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Encore Bits Receives Patent for Revolutionary New Drill Bit Leaching Process

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Encore Bits LLC, a privately held company providing innovative PDC drill bits for the oil & gas industry, announced today it received a patent for a revolutionary process ...
Crude Oil Prices

New Drill Bits to Make Geothermal Cheaper

About 30 years ago Sandia Labs developed polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits for geothermal drilling. Today nearly two-thirds of the oil we use comes from wells drilled using the (PDC) bits.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...