The application of Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS) has developed to a point where the successful completion of long reach horizontal wells (10000 ft and above) require the deployment of an auto-steering drilling system. Improved wellbore quality and a reduction in torque and drag have enabled operators to continue to extend the horizontal pay zone of their production wells.

Historically the development of RSS has been the domain of large service companies and a number of operators that were able to deploy the financial and technical resources to generate technical solutions that represent the available portfolio today.

As the energy exploration and development activity improves, also the demand for a wider range of available RSS systems has increased to provide technically robust and financially attractive solutions to operators ranging from small independents to multi nationals.

Therefore, some smaller directional drilling service providers and equipment manufacturers have started their own RSS development projects, with a selection of them having completed the initial test phase to verify the applicability and reliability of their system for horizontal drilling applications.

On Oct. 25th, 2018 the IADD is inviting those Rotary Steerable providers that are in the process of transitioning their technology from the engineering to the commercial stage to share their technology and some of the initial field test results they have obtained so far.