Electronically activated underreamer and calliper tool
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of closed loop reaming to provide a borehole with a predetermined dimension, comprising providing a rig in contact with a reamer and a processor linked to a calliper measuring borehole dimension, thereby providing caliper data,sensing a relative position of extendable cutter blocks using a magnetic position sensor thereby providing extendable cutter block positional data,wherein said cutter blocks are housed within a tool body and extendable from said tool body and said magnetic sensor remains housed within a tool body when said cutter blocks are extended,wherein the processor makes a comparison between said calliper data, and said extendable cutter block positional data, wherein the processor sends an alert to a user in response to the comparison to check operational parameters in order to to ensure that the borehole is accurately provided with the predetermined dimension, wherein a user is capable of making a user comparison between said caliper data, said extendable cutter block positional data, and said predetermined borehole dimension.
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Abstract
An electronically activated tool (50) comprising a tool body, cutter blocks and sensors with means for attachment to a drilling support and rotation so as to permit the simultaneous underreaming and measurement of the diameter of a wellbore (especially in oil and gas drilling) characterized by a means of activation using an electronic signal sent by mud-pulse, fiber-optics, wireless transmission or other means which may also communicate commands and receive data from the underreamer during drilling, at least one radially extendable cutter block (62) incorporating positional sensors adapted to measure the relative position of the cutter block to the tool, at least one calliper means (76) to measure wellbore diameter, all of which are inter-linked by a means of communication using receivers, sensors and microprocessors and a system that optimizes underreaming or expansion (22) by simultaneously comparing and correlating wellbore diameter data (22) and underreaming parameters in real-time or in memory.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of closed loop reaming to provide a borehole with a predetermined dimension, comprising providing a rig in contact with a reamer and a processor linked to a calliper measuring borehole dimension, thereby providing caliper data,
sensing a relative position of extendable cutter blocks using a magnetic position sensor thereby providing extendable cutter block positional data, wherein said cutter blocks are housed within a tool body and extendable from said tool body and said magnetic sensor remains housed within a tool body when said cutter blocks are extended, wherein the processor makes a comparison between said calliper data, and said extendable cutter block positional data, wherein the processor sends an alert to a user in response to the comparison to check operational parameters in order to to ensure that the borehole is accurately provided with the predetermined dimension, wherein a user is capable of making a user comparison between said caliper data, said extendable cutter block positional data, and said predetermined borehole dimension.
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10. A method of reaming below a restriction in a borehole comprising:
- providing a drill-bit and an extendable tool to increase a diameter of a borehole greater than a diameter of a drill-bit after passing through the restriction, said tool being activated to extend extendable blocks on the extendable tool to increase the size of said borehole to a desired diameter greater than that of the restriction and drill bit, further providing a processor linked to a calliper measuring borehole dimension, rotating said tool and moving it axially along the wellbore;
measuring a reamed borehole diameter using the calliper, measuring an extendable block position using a magnetic position sensor, wherein the processor makes a comparison between said measured reamed borehole diameter and the measured extendable block position, wherein the processor further sends an alert to a user in response to the comparison to check operational parameters in order to control underreaming and deliver the desired borehole diameter, wherein a user is capable of making a user comparison between said caliper data, said extendable cutter block positional data, and said predetermined borehole dimension. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- providing a drill-bit and an extendable tool to increase a diameter of a borehole greater than a diameter of a drill-bit after passing through the restriction, said tool being activated to extend extendable blocks on the extendable tool to increase the size of said borehole to a desired diameter greater than that of the restriction and drill bit, further providing a processor linked to a calliper measuring borehole dimension, rotating said tool and moving it axially along the wellbore;
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17. A method for increasing borehole diameter below a restriction in a borehole comprising a drill-bit and an extendable tool to increase a diameter of the borehole to a size greater than a diameter of the drill-bit after passing through the restriction, said extendable tool being activated to extend extendable blocks on the extendable tool to increase said borehole diameter to a size greater than that of the restriction and drill bit, rotating said tool and moving it axially along the wellbore while flowing fluid through the tool;
- providing a position sensor to measure an extendable cutter block position and a calliper to measure the reamed borehole diameter and wherein a processor makes a comparison between the measured extendable cutter block position and the measured reamed borehole diameter and alerts a user in response to the comparison to check weight on the cutter blocks, torque on the cutter blocks, or a flow rate of fluid through the tool, wherein a user is capable of making a user comparison between said caliper data, said extendable cutter block positional data, and said predetermined borehole dimension.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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