Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for use in wellbore drilling, suitable for use with a drill string for drilling a wellbore having an inner wall, the tool comprising means for generating particles of solid material from the formed inner wall of a drilled wellbore, and means for directing the generated particles to the inner wall of the wellbore and a method of forming a layer of solid particles on the inner wall of a wellbore drilled by such a drill string.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 30, 2008
Publication date:
July 15, 2010
Applicant:
Schumberger Technology Corproation
Inventors:
Louise Bailey, John Cook, Jennifer Edwards, Gerald Meeten, Jonathan Phipps