Abstract: Microtiter plate made of plastic, having a plurality of wells in a plate which has at least one break line that divides the plate into various segments. The break line includes a joint line which is formed by molding together various segments of the plate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the transmission of information between downhole and surface locations through a drillstring. The apparatus includes a wireline extending from instrumentation at the downhole location to a clamp-off sub in the drillstring where it is connected to the lower end of a cable spooled on a cable cartridge above the clamp-off sub in the drillstring. The cable cartridge is moved upwardly through successive pipe joints added to the drillstring as drilling progresses, to permit rotation of the drillstring and use of blowout preventors without retrieving the wireline or cable. Cartridge cable is releasably connected at its upper end to a wireline extending through a pack-off to a slip ring assembly at the surface, for transmitting data from downhole instrumentation to surface equipment. Multiple cable cartridges may be sequentially added in series if drilling proceeds beyond the length of cable in a single cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention is a drilling tool including a telescoping assembly for transmitting hydraulic force to the drill bit at the bottom of the tool. The internal hydraulic characteristics of the tool may be varied to vary the force through extension and retraction of the telescoping assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for navigational driling in earth formations, the apparatus including a downhole drilling assembly having a drill bit driven by a downhole motor and a deflection element or elements in the assembly for imparting an angle of deflection to the drill bit relative to the drill string above the drilling assembly. At least two stabilization points for the drilling assembly in the borehole are used, with the drill bit, to define an arcuate path for the drilling assembly when the downhole motor is operating but the drill string is not rotating. When the drill string is rotated, the drilling assembly drills a substantially straight or linear borehole.

Abstract: Drill bits may include cutting members which have cutting faces formed of segments of differing cutting materials. The faces of the cutting members may include two or more segments, with the segments formed from at least two different materials. For example, a first segment could be formed of a polycrystalline diamond compact surface while a second segment could be formed of a thermally stable diamond product material.

Abstract: A core drilling tool for drilling rock in underground soil formations which includes an outside pipe and an inside pipe therein that can be conveyed separately to the surface. The inside pipe includes a core-receiving receptacle at its lower end, and at its upper end is provided with a measurement unit for on-site acquisition, processing and storage of data, such as borehole, core and/or drilling process parameters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a direct bit drive for deep drilling tools based on the Moineau principles. The drive is divided into two sections disposed end-to-end and co-axially in line, each with a defined helical working space between surfaces shaped in a manner of helical teeth, the said helical working spaces following oppositely turning helical paths and being arranged for the flow therethrough of the working medium, in axially opposite directions. In this manner, the axially thrust forces transmitted to the bit through the direct bit drive by working medium during a drilling operation are reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to bore hole drills employing spaced shaped cutters in arrays separated by fluid channels in which there are positioned arrays of nozzles suitable for bit cleaning and detritus removal action.

Abstract: Hydraulic jar apparatus to be disposed in a drilling string used in drilling a well bore or other bore hole, embodying inner and outer telescopically arranged bodies, with a hammer on the inner body adapted to strike an anvil on the outer body, the bodies being initially releasably locked or interconnected in fully telescoped or contracted relation by a locking device which can be released while the apparatus is in the bore hole before the apparatus can function as a jarring device or a bumper sub.