Drill pipe and optimization thereof
AssigneeBlack Diamond Oilfield Rentals LLC
InventorsChristopher M. Biggerstaff, Charles G. Kibbe
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Abstract
A drill pipe comprises a drill pipe body having a drill pipe body outer diameter and a drill pipe body inner diameter, wherein the drill pipe body outer diameter is from about 5.1-inches to about 5.4-inches and the drill pipe body inner diameter is from about 4.4-inches to about 4.6-inches; and a tool joint comprising a rotary shoulder box connection; wherein the drill pipe has an optimization ratio and wherein the optimization ratio is at least about 0.68 for a production hole from about 7⅞-inches to about 12¼-inches. Methods of using the drill pipe are also disclosed.
Claims10
A drill pipe comprising:
- (a) A drill pipe body having a drill pipe body outer diameter and a drill pipe body inner diameter, wherein the drill pipe body comprises a drill pipe body wall thickness, wherein the drill pipe body outer diameter is in a range from 5.1-inches to 5.4-inches and the drill pipe body inner diameter is in a range from 4.4-inches to 4.6-inches, and wherein the drill pipe body wall thickness is greater than 0.352-inches;
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- (b) A tool joint comprising a rotary shoulder box connection, wherein the rotary shoulder connection comprises a rotary shoulder connection length, wherein the rotary shoulder connection length is in a range from 4.275-inches to 5.225-inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.