ADVANCING
DRILL BIT
FORENSICS Intelligent technologies are
poised to help the industry
get to root causes of bit
failures – p14
MAR/APR 2022
Volume 78 • Number 2
Official magazine of the International
Association of Drilling Contractors
www.drillingcontractor.org www.iadc.org
How can the industry
understand and fight
elusive downhole enemies?
Companies are seeking new
ways to mitigate hard-to-detect
dysfunctions like HFTO – p22
A quest for power
in frac operations
Manufacturers push horsepower
boundaries while focusing on
higher power density,
equipment durability – p30