Business Wire

Baker Hughes Introduces Long-Life PDC Bit to Reduce Trips in High Horsepower Drilling Operations

Dynamus bit reduces damage risks to the bit and BHA HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) announced today the commercial release of its Dynamus™ extended-life polycrystalline ...
Oil

USE OF BICENTER PDC BIT REDUCES DRILLING COST

Robert G. Casto, Maurizio Senese Agip Petroleum Co. Inc. Houston The use of bicenter polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bit technology, dual-power-head down-hole motors, and oil-based drilling ...
Phys.org

Polycrystalline diamond drill bits open up options for geothermal energy

Nearly two-thirds of the oil we use comes from wells drilled using polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, originally developed nearly 30 years ago to lower the cost of geothermal drilling. Sandia ...
Business Wire

Global PDC Drill Bits Market in the Oil and Gas Industry 2018-2022| Use of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells on the Rise| Technavio

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global PDC drill bits market in the oil and gas industry is expected to post a CAGR of over 4% during the period 2018-2022, according to the latest market research report ...
Upstream

The brains behind the bit

A new adaptive PDC drillbit from Baker Hughes can adjust the depth of cut without intervention from the surface. The technology introduces a moving element to the standard PDC drillbit. The TerrAdapt ...