This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 87101, "Rock-Mechanics Lab Testing and Computerized Simulation of Bit Dynamics Improves Drilling Performance in Horizontal Chalk Reservoirs," by S. Gillick, SPE, Maersk Oil and Gas A/S, and R. Hamilton, SPE, A. Singh, SPE, and A. van der Pouw Kraan, SPE, Smith Bits, prepared for the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 2-4 March.

Keywords:
drilling operation, upstream oil & gas, bit selection, field performance, chalk, design objective, footage, reservoir, software, objective
Subjects:
Drill Bits, Drilling Operations
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2004. Society of Petroleum Engineers
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