CA2647032A1 - Steering tool - Google Patents
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- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 claims 21
- 230000007246 mechanism Effects 0.000 claims 18
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
- E21B7/062—Deflecting the direction of boreholes the tool shaft rotating inside a non-rotating guide travelling with the shaft
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
- E21B7/10—Correction of deflected boreholes
Abstract
A steering tool for use in drilling a borehole, including a tubular housing, a tool actuating device movably supported within the housing, a plurality of hydraulically actuated steering devices circumferentially spaced about the housing, and a hydraulic control system interposed between the tool actuating device and the steering devices for converting an actuating movement of the tool actuating device to independent actuation of the steering devices.
Claims (61)
1. A steering tool for use in drilling a borehole, comprising:
(a) a tubular housing, the housing having an interior, an exterior, and defining a housing bore;
(b) a tool actuating device movably supported within the interior of the housing, the tool actuating device being capable of an actuating movement relative to the housing;
(c) a plurality of hydraulically actuated steering devices circumferentially spaced about the exterior of the housing, the steering devices being independently actuatable between a retracted position and an extended position as a result of the actuating movement of the tool actuating device;
(d) a hydraulic control system contained within the interior of the housing and operably interposed between the tool actuating device and the steering devices, for converting the actuating movement of the tool actuating device to independent actuation of the steering devices between the retracted position and the extended position; and (e) a hydraulic fluid for use in the hydraulic control system in order to actuate the steering devices, wherein the hydraulic fluid is isolated from other fluids.
(a) a tubular housing, the housing having an interior, an exterior, and defining a housing bore;
(b) a tool actuating device movably supported within the interior of the housing, the tool actuating device being capable of an actuating movement relative to the housing;
(c) a plurality of hydraulically actuated steering devices circumferentially spaced about the exterior of the housing, the steering devices being independently actuatable between a retracted position and an extended position as a result of the actuating movement of the tool actuating device;
(d) a hydraulic control system contained within the interior of the housing and operably interposed between the tool actuating device and the steering devices, for converting the actuating movement of the tool actuating device to independent actuation of the steering devices between the retracted position and the extended position; and (e) a hydraulic fluid for use in the hydraulic control system in order to actuate the steering devices, wherein the hydraulic fluid is isolated from other fluids.
2. The steering tool as claimed in claim 1 wherein the hydraulic fluid is comprised of a hydraulic oil.
3. The steering tool as claimed in claim 1 wherein the hydraulic control system is comprised of a pressurization device for pressurizing the hydraulic fluid to provide a supply of pressurized hydraulic fluid.
4. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the steering tool is configured so that each of the steering devices is actuated to the retracted position when the housing is at a target orientation.
5. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a shaft extending through the housing bore, the shaft being capable of a drilling movement relative to the housing.
6. The steering tool as claimed in claim S wherein the shaft defines a shaft bore for conducting a drilling fluid through the steering tool.
7. The steering tool as claimed in claim 6 wherein the pressurization device is comprised of a pump and wherein the pump is associated with both the housing and the shaft.
8. The steering tool as claimed in claim 7 wherein the drilling movement of the shaft is a rotary movement and wherein the pump is comprised of a swash plate pump.
9. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the hydraulic control system is further comprised of a plurality of valve mechanisms, wherein each of the valve mechanisms is associated with the tool actuating device and with one of the steering devices, and wherein each of the valve mechanisms is capable of selectively providing communication of its associated steering device with the pressurized hydraulic fluid as a result of the actuating movement of the tool actuating device.
10, The steering tool as claimed in claim 9 wherein each of the valve mechanisms is comprised of a mechanical valve actuator for the valve mechanism, wherein the mechanical valve actuators are located in the interior of the housing, wherein the mechanical valve actuators are circumferentially spaced about the interior of the housing, and wherein the mechanical valve actuators are located adjacent to the tool actuating device so that they may be moved by the actuating movement of the tool actuating device.
11. The steering tool as claimed in claim 10 wherein the mechanical valve actuators are capable of movement by the tool actuating device between a first actuator position and a second actuator position and wherein the steering tool is configured so that each of the steering devices is actuated to the retracted position when its associated mechanical valve actuator is in the first actuator position and so that each of the steering devices is actuated to the extended position when its associated mechanical valve actuator is in the second actuator position.
12. The steering tool as claimed in claim 11 wherein the hydraulic control system is further comprised of a reservoir for the hydraulic fluid and wherein the reservoir has a reservoir pressure which is lower than a pressure of the pressurized hydraulic fluid.
13. The steering tool as claimed in claim 12 wherein each of the steering devices is in communication only with the reservoir when its associated mechanical valve actuator is in the first actuator position and wherein each of the steering devices is in communication only with the pressurized hydraulic fluid when its associated mechanical valve actuator is in the second actuator position.
