Results from systematic rotary-steerable testing with PDC drill-bits depict the optimal balance between stability, steerability, and borehole quality

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 498-511

  Jones, Steve ^a   Sugiura, Junichi ^a   Barton, Steve ^b  

^a PathFinder

^b ReedHycalog

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITS; BOREHOLES; DRILLS; GAGES; INFILL DRILLING; SLIP FORMING; STABILITY; STICK-SLIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; CUTTING STRUCTURE; FIELD PERFORMANCE; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; REAL TIME EVALUATION; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC TESTING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 51649123269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/112579-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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