Patent ID: 7413032

Claim:
A method of drilling a wellbore, the method comprising: (a) conveying a drilling assembly in the wellbore, said drilling assembly including a first adjustable stabilizer having a first plurality of independently adjustable ribs for applying force to the wellbore and a second stabilizer including a plurality of ribs having an undergage outer diameter; (b) engaging a wellbore wall using at least one of the plurality of ribs of the second stabilizer, said wellbore having a centerline along the drilling assembly; and (c) controlling a direction of drilling by: (i) applying a force on the wellbore using the first stabilizer to adjust a position of a first center of said first adjustable stabilizer in the wellbore relative to a second center of said second stabilizer and with respect to the centerline of the wellbore to drill the wellbore along a desired wellbore trajectory; and (ii) independently controlling each of the first plurality of independently adjustable ribs.