INTEQ Launches TruTrak Automated Directional Drilling Service
Posted: 18 May 2006
INTEQ has introduced the new TruTrak automated directional drilling service, which combines X-treme drilling motor technology with state-of-the-art closed loop automated rib steering.
The non-rotating TruTrak system provides superior hole quality, high rate of penetration (ROP), and minimum wear-and-tear on the drill string and downhole tools.
“The TruTrak service is based on INTEQ’s experience with our AutoTrak rotary steerable service and the VertiTrak service designed for vertical drilling,” said INTEQ President Martin Craighead.
“The TruTrak service brings a step change to the drilling efficiency and precision of typical directional wells in low spread-cost environments such as North America. This type of automated integrated steerable system is expected to be the technology of the future.”
The TruTrak drilling system combines the automated steering control from INTEQ’s established AutoTrak rotary steerable system, integrated directional measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and X-treme motor technology to provide improved wellpath control and drilling efficiency vs. traditional drilling technology.
The system’s modular design permits the addition of additional MWD sensors, if required by the application.
The TruTrak service has already delivered superior wellbores and cost savings under challenging drilling conditions in western Canada and the mid-continent U.S. region.
“For a recent well in Canada, the TruTrak service saved the operator over US$ 1 million in drilling costs,” said Matthias Reich, INTEQ Product Line Manager for VertiTrak and TruTrak services.
INTEQ, a division of Baker Hughes, is a provider of Advanced While-Drilling technologies and services. Major capabilities include directional drilling, Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD), Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) and well-site information management services.
Baker Hughes is a leading provider of drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry.
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