Abstract: A wireline drilling system for the hydrocarbon exploration and production industry incorporating a drilling cuttings removal system which acts to remove and store cuttings displaced by a drill bit during drilling operations. The cuttings removal system may employ a screw member having a tapered lower portion and a narrow upper portion to transport drilling cuttings to a cuttings basket and distribute the cuttings therein. Embodiments of the invention include an integral tractor to progress the wireline drilling system and provide weight-on-bit, as well as assist in retrieval of the wireline drilling system if the tool should become stuck.

Abstract: A wireline drilling system for the hydrocarbon exploration and production industry incorporating a drilling cuttings removal system which acts to remove and store cuttings displaced by a drill bit during drilling operations. The cuttings removal system may employ a screw member having a tapered lower portion and a narrow upper portion to transport drilling cuttings to a cuttings basket and distribute the cuttings therein. Embodiments of the invention include an integral tractor to progress the wireline drilling system and provide weight-on-bit, as well as assist in retrieval of the wireline drilling system if the tool should become stuck.

Abstract: Multiple drain drilling and production apparatus (16) comprising a generally cylindrical body (18) adapted to be located within a well, and an orienting assembly (24, 28) adapted to be received in the body (18) to deviate a drill string received within the body, at a predetermined depth, from a path coaxial with the body to a path at a predetermined angle to the axis of the body. The apparatus comprises at least one outlet (20) comprising a generally tubular element (42) received within the body and opening thereinto and displaceable from a first position generally coaxial with the body, into a second position at a predetermined angle thereto, by an actuator (200) received within the body, the orienting assembly being located adjacent the outlet (20).