MWD Technologies Revolutionize Directional Drilling

Measurement While Drilling (MWD) technologies have revolutionized the oil and gas industry, making it possible to exploit petroleum deposits that were inaccessible using traditional vertical drilling techniques. As the global demands for oil soar, new products and techniques are being developed all the time. Keeping pace with the demand is MWD tools supplier KM Services.

Directional drilling means drilling non-vertical wells to reach oil deposits that are inaccessible using conventional horizontal drilling techniques. The first wells using primitive directional drilling techniques first appeared in California during the 1920s connecting shore based rigs to offshore oil deposits.

The major challenge facing proponents of directional drilling involved accurately geo-steering the drill bits to their desired target. Tools to accurately measure the position of a wellbore would be needed if directional drilling was going to be successful.

The big boom came in the 1970s with the development of mud motors and the refinement of MWD tools. These advances revolutionized directional drilling, allowing access to previously inaccessible oil deposits in the North Sea, Prudhoe Bay, Texas, Louisiana and Wyoming. In 1980 the first multi-sensor MWD tools were introduced, while 1990 saw the first integrated bit/mud motor/MWD components.

Today directional drilling is the rule not the exception, with directional drilling rigs located on every continent except Antarctica.

There are many companies providing mud motor parts and MWD tools for directional drilling projects. Among the leading suppliers of high quality mud motor parts and mud motor replacement parts, float valves, and measurement while drilling parts is KM Services of Houston, TX. KM Services has been providing high quality stock and custom MWD tools and mud motor components for almost thirty years.
The oil industry is highly competitive with new techniques and tools being developed everyday to keep up with the global demand. Shoddy or defective MWD components can shut your project down in a heartbeat. When your directional drilling company needs reliable mud motor components or MWD tool parts, call KM Services at 713.944.6130 for the highest quality parts and service available.


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