Improve ROP with high weight on bit and additional torque capacity.
Published: 01/09/2019
Published: 01/09/2019
Environment
Unconventional
Lithology
Utica Shale
Well type
Horizontal
Hole size
8 1/2 in
The Eclipse Resources Corporation needed to drill multiple horizontal wells with lateral length over 15,000 ft in the Ohio Utica Shale. A primary concern was minimizing tortuosity for the 8 1/2-in wellbore to stay within the productive zone of interest—without sacrificing drilling performance. Schlumberger deployed a PowerDrive Orbit RSS because it has a proven record of reliability. Additionally, the RSS incorporated features from PowerDrive vorteX powered RSS, providing higher rpm at the bit, along with stabilization options for high-performance directional drilling.