Abstract: A hermetic pressure connector which provides a pressure-tight, electrically conductive connection through a hole in a bulkhead. The connector includes a transverse support member having a high pressure side and an opposite low pressure side. A passage extends through the transverse support member between the opposite sides. A conductor pin having an axial portion extends through the passage. An insulating sleeve surrounds at least the axial portion of the conductor pin, thereby electrically insulating the transverse support member from the conductor pin. A molded connected body surrounds at least a central portion of the conductor pin at least at one of the high and low pressure sides to thereby mechanically support the conductor pin in the passage. The molded connector body is directly sealingly engaged with the conductor pin, the insulating sleeve and the transverse support member.

Abstract: A hermetic pressure connector which provides a pressure-tight, electrically conductive connection through a hole in a bulkhead. The connector includes a transverse support member having a high pressure side and an opposite low pressure side. A passage extends through the transverse support member between the opposite sides. A conductor pin having an axial portion extends through the passage. An insulating sleeve surrounds at least the axial portion of the conductor pin, thereby electrically insulating the transverse support member from the conductor pin. A molded connected body surrounds at least a central portion of the conductor pin at least at one of the high and low pressure sides to thereby mechanically support the conductor pin in the passage. The molded connector body is directly sealingly engaged with the conductor pin, the insulating sleeve and the transverse support member.

Abstract: A logging-while-drilling tool for use in a wellbore in which a well fluid is circulated into the wellbore through the hollow drill string. In addition to measurement electronics, the tool includes an alternator for providing power to the electronics, and a turbine for driving the alternator. The turbine blades are driven by the well fluid introduced into the hollow drill string. The tool also includes a deflector to deflect a portion of the well fluid away from the turbine blades.

Abstract: In well perforating operations, it is necessary to detonate shaped charges suspended in the well. To avoid dangerous detonation at the surface, a pressure responsive mechanism is set to respond to a pressure indicative of operation at a selected depth. This pressure setting arms the detonator in cooperation with an electrical arming mechanism operative in response to a selected current flow at a required voltage for a selected interval.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus which can be installed for opening and closing fluid flow production from a formation penetrated by a cased well borehole and connected therewith through perforations. The production tubing string is installed with a moveable sleeve having a closed and open position. The moveable sleeve defines a controllable pathway into the production tubing string. In conjunction with that, there is an internal receptacle formed in the production tubing string to enable landing of a sonde there at. The sonde connects firmly at the receptacle. Similarly, the moveable sleeve in the production tubing string has a receptacle it in which enables unique landing of a latching mechanism, the latching mechanism extending along the axis of the production tubing string at the urging of a motor in said sonde. The motor operates an elongate extendible member to move the sleeve from the closed to the open position and back.

Abstract: A perforating gun assembly is set forth. It incorporates a swivel connected with a cable head assembly and a navigation system for determining the instantaneous angle of the tool with respect to a vertical reference. There are first and second spaced cages formed of sleeves supported on bearing assemblies. The sleeves support free wheeling rollers which engage the casing when the tool is in the slant hole region of the well. There is an eccentric which falls downwardly, i.e., pointing toward gravity, and thereby defines a vertical reference and hence a horizontal reference. This eccentric mounts an elongate tubular housing for the shaped charges. Initially, the angle of firing of the shaped charges is adjusted at the time of installation with respect to the horizon and that in turn is correlated to the formation of interest in the well borehole which is then perforated with perforations which are parallel to the formation bedding plane.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a shock absorbing device for threading in a tubing string for running delicate instruments into a well borehole where they are in near proximity to explosives which might otherwise be detonate. This particularly is important in a well borehole which is filled with a standing column of liquid which transmits the shock waves quite readily. This is a separate assembly which can be threaded in the tubing string and has a pin and box connection for that. Moreover, it is formed of an outer mandrel surrounding connected inner upper and inner lower mandrels; the inner mandrels define annular spaces for receiving shock absorbers defined by alternating thin layers of metal and rubber; the metal and rubber washers have different shock wave impedances and tend therefore to absorb shock waves traveling either upwardly or downwardly in the well borehole.

Abstract: A rigid bridle for supporting a current emitting logging tool in a sonde is set forth. The rigid bridle is formed of multiple segments of tubular members, normally formed of metal. At selected locations along the length thereof, they are interrupted by electrical insulators which prevent current flow along the length thereof. Moreover, the external surface is coated with first one and then the second layer of insulative material; three such units in serial assembly support a return current electrode for use in a current emitting logging tool. In an alternate form, a short electrical isolator joint is set forth which includes concentric metal members which are spaced from one another when assembled by insulative members positioned therebetween so that current flow along the length thereof is prevented.

