The present invention concerns a water-based drilling mud for utilization in the drilling of oil wells comprising an aqueous phase wherein the aqueous phase contains an oil soluble polymer in the form of a gel as a fluid loss reducer. The subject invention further reveals a method of lubricating a ... 11/02/06 - 20060243491 - Method and apparatus for removing cuttings in high-angle wells A method of removing cuttings includes the steps of disposing a pipe string in a high-angle wellbore, circulating mud through the wellbore and creating a viscous coupling layer of mud spiraling about a section of the pipe string. Wherein the wellbore may be deviated from vertical thirty degrees or greater. ... 09/14/06 - 20060201715 - Drilling normally to sub-normally pressured formations A system and method for drilling a substantially horizontal well bore in a normally to sub-normally pressured formation. The normally to sub-normally pressured formation is an unconventional reservoir. The well bore is drilled over-balanced with a drilling fluid including a fluid loss agent. The fluid loss agent is operable to ... 09/14/06 - 20060201714 - Well bore cleaning A system and method for drilling a substantially horizontal well bore in a normally to sub-normally pressured formation. The normally to sub-normally pressured formation is an unconventional reservoir. The well bore is drilled over-balanced with a drilling fluid having a density at least about the density of the cuttings produced ... 08/24/06 - 20060185903 - Acrylic block copolymer low temperature flow modifiers in lubricating oils The present invention relates to acrylic block copolymers synthesized by a controlled free-radical process, and their use as low temperature flow modifiers in oil-based compositions. They are especially useful in modifying the low temperature flow behavior in lubricating oils. The acrylic copolymers are especially useful as pour point depressants in ... 07/20/06 - 20060157282 - Managed pressure drilling Embodiments of the present invention include methods and apparatus for dynamically controlling pressure within a wellbore while forming the wellbore. In one aspect, one or more pressure control apparatus are used to maintain desired pressure within the wellbore while drilling the wellbore. In another aspect, pressure is dynamically controlled while ... 06/29/06 - 20060137911 - Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells The steel drill string attached to a drilling bit during typical rotary drilling operations used to drill oil and gas wells is used for a second purpose as the casing that is cemented in place during typical oil and gas well completions. Methods of operation are described that provide for ... 06/08/06 - 20060118336 - Diverter tool The present invention relates to a diverter tool used in a pipe string used to lower a liner and a cutting apparatus on the end thereof into a partially cased wellbore. The diverter tool has a diverter body that defines a longitudinal flow passage and has the diverter ports defined ... 03/16/06 - 20060054359 - Method of decreasing the disintegration of shale-containing cuttings and drilling fluid therefor The invention provides a method of enhancing the recovery of shale-containing cuttings during the drilling of a borehole in a shale-containing subterranean formation which comprises adding to the drilling fluid circulating in the borehole a finely ground, very sparingly soluble, anhydrous, alkali metal silicate glassy material to provide the drilling ... 03/02/06 - 20060042836 - Freer flowing liquid-solid suspensions and methods of use in subterranean formations The invention relates to methods for improving the suspension of solids in liquids; more particularly, to reducing the potential stresses caused by increased particle loading in a fluid. An example of a method is a method of enhancing the flow of particles. Another example of a method is a method ... 12/29/05 - 20050284666 - Geosynthetic composite for borehole strengthening Disclosed is a composition comprising a chemical formulation useful for creating geosynthetic composites in-situ that includes a melamine-formaldehyde resin in a non-aqueous drilling fluid. ... 09/15/05 - 20050199428 - Drilling fluids This invention relates to drilling fluids, to drilling lubricants for such drilling fluids and to methods of drilling wells, particularly oil and/or gas wells using such drilling fluids. In particular, the invention relates to the inclusion of lubricants which afford lubrication in drilling fluids in which the lubricant compatibility and/or ... 07/28/05 - 20050161262 - Variable density treatment fluids and methods of using such fluids in subterranean formations The present invention provides variable density fluid compositions and methods for using such compositions in a subterranean formation. One exemplary embodiment of the variable density fluid compositions of the present invention comprises a variable density fluid comprising: a base fluid, and a portion of variable pressure weighting material particles. ... 07/21/05 - 20050155795 - Settable fluids comprising particle-size distribution-adjusting agents and methods of use The present invention relates to subterranean operations, and more particularly, to settable fluids comprising particle-size distribution-adjusting agents, and methods of using such settable fluids in subterranean and surface applications. In certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the settable fluid comprises a cement, a set retarder, and a particle-size distribution-adjusting ... 06/30/05 - 20050139394 - Expandable screen utilizing near neutrally-buoyant particles outside of the screen In one embodiment, a wellbore completion method includes disposing an expandable screen into a well bore and disposing a fluid into an annular space between a wall of the wellbore and the expandable screen. The fluid contains a plurality of near neutrally-buoyant particles. The method further includes radially expanding the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |