SEEKER S-SERIES

Proof of Performance
Location: Eagle Ford Shale, McMullen County, TX, USA
Interval Drilled: 5,279 ft
ROP: 91.8 ft/hr
Run Comments:
101% better ROP than average run
40% better ROP than best field offset
Met all directional objectives
8-3/4 SK513

Location: Eagle Ford Shale, Webb County, TX, USA

Interval Drilled: 12,851 ft
ROP: 141.2 ft/hr
Run Comments:
Fastest ROP in Lateral at 134 ft/hr

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Fastest ROP in vertical section at 117 ft/hr

Completed longest run

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Location: Utica Shale, Beaver County, PA, USA

Interval Drilled: 3,470 ft
ROP: 69.7 ft/hr
Run Comments:
28% Faster average ROP over the best
Competitor 1 (C1) run
57% Faster average ROP over the best
8-1/2 SK513S

Competitor 2 (C2) run

Location: Bakken Shale, ND, USA

Interval Drilled: 10,100 ft
ROP: 77.4 ft/hr

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Run Comments:
76% increase in footage drilled
compared to offsets
46% Increase in ROP
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Seeker S-Serites Directional Drill Bit

NOV Downhole Directional Solutions

Features and Benefits

Application Challenges
Selecting the Optimal Bit for Your Application

The Solution
The NOV Downhole Seeker S-Series Directional Drill Bits are an evolution in bit design, engineered to maximize
ROP in a variety of directional applications, while maintaining superior directional control. The unique design allows
for maximizing open face volume coupled with optimized hydraulics and aggressive cutting structures to deliver
unsurpassed ROP in the vertical, build, tangent, and lateral sections.

Enhanced Cutting Structure

Advanced Cutter Technology

Optimized backrakes, siderakes,

and exposure to ensure a balance
between aggressively and durability

Designed specifically for maximum

thermal toughness, combining
high density polycrystalline diamond
material with NOVs patented deep
leach technology

The Challenge

Provide a faster, more aggressive bit for directional drilling applications

Deliver superior cutting evacuation overcoming lithology tendencies
Produce a more durable hardfacing and bit body to endure interval lengths
Offer larger bit selection for optimization of specific directional systems

Product Advantages

Utilizes proven NOV premium Seeker directional drill bit design philosophies
Delivers increased ROP over a variety of well profiles and extended intervals
Incorporates reliable Durashell hardfacing to maximize bit body durability
Provides optimized bit selection for the directional application

S-Series bits have demonstrated outstanding performance

in specific applications such as shale plays. They have been
designed to answer distinct application challenges.
Merging the S-Series features with the Seeker directional bit
capabilities has also answered the directional demands of
Shale play drilling which include:

Durashell Hardfacing

Maximized Open Face Volume

Ultra dense tungsten carbide

material to enhance bit body
durability

Provides maximum space for the

high volume of cuttings to flow
away from the bit face

Vertical
Tangent
Build
Lateral

Part of NOVs directional drill bit fleet, the Seeker S-Series bit is precisely matched to the well profile utilizing NOVs
SystemMatcher software, combined with your regional technical drill bit personnels expertise to select the optimal bit
design for any application.

Value To The Customer

More efficient drilling; optimizing the cutting structure and hydraulic balance for the lithology
Reduced cost per foot; maximizing ROP through enhanced cuttings evacuation
Increased interval; reducing non-productive time by reducing bit trips
Expanded selection of optimized bit designs for the specific directional application

Features
Maximized open face volume and optimized hydraulics provide superior cutting evacuation
Enhanced cutting structures coupled with advanced cutter technology deliver a fast aggressive

bit while maintaining rugged durability for the application

Improved hard facing offers resilient durability to endure longer intervals
Application driven secondary component options to meet the application specific challenges

Minimized Bit Length

Optimized Hydraulics

Delivers superior directional

response to meet application
demands

Precise nozzle positioning to

provide optimal cutting evacuation,
cutter and blade cleaning, and
bottom hole jet impact force

Drilling through multiple sections with the specific formation challenges answers not only shale play demands but provides
a solution for applications which demonstrate these same characteristics. Seeker S-Series bits utilize proven practices
such as strategic nozzle placement for optimized bit cleaning while enhancing the open face volume to allow adequate
cutting evacuation. These technologies coupled with an aggressive cutting structure and Seeker directional drill bit design
philosophies, deliver faster ROP and a directionally capable drill bit.