Hard-rock drilling performance of advanced drag bits

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 177-184

  Wise, Jack L ^a   Roberts, Tom ^b   Schen, Aaron ^b   Matthews, Oliver ^c   Pritchard, Wyatt A ^c   Mensa Wilmot, Graham ^d   Ernst, Stephen ^d   Radtke, Robert ^e   Riedel, Richard ^e   Hanaway, John ^e  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b A Grant Prideco Company   (United States)

^c HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^e Technology International Inc

Author keywords

Abrasion; Diagnostics While Drilling; Drilling; DWD; Hard rock; Impact; PDC bits; PDC cutters; TSP bits; TSP cutters; Wear

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTICS-WHILE-DRILLING (DWD); HARD ROCK; PDC BITS; PDC CUTTERS; TSP BITS; TSP CUTTERS;

ABRASION; BITS; CUTTING EQUIPMENT; HARDNESS; ROCKS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WELL DRILLING;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

EID: 20244387429     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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