Composite heavy metal drill collar

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1980-01-21

1982-01-12

Callaghan, Thomas F.

Boring or penetrating the earth

With tool shaft detail

285333, 285381, 285422, E21B 1716, F16L 914

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active

043100597

ABSTRACT:
A composite drill collar for drilling bore holes in earth formations including a structural steel outer jacket having a lower end secured to a lower coupling connectable to a drill bit and an upper end secured to an upper coupling connectable to an adjacent drill collar thereabove. An annular heavy metal core of depleted uranium or sintered tungsten is disposed in the jacket and is held in compression therein as by shrink fitting it to the jacket. The structural steel jacket has a heavy wall thickness to carry the bending, torsion, compression, tension and impact loads encountered in the drilling operation, so that such loads are not carried through the core, which has the purpose of increasing the density and mass of the composite drill collar, lessening considerably the tendency for a deviated well bore to be produced.

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patent: 3047313 (1962-07-01), Bruce
patent: 3167137 (1965-01-01), Humphrey
patent: 3542404 (1970-11-01), Henry et al.
patent: 3706348 (1972-12-01), Murphey, Jr.

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