High-temperature Directional Tools Successful In Eagle Ford

The Eagle Ford Shale was a major contributor to the shale boom that changed the economics of the E&P industry during the past decade. Drilling activity is picking up again in the shale play after the recent downturn, but operators face ongoing well construction challenges that threaten to lower drilling efficiencies, increase nonproductive time and raise costs. Representing one of the most geologically complex unconventional plays in North America, the Eagle Ford runs the spectrum from oil in the northwest to condensate and NGL in the central area and dry gas in the southeast.