Patent ID: 8607859

Claim:
A fluid diverter, comprising: a tubular mandrel with a threaded upper end for connection to a drill pipe string and a lower end for connection to a drill bit assembly, the mandrel having a mandrel passage for receiving fluid pumped down a drill pipe string passage; a housing surrounding and carried by the mandrel; a diverter port in the housing having an inlet in fluid communication with the mandrel passage and having an outlet exterior of the housing; a remotely actuated cementing valve that closes the diverter port while the fluid diverter is in a drilling mode and opens the diverter port while the fluid diverter is in a cementing mode; a seal assembly mounted to the housing and extending radially therefrom for sealing engagement with an inner diameter of a casing string; a packer adapted to be connected into the casing string; a packer set port extending through the mandrel and the housing into fluid communication with the packer; and a remotely actuated packer set valve that closes the packer set port while the fluid diverter is in the drilling and cementing modes and opens the packer set port while in the packer set mode.