The share of horizontal wells has been significantly increasing as the drilling technologies used in Russia have improved over the past ten years. In this regard most of drilling contractors use hard-alloy surfacing - hardbanding - a wear-resistant metal coating, deposited in the form of belts on the outer surface of the joint, to protect the drill string.
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