14. The steering tool as claimed in claim 12 wherein the pressurization device draws the hydraulic fluid from the reservoir in order to provide the supply of the pressurized hydraulic fluid.
15. The steering tool as claimed in claim 12 wherein the steering tool is configured so that each of the mechanical valve actuators is at the first actuator position when the housing is at the target orientation.
16. The steering tool as claimed in claim 15 wherein each of the valve mechanisms is further comprised of a valve mechanism biasing device for biasing the mechanical valve actuator toward the first actuator position.
17. The steering tool as claimed in claim 11 wherein each of the valve mechanisms is further comprised of a mechanical actuator dampening mechanism for dampening the movement of the mechanical valve actuator.
18. The steering tool as claimed in claim 17 wherein the mechanical actuator dampening mechanism is comprised of a fluid metering device operably connected with the mechanical valve actuator.
19. The steering tool as claimed in claim 18 wherein the fluid metering device is comprised of:
(a) a dampening cylinder;
(b) a metering piston reciprocably contained within the dampening cylinder so that the dampening cylinder is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber;
and (c) a restricted flowpath between the first chamber and the second chamber for permitting a restricted flow of a fluid between the first chamber and the second chamber as the metering piston reciprocates relative to the dampening cylinder as a result of movement of the mechanical valve actuator.
(a) a dampening cylinder;
(b) a metering piston reciprocably contained within the dampening cylinder so that the dampening cylinder is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber;
and (c) a restricted flowpath between the first chamber and the second chamber for permitting a restricted flow of a fluid between the first chamber and the second chamber as the metering piston reciprocates relative to the dampening cylinder as a result of movement of the mechanical valve actuator.
20. The steering tool as claimed in claim 11 wherein each of the mechanical valve actuators is comprised of an actuating lever.
21. The steering tool as claimed in claim 20 wherein each of the actuating levers is comprised of a pivot point and wherein each of the actuating levers is substantially balanced about the pivot point.
22. The steering tool as claimed in claim 11 wherein each of the steering devices and their associated mechanical valve actuators are circumferentially offset from each other by substantially 180 degrees.
23. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the tool actuating device is comprised of a pendulum pivotably supported within the interior of the housing and wherein the actuating movement is a pivoting movement relative to the housing in order to maintain a vertical orientation of the pendulum.
24. The steering tool as claimed in claim 23 wherein the pendulum is comprised of a tubular member which is located within the interior of the housing such that the pendulum surrounds the housing bore.
25. The steering tool as claimed in claim 24 wherein the pendulum is pivotably supported within the housing by a universal joint.
26. The steering tool as claimed in claim 25 wherein the pendulum is contained in a viscous medium so that the pivoting movement of the pendulum is subject to viscous damping.
27. The steering tool as claimed in claim 26, further comprising a pendulum chamber for containing the pendulum and the viscous medium,
28. The steering tool as claimed in claim 27 wherein the viscous medium is comprised of a hydraulic oil.
29. The steering tool as claimed in claim 27 wherein the pendulum chamber is isolated from the hydraulic control system so that the viscous medium is isolated from the hydraulic fluid.
30. The steering tool as claimed in claim 29 wherein the hydraulic control system is further comprised of a hydraulic fluid pressure balancing mechanism for transmitting to the hydraulic fluid a first ambient pressure at a first pressure balancing position on the exterior of the housing.
31. The steering tool as claimed in claim 30, further comprising a viscous medium pressure balancing mechanism for transmitting to the viscous medium a second ambient pressure at a second pressure balancing position on the exterior of the housing.
32. The steering tool as claimed in claim 31 wherein the housing has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the steering devices are located between the upper end and the lower end, and wherein the second pressure balancing position is between the upper end of the housing and the steering devices.
33. The steering tool as claimed in claim 32 wherein the first pressure balancing position is between the steering devices and the lower end of the steering tool.
34. The steering tool as claimed in claim 33 wherein the hydraulic control system is further comprised of an emergency relief valve and wherein the hydraulic control system communicates with the pendulum chamber when the emergency relief valve is in an open position, thereby releasing the hydraulic fluid into the pendulum chamber.
35. The steering tool as claimed in claim 23 wherein the hydraulic control system is further comprised of a plurality of valve mechanisms, wherein each of the valve mechanisms is associated with the tool actuating device and with one of the steering devices, and wherein each of the valve mechanisms is capable of selectively providing communication of its associated steering device with the pressurized hydraulic fluid as a result of the actuating movement of the tool actuating device.
