AU4528199A - Method and apparatus for exploration drilling - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for exploration drilling

Info

Publication number: AU4528199A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: exploration drilling; exploration; drilling
Prior art date: 1998-08-17
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU45281/99A

Inventor

Albert Karl Hoffmann

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Sasol Mining Pty Ltd

Original Assignee

Sasol Mining Pty Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1998-08-17

Filing date

1999-07-08

Publication date

2000-03-06

1999-07-08 Application filed by Sasol Mining Pty Ltd filed Critical Sasol Mining Pty Ltd

2000-03-06 Publication of AU4528199A publication Critical patent/AU4528199A/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

238000005553 drilling Methods 0.000 title 1
238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title 1

Classifications

- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
- E21B49/003—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells by analysing drilling variables or conditions
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
- E21B7/04—Directional drilling
- E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
- E21B7/068—Deflecting the direction of boreholes drilled by a down-hole drilling motor

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Geology (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
Earth Drilling (AREA)

AU45281/99A 1998-08-17 1999-07-08 Method and apparatus for exploration drilling Abandoned AU4528199A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
ZA98/7382		1998-08-17
ZA987382		1998-08-17
PCT/IB1999/001262 WO2000009857A1 (en)	1998-08-17	1999-07-08	Method and apparatus for exploration drilling

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU4528199A true AU4528199A (en)	2000-03-06

Family

ID=25587216

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU45281/99A Abandoned AU4528199A (en)	1998-08-17	1999-07-08	Method and apparatus for exploration drilling

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
AU (1)	AU4528199A (en)
WO (1)	WO2000009857A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US6745852B2 (en)	2002-05-08	2004-06-08	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Platform for drilling oil and gas wells in arctic, inaccessible, or environmentally sensitive locations
CA2509408C (en)	2003-04-08	2009-12-08	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Arctic platform

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4876886A (en) *	1988-04-04	1989-10-31	Anadrill, Inc.	Method for detecting drilling events from measurement while drilling sensors
CA2027496A1 (en) *	1989-10-28	1991-04-29	Timothy Jones	Method of quantitative analysis of drilling fluid products
US5325714A (en) *	1993-05-12	1994-07-05	Baker Hughes Incorporated	Steerable motor system with integrated formation evaluation logging capacity
US6056059A (en) *	1996-03-11	2000-05-02	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	Apparatus and method for establishing branch wells from a parent well
EP0857855B1 (en) *	1997-02-06	2002-09-11	Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.	Downhole directional measurement system

1999
- 1999-07-08 AU AU45281/99A patent/AU4528199A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-07-08 WO PCT/IB1999/001262 patent/WO2000009857A1/en active Application Filing

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2000009857A1 (en)	2000-02-24

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-05-17	MK6	Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase