In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for drilling wellbores includes drilling a main wellbore and disposing a casing string in the main wellbore. The casing string has a deflecting member and a sealing member coupled thereto. The method further includes disposing a dr
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for drilling wellbores includes drilling a main wellbore and disposing a casing string in the main wellbore. The casing string has a deflecting member and a sealing member coupled thereto. The method further includes disposing a drill string having a drill bit coupled at a lower end thereof in the casing string and drilling, from the main wellbore, a first lateral wellbore at a first depth with the drill bit. The method further includes removing the drill bit from the first lateral wellbore, transferring the casing string and the drill bit to a second depth that is higher than the first depth, drilling, from the main wellbore, a second lateral wellbore at the second depth with the drill bit, and preventing, using the sealing member, a fluid from the first lateral wellbore from flowing above approximately the second depth while drilling the second lateral wellbore.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for drilling wellbores, comprising: drilling a main wellbore; disposing a casing string in the main wellbore, the casing string having a deflecting member and a sealing member coupled thereto; disposing a drill string having a drill bit coupled at a lower end there
What is claimed is: 1. A method for drilling wellbores, comprising: drilling a main wellbore; disposing a casing string in the main wellbore, the casing string having a deflecting member and a sealing member coupled thereto; disposing a drill string having a drill bit coupled at a lower end thereof in the casing string; drilling, from the main wellbore, a first lateral wellbore at a first depth with the drill bit; removing the drill bit from the first lateral wellbore; transferring the casing string and the drill bit to a second depth that is higher than the first depth; drilling, from the main wellbore, a second lateral wellbore at the second depth with the drill bit; and preventing, using the sealing member, a fluid from the first lateral wellbore from flowing above approximately the second depth while drilling the second lateral wellbore. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: removing the drill bit from the second lateral wellbore; transferring the casing string and the drill bit to a third depth that is higher than the second depth; drilling, from the main wellbore, a third lateral wellbore at the third depth with the drill bit; and preventing, using the sealing member, the gas from flowing above approximately the third depth while drilling the third lateral wellbore. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein drilling the main wellbore comprises drilling a slant wellbore. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising disposing the casing string in the main wellbore such that an outer annulus is formed between a wall of the main wellbore and an outer wall of the casing string, and disposing the drill string in the casing string such that an inner annulus is formed between an inner wall of the casing string and an outer wall of the drill string. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: circulating a first fluid down an inner passage of the drill string; circulating a second fluid down the inner annulus; regulating an amount of the second fluid to prevent the first fluid from entering a subterranean formation in which the lateral wellbore is being drilled; and retrieving a mixture of the first and second fluids and the gas from the lateral wellbore through the outer annulus. 6. The method of claim 4, further comprising: circulating a first fluid down an inner passage of the drill string; circulating a second fluid down the outer annulus; regulating an amount of the second fluid to prevent the first fluid from entering a subterranean formation in which the lateral wellbore is being drilled; and retrieving a mixture of the first and second fluids and the gas from the lateral wellbore through the inner annulus. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein disposing the casing string in the main wellbore comprises lowering the casing string down the main wellbore while allowing a fluid in the main wellbore below the sealing member to flow past the sealing member. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein preventing the fluid from the first lateral wellbore from flowing above approximately the second depth while drilling the second lateral wellbore comprises longitudinally compressing a plug of the sealing member to circumferentially expand the plug such that an outer surface of the plug engages a wall of the main wellbore. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising rotating the casing string to longitudinally compress the plug. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein preventing the fluid from the first lateral wellbore from flowing above approximately the second depth while drilling the second lateral wellbore comprises utilizing a resilient plunger as the sealing member. 11. A system for drilling wellbores, comprising: a casing string; a deflecting member coupled to the casing string; and a sealing member coupled to the deflecting member, the sealing member configured to seal a wellbore into which the casing string is inserted such that a fluid existing in the wellbore below the sealing member is prevented from flowing upward past the sealing member. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the sealing member comprises a resilient plunger. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the sealing member further comprises a relief valve operable to allow a fluid in the wellbore below the resilient plunger to flow past the resilient plunger. 14. The system of claim 11, wherein the sealing member comprises a solid plug. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the sealing member further comprises: a bolt to support the solid plug; a nut coupled to the bolt; a washer disposed between the nut and the plug; and a spring member coupled to the washer, the spring member adapted to engage a wall of the wellbore to prevent the washer from rotating when the casing string is rotated in the wellbore such that the solid plug is longitudinally compressed and circumferentially expanded to engage the wall of the wellbore. 16. The system of claim 11, wherein the sealing member comprises an air-filled diaphragm. 17. A sealing member, comprising: a resilient plunger adapted to couple to an end of a casing string and operable to prevent a gas within a wellbore from flowing from a lower depth below the resilient plunger to a higher depth above the resilient plunger while a lateral wellbore is being drilled. 18. A sealing member, comprising: a bolt adapted to couple to an end of a casing string; a nut rotatably coupled to the bolt; a washer engaged with the nut; a plug surrounding the bolt and resting against the washer; a spring member coupled to the washer, the spring member adapted to engage a wall of a wellbore to prevent the washer from rotating when the casing string is rotated in the wellbore such that the plug is longitudinally compressed and circumferentially expanded to engage the wall of the wellbore to prevent a gas within the wellbore from flowing from a lower depth below the plug to a higher depth above the plug while a lateral wellbore is being drilled. 19. The sealing member of claim 18, wherein the spring member is adapted to engage the wall of the wellbore to prevent the washer from rotating when the casing string is rotated in the wellbore such that the plug is longitudinally expanded and circumferentially retracted to allow a gas within the wellbore from flowing from a lower depth below the plug to a higher depth above the plug. 20. The sealing member of claim 18, wherein the plug comprises an air-filled diaphragm.
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