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TECH Drilling & Completions

PUSH-THE-BIT RSSPUSH-THE-BIT RSS

BY JENNIFER PALLANICH wo service companies known per rotation, so at 400 revolutions per with a computer generating commands for point-the-bit rotary steer- minute, each pad will come out at the directly to the iCruise tool in November able systems (RSS) each de- same point six times per second to push 2018 in Texas.

T cided in 2016 to create their the bit in the direction the driller wants “We planned it with a build and an own push-the-bit tools. Their offerings to steer the wellbore. A complex control 11-degree turn, and it followed the plan are aimed at increased tool reliabil- system takes into account 1,000 mea- precisely,” he says, adding con