Valdiamant / General Electric / Eaton / Hughes Tool Company / Amoco / Dennis Tool / MegaDiamond / Phoenix Crystal / Halliburton / Grant Prideco / Exxon / Eastman Christensen / Novatek / General Electric Company / Baker Hughes / /
Country
United States / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
University of Tulsa Drilling Research Center / University of Tulsa Drilling Engineering Department / Mill Road / University of Tulsa / Laboratory Field Core Fig / /
IndustryTerm
attachment technologies / oil and gas wells / improved technology / oil exploration industry / steel body / steel tooth roller cone / cutter technology / oil shortages / oil and gas / large oil fields / technology improvements / oil / oil and gas drill bit applications / matrix style bit technology / manufacturing processes / energy / target applications / oil industry publication / oil and gas drill bits / bit technology / oil field service / oil field literature / energy resources / oil field / oil field drill bits / actual drilling applications / technology limitations / oil industry / low oil prices / improved bit technology / oil and gas deposits / technology challenges / oil boycott / oil wells / roller cone bit technologies / drill bit applications / hole tools / oil drilling industry / oil service / improved cutter technology / /
NaturalFeature
Persian Gulf / North Sea / Gulf of Mexico / /
Organization
DeBeers Industrial Diamond Division / U. S. Government / United States Department of Energy / University of Tulsa Drilling Engineering Department / University of Tulsa / Tulsa Drilling Research Center / /
Person
Tommy Warren / Mahlon Dennis / E. Scott Hughes Christensen / Ranch / Bill Mauer / John Barr / Coy Fielder / Joe Kelly / /
Position
author / King / market share leader / /
ProgrammingLanguage
EC / /
ProvinceOrState
Texas / Utah / Oklahoma / Colorado / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / North Africa / Persian Gulf / South Texas / /
Technology
cutter technology / PDC technology / matrix style bit technology / fluid dynamics / roller cone bit technologies / improved cutter technology / improved bit technology / bit technology / attachment technologies / /
The History and Impact of Synthetic Diamond Cutters and Diamond Enhanced Inserts on the Oil and Gas Industry D.E. Scott Hughes Christensen, 9110 Grogan’s Mill Road, The Woodlands, TexasUSA The PDC cutter for oil