terms:whipstock
A long, steel casing that uses an inclined plane to cause the bit to deflect from the original borehole at a slight angle. Whipstocks are commonly used in controlled directional drilling, to straighten crooked boreholes, or to sidetrack to avoid unretrieved fish.
terms/whipstock.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/22 08:43 by 127.0.0.1