A cross hole deburring tool which performs rotary cutting on a cross hole burr occurring on a cross ridgeline part between a through path and an inner circumferential surface of a spherically-shaped hollow part. A tool main body includes a tip part and a shank, and the tip part has a shape obtained by setting a diameter axis of a circle, setting an eccentric axis parallel to the diameter axis and away therefrom by a predetermined eccentric distance, setting a closed region in a bow shape formed of a line segment obtained by cutting the eccentric axis by the circle and a minor arc on the circle by defining this line segment as a chord, setting an outer surface shape of a bow-shaped solid of revolution formed by rotating this bow shape about the eccentric axis, and taking this outer surface shape as the shape of the tip part.

A metal matrix composite tool includes a body having hard composite portion that includes reinforcing particles dispersed in a binder material. At least some of the reinforcing particles comprise a monolithic particle structure including a core having irregular outer surface features integral with the core.

A rotary drill bit for directional drilling operations, in which a rotating bit with cutters advances a borehole in the earth invention, provides a smaller radius of curvature to increase drilling efficiency. The rotary drill bit comprises a box connection for connecting the bit to the drill string. The drill bit receives a pin connection that seats adjacent the plenum of the bit to shorten the distance between the bit face and steering tools behind the bit so the drill string can be steered more efficiently.

An apparatus for horizontal directional drilling includes a housing and a sonde transmitter mounted in the housing. The housing includes a main fluid channel to permit a flow of a fluid therethrough. The apparatus further includes a fluid outlet at the front of the housing in communication with the main fluid channel and adapted to emit fluid. from the front of the housing during pilot bore operations. The housing further includes a plurality of fluid ports in fluid communication with the main fluid channel and adapted to emit fluid from the housing during pullback operations. Drill bits, drill bit adapters adapters, swivel connectors, and tow heads adapted to be coupled to the drill bits for direct pullback operations, as well as methods of direct pullback operations during horizontal direction drilling are also provided.

Fixed-cutter matrix bits comprising hardfaced elements on the gauge pads, and methods of manufacture and using. An example fixed-cutter matrix bit comprises a matrix bit body, a plurality of cutter elements secured at fixed locations to the matrix bit body, and a plurality of gauge pads disposed on the matrix bit body; wherein at least one of the gauge pads includes a hardfaced exterior surface. The hardfaced exterior surface may comprise a material selected from the group consisting of tungsten, niobium, vanadium, molybdenum, silicon, titanium, tantalum, zirconium, chromium, yttrium, boron, carbon, carbides thereof, nitrides thereof, borides thereof, oxides thereof, silicides thereof, and combinations thereof. The hardfaced exterior surface may be fused to the at least one gauge pad during the infiltration process of manufacturing the matrix bit body.

Provided a ground drilling device capable of reducing the maintenance time by suppressing wear of the rotary blade, extending the life of each component, and reducing the frequency of drilling pipes. The ground drilling device includes: the rotary blade that excavates the ground; the lubricating liquid jetting device that jets the lubricating liquid to the rotary blade when excavating the ground, and the oxygen supply device that supplies oxygen to the lubricating liquid, in which the oxygen supply device has the bubble generating medium for supplying oxygen in a high pressure state as fine bubbles to the lubricating liquid.

Provided is a two part drilling and running tool, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The two part drilling and running tool, in one aspect, includes a conveyance, and a smaller assembly coupled to an end of the conveyance. The two part drilling and running tool, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a larger bit assembly slidably coupled to the conveyance, the smaller assembly and larger bit assembly configured to slidingly engage one another downhole to form a combined bit assembly.

A method comprises rotating a drill bit of a drilling system at at least 1000 rpm. The drill system can comprise a drill feed, a drill head comprising a motor and coupled to the drill feed, a drill string, comprising at least one drill rod, operatively coupled to the drill head so that the drill head is configured to axially and rotationally drive the drill string, and the drill bit coupled to the bottom end of the drill string.

Systems and methods for drilling a subterranean well with a drill bit include a drill bit body with a central bore. A plurality of ports extend through the nose end of the drill bit body from the central bore to an outside of the drill bit body. A blocked nozzle is located within one of the plurality of ports. The blocked nozzle has a nozzle bore end and a nozzle nose end opposite the nozzle bore end. A bore end disk is located at the nozzle bore end of the blocked nozzle, preventing a flow of fluids through the blocked nozzle past the bore end disk. A nose end disk is located at the nozzle nose end of the blocked nozzle, preventing the flow of fluids through the blocked nozzle past the nose end disk. The nose end disk and the bore end disk are removable.

A drill bit includes a bit body providing a plurality of blades disposed about a centerline of the bit body, one or more primary cutters mounted at a leading face of each blade, and one or more offset cutters mounted to at least one of the plurality of blades and angularly offset from a laterally adjacent primary cutter and the leading face of the at least one of the plurality of blades.