The SteelForce™ Bit

Your solution to slow ROP is the industry’s most advanced steel body drill bit.

Drill Bits
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Higher penetration rates. Lower cost per foot.

Application-specific designs. With the Halliburton
SteelForce™ bit, slow ROP due to bit cleaning is history.
Taking drill bit design to a higher level, the Halliburton SteelForce™ bit features a large flow area, an anti-balling coating to help
with cuttings removal and bit balling, and the addition of micro nozzles to get the right flow to the right place on the bit face.
Designed for your specific application by a Halliburton Application Design Evaluation (ADESM) service specialist utilizing our
industry-unique Design at the Customer Interface (DatCISM) service, the result is a steel bit with higher blade standoff to increase
face volume for improved cuttings evacuation and higher ROP.

SelectCutter™ PDC Technology

Thermal Mechanical Integrity™ (TMI)
The ability of a cutter to manage the frictional heat generated
during the drilling process.
Why is TMI important?
Improving TMI means the cutter can manage higher
temperatures before the diamond-to-diamond bonds are
damaged and cutter wear begins.
What is the value to you?
Cutters stay sharper longer and, once they begin to wear, they
wear slower. This means that the bit will drill farther faster, and 2004 2006 2008 2010 2011 H

reduce the cost per foot drilled.

Enhanced Hydraulics Advanced Hardfacing

Material (K1)
• 100% (2X) more abrasion resistant
• 30% more erosion resistant
• Tough carbide pellets
• K1 hardfacing is virtually fracture proof

Matrix Bit SteelForce™ Bit

SteelForce bits can have 55% higher blade standoff compared to matrix Current Hardfacing
bits without sacrificing blade durability. The result is better hydraulics,
enhanced cleaning and faster ROP.

The high blade standoff and bullet-shaped junk slot design of the
SteelForce bit as compared to a matrix bit results in open face volume for
faster ROP and stronger blade design to combat drillstring vibration.

K1 Hardfacing
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Real-world results from the industry’s most advanced

steel body bit.

OMAN: 87% Faster ROP Over Field Average

• HDBS 12 ¼-in. SF56
• Drilled entire section with 87% faster ROP
over the field average; dull condition 1- 1 WT
Set World Record for Operator in 12 ¼-in. Hole
• HDBS 12 ¼-in. SF56
• Anaima Field
• Drilled to KOP and set the operator’s world
record for 12 ¼-in. by drilling (about a mile) in
less than 24 hours
• Drilled 5,360 feet in 23 hours at an ROP of 233 ft/hr
• Ranked all-time top 50 “24-hour progress” list
• Drilled Lower Fiqa and Natih A with excellent
dull condition of 1-1-WT-N-X-I-NO-TD

Bit Type Depth in Depth out Footage Hours ROP

12 ¼-in. SF56 1,530-ft. 6,890-ft. 5,360 23 233 ft/hr

Haynesville Shale Play, USA: 33% Reduction

in Curves
• HDBS 6 ¾-in. SF63H
• 30% higher ROP in curve compared to
best offset
• Only bit to drill entire section in one run
• 33% reduction in curve drilling cost

Kingston Field, USA: 27% Faster ROP,

Shoe-to-Shoe
• HDBS 6 ¾-in. SF73H
• Drilled entire curve and lateral sections
in single BHA run
• Drilled 6,657 feet at an ROP of 33 ft/hr,
resulting in 14% lower CPF than the
offset averages
• Dull condition of 1-0-CT-N-X-I-NO-TD

What’s your shale drill bit challenge? For more information about the Halliburton SteelForce bit, please visit us at www.halliburton.com/drillbits.

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steelForce™ Nomenclature

SteelForce™ Drill Bits Nomenclature

BACKUP CUTTER
FAMILY | CLASS BLADE COUNT
(OPTIONAL)

APPLICATION
CUTTER
PLATFORM SelectCutter™
SIZE
(OPTIONAL)

SF G 5 5 M H
FAMILY | CLASS CUTTER SIZE OPTIONAL FEATURES
SteelForce™ Drill Bits The cutter size digit describes the Not listed in nomenclature but found
size of the PDC cutters on the bit.
On bits with multiple cutter sizes, on marketing spec sheet. For more
the predominant size is described. information, please contact your local
APPLICATION PLATFORM Halliburton Drill Bits representative.
(OPTIONAL) 2 = 8 mm | 3/8"
b = Backreaming
D = Directional (all other directional 3 = 10.5 mm | 13/32"
c = Carbide Reinforcement
systems) 4 = 13 mm | 1/2"
e = SE - Highly Spiraled
G = Geo-Pilot® Rotary Steerable 5 = 16 mm | 5/8"
f = Full PDC Gauge Trimmers
E = Geo-Pilot® EDL Rotary Steerable 6 = 19 mm | 3/4" k = Kerfing - Scribe Cutters
T = Turbine High Rotational Speed 8 = 25 mm | 1" p = PDC Gauge Reinforcement
u = Updrill
BACKUP CUTTER (OPTIONAL)
BLADE COUNT
D = Dual Row Backup
The blade count describes the number
of blades on the bit. M = Modified Diamond Round
3 = Three Blades R = R1™ Backup Cutters
4 = Four Blades C = Carbide Impact Arrestor
5 = Five Blades
6 = Six Blades SelectCutter™

7 = Seven Blades H = Hard and abrasive

8 = Eight Blades
9 = Nine Blades

Advantages of the SteelForce™ Bit

• Higher Rate of Penetration
• Lower Cost per Foot Drilled
• Application Specific Design

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