Abstract: A perforating gun assembly is set forth. It incorporates a swivel connected with a cable head assembly and a navigation system for determining the instantaneous angle of the tool with respect to a vertical reference. There are first and second spaced cages formed of sleeves supported on bearing assemblies. The sleeves support free wheeling rollers which engage the casing when the tool is in the slant hole region of the well. There is an eccentric which falls downwardly, i.e., pointing toward gravity, and thereby defines a vertical reference and hence a horizontal reference. This eccentric mounts an elongate tubular housing for the shaped charges. Initially, the angle of firing of the shaped charges is adjusted at the time of installation with respect to the horizon and that in turn is correlated to the formation of interest in the well borehole which is then perforated with perforations which are parallel to the formation bedding plane.

Abstract: An igniter is set forth in the present disclosure for use with a coring gun assembly. A bullet equipped with a bottom and having an O-ring thereabout is positioned in a chamber at one end thereof for firing to take a core sample. At the opposite end, an igniter is positioned in the chamber resting primarily on a shoulder aligning an elongate cylindrical shell within the chamber and having an external O-ring for sealing purposes. An elongate electrically insulated conductive firing pin extends through said shell so that an external circuit can be connected thereto to create a firing pulse. The current flows through the pin and through a bridgewire disc positioned at the end of the pin which in turn ignites a prepackaged cylindrical explosive charge to fire the bullet.

Abstract: An elongate gun assembly with multiple gun chambers is assembled with locking keys holdinhg several chambers in place. In each, a bullet with bottom is placed adjacent to an explosive charge. An elongate cable having two end loops connects with the assembly and passes through the bullet. The cable is anchored on the bullet, and the two ends are unequal in length. They enable retrieval after firing. A method of cable coiling and retrieval is set out.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for drill pipe conveyed logging is disclosed. In a highly deviated well borehole, the apparatus comprises a hollow housing for surrounding a logging tool, lockable and releasable rotating connector joined to said housing, and weights along one side to rotate said housing against or relative to the low side of the deviated well bore. The rotating connector includes a telescoping sleeve, and can move downwardly to lock abutting shoulders, or move upwardly to permit logging tool rotation. A nonconductor housing rotatably locks with a hollow nut and compressed rings. The housing has aligned SP electrode windows aligning with SP electrodes to operate through the housing. A male wet connector enclosed in a sealed capsule is affixed at the top end of the housing and is electrically connected to the logging tool. A cooperative female wet connector in a similar closed capsule is supported on a logging cable.

Abstract: A flex joint for an elongate oil tool which permits flexure and bending while yet protecting electrical conductors is disclosed. The duplicated flex joint incorporates a hollow knuckle having a passage therethrough received in a mating and confining socket terminating in a passage. The knuckle and socket form a flex joint. The flex joint is pinned so that rotation in a conic angle is permitted while rotation of the two components relative to one another is forbidden. The passage is periodically closed by means of a transverse plug, an electrical feedthrough permitting electrical conductors to extend through said plug. The passage is further protected from the intrusion of fluids from the well borehole by means of a spring loaded piston compensating pressurized sealed oil system which operates in an annular space on the exterior of the passage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for drill pipe conveyed logging is disclosed. In a highly deviated well borehole, the apparatus comprises a housing for surrounding a logging tool, lockable and releasable rotating standoff means along said housing, and weights along one side to rotate said housing against or relative to the low side of the deviated well bore. The apparatus further includes rotary means joining the housing to the pipe string. A male wet connector enclosed in a sealed capsule is affixed at the top end of the housing and is electrically connected to the logging tool. A cooperative female wet connector in a similar closed capsule is supported on a logging cable. The logging cable is pumped down, mechanical connection is made, separate electrical connection between the mating connectors is made, and drilling fluid is excluded by virtue of positioning the mating connectors in separate closed capsules which are filled with a selected insulating liquid.

Abstract: A well drilling tool is disclosed as having an inner tubular member rotatably supported from an outer tubular member by means of bearings contained within an annular lubricant chamber between them. An annular chamber is formed in an inner tubular member to provide a reservoir for supplying additional lubricant to the chamber to replace that which is lost during use of the tool. An annular piston is sealably slidable within the reservoir, and drilling fluid, which is circulated through a passageway through the tool, is admitted to one end of the reservoir by a port in the inner member to urge the piston toward the other end of the reservoir which connects with the lubricant chamber.