Directional drilling apparatus and method
CA 2002135 C · Owner: Noble, James Bain · Inventors: Noble, James Bain
Overview
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A directional drilling apparatus and method in which the drill bit is coupled to the lower end of a drill string through a universal joint which allows the bit to pivot relative to the string axis. The bit is contra-nutated in an orbit of fixed radius and at a rate equal to string rotation but in the opposite direction. This speed-controlled and phase-controlled bit nutation keeps the bit heading off-axis in a fixed direction. The invention enables directional drilling while the drill string rotates normally.
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- Filed November 2, 1989 and granted February 2, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 2, 2011.
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