September 2017
Features

Collaboration delivers LWD triple-combo breakthrough for ultra-high-temperature wells

As exploration efforts go into deeper, hotter and more remote offshore basins, the need for more advanced downhole drilling and logging tools is palpable. Accordingly, a new LWD toolstring that provides real-time downhole data, while withstanding 410°F temperatures, has been developed and tested in the harsh Gulf of Thailand.
Steven Wacher / Weatherford Zach Crosby / Weatherford Tommy L. Binford Jr. / Weatherford

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