Steerable motors hold out against rotary steerables

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4953-4960

  Warren, T ^a  

^a Tesco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEMS; SERVICE COMPANIES; STEERABLE MOTOR POWERS;

ROTATING MACHINERY;

EID: 33750970297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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