Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Wellbores may be drilled into a surface locatio n or seabed for a variety of exploratory orextraction purposes. For example, a wellbore may be drilled to access fluids, such as liquid and gaseoushydrocarbon s, stored in subterranean formations and to extract the fluids from the formatio ns. A varietyof drilling methods may be utilized depending partly on the charac teristics of the formation through whichthe wellbore is drilled.
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