Apparatus and method for coring and/or drilling
AssigneeCorpro Systems Limited
InventorTerence Alexander Moore
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for creating a hole in a subsurface formation is disclosed. The apparatus includes an inner assembly, which may include a coring barrel, a piston cylinder and a piston rod member, is connected to an elongate member such as a wireline. The inner assembly may include a member such as a packer capable of engaging one of an outer assembly and the borehole. Furthermore, the coring barrel may have a cutting member for creating the hole in the subsurface formation.
Claims21
Apparatus for creating a hole in a subsurface formation, the apparatus comprising:
- an inner assembly adapted for connection to an elongate member wherein the inner assembly is adapted to be raised and lowered within a borehole;
- the inner assembly including a member capable of engaging one of an outer assembly and the borehole.
A method for creating a hole in a subsurface formation, the method comprising the steps of:
- lowering an inner assembly into a borehole;
- engaging the inner assembly with either of the outer assembly or the borehole to resist substantially vertical movement of at least a portion of the inner assembly with respect to at least one of the outer assembly or the borehole;
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- driving a cutting member into said subsurface formation to create a hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.