Abstract: A tool component comprising a composite compact located in a sloping recess in one end of a solid, elongate right-circular cylindrical pin and bonded thereto. The recess is characterized in that it is formed in the pin to one side of a longitudinal plane passing through the central axis of the pin and the base wall of the recess slopes from one end surface towards a side surface. Bonding of the composite compact to the pin is preferably achieved by means of a braze alloy having a working temperature of less than 700.degree. C. and containing silver, copper, zinc, manganese and nickel. The tool component has particular application as a cutting component for a drill bit.

Abstract: A diverter tool and method of use thereof for use in setting a cement plug in a well. The tool comprises a hollow cylindrical body provided with a plurality cylindrical ports, the axes of which form a plane essentially perpendicular to the axis of the tool.

Abstract: This invention relates to an expendable tool, such as a plug assembly, which may be locked within a tubular member, such as a packer assembly, located within a well casing, and a method of locating and releasing same. The plug assembly comprises a main housing adapted to support a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially retractable locking segments. A longitudinally extending mandrel is slidably mounted within the housing and is axially shiftable from an first position, wherein the mandrel maintains the locking segments outwardly within a cooperating groove formed in the packer assembly, to a second position, wherein the locking segments are permitted to move out of engagement with the well packer. A collet sleeve is secured to the mandrel by a shear pin and maintains the mandrel in the upper position. When it is desired to release the plug from the packer assembly, an actuating sleeve is attached to the lower end of a tubing string and run down the well casing to be engaged by the collet sleeve.