CUTTING ELEMENT INCLUDING ONE OR MORE ASYMMETRIC RELIEF SURFACES

Abstract: provided is a cutting element, a drill bit, and a well system. the cutting element, in one aspect, includes a cutting section, the cutting section including a cutting section thickness (t) and an exposed cutting face having a centerpoint (c). the cutting element, in another aspect, includes one or more relief surfaces extending into the cutting section from proximate the centerpoint (c), wherein opposing portions of the one or more relief surfaces are asymmetric as taken about an axis defined between the centerpoint (c) and an edge centerpoint (c) of a line wherein the ones of the one or more relief surfaces meet an edge of the cutting section.

Inventor(s): Bradley David Dunbar, William B. Atkins

CPC Classification: E21B10/5673 (with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts)

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