US Patent Issued on Sept. 29 for "Method to extend PDC bit life and improve drilling speed by mitigating slip-stick" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,637, issued on Sept. 29.

"Method to extend PDC bit life and improve drilling speed by mitigating slip-stick" was invented by Kenneth L Nash (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to improve drill bit performance of a PDC (polycrystalline diamond compact) drill bit by releasing torsional energy in the drilling string produced by slip-stick. A slip apparatus is positioned in the drilling string for this purpose in or between a transition region of the BHA and the remaining drill pipe of the drilling string and the middle region of the drill pipe. Alternatively, the slip apparatus is positioned utilizing a computer prog...