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Number: 175/5
Name: Boring or penetrating the earth > Boring a submerged formation
Description: Process or apparatus comprising a step or means for sinking a well, shaft or deep boring in the surface of the earth lying below a body of water, (e.g., ocean, lake or river).


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
175/7 Boring from floating support with submerged independent anchored guide base 231
175/9 Boring from nonbuoyant support 54
175/8 Boring from submerged buoyant support 27
175/10 Boring with submersible vertically movable guide 17
175/6 Boring with underwater tool drive prime mover 28


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7407022 Apparatus for pumping drill cuttings and dual cylinder positive displacement pump for moving drill cuttings and method of use Aug. 5, 2008
7296628 Downhole swivel apparatus and method Nov. 20, 2007
7270185 Drilling system and method for controlling equivalent circulating density during drilling of wellbores Sep. 18, 2007
7264058 Arrangement and method for regulating bottom hole pressures when drilling deepwater offshore wells Sep. 4, 2007
7255180 Modular drill system requiring limited field assembly and limited equipment support Aug. 14, 2007
7237613 Underbalanced marine drilling riser Jul. 3, 2007
7188677 Tensioning system for production tubing in a riser at a floating installation for hydrocarbon production Mar. 13, 2007
7083005 Apparatus and method of drilling with casing Aug. 1, 2006
7083004 Cantilevered multi purpose tower and method for installing drilling equipment Aug. 1, 2006
7055623 Method for the drilling of the initial phase of deep water oil wells with an underwater well head Jun. 6, 2006
7021402 Method for using a multipurpose unit with multipurpose tower and a surface blow out preventer Apr. 4, 2006
6988553 Horizontal spool tree wellhead system and method Jan. 24, 2006
6913084 Method and apparatus for controlling well pressure while undergoing subsea wireline operations Jul. 5, 2005
6899186 Apparatus and method of drilling with casing May. 31, 2005
6854532 Subsea wellbore drilling system for reducing bottom hole pressure Feb. 15, 2005
6834723 System and method for riser recoil control Dec. 28, 2004
6823950 Method for formation pressure control while drilling Nov. 30, 2004
6805200 Horizontal spool tree wellhead system and method Oct. 19, 2004
6789981 Riser tensioning construction Sep. 14, 2004
6745853 Methods and apparatus for open hole drilling Jun. 8, 2004
6745851 Methods and system for processing of drilling fluid Jun. 8, 2004
6745852 Platform for drilling oil and gas wells in arctic, inaccessible, or environmentally sensitive locations Jun. 8, 2004
6729804 Cantilevered tower for jack-up platform May. 4, 2004
6715962 Assembly and floatation method for drilling drivepipe Apr. 6, 2004
6712560 Riser support for floating offshore structure Mar. 30, 2004
6672407 Method of drilling, analyzing and stabilizing a terrestrial or other planetary subsurface formation Jan. 6, 2004
6668943 Method and apparatus for controlling pressure and detecting well control problems during drilling of an offshore well using a gas-lifted riser Dec. 30, 2003
6659182 Retrievable suction embedment chamber assembly Dec. 9, 2003
6626248 Assembly and method for jarring a drilling drive pipe into undersea formation Sep. 30, 2003
6601656 Method and apparatus for drilling an offshore underwater well Aug. 5, 2003
6571873 Method for controlling bottom-hole pressure during dual-gradient drilling Jun. 3, 2003
6530437 Multi-gradient drilling method and system Mar. 11, 2003
6524049 Semi-submersible, mobile drilling vessel with storage shaft for tubular drilling equipment Feb. 25, 2003
6517291 Riser tensioning construction Feb. 11, 2003
6494271 Offshore floating production method Dec. 17, 2002
6457529 Apparatus and method for returning drilling fluid from a subsea wellbore Oct. 1, 2002
6454022 Riser tube for use in great sea depth and method for drilling at such depths Sep. 24, 2002
6422324 Method and device for driving bore-holes, in the sea bed using a counterflush method Jul. 23, 2002
6415877 Subsea wellbore drilling system for reducing bottom hole pressure Jul. 9, 2002
6412574 Method of forming a subsea borehole from a drilling vessel in a body of water of known depth Jul. 2, 2002
6354384 Surface effect drilling craft for obtaining continuous core samples Mar. 12, 2002
6343507 Method to improve the quality of a formation fluid sample Feb. 5, 2002
6328107 Method for installing a well casing into a subsea well being drilled with a dual density drilling system Dec. 11, 2001
6325158 Method and device for mounting of a seabed installation Dec. 4, 2001
6315061 Brine-based drilling fluids for ballast tank storage Nov. 13, 2001
6278937 Method and apparatus for controlling the position of floating rig Aug. 21, 2001
6263981 Deepwater drill string shut-off valve system and method for controlling mud circulation Jul. 24, 2001
6244359 Subsea diverter and rotating drilling head Jun. 12, 2001
6217258 Dual hoist derrick system for deep sea drilling Apr. 17, 2001
6216799 Subsea pumping system and method for deepwater drilling Apr. 17, 2001

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