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High-power slim-hole drilling system

Conference ·
OSTI ID:166609
Economic conditions in the oil and gas industry have encouraged the use of new methods to reduce drilling costs. Slim-hole drilling, abandoned in the past, has found new life because it offers savings by reducing equipment size, tubular products, and environmental impact. A new high-power slim-hole drilling system has been developed that overcomes many of the problems that led to the abandonment of slim holes in the past. This new system is composed of a new high-power positive-displacement motor and new TSP bits developed to run at high horsepowers and produce high drilling rates, The new slim-hole system has the potential for reducing drilling costs by 40 to 60 percent.
OSTI ID:
166609
Report Number(s):
CONF-951002--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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