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US 9,428,959 B2Granted
Device and method usable in well drilling and other well operations
OwnerRobert Charles Southardinventor
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Systems and methods usable for drilling wells and performing other well operations include a drilling tool having inner and outer, counter-rotating drill bits. Opposing reactive torques generated by the inner bit and the outer bit can reduce or cancel the net reactive torque transmitted upwell, through the drill string. Counter rotation of the inner and the outer drill bits can be achieved by a gear system, which transfers torque from a single rotating tubular shaft to a tubular sleeve positioned concentrically about the tubular shaft. The gear system transfers torque from a first gear to a second gear, at a one-to-one rotation/torque ratio, but with an opposite direction of rotation. Tools connected to the tubular sleeve and tubular shaft can thereby be provided with opposing rotational motion.
An apparatus usable in well operations, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for drilling wells, the apparatus comprising:
A method for drilling wells, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.