Directional drilling control

Details Directional drilling control Directional drilling control

2007-09-21

2010-11-02

Stephenson, Daniel P (Department: 3676)

Boring or penetrating the earth

Automatic control

Of boring means including a below-ground drive prime mover

C175S061000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07823655

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for using a quill to steer a hydraulic motor when elongating a wellbore in a direction having a horizontal component, wherein the quill and the hydraulic motor are coupled to opposing ends of a drill string, by monitoring an actual toolface orientation of a tool driven by the hydraulic motor via monitoring a drilling operation parameter indicative of a difference between the actual toolface orientation and a desired toolface orientation, and then adjusting a position of the quill by an amount that is dependent upon the monitored drilling operation parameter.

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