Roller Cone Bits

Product Line Overview

December 2010
Product Lines
Advanced Designs/Systems
Product Range

Insert Bits
Bit Size Range: 3 to 32

Milled Tooth Bits

Bit Size Range: 3

3 XR30Y 32 GS18 36 MGSS+7

Standard Products

Milled Tooth, TCI and Open Bearing Bits

Size Range: 3 to 26
Gemini

Milled Tooth and Insert Bits

Most demanding applications

Steerable assemblies

Long hours and bit revolutions

Size Range: 8 to 36
Gemini Features

Dual Seal

Precision Machined Bearings

Enhanced Leg Forging

High Flow Capability Extended

Nozzle Tubes
Xplorer

Milled Tooth and Insert Bits

Small diameter wellbore

Directional, Horizontal and Geo-

Steering applications

Size Range: 3 to 6
Xplorer Features
Optimized Leg Forging

Enhanced Hydraulics with Mini-jets

Bullet Seal (IADC < 547Y)

Premium O Ring (IADC >617X)

Ridge Cutters

HM-16 Hardfacing
Xplorer Expanded

Milled Tooth Bits (IADC 117)

Size Range: 4 to 36
Xplorer Expanded Features
Optimized Leg Forging

FlexFlo Hydraulics

Gemini Twin Seal System for

Sizes between 8 to 17

Premium Sealed Roller Bearing

for Sizes between 13 and 36

MIC2 Hardfacing
Shamal
TCI Insert Bits

Designed for Carbonate drilling applications

Limestone
Dolomite

Tough Cutting Structure

Dog Bone Insert

Size Range: 8 to 32
Shamal Features

New, Tough Carbide

Dog-Bone Insert

Gemini Bearing system

FlexFlo Hydraulics
Shamal Typhoon

Typhoon Hydraulics Package

(VE/J3)

Optimized Insert Geometries

New Coarser Grades Carbides

IDEAS Methodology and

Advanced Cutting Structures

Unmatched Reliability

Size Range: 16 to 28
Shamal Typhoon

Incisor Dogbone Conical Chisel Ace

Flex-Flo

Milled Tooth and Insert Bits

Adaptive Hydraulic Design

Multiple configuration, based upon

application

Featured on many of the Product

Lines
Flex-Flo
Flow Visualization

S-Flo (Standard Flow) X-Flo (Cross Flow) V-Flo (Vectored Flow)

TCT - Two Cone Technology
Premium Two Cone Bits

Aggressive cutting structures

Larger Bearing capacity

Directionally responsive

Flexible Hydraulics

Size Range: 7 to 17
TCT Features

Four points of stabilization

V-Flo (Vectored Flow) Five

precisely directed nozzles

Gemini Twin Seal System

Larger Bearing capacity compared to

same size three cone bit

Aggressive cutting structures with

lower insert count to the same size
three cone bit
FH Product Line

Premium TCI Insert Bits

Size Range: 7 to 9

Created to replace IDEAS

product line
FH Features

Fast Hole Precision engineered

cutting structure

Formation Hardy Proprietary

carbide technology

Field Honed Pacesetting Reliability

Flexible Hydraulics Advanced

FlexFlo Hydraulics options