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The VertiTrak® System

The VertiTrak System from INTEQ is an automated vertical drilling system that combines a powerful downhole motor, inclination sensors and hydraulically-operated steering pads to maintain a vertical wellpath. The VertiTrak system has been applied in the Gulf of Mexico for straight hole drilling applications through salt layers which are difficult to drill by conventional methods. On one well, the VertiTrak system kept the well within 1° of vertical for 11,000 ft.

  • Industry’s first automated vertical drilling systemReliable deviation control in multiple applicationsNew, high performance power sectionIncorporating AutoTrak® RCLS technology
    • Pad SteeringDownhole closed loop system
    • 2-way communication

Potential Applications

  • Highly dipped formations and fault zones
    • Typically encountered in mountains and hard rock
      • e.g., Rockies, Alps, Andes
  • Salt formations
    • Deviation tendencies with PDC bits
      • e.g., GOM, S. North Sea
  • Lean casing profiles
    • Requires precise wellbore placement

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