<p>A method of controlling a direction of drilling of the drill string (110) used to form an opening in a subsurface formation (102), comprises varying a speed of the drill string during rotational drilling such that the drill string (110) is at a first speed during a first portion of the rotational cycle and at a second speed during a second portion of the rotational cycle wherein the first speed is higher than the second speed, and wherein operating at the second speed in the second portion of the rotational cycle causes the drill string to change the direction of drilling.</p>
申请公布号
EP2559846(A2)
申请公布日期
2013.02.20
申请号
EP20120187631
申请日期
2011.04.11
申请人
SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.;SHELL OIL COMPANY
发明人
EDBURY, DAVID ALSTON;GUERRERO, JOSE VICTOR;MACDONALD, DUNCAN CHARLES;NORMAN, JASON B.;ROGERS, JAMES BYRON;SITTON, DONALD RAY