Drilling Reamer Types: Roller, Underreamer & Hole Opener
Drilling reamer types serve different bottomhole-assembly (BHA) purposes: maintaining hole gauge, conditioning irregular sections or enlarging a pilot hole. The main equipment families include roller reamers, fixed-diameter hole openers and expandable underreamers. A near-bit reamer describes where the tool is positioned; RFID describes one method of commanding a downhole reamer. These terms are not five …