www.united-diamond.com Slide 31 Stick/Slip Normal Drilling www.united-diamond.com Weight Added Torque Generated Stored in Drill String Torque Released Slide 32 1 2 3 4 5 www.united-diamond.com Slide 34 Flow Diverter Hammer/Anvil Section Drive Sub Bit Box Stick Slip Example Superimposed impulse Formation Threshold Drillstring with TB Drillstring without TB Slip stick drilling and elimination of slip stick with the Torkbuster Torsional energy Time Drilling Performance Comparison Drilling with TorkBuster™ Drilling without TorkBuster™ www.united-diamond.com Slide 29 manufacturing TorkBuster Benefits Reduces torsional oscillations of the drill string • Improve bit stability and longevity • Reduces fatigue on drill string components Provides additional energy to shear the rock • Allows hard formations to be drilled • Replaces roller cone bits Increases control with directional assemblies • Reduces reactive torque www.united-diamond.com Slide 30 TorkBuster® - Inner Workings Generates torsional impact Impact produces energy that fractures formation ahead of cutter Enables cutter to have depth of cut www.united-diamond.com Recoil Position Slide 33 manufacturing TorkBuster Internal Function 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Drilling fluid passes thru the filter, large particles continue down stream. Clean fluid is used to start up the hammer, in a piloting chamber. Remaining fluid drives the hammer by entering through the center. Hammer force set by pressure drop that is generated by flow and nozzle. Hammer energy is transferred directly to the bit. www.united-diamond.com Slide 28 manufacturing TorkBuster Changing Attitudes… What with PDC: • PDC drill bits lose depth of cut in well cemented lithology • Cutters abrade formation rather than shear • More WOB required for an increase in ROP • Stick / Slip generated TorkBuster® Torsional Impact Generator forwardthinkinggroundbreakingtechnology manufacturing TorkBuster TorkBuster® • • • • Run directly above a United Diamond PDC in rotary or directional assemblies TorkBuster® applies a torsional impact to the bit Dramatic increase in horsepower directly at the bit Drastically reduces stick-slip and significantly improves rates of penetration and bit life Hydraulic Hammபைடு நூலகம்r Impact Face Piloting Chamber Impact Face Low Pressure Zones High Pressure Zones Bypass Nozzle Low Pressure Zones High Pressure Zones Forward Impact .80 M (31.5”) www.united-diamond.com Slide 27 manufacturing TorkBuster Changing Attitudes… Common thought: • Roller cones must be used in hard or abrasive formations • I have to accept low ROP • I need to expect trips and bit damage HYDRAULIC HAMMER IMPACT SAMPLE 1000 IMPACTS/MIN Time (sec) -0.1 -0.05 0 Sample 1 Hydraulic 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 -0.05 -0.1 -0.15 -0.2 -0.25 Voltage (V)