Abstract: Two methods and four mechanisms are disclosed for drilling at right angles to a vertical well at any location or depth in the well. The drilling mechanisms each comprises a flexible spring biased telescopic fluid conduit having a turbodrill on the lower end thereof for extending from an opening in the side of an elongated cylindrical housing for drilling at right angles to the well. The flexible spring biased telescopic fluid conduit comprises a plurality of axially aligned spools with cylinders interconnecting the adjacent ends of adjacent spools and with a compression spring in each cylinder between the two adjacent spool ends for permitting flexibility and telescopic action of the fluid conduit while resisting high compression and torque loads.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 1975
Date of Patent:
May 25, 1976
Assignees:
George H. Bull, James E. Cunningham
Inventors:
George H. Bull, Paul D. Bull, James E. Cunningham