36. The steering tool as claimed in claim 35 wherein each of the valve mechanisms is comprised of a mechanical valve actuator for the valve mechanism, wherein the mechanical valve actuators are located in the interior of the housing, wherein the mechanical valve actuators are circumferentially spaced about the interior of the housing, and wherein the mechanical valve actuators are located adjacent to the tool actuating device so that they may be moved by the actuating movement of the tool actuating device.
37. The steering tool as claimed in claim 36 wherein the mechanical valve actuators are capable of movement by the tool actuating device between a first actuator position and a second actuator position and wherein the steering tool is configured so that each of the steering devices is actuated to the retracted position when its associated mechanical valve actuator is in the first actuator position and so that each of the steering devices is actuated to the extended position when its associated mechanical valve actuator is in the second actuator position.
38. The steering tool as claimed in claim 37 wherein the pendulum is comprised of a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the pendulum is pivotably supported within the housing, and wherein the mechanical valve actuators are located adjacent to the distal end of the pendulum.
39. The steering tool as claimed in claim 38 wherein the pendulum has a center of gravity and wherein the center of gravity of the pendulum is located closer to the distal end of the pendulum than to the proximal end of the pendulum.
40. The steering tool as claimed in claim 39 wherein the pendulum is comprised of at least one weighting ring for adding weight to the pendulum and wherein the weighting ring is located closer to the distal end of the pendulum than to the proximal end of the pendulum.
41. The steering tool as claimed in claim 40 wherein the weighting ring is comprised of a carbide ring.
42. The steering tool as claimed in claim 38 wherein each of the mechanical valve actuators is comprised of an actuating lever.
43. The steering tool as claimed in claim 42 wherein each of the actuating levers is comprised of a pivot point and wherein each of the actuating levers is substantially balanced about the pivot point.
44. The steering tool as claimed in claim 37 wherein each of the steering devices and their associated mechanical valve actuators are circumferentially offset from each other by substantially 180 degrees,
45. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the steering tool is comprised of four steering devices which are circumferentially spaced from each other by ninety degrees.
46. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein each of the steering devices is comprised of at least one steering piston which is actuatable between the retracted position and the extended position.
47. The steering tool as claimed in claim 46 wherein each of the steering devices is comprised of a plurality of steering pistons which are simultaneously actuatable between the retracted position and the extended position.
48. The steering tool as claimed in claim 47 wherein each of the steering devices is further comprised of a steering blade connected with the steering pistons.
49. The steering tool as claimed in claim 48 wherein each of the steering devices is further comprised of a steering device biasing mechanism for biasing the steering device toward the retracted position.
50. The steering tool as claimed in claim 48 wherein the steering blades may be replaced without disassembling the steering tool.
51. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the housing has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the steering tool is further comprised of a stabilizer associated with the housing, and wherein the stabilizer is located between the upper end of the housing and the steering devices.
52. The steering tool as claimed in claim 51 wherein the stabilizer is comprised of a plurality of stabilizer blades and wherein the stabilizer blades may be replaced without disassembling the steering tool.
53. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the steering tool is adapted to be configured as a component of a drilling motor having a motor housing and a motor drive shaft such that the housing of the steering tool is connected with the motor housing and such that the motor drive shaft extends through the housing bore.
54. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the steering tool is adapted such that a drill string may extend through the housing bore and such that the housing of the steering tool may be rotatably connected with the drill string.
55. The steering tool as claimed in claim 54, further comprising a borehole engaging device associated with the housing for engaging a borehole in order to inhibit the steering tool from rotating in the borehole when the drill string is rotated.
56. The steering tool as claimed in claim 3 wherein the steering tool is adapted such that the housing of the steering tool may be fixedly connected with a drill string so that the housing of the steering tool rotates when the drill string is rotated.
57. The steering tool as claimed in claim 42 wherein the housing has an upper end and a lower end, wherein the steering tool is further comprised of a stabilizer associated with the housing, and wherein the stabilizer is located between the upper end of the housing and the steering devices.
58. The steering tool as claimed in claim 57 wherein the steering tool is adapted to be configured as a component of a drilling motor having a motor housing and a motor drive shaft such that the housing of the steering tool is connected with the motor housing and such that the motor drive shaft extends through the housing bore,
59. The steering tool as claimed in claim 58 wherein the steering tool is comprised of four steering devices which are circumferentially spaced from each other by ninety degrees.
60. The steering tool as claimed in claim 11 wherein the actuating movement of the tool actuating device is caused by a force selected from the group of forces consisting of a gravitational force, an inertial force and a magnetic force.
61. The steering tool as claimed in claim 60 wherein the actuating movement of the tool actuating device is caused by a gravitational force in response to a change in an orientation of the housing relative to gravity.
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