Patent ID: 11898420
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 10:
11. A high voltage drilling system for forming a wellbore, comprising:
a downhole portion of a drill string including one or more electrodes at a downhole end thereof;
an electrical conductor extending through the downhole portion of the drill string and coupled to the one or more electrodes;
an up-hole portion of the drill string coupled to the downhole portion of the drill string, the up-hole portion of the drill string including an electrical generator electrically coupled to the one or more electrodes through the electrical conductor, wherein the electrical generator is configured to produce electrical power for the one or more electrodes; and
the one or more electrodes configured to form a downhole portion of the wellbore while maintaining the electrical generator in an up-hole portion of the wellbore producing the electrical power, the electrical generator having a generator diameter that is greater than a downhole diameter of the downhole portion of the wellbore.