Drilling Contractor March/April 2017
Ulterra was recently featured in Drilling Contractor Magazine’s March/April issue, discussing how our CounterForce® technology has been put to the test drilling in deepwater with rotary steerable systems.
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Oilfield Technology January 2017
Featured in the January issue of Oilfield Technology, Ulterra discusses PDC technology, cutter configuration and design, PDC cutter development, and directional drilling challenges.
Ulterra Proudly Partnered with Gyrodata in the Permian Basin
Ulterra partnered with Gyrodata in the Permian Basin, setting a new drilling record. Read the full case study from Gyrodata here.
Ulterra Celebrates Recent Success with Operator in the Northeast US
Operators in the Northeast US have been drilling wells with increasingly complex well plans. Due to this, they have been looking more to rotary steerable systems (RSS) to reduce slide time in the lateral and increase directional flexibility and responsiveness. As a result of the down market, RSS have become a more affordable and viable option and Southwestern Energy is certainly not an outlier in this trend with their operations in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Hart’s E&P June 2016: RSS-Tailored Bit Designs Improve Drilling Performance
Nearly all new technologies struggle in their infancy to gain adoption due to high cost, problematic reliability, lack of understanding, and marginal value proposition. Over years of learning, development and refinement these hurdles reduce, and with each step new opportunities open up. This has been the case for rotary steerable systems (RSS), which is finding new value in this historic downturn.
Ulterra Set Back to Back to Back World Footage Records in the Eagle Ford
Partnering with Weatherford to design a bit tailored for their Revolution® RSS tool in the Eagle Ford, Ulterra set back to back to back world footage records using the 8.75” U516M CounterForce®. Continued Partnership with Weatherford’s Revolution RSS has led to huge improvements in vibration and torque, which has drastically reduced the chance of tool failure.
American Oil & Gas Reporter April 2016
As seen in the American Oil & Gas Reporter in the April 2016 issue, Ulterra discusses recent success when partnering with rotary steerable companies to match our bits to their tools. Adding CounterForce® to customized bit designs reduced drilling vibrations and increased ROP on both PowerDrive and AutoTrak™ systems.
Ulterra Successfuly Completed the Annual API Quality Management System Audit
On January 15, 2016, Ulterra successfully completed the annual surveillance audit for maintaining the API Spec Q1 registration, ISO 9001, and API 7-1 Monogram license. The audit was a success and resulted in Ulterra being able to retain existing quality certifications. The API Spec Q1 and ISO 9001 registrations apply to the design, manufacture, and servicing of PDC matrix and steel body drill bits. Ulterra maintains these certifications to let our customers know that we are serious about the quality of our design, manufacture, and repair process of PDC drill bits.
CounterForce and FastBack Technology Update
Ulterra has released new statistics on the CounterForce™ and FastBack™ technology. After sorting through our data from the last 365 days there were over 20,000 Ulterra bit runs recorded. To learn more about our success with CounterForce and FastBack please read the article below.
Oilfield Technology June 2014
Featured in Oilfield Technology: Aron Deen and Casey Kitagawa, Ulterra Drilling Technologies, Barry Schneider and Gary G. King, Shell, explain how new advances in PDC bit construction and design are helping to cut drilling costs in the Marcellus Shale. One of the key contributors to the improved performance and the primary differentiator of the FastBack™ steel body PDC bit design is the specialized geometry, which is designed to enhance the delivery of mechanic specific energy (MSE) into the rock. The new blade top geometry allowed Ulterra to simultaneously increase both potential top-end ROP and durability.