Stabil Drill, a Superior Energy Services company, has developed the Stabil Drill Ghost Reamer for application in horizontal shale drilling, announced COO Chris Russo.

 

The Ghost Reamer, an eight-bladed Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) reamer, allows the wellbore to be cleaned and cleared either by back reaming on rigs that have top-drive or for rigs without top-drive, by pulling out to the top of the curve and then rotating forward until reaching total depth. This flexible solution eliminates wiper trips - saving time and money.

 

“Customers were coming to us with issues of getting out of the hole when drilling with a motor in horizontal shale wells,” said tool developer Donnie Williams. “Our years of field and developmental experience allowed us to develop a solution for doglegs, ledges and cutting beds.”

 

Within the past few months the Ghost Reamer has been used in more than 100 shale applications with positive results.