Taking advantage of all existing and future features, the economic benefits arising from the use of RDM range from reducing tangible and intangible operational costs to increasing revenues and extended field life.

Benefits

• Reduce active drilling fluid volume
• Reduce drilling fluid treatment capacity requirement
• Reduce wear and tear on drilling fluid pumps and drilling fluid treatment system

Significant benefits

• Reduce drilling fluid additive cost (weight material and drilling fluid chemicals)
• Reduce drilling fluid loss and well control issues
• Reduce NPT due to better hole cleaningIncrease ROP
• Increase and improve downhole data quality

Major benefits

• Reach beyond conventional extended drilling
• Drill through difficult sections
• Reduce formation damageImproved telemetry system
• Real time LWD/MWD when the pumps are shut off
• Reduction in NPT due to better hole cleaning
• Insert liner whilst drilling
• Future option - MPD from